Connection During Geirut Process
Is it permissible for a bochur to be in contact with a non-jewish lady who is in the process of geirus, if rabbonim on both sides supervise and consent to the relationship?
Tefflin
My Grandfather passed away a few years ago and I inherited hes Tefflin. My Grandfather was not Shomer Shabbos or kept Kosher but he did in the last 20 years of hes life put on Tefflin with a blessing occasionally at a Conservative Shul. I had the Tefflin checked by a Sofer and they are […]
Stealing boards on Lag B’Omer
I’m already bar mitzvah. My friends and I took about 10 boards from a building site and a shopping cart without any name on it. How can I atone for this? I know where the building site is but I don’t know anyone there. Can I donate something to the public instead? How much?
Birth Control Nowadays
hi im not sure if there is a real answer to my question, but i really would love to have one. BH i am a young and happy mother with a few children born in quite quick succession (each 16-18 months apart). sometimes, though, i wonder if it would be more sensible to take birth […]
Jewish lineage
My maternal great great great grandparents were Jews from Hanover, Germany in 1804, settling in Pennsylvania. Am I Jewish? Thanks.
Donation of Organs
Bsd. Kewod HaRav, in my country Holland we are faced with a growing popular movement, which wants to legalize physician assisted suicide and euthanasia. On top of it, a law has been made by the House of Representatives, which will make every citizen an automatic donor of his of her organs. What does our Halacha […]
Undoubtable Existence of a Creator
The problem with your rational cause for existence of infinite Creator as it seems to me, is in spreading the principle of cause and effect beyond time. If we want to believe the theoretical physics saying that time was created then we dont really comprehend what we mean, as any process as such (i.e. when […]
Picture of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai
What does Jewish law say about the picture of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai that is shown all over? How did they have his picture after so many years? Do they know who drew him, and when?
Preparing for a party during the Omer
I am a first grade teacher and we are making a siddur party after Lag B’Omer. Can I teach the children songs and prepare for the party during the Omer days?
Temple on Temple Mount
I would like to know more about the meaning of the Art of the Scroll painting entitled.. The Temple Descends From On High. It further states “This piece was painted to describe an ethereal feeling of G‑d causing the Holy Temple to descend from the Heavens to the mountains of Jerusalem.” Please explain further the […]
