Bedikat Chametz on time
I’m an accountant and Pesach always falls out around tax season, the busiest time of the year. I usually have to stay late hours in the office to make parnassa for the year. I take of all the time I can for Pesach but when it comes to Leil Bedikat Chametz I can’t make it […]
Bracha on the smell of baking bread
I was walking by a bakery yesterday and the smell of bread baking was so good that I went in and bought myself a challah. I realized though should I have made a bracha of Minei Besamim or something else on the smell of bread?
Birkat Hatorah for Girls
I am in Bet Yaakov and before we start the Tefilla h of the day the teacher says a Dvar Torah for Chizuk or a story or something like that. It occurred to me that we don’t say Birkat Hatorah until we start the Tefilla so maybe this is not allowed. Do we need to […]
Mixing Ice cream on Shabbat
We liekahvign cie cream for dessert on Shabbat.We like having he ie cream whc has five falvors in one ocntiner. I have onkid hwowatis until the eice cream getssoft dn then mixes hem altogher. Is that Lash -kneading?
Meaty rice
I work in the kitchen of the Yeshiva and when we serve the chicken and rice we are not careful that none of the grease from the chicken falls on the rice. There are some Bachurim who don’t want to be Besari and ask if they can just have the rice. I try to take […]
The amount of a Kazayit.
Every year I am not sure how much matzah to give out. Can you tell me what the amount of a Kazayit is?
Donation to a Bet Knesset from a non-religious person
We received a very generous donation to our bet Knesset for someone who is not religious at all. Knowing him he has probably transgressed the whole Torah right and left. Is it permitted to use this money for the Bet Haknesset?
Standing after Shemoneh Esrei
I pray in a small minyan and sometimes it takes a longtime before we start Chazarat HaShatz. While most of us wait for one or two people to finish. I sit down and learn Daf Yomi. Some other walk to back and talk which I don’t think is permitted. There is one person who stands […]
Eating meat after drinking milk.
My wife made chicken and potatoes for a meal yesterday. The table was being set I was very thirsty and I drank a glass of milk. I know that you are allowed to eat meat after milk. I forgot to wash out my mouth though or wash my hands. Didi I eat Basar BeChalav?
Bet Knesset with pictures
I was travelling through a city and went to a local Bet Knesset to say Mincha. When I came to the Bet Knesset saw there were many pictures of Rabbanim on the wall and one directly in front of me. Was I allowed to say Mincha there?
