Q&A From the Bais HaVaad Halacha Hotline
The Lost Ledger Harav Chaim Weg January 28, 2021 Q My local grocery extends credit to their regular customers, and I take advantage of this from time to time. Whenever I have extra cash, I pay down my debt.…
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Seizure Salad Dayan Daniel Dombroff January 21, 2021 Q In my yeshiva, lunch is served after Mincha. My Shemoneh Esrei tends to run long, and some of the lunch items are often gone by the time I arrive. May I…
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Knot Allowed Dayan Yehoshua Grunwald January 14, 2021 Q Last Shabbos night, while trying to untie my shoes, I mistakenly knotted them (an X over an X). Not knowing whether I was allowed to untie them, I slept in my…
Q&A From the Bais HaVaad Halacha Hotline
Swelling Bee Dayan Yehoshua Grunwald Q My son was stung by a bee on Shabbos. What may I do for him? A If the victim is known to be allergic to the insect’s venom or displays symptoms of an allergic…
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Bee, My Guest December 31, 2020 Q: A bee entered my home on Shabbos and my children were terrified. Would we have been permitted to trap or swat it? A: One of the 39 prohibited melachos of Shabbos is tzod…
Q&A From the Bais HaVaad Halacha Center
In the Light of Day Dayan Yosef Greenwald December 10, 2020 Q: I am in a facility where I will be unable to light Chanukah lights and unlikely to see any. May I make the bracha of shehecheyanu on the holiday?…
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Packaged Pachyderm HaRav Chaim Weg December 3, 2020 Q: I ordered an elephant-skin talis bag from a Jewish dealer in South Africa for $800, which I paid in full by credit card. Usually, this dealer sends his goods to American…
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Neighborhood Watch Dayan Daniel Dombroff August 27, 2020 Q: I babysit for a living. A neighbor asked me to watch her child, who was sleeping at the time. I told a friend who was present that I wasn’t planning to…
Halachos of Daily Living
Shoveling snow on shabos: Is the shovel muktza? We have discussed many aspects of shoveling snow. What about the shovel, isn’t it muktza? If snow shoveling is permitted on Shabbos, a snow-shovel is certainly not muktza since it is a Kli SheMelachto L’Heter, a…
Halachos of Daily Living
Halachos of Zeicher Lechurban What is the proper way for one to make a year round zecher l’Churban (a remembrance of the destruction of Yerushalayim and the Beis HaMikdash) in the construction of one’s home? One who builds a new…