Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions

How Many K’zeitim and Why?

Eating Matza for Health Reasons in Nisan

Purim on Motzaei Shabbat

Baruch Shem … at the Wrong Time

Moral Culpability for Unintentional Actions on Shabbat

Reattaching Ripped Tzitzit

Peeling an Egg with Writing on it on Shabbat

Are Newly Ripe Avocados Muktzeh?

Reading Advertisements on Shabbat

Reciting Holy Things Near Garbage Containers

What Should One Skip to Get to Shemoneh Esrei on Time?

Monetary Responsibility of One Member of a Group

A Kohen Becoming Right-Handed

Getting a Sponge Wet on Shabbat

A Mistake in the Beracha Acharona on Wine

When to Say Haneirot Halalu

Tallit and Tefillin During Selichot

Double Wrapping Food in a Treif Oven

I know that sometimes when warming something in a not kosher oven or a milchig food in a fleishig oven, he double wraps the food. When is this necessary and why?

seudat hodaya

Why Can’t Women Blow the Shofar for Men?

How Many Eggs Should be Boiled Together?

When making hardboiled eggs, may one cook one or two eggs or must there be at least three? Also, does it make a difference if there is an even or odd number

Restrictions of Motzaei Tisha B’Av

Hamapil for Those Who Take a Long Time to Fall Asleep

White and Nice Clothes and Gold on Yom Kippur

Is it indeed proper to wear white clothes and not wear gold on Yom Kippur? Is there a difference between men and women? Should one wear or avoid nice clothes on Yom Kippur?

Shehecheyanu, Clothes, and Renovations During Sefira

Working in a Non-Kosher Establishment

Washing Hands with Soap on Yom Kippur

Crock pot use on Shabbat

Tefillin in Pre-Dawn Hours

work at a hospital and, some days, I am unable to wear tefillin during the day, but only pre-dawn. May I then put on tefillin before its regular time? [Our staff knows the querier.]

Women Hearing Parashat Zachor

Leaving a Client with Half the Bill

A real estate agent (=Shimon) tried to interest my friend (=Reuven) in a project and suggested that they meet over a meal to discuss it. After each ordered a meal and the discussion proceeded, Shimon realized the deal would not materialize. When the waiter brought the bill, Shimon paid only for his own meal. Reuven was annoyed, as he believes it is customary for an agent who invites a potential client to pay. Shimon argued that he never said he was treating and the halacha is that even if one invites someone to his home and does not explicitly tell the guest their meal is free can charge for it (Rama, Choshen Mishpat 246:17). Who is right?

An Oven Used for Chillul Shabbat

Taking Ribbit from a Non-Jew in Israel

I understand that the reason it is permitted to take ribbit (usury) from a non-Jew is that we live among them and cannot avoid business with them. Can one who lives in Israel rely on logic that does not apply here?

Use of Food from School Events

Switching Chazanim at Ashrei

In my small, Ashkenazi Shacharit minyan (without a rav), we now have two aveilim. They have been switching being chazan at Ashrei, but recently some people (mainly Sephardim) raised objections. I thought it was a standard practice. Is there a problem with it?

Is it permitted to use a fat separator on Shabbat?

s it permitted to use a fat separator on Shabbat?

Preference of Davening in a Shul

How Can We Say Things of Minhag Before Kiddush?

Question Shemot

The Time and Place for Netilat Lulav

Is it better to do netilat lulav in the sukka before one goes to shul or during tefilla (before Hallel)?