- Halacha
- General Questions on Brachot
Brachah on Challah
Question
Does it pose a problem if you said a Bracha for seperating the Challah, when you did not need to?
Answer
If there isn't the right amount of dough to fulfill the Mitzva of Hafrashat Challah (there are a couple opinions on the exact amount which is needed), one should not recite the Bracha for it is am Isur of "Bracha Le'Vatala". one should always learn the Halachot of the Mitzvot before fulfilling them.
Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Binyamin Bamberger

Bracha on grapes in their natural state
Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Cheshvan 4, 5775

Gum
Rabbi Chaim Tabasky | 2 Kislev 5767
Multiple people saying hamotzi on the same challah
Rabbi Daniel Kirsch | Shevat 25, 5782

How much water to drink
Rabbi David Sperling | Elul 5, 5781

Various Rabbis
Various Rabbis including those of of Yeshivat Bet El, such as Rabbi Chaim Katz, Rabbi Binyamin Bamberger and Rabbi Yitzchak Greenblat and others.

Backyard Eruv
15 Kislev 5763

Kissing a Mezuzah or Sefer
3 Tishrei 5763

Panim Chadashot
15 Kislev 5763

’Assimilated Jew’
1 Kislev 5763

Naming a baby girl Romi
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Nisan 18, 5774

Mezzuzah for Non Jew
Rabbi David Sperling | Iyyar 18, 5773

When does the Jewish day begin?
Rabbi David Sperling | Nisan 10, 5775
Genesis 24: 2-9 – Put your hand under my thigh
Rabbi Moshe Leib Halberstadt | Tevet 26, 5770
Apartment Eviction
Rabbi Moshe Leib Halberstadt | Shevat 9, 5783

Follow-up question on names
Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Shevat 9, 5783
