Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions

Ask the Rabbi: Things that End the Meal and Ramifications

Ask the Rabbi: Hanging and Using Hammocks on Shabbat

Ask the Rabbi: When Should an Onen Recite Havdala?

Ask the Rabbi: A Child Removing a Suction-Held Divider on Shabbat

Ask the Rabbi: The Sick Fasting on Tisha B’av

Ask the Rabbi: The Laining of a Reading Challenged Boy

Ask the Rabbi: Basketball Swap?

Ask the Rabbi: Accepting Shabbat Early during Army Service.

Ask the Rabbi: Barchu Later than the Normal End of Tefilla

Ask the Rabbi: Possible Orla in Soap

Ask the Rabbi: Waiting to Return after Kaddish

Ask the Rabbi: Shalom Zachar without the Baby and Parents

Ask the Rabbi: Washing Dishes with Steel Wool on Shabbat.

Ask the Rabbi: Kiddush a Second Time for a Guest

Mezuza for a Balcony

The Power of Vinegar

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?

Restrictions of Motzaei Tisha B’Av

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

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

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.]

Washing Hands with Soap on Yom Kippur

Vigilante Neighbor

Teenagers have been congregating in front of my apartment building, making noise, dropping cups and cigarette butts in our garden, etc. Many of them sit on the wall between our property and the sidewalk. One of my neighbors has begun to smear machine oil, to damage the clothes of the wall-sitters and thus discourage their activity. Most of the building’s residents think this is too harsh. Is our neighbor permitted to act this way? May we demand that he stop?

Homeopathic Remedies on Shabbat

Is it permitted to ingest homeopathic remedies on Shabbat?

Question Parashat Vayishlach

Delay Between Birkat Kohanim

Question

Secrecy in Beit Din

In Israeli government courts, records of the proceedings are open to the public, but the proceedings in arbitration courts (including batei din) are supposed to be private. Is there halachic basis for this distinction?

Question Vayigash

Shortening Psukei D’zimra to Catch Up

Child Riding a Bicycle on Shabbat

May a child ride a bicycle on Shabbat in a place that has an eiruv?

Paper Ownership of Non-Kosher Food

Taking Interest that Accompanies Tax Refunds