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 "Ein HaBaishan Lamed"; A bashful person cannot learn - Avos 2:6
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| Halacha - Playing cards | | Submitted by Yael Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: Is it permissible for kids and adults to play innocent card games such as war, go fish, rummy, spit, solitaire and similar type games?
| | Answer: It is permitted according to Halacha. However, some people are sensitive to the association with gambling and refrain.
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| Halacha - Mana Chama | | Submitted by MOshe Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: Can you prepare a "Mana Chama" on Shabbes?
| | Answer: No. It is Kalei HaBishul, something easily cooked, and is forbidden even in a Kli Sheini.
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| Halacha - Scooter for children in shabbat | | Submitted by anonymous Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: I would like to know about using scooters or rollers for children up to 8 or 9 years old in a place with eruv. I've heard bike is a problem but on this you can see its only for playing.
| | Answer: It is fine. The primary problem with a bike is the risk that the chain may fall off and require a repair, which would be forbidden on Shabbos. Since scooters and skates are simpler and contain to...read more | | posted:2012-01-15 16:30 |
| Halacha - Bishu; Kli Sheini, Shlishi | | Submitted by anonymous Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: We took a Kugel off the hot plate today (Shabbat). My wife scooped out portions with a large serving spoon and placed them on foam plates. She then took raw melon cubes and placed them touching or over the kugel. Is there an issue of bishul?
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Generally speaking, a hot item in its original container that was on the fire can cook, and should not come in contact with cold raw food on Shabbos. This is called a Kli Rishon. Food...read more | | posted:2012-01-07 19:08 |
| Halacha - Birkat Halevana/Kiddush Levona | | Submitted by anonymous Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: It is possible to recite birkat halevana from indoors if one can see the moon through a window (open or closed) or is it necessary to be outdoors? Are there any dispensations if one is ill..?
| | Answer: The Rema in OC 426:4 writes that Kiddush Levana should not be recited under a roof. The Mishna Berura there explains that it is comparable to greeting a king, and one would be expected to go out to...read more | | posted:2012-01-07 15:04 |
| Halacha - 7 branched menora | | Submitted by anonymous Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: Is it only assur to make a seven branched menora or also to own one?
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The Pischei Teshuva in Yoreh Deah 141:12 quotes the Tiferes l'Moshe that if a non-Jew manufactured a 7 branched Menorah, one is allowed to use it. The Mekor Mayim Chaim concurs, however he...read more | | posted:2012-01-04 21:07 |
| Money Matters - Do I have to return the money.. | | Submitted by anonymous Answered by Rav Yehonoson Hool | | Question: For two months I shared a nice relationship with a friend, then out of the blue she became very distant for a reason unkown to me. During the time we were friends she paid for things for me- for example- lunch, coffees etc and refused payment. At this point because the friendship dimished to nothing I'm not sure if she laid out all that money out of good will. My question is do I need to pay her back for whatever she has laid out for me?
| Answer: One who gives a gift when on good terms with the recipient cannot demand it back if subsequently he becomes his enemy. Even an ongoing financial
agreement, such as a real-estate rental,...read more | | posted:2012-01-01 12:37 |
| Halacha - mikvah | | Submitted by anonymous Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: i am away from my wife for a month on business. she couldve went to the mikva 2 weeks into my trip(she was clean and 7days past. she was planning on going the night before i return. however i am now coming home a day earlier. she did a hefsek a week before she planned on going to the mikva, and she is pretty sure she did one the day before also(but not 100 percent sure)just in case i come home early. So,is she able to now go to the mikva a night earlier?
| | Answer: Most Poskim consider the Hefsek Tahara to be d'Oraisa. so, unless she is absolutely certain it was done a day early, it will be necessary to wait.
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| Halacha - window in the winter | | Submitted by anonymous Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: Is there such a halacha that if someone is cold during the winter the window has to be kept closed?
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While it is not an explicit Halacha in any primary source, there is a strong basis for it.
There is a case in the Gemara in Bava Basra (22b-23a): Rav Yosef had a neighbor...read more | | posted:2011-12-11 16:34 |
| Halacha - Kashrus | | Submitted by Alan Weinberg Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: Is it permissible to consume the nutritional supplement, glucosamine, which has medicinal properties to strengthen joints and cartilege, and which reportedly is made from shellfish?
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There are a number of factors at play here.
If the glucosamine would be derived from hard sea shells, it would be equivalent to rocks which are not a Kosher...read more | | posted:2011-12-08 00:14 |
| Halacha - NY water | | Submitted by anonymous Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: Is there a chiuv to filter the water in Brooklyn ny
| | Answer: My understanding is that most Poskim hold there IS an obligation.
| | posted:2011-12-01 18:01 |
| Halacha - niddah | | Submitted by anonymous Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: Is there a leniency for hugging his wife niddah when both are full dressed. The wife is very depressed almost non functionning because of the separation and she just need a hug to feel alive. Thank you
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I'm afraid not. It is certainly forbidden miD'Rabannan and possibly Biblically.
However, it is certainly praiseworthy that you want to help. Giving a gift is permitted as are...read more | | posted:2011-12-01 13:10 |
| Halacha - Lechem-Shaleim | | Submitted by DC Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: I often have home-baked Challah that is slightly heavier than a normal Challah, and also has a looser braid. As a result, if I would pick up part of it the rest would fall off even before I make any incision in it. Is the Challah not Shaleim?
| | Answer: An excellent question. This issue has bothered me as well, and I have not found a single Sefer that address the question directly.
A little background. While it is always preferable to make a...read more | | posted:2011-11-28 22:14 |
| Halacha - bracha on twix | | Submitted by anonymous Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: What is the bracha on a twix bar?
| | Answer: Mezonos. It contains a cookie inside, and Mezonos is generally assumed to be the Ikkar, primary, component of a complex food.
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| Chumash - 4 men who died without any sins | | Submitted by shoshana Answered by Rabbi Shaul Rosenberg | | Question: who are the 4 men who died without any sins?
| | Answer: The Gemorah in Bava Basra 17a says that 4 people died without sin and only died because of the decree made against Adam (that there would be death in the world) for listening to the snake.
1)...read more | | posted:2011-11-20 22:01 |
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