Eating a very small amount of bread by a meal-The status of blessing of the other foods eaten:[1] Background: The law states that whenever one eats a meal of bread with the blessing of Hamotzi, then all the other meal foods eaten during the meal are exempt from needing a […]
Eating a very small amount of bread by a meal-The status of blessing of the other foods eaten
Eating a very small amount of bread by a meal-The status of blessing of the other foods eaten:[1] Background: The law states that whenever one eats a meal of bread with the blessing of Hamotzi, then all the other meal foods eaten during the meal are exempt from needing a […]
The Prohibition of Orlah
The Prohibition of Orlah: A fruit tree which is planted is to have three years counted from the time of its planting. All the fruits which it grows throughout those three years is prohibited forever[2] not only in eating but in deriving any form of pleasure from them.[3] ______________________________________________________________ [2] […]
The reason behind the Arlah prohibition
The Torah prohibits one from eating fruits of a tree within its first three years of having been planted. The reason behind this prohibition is explained in Kabbala to be that it is a rectification for the sin of Adam and Eve. G-d had only commanded them to refrain from […]
Throwing out the garbage on Shabbos
Garbage-Moving a garbage bag or garbage bin:[1] The moving of a garbage bag or a garbage bin on Shabbos enters into the question of whether it has the status of Muktzah, and if so, under which circumstances it is permitted to be moved under the rule of Geraf Shel Reiy, […]
Throwing out the garbage on Shabbos
Garbage-Moving a garbage bag or garbage bin:[1] The moving of a garbage bag or a garbage bin on Shabbos enters into the question of whether it has the status of Muktzah, and if so, under which circumstances it is permitted to be moved under the rule of Geraf Shel Reiy, […]
The status of a Kohen who is a Challal
The status of a Kohen who is a Challal [born from forbidden relations]:[1] A Challal is a Kohen who is desecrated from his priesthood position, and is hence not considered like a non-Kohen regarding all matters, as we will explain below. A. Who is defined as a Challal?[2] Biblical-Issureiy Kehuna: […]
The status of a Kohen who is a Challal
The status of a Kohen who is a Challal [born from forbidden relations]:[1] A Challal is a Kohen who is desecrated from his priesthood position, and is hence not considered like a non-Kohen regarding all matters, as we will explain below. A. Who is defined as a Challal?[2] Biblical-Issureiy Kehuna: […]
Must a married women cover the hair of her sideburns and below the nape
Must a married [or once married] woman cover her sideburns and others hair that protrude past the regular hair of the head? Some Poskim[1] rule that a married woman is not required to cover the little amount of her hair that extends past her “Tzemasan” [which refers to a snood […]
Giving charity & Maaser if one owes money to others
Giving charity and Maaser if one owes money to others: A. Background: The obligation to pay back owed moneys:[1] It is a Biblical obligation for a person who borrowed money to pay back that money that he owes. One who does not do so transgresses the verse[2] of “Loveh Rasha […]
