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| Chinuch - kiriv | | Submitted by rivka Answered by Rabbi Tzvi Frank | | Question: A Kiriv organization asked me if i could volunteer over Rosh Hashana this would include giving classes instead of davening. I was wondering waht is more important at this point of my life (i am 21 and single). Kiriv or davening? | Answer: You don't have to give up davening. You can certainly daven. Perhaps not with a minyan or perhaps not with the minyan of your choice and perhaps not the whole davening just a... read more | | posted:2010-08-25 22:49 |
| Halacha - Basar ve Halav | | Submitted by anonymous Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: Shalom I was wondering if it would fall under the issur of hanaa to use a photograph of a pizza with pepperoni on it for advertising purposes (for an otherwise kosher pizza restaurant!) I've seen it happen more than once here in Israel - presumably due to the use of a stock photgraph
| | Answer: It would not be assur as hana'ah, since you are not deriving any pleasure from the actual basar b'chalav itself. However it is not very appropriate.
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| Halacha - printing the shem havayah | | Submitted by anonymous Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: In your recent article on "kiruv failures" you printed a posuk and spelled out the shem havayah. Is it allowed to spell out the tetragramaton name of Hashem if it's not in a sefer? And is it allowed for us to erase the name when we close the page? I posted this question on your contact form but have not received a response.
| | Answer: It is permitted לכתחילה to write Hashem's name for Divrei Torah under circumstances where it is not likely to be disgraced. It is a machlokes whether the...read more | | posted:2010-08-09 14:46 |
| Halacha - writing out shem shmayim | | Submitted by anonymous Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: please see http://revach.net/taryag-mitzvos/mitzva-opportunity/Parshas-Re039eh-Netziv-Feeling-Your-Own-Pain/4693 where the editor clicked & pasted a äáÕç with the shem havayeh Is this ÜÛê×ÜÔ ??????
| | Answer: It is permitted לכתחילה to write Hashem's name for Divrei Torah under circumstances where it is not likely to be disgraced. However, since some Poskim...read more | | posted:2010-08-06 02:05 |
| Halacha - Kashrut | | Submitted by anonymous Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: My husband accidentally used a steak knife to cut between two slices of pizza, which he was taking out of the microwave. How do I kasher the knife?
| | Answer: Assuming the pizza was hot at the time, the knife needs hagala, immersion in boiling water. I have detailed the procedure in other places, but if you have never done it before you may be best off...read more | | posted:2010-08-03 19:59 |
| Miscellaneous - Medical Cannabis | | Submitted by anonymous Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: If I am living in a state where medical cannabis is legal, and a doctor recommends it, does Jewish law prevent me from smoking it?
| | Answer: Jewish Law requires one to preserve his health and not do anything that could endanger it. I am not a doctor and can not give you medical advise, but if reliable medical research has determined...read more | | posted:2010-08-01 19:06 |
| Halacha - Regarding erasing the screen there is a machlokes | | Submitted by Ben-Zion Pessy Blum Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: ÜÞâéÔ If your editor would ask you if it is ÜÛê×ÜÔ what would you advise? Halacha - Hashem's Name on computer screens Submitted by Daniel Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh Question: What's Halocha about reading Chumash and other text with Names of Hashem written in Hebrew on PCs? Thank You! Daniel. Answer: The texts certainly may be read, except in an inappropriate place such as a bathroom. Regarding erasing the screen there is a machlokes. It is generally accepted to be permitted because one is not erasing physical words, just interrupting the flow of electrons and preventing the words from being formed in the future
| | Answer: I would personally consider it מותר לכתחילה, but there are certainly grounds for one who wants to be machmir.
| | posted:2010-08-01 15:34 |
| Halacha - birkat hamazon | | Submitted by sarah Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: if i ate bread in two different places were do i say birkat hamazon?
| | Answer: In the last one, provided you ate at least a k'zayis of bread there.
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| Halacha - 9 days | | Submitted by anonymous Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: is cutting the grass in the 9 days allowed
| | Answer: Yes. It is more similar to minor home repairs which are permitted then to cutting hair which is not.
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| Halacha - ger and tevillas kelim | | Submitted by anonymous Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: Does a ger need to tovel all his kelim? There is no question of kashrus here well. maybe a little one). He has been keeping completely kosher for over a year and bought new kelim (and they were in fact all toveled then [I think he did it because he thought that Jews need to eat on toveled kelim]), but now he did the actual milah and tevilah. Does he need to tovel all of his kelim? The little question of kashrus might be if he has neemanus that he kept kosher). Thank you.
| | Answer: The keilim certainly need tevila as they were owned by a non-Jew (the Ger pre-geirus). Regarding neemanus, if he is certain that he kept all the Halachos of Kashrus properly, he may certainly rely on...read more | | posted:2010-06-17 15:54 |
| Halacha - Chametz vs. Seor | | Submitted by anonymous Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: I would be grateful if you could resolve a dispute as to the difference between Chametz and Seor, preferably in modern terms.
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Chometz is any product containing fermented grain from the 5 species (wheat, oat, barley, rye, spelt).
Seor is not prevalent today, but is often translated as sourdough. Before the...read more | | posted:2010-06-08 12:16 |
| Halacha - worms in Fish | | Submitted by anonymous Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: When buying fish with a Hechsher does one need to examine further for worms?
| | Answer: The hechsher on the fish may not be taking responsibility for worms and it may be difficult to check yourself. Each Kashrus organization has a different policy, and you need to either familiarize...read more | | posted:2010-06-05 22:51 |
| Halacha - Shaking hands with a woman | | Submitted by Adi Salama Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: Shalom, What should a man do if a woman puts her hand out to him to shake? Would the possibility of embarrassing her in public (or even in private) by refusing to shake her hand make a difference..? Is there any difference if it is a non-observant Jew or a non-Jew (or for that matter someone who the specific man knows will not cause him any hirhurim - say an elderly lady for example or a distant family member?) Or if it is a man putting his hand out to a woman instead? Thank-you!
| | Answer: While technically a professional handshake is not affectionate and should be permitted at least miDeoraisa, HaRav Moshe Feinstein zatzal writes that a man should not trust himself to control his...read more | | posted:2010-05-16 14:58 |
| Halacha - Cooking Milchig and Fleishig in the same oven | | Submitted by anonymous Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: If I normally cook fleishig dishes uncovered in my oven what process do I need to go through in order to cook a milchig dish uncovered?
| | Answer: If the oven is "self-cleaning", it is enough to run the self-clean cycle. If not, the oven should be cleaned well and heated to the highest temperature for around an hour.
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| Halacha - kashrut | | Submitted by Dorothy Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: I accidently put a parve pot into a fleishig dishwasher. The other items in the dishwasher included silverware, plates, glasses, a fleishig glass bowl from parve rice, and a fleishig pot. The parve pot was used to boil cauliflower. Is the parve pot now fleishig? Can I kasher it to make it parve again?
| | Answer: Assuming some of the other items in the dishwasher were dirty from fleishigs, the residue made your formerly pareve pot fleishig. The pot may be kashered, but is it practically complicated to kasher...read more | | posted:2010-05-02 19:57 |
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