Questions tagged [halacha]
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Buying luxury food for shabbos if one gets government assistance
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The Torah says "make your shabbos like a weekday, and don't become dependent on the community".
It says in Shulchan Aruch that even though one is supposed to have nice food for ...
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Is a garment with tzitzis that was specially made for a woman a Lo Yilbash
Can a woman wear a garment with tzitzis that was specifically made for a woman?
This article says that many poskim maintain that pants designed for women are okay for women to use. Can their reasoning ...
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In places south of the Equator (South America, Africa) their winter is our summer. Why don't they say V'ten tal u'mater l'bracha?
Those of us living in the Northern Hemisphere begin to sat V'sayn Tal U'Matar l'vracha around Dec 4
or Dec 5. Yet people living in the Southern Hemisphere continue to say V'sayn B'racha, only ...
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Shape of the chupah [duplicate]
Is there a halachic source which addresses the shape of the chupah (may it be round? or must it be rectangular like a tallit?).
Bring sources, even if your answer is an opinion.
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Eating < 1 kezayit of mezonot, leaving, returning, then eating more mezonot
At breakfast, you were unsure whether or not you ate at least a k'zayit of mezonot. So, you did not say Al Ha'michya afterwards.
You went out and did some errands, then returned home.
Now it's ...
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R' Shlomo Zalmen
I saw a sefer quote something from R' Shlomo Zalmen and the source was "Siach Halacha". What sefer is that, as to the extent of my knowledge, there is no sefer by that name written by R' ...
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Prohibitions on receiving food stamps or other government assistance if one has enough money for 14 meals?
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The Mishnah (Pe'ah 7:8) states that somebody who has enough food for two meals must not take from the tamchui – a communal soup kitchen intended to distribute daily provisions. Likewise, ...
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Is there permission to daven a different nusach in a shul? [closed]
I want to clarify that I'm not asking what he should do if he has a different nusach, since that was already clarified on this site. Rather I want to ask if the person is being "forced" to ...
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Can I use more than 5 coins for Pidyon Haben? [closed]
I know you’re supposed to use over 100g silver the equivalent of 5 sleh. Can I add more coins and ask the Choen to return the extra coins used? (I want to put them in a plaque and give them to the ...
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Sponges and kashering
Kashrut question:
When trying to scrub off any potential schmutz before kashering a pot (or anything, really), does one use a new sponge/scrubber, a treif one, or a sponge already used for the ...
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Saying usually unacceptable things during an emotionally dramatic/cathartic moment?
I know that (obviously) things like swearing, taking Hashem's name in vain and saying a lashon hara is forbidden, but what is the Talmud's opinion about doing so during a moment when you are a ...
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Kosher Hanukiah 'candle carousel'
There is an upcoming Chanukiah contest and having seen some 'candle carousels' in Germany a while back I wonder - if the candles are stationary and at the same level, with a higher Shamash as usual, ...
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What is the specific prohibition for watching television, looking a digital frame or Alexa Show on a Yom Tov?
What is the specific Issur, prohibition, with watching Television (assuming it was turned on before Yom Tov) on Yom Tov?
Given that on Yom Tov you do things for חצי לכם that would bring you enjoyment ...
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Is there a picture of the Layout of the Mikdash that the Rambam writes in Sefer Avodah 1:5
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Is there like a notable author who recrated a picture or drawing of this halacha from the Rambams Mishneh Torah on the Mikdash?
וְאֵלּוּ הֵן הַדְּבָרִים שֶׁהֵן עִקָּר בְּבִנְיַן הַבַּיִת. עוֹשִׂין ...
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Walking past bathroom mid-bracha
If one is saying a beracha/shema, while walking (I know one isn't supposed to do this letchatchila - see also ibid 1*) and they walk past a bathroom that has the door open** (and they can see the ...
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