Total questions:  234

I know you cant have hot showers in the 9 days but can you have one on Erev Shabbos?

• halacha
• 9-days

Danny 396

Asked 14 years ago
Active: 14 years ago

What legitimate reason can the English version of the Hamodia have for omitting the story of the cinema killer who went on a rampage and ...

• hamodia

LunarWaveYid 10

Asked 14 years ago
Active: 14 years ago

The possuk says you shall not sway from their ways Right or Left. Rashi says that this means even if they tell you that right is left or ...

• hashkafah
• halacha
• chazal

Yehuda HaMaccabi 441

Asked 14 years ago
Active: 14 years ago

Why do we consider one of Avrahams tests to leave his home town, who wouldnt leave town for children, he was desperate for them.

• nisayon
• avraham-avinu

Phil 25

Asked 14 years ago
Active: 14 years ago

We all say loads of Pesukim which refer to the Geula which will come speedily in our days. What I am looking for specifically, can anyone ...

• galus
• geula

Pinchas 44

Asked 14 years ago
Active: 14 years ago

Does anyone know if the Sefardi Hechsher Machpud is OK for Ashkenazim to eat? The restaurant Cafe Rimon in Jerusalem is now Machpoud and ...

• hechsherim
• machpud
• jerusalem
• restaurant

Shmuel Yaacovson 118

Asked 13 years ago
Active: 11 years ago

Over 2 years ago I lent my son-in-law a substantial amount to buy and completely renovate a house for his family to live in. He said he ...

• repayment

avrohom 8

Asked 9 years ago
Active: 7 years ago

I'm planning a business investment with a jewish partner. Since we already have a contract, do we still need a heter iska? If yes, why?

• ribis-interest
• partnership
• heter-iska

sheilah 8

Asked 13 years ago
Active: 13 years ago

The Chofetz Chaim says that even if someone whom you utterly trust tells you Loshan Hora, it is Ossur to believe him. How is this possible. ...

• halacha

Emes Veyatziv 8

Asked 13 years ago
Active: 13 years ago

My friend asked me that he davened shachris with tefillin and a tallit from beginning until end and only afterwards realized that he was ...

• davening

Ariel goldberg 8

Asked 11 years ago
Active: 11 years ago

Hope this is not too off topic but I have an English license and I am coming to America for the Holidays. Will they let me drive with my ...

• practical-advice
• driving

Rule Britannia 8

Asked 14 years ago
Active: 12 years ago

I have just found out that I am R"L a mamzeir (Bastard). What should I do? I was about to propose to my future Eishes Chayil. Should I ...

• shidduchim
• mamzeirus

David Stern 8

Asked 11 years ago
Active: 11 years ago

What was the Nodah Beyehudas problem with the Chassisdim that they said Leshem Yichud, what could be wrong with that?

• leshem-yichud
• chassidus

Danny 396

Asked 14 years ago
Active: 12 years ago

You should probably begin by going to the person you slandered. The Shulchan Oruch tells us that if a person approaches a person that ...

• teshuvah

basmelech1402 8

Asked 12 years ago
Active: 12 years ago

Random question: Why are the names of the Goyishe months January, Febuary, March etc so named? Are they from the Romans? Based on Idolatry? ...

• months

succahman 8

Asked 14 years ago
Active: 12 years ago