Total questions:  234

Children who are Bar Mitzvah often make an embarrassing mistake. They say the literal word Hashem instead of Hashem's real name. This is ...

• halacha
• brochos

Treebeard 72

Asked 11 years ago
Active: 10 years ago

The Gemoro queries as to how do we know that the sun moving refers to setting, perhaps it refers to rising. Is the Gemoro asking how the ...

• learning
• daf-hayomi

gadol hador 351

Asked 11 years ago
Active: 10 years ago

How does one enjoy learning to its fullest. How does one avoid the constant guilt feeling that comes from the thought that i'm not doing ...

• learning
• chizuk

tbag 16

Asked 11 years ago
Active: 10 years ago

I am interested in reading up on the reactions of the Jewish war survivors at liberation in the concentration camps. My grandmother told ...

• jewish-history
• moshiach
• war
• world-war-2

Never again 13

Asked 11 years ago
Active: 10 years ago

Let's say you have strong suspicions that someone you know is using the internet the wrong way... you have no idea how long this has been ...

• internet

qwert5 13

Asked 11 years ago
Active: 10 years ago

I have a friend who wants to become frum, but is currently holding a job that forces her to work on Shabbos morning, and more recently Friday ...

• halacha
• shabbos

Freida 13

Asked 10 years ago
Active: 10 years ago

Our oven has a thermstat that constantly toggles the oven motor on and off based on whether the oven has reached the set heat. When the ...

• halacha
• gerama
• shabbos

Yehuda HaMaccabi 441

Asked 11 years ago
Active: 11 years ago

I think that the Achronim say that if a person doesnt learn Hilchos Shabbos he will definitely be Oiver some Issurei Shabbos. In that case ...

• hashkafah
• shabbos

Danny 396

Asked 11 years ago
Active: 11 years ago

The Halacha is we have to tear Kriah when an Odom Choshuv is niftar. Is the Halacha that we have to tear for Reb Elyashiv? PS. Reb Elyashiv ...

• halacha
• kriah

Yehuda HaMaccabi 441

Asked 12 years ago
Active: 12 years ago

did the Early Yidden like Avraham Yitzchok and Yaacov wear Yamulkes or is it a new thing

• jewish-history

gadol hador 351

Asked 11 years ago
Active: 11 years ago

Does anyone here know where I can date a girl in Jerusalem without everyone seeing me. Secondly do you know if it is considered normal for ...

• practical-advice

Old Wine 175

Asked 11 years ago
Active: 11 years ago

Here in the DRC we have many returnees to the fold who would like to dedicate their lives to learning torah. Their question is "how can ...

• money
• parnasa

Chief Rabbi of The DRC 164

Asked 12 years ago
Active: 12 years ago

I live in a large building with only one lift. Many times when the lift arrives there is already a woman inside. When I enter the woman ...

• hashkafah
• halacha
• yichud

Oiker Harim 218

Asked 12 years ago
Active: 11 years ago

Was it always like this that people went crazy over Elul or is it part of the world is getting frummer syndrome?

• hashkafah
• elul

Agent Emes 15

Asked 11 years ago
Active: 11 years ago

I seem to recall seeing somewhere that there were many similarities between Noach and Yonah - One being that Noach lived in / or landed ...

• torah

SJR 896

Asked 11 years ago
Active: 11 years ago