Category: ASK THE RABBI

By Rabbi Chaim Chazzan   A person deposited money into a vending machine that malfunctioned swallowing the money and not providing the service expected. Later another person banged the machine and the money that...

By Rabbi Chaim Chazzan   A shadchan suggested a bochur to the parents of a girl, but the parents of the girl informed him that their daughter is not yet ready for shidduchim. A...

By Rabbi Chaim Chazzan   May one who doesn’t have wine or grape juice at hand, make havdalah on tea or coffee?   The Shulchan Aruch[1] paskens that although it is always best to...

By Rabbi Chaim Chazzan   I’m aware that there is a prohibition of hachono – preparing on Shabbos for after Shabbos. May one study on Shabbos for a test?   There are several forms...

By Rabbi Chaim Chazzan   Must one wash his hands after touching body parts of a baby or child, which adults usually keep covered but children usually do not?   The halacha is that...

By Rabbi Chaim Chazzan   There is a tradition that following the expulsion of the Yidden from Spain, a decree was made forbidding a Jew to ever return to Spain. Is one obligated to...

By Rabbi Chaim Chazzan   A yeshiva rebbi came late to shul and missed the first minyan. A second minyan will soon begin but they daven slowly and if he waits he will be...

By Rabbi Chaim Chazzan   According to Torah, a man may marry a close relative such as a niece or a first cousin. In recent generations it has been proven medically, that marrying such...

By Rabbi Chaim Chazzan   May a student doctor perform surgery (under the supervision of an experienced doctor) in order to gain experience, if it will necessitate putting the patient under general anesthesia for...