Genetically Engineered Fowl
By Rabbi Chaim Chazzan What is the halacha if genes of a predatory bird (which is not kosher) were inserted into an egg of a chicken, causing the hatched chick to exhibit predatory...
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Food under a Stroller
By Rabbi Chaim Chazzan Is it permissible to place food in a holding compartment underneath a stroller in which an infant is sleeping? Halacha forbids eating food that was left under a...
Cosmetic Surgery
By Rabbi Chaim Chazzan May a person undergo surgery when not medically necessary (to alter their appearance and the like)? The following Halachic concerns pertain to this shaila: (a) The Torah (see Devarim...
Celebrating Yom Tov
By Rabbi Chaim Chazzan How is one to celebrate yom tov? The Torah commands us to rejoice throughout all of Yom Tov and Chol Hamoeid. In the times of the Beis-HaMikdash,...
Asking Forgiveness
By Rabbi Chaim Chazzan How do I ask for forgiveness? The teshuvah done on Yom Kippur only atones for aveiros between man and Hashem but not for aveiros between man and his fellow....
Eruv Tavshilin
By Rabbi Chaim Chazzan When and how do I make an eruv tavshilin? It is forbidden to do melacha on yom tov for Shabbos. Therefore, anyone who will prepare for Shabbos on...
Why Do I Work So Hard?
By Rabbi Dovid Markel Dear Rabbi, Why do I work so hard? It hardly seems fair that G-d makes my life so difficult, when others seem to be far better off than myself....
A White Lie?
By Rabbi Chaim Chazzan Is it permissible for someone shipping fragile merchandise, for example matzos, to write on the box “glass,” thereby increasing the likelihood that the box will be handled with care?...
Forgetting To Separate Challah
By Rabbi Chaim Chazzan A woman baked challah and realized on Shabbos that she had forgotten to separate challah. May challah be taken on Shabbos? Lechatchilah, challah should be taken before baking, as...
Maariv and Lighting Menorah
By Rabbi Chaim Chazzan One who is only ready to light the menorah after the time of maariv has begun (i.e. tzei hakochavim – nightfall) and has no minyad readily available: should he...
