Have You Had Your Mezuzos Checked Recently?
The importance of checking mezuzot.
Category: JEWISH PRACTICE
Severance Pay in Judaism
What is the judaic stance regarding severance pay?
Pressure for a Shidduch
By Chaim Hillel Raskin Can I try to persuade a family to consider my daughter as a shidduch for their son? Background: There are two potential Torah prohibitions involved in purchasing a friend’s personal items that...
Driving After Candle-Lighting
By Chaim Hillel Raskin I would like to travel by car to shul after lighting Shabbos candles. Is that allowed? Although the halacha is that lighting Shabbos candles doesn’t automatically cause Shabbos to begin,1 nonetheless the...
Verbal Harassment
By Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin The Torah says, “A man should not wrong his fellow.”1 Chazal explain that one must be sincere in social interactions just as in business, and one may not harass...
The Kosher Switch
By Rabbi Dovid Markel Disclaimer: It is not the intent of the article to deal with halachik technicalities of Kosher-Switch, but to raise awareness for the concept that not everything that is technically permitted...
Reasons For Shemita
Reasons for the commandment of shemita that one refrain from working one’s field for an entire year.
Paying Tuition with Maaser Money
By Rabbi Chaim Chazzan The cost of out-of-town mesivta is challenging. Can pay tuition with my maaser money? As explained in previous (issues 217-218) one cannot pay for obligations with maaser money, since tzedakah is supposed to be...
Pre-Order Discount
By Rabbi Chaim Chazzan May a publisher offer a discounted price to those who pay in advance before the sefer is printed? The Alter Rebbe rules[1] that one who sells an object at...
Broken Glasses
By Rabbi Chaim Chazzan Reuven put his glasses down near his bed. Shimon came to wake him up, stepped on the glasses and broke them. Is Shimon responsible for the damage? ...
