Category: PRACTICE

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...

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...

  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?    ...

By Rabbi Chaim Chazzan   A group of people bought condos in a building and share ownership of the hallways. The owner of the only apartment on the top floor wishes to extend his...

By Rabbi Chaim Chazzan   Reuven made a deal with a pauper called Shimon that he will reveal to him the name of an unknown philanthropist Levi who gives a substantial sum to every...

By Rabbi Chaim Chazzan   May one who is intoxicated daven, bentch or say brachos on food?   Halacha differentiates between various alcohol induced states of mind: (a) One who is mildly intoxicated –...

By Rabbi Chaim Chazzan   May one request of a non-Jew to retrieve an object needed on Shabbos that was inadvertently left in a car before Shabbos?   The prohibition of amirah l’akum on...

By Rabbi Chaim Chazzan   What conditions are required for the candle for it to be permitted to make the blessing on the candle after Yom Kippur?   One may not make the brocha...