Hearing the Shofar
By Rabbi Chaim Chazzan Is it permissible to recite Tehillim or the blessing after using the restroom after the first set of tekios, during musaf on Rosh Hashana, before one has heard all...
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By Rabbi Chaim Chazzan Is it permissible to recite Tehillim or the blessing after using the restroom after the first set of tekios, during musaf on Rosh Hashana, before one has heard all...
By Rabbi Chaim Chazzan May one pick up someone who is waiting at a bus stop for a Jewish owned bus and give him a ride, thereby causing the company to lose the...
By Rabbi Chaim Chazzan The halachos of mezuzah placement are numerous and complex and unfortunately many homes have the mezuzos placed incorrectly, causing them to be invalid[1]. For this reason it has been...
By Rabbi Chaim Chazzan May one purchase something for more expensive when one is able to buy the same thing for cheaper? In other words: Is needless spending of money included in the...
By Rabbi Chaim Chazzan Is one permitted to borrow tables and chairs from a synagogue for an event being hosting at home? A synagogue and Beis Medrash (a place dedicated for Torah...
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 Are the things prohibited during the nine days forbidden on Motzoei Tisha Be’av (when Tisha Be’av is pushed off), or may we eat meat, wash clothes etc? In 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...