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....
Category: PRACTICE
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...
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...
Donning Tefillin Before A Sefer Torah
By Rabbi Chaim Chazzan May one put on tefillin while the Sefer Torah is out of the Aaron kodesh? The Alter Rebbe writes in his Shulchan Aruch[1]: If one takes off his...
Intention During Shema
By Rabbi Chaim Chazzan What intention is one supposed to have while reciting Shema? Before one recites Shema one should have the intention that he is about to fulfill the mitzvas asei...
Grape Juice at the Pesach Seder
By Rabbi Chaim Chazzan Is it permissible to use grape juice for the arba kosos at the Seder? We first must first examine whether grape juice is acceptable for kiddush, and then...
Milk & Meat – How is it derived from the Torah?
By: Rabbi Dovid Markel Dear Rabbi Reading the Bible, I see no mention of a prohibition of not consuming milk and meat. Where does that come from? Sincerely, Alex The commandment of...
Why Wait Between Meat & Milk?
I know that the Torah prohibits eating meat and milk together but why must we wait a period of time between meat and milk? Where does that come from?
