by Yaakov Siegel | Feb 22, 2023 | Shabbat & Yom Tov
Shalom Kvod HaRav! For the last two years I have, in accordance with your rulings, been conducting an online Seder for each of the first two nights of Pesah via Zoom. I have people whom I teach all over the country. I get some 50 participants for a Seder. This year,...
by Yaakov Siegel | Aug 14, 2022 | Prayers & Blessings
My doctor has ordered me to keep my carbohydrate intake to a minimum. I know that there is a machloket if a k’zayit of bread at the beginning of a meal exempts all food from a brachah, or if one must continue eating bread throughout. What is the helachah? Can I...
by Yaakov Siegel | Apr 14, 2022 | Pesach Products
Can I assume that Kirkland brand Jasmine rice (from Thailand) is a major brand and needs no checking! Thank you in advance.
by Yaakov Siegel | Apr 9, 2022 | Pesach Products
I have quite a quantity of hand sanitizer. The ingredients say “75% ethanol, 25% water”. There is a warning that if ingested, contact poison control. But there is no mention of the ethanol being denatured. The product is made in China. Permitted for...
by Yaakov Siegel | Mar 23, 2022 | Shabbat & Yom Tov
Shalom, Kvod HaRav! You posted last year that a French Press is permissible on Yom Tov. I am wondering if there is a problem with inserting a filter, making a hole in it, and screwing it n place?
