by Michael Senter | Oct 7, 2026 | Modesty & Personal Issues
I was recently asked about whether these tubs are kosher for mikveh, and my understanding is no, but I wanted to check with you. The scenario I was told about is as follows: ice baths are popular nowadays, so they make this mini “bathtub pools”. If you...
by Aaron Abadi | Sep 22, 2026 | Modesty & Personal Issues, Shabbat & Yom Tov
I was asked if the Harchakos of Niddah apply to Yom Kippur. I initially just said “No, but use your judgment.” He then responded with ,”I thought so but then I saw Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim 615:1) How do we understand that?” This is very true, so I thought it would...
by moi613 | Sep 3, 2026 | Modesty & Personal Issues
few issurim carry the weight this one does in the way people talk about it. the torah’s first case is onan, who “let it go to waste” and was punished severely (bereishis 38:9 to 10). the mishnah in nidda (13a) speaks in extreme terms about anything...
by moi613 | Sep 3, 2026 | Modesty & Personal Issues
tzniyus is taught as the women’s topic: skirts, sleeves, collars, stockings. men get one line, maybe. but halacha cannot have a whole value for only half the jewish people. so what does tzniyus demand from men, if anything? 1. is there a real halachic standard...
by moi613 | Sep 1, 2026 | Modesty & Personal Issues
the laws of yichud get quoted all the time, but where do they actually come from and what do they really cover? 1. the source: is yichud d’oraisa or d’rabbanan, and what is the underlying reason, a safeguard against arayos or something broader about how...
by moi613 | Aug 31, 2026 | Modesty & Personal Issues
the gemara in berachos 61a says a man should not walk behind a woman on a path, even his own wife, that on a bridge he should move her to the side, and that walking behind a woman through a river has no share in olam haba. right after, it says someone who counts money...
