by Menashe | Mar 5, 2026 | Interaction with Non-Jews, Kashrut
Rav, I want to share with you something that’s bugging me for the longest time, and need your usual common sense to give me some clarity. If I recall, Yanom stam was forbidden back in the day, when this was a risk in that society that Jews and Goyim mix, and...
by Avigdor Schultz | Jan 12, 2026 | Interaction with Non-Jews
Hello Rabbi, Thank you so much for your time. What is the Halacha for entering a church, and are there any leniencies regarding denomination, lack of icons within the church, or shalom bayis? My wife is a convert, and her sister is getting married this August in a...
by Abraham Chairez | Jan 7, 2026 | Interaction with Non-Jews
Shalom Hakham, I read your Torah Talk about contemporary non-Jews not being the idol worshippers that the Torah refer too. I absolutely agree with you and I came to this conclusion long time ago, but, I still have a question: We have a lot of Mitzvot related to Avodah...
by Aaron Abadi | Jan 1, 2026 | Modesty & Personal Issues
I am often asked about extra stringencies, extra credit practices, prishut, chassidut, and various Kabbalistic behaviors. Sometimes there is a place for these things. That is the truth. But that place is far narrower—and far higher—than people tend to assume. Judaism...
by Elad Siman-Tov | Nov 19, 2025 | Modesty & Personal Issues
Hello Rabbi, If a woman uses an IUD device as birth control is it considered to be a hatsitsa when she immerses in the Mikva? These devices can only be inserted/removed by a doctor as far as I know. Thank You
by Aaron Abadi | Sep 20, 2025 | Modesty & Personal Issues, Shabbat & Yom Tov
These are some of the important halachot for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Keep them simple and meaningful, and don’t overdo it — the goal is connection and joy, not exhaustion. 🕍 Mikvah & Preparation Mikvah is optional. It’s a minhag, not a halachic requirement....
