by Netanel Colish | Mar 24, 2025 | Prayers & Blessings
Context: I was recently at someone’s Friday night meal and they told me it’s forbidden to speak after washing your hands for bread. I told them the issue is not to be distracted, היסך הדעת. The main concern is you might forget that you washed and get your hands dirty...
by Netanel Colish | Mar 23, 2025 | Prayers & Blessings
I was in a shul recently and I briefly read parts of a book that was speaking about the importance of not talking in shul. I read that someone who talks in shul is going to hell, and a lot of other things that really scared me. What are the actual Halachot regarding...
by daniela daniela | May 5, 2024 | Prayers & Blessings
My son may be flying next sunday from the pacific coast of the US to Europe. Flight takes off in afternoon local time and mands the next morning. Should he count on the plane? Any time when it is dark would be good? Or how else should he do? Thank you very much
by yaacov wolf | Sep 20, 2022 | Prayers & Blessings
I usually drink black coffee, but I find coffee from the kuerig (or instant) to be unpalatable without milk and sugar free flavoring syrup. The kuerig (or instant) is much more convenient to use first thing in the morning than brewing a cup that I would have black....
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 Eileen Goldschmidt | Mar 20, 2022 | Prayers & Blessings
Trader Joe’s – the dark chocolate lover’s chocolate bar Ingredients: Cocoa Mass, sugar, cocoa butter, soy lecithin (emulsifier), natural vanilla flavor. Contains Soy May Contain Milk
