Question: I wear a wedding ring and a watch on my left arm, and I do not like taking them off. Is it permitted to

My shul has a guard station near the entrance. The non-Jewish guard has instructions that, on Shabbat, he should get up to open the door

I am traveling to the United States on Chanukah; my wife will be staying home. When I will be staying with family and/or friends, can/should

Question: I owed someone (Reuven) 2,000 NIS, and he asked to give him an “open check” (i.e., payee left open), which he would give to

Question: We need a babysitter for a few hours on Shabbat. Is there a problem paying her for Shabbat work? Answer: Sechar Shabbat (pay for

Question: At a time of year when we do not mention rain in Shemoneh Esrei’s second beracha, the chazan started saying, “mashiv haruach …” People

Question: I am saying Kaddish and, recently, went to a shiva house for tefillah. After I said a Kaddish with the aveilim, someone told me

Question: I asked a friend who needs tefillot for her health, what her name is for such purposes, and she answered, “Shira bat Avraham Avinu.”

Question: I was supposed to take over as chazan at Yishtabach, but I absentmindedly said Yishtabach quietly as the previous chazan was finishing Az Yashir.

Question: Can you explain the details of how one should walk to an aliyah and how and when he should return? Answer: There are no

Question: Is it permitted/proper to take pills before Yom Kippur that improve one’s fasting on Yom Kippur? Answer: Clearly, while the Torah commands “v’initem et