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Hello, I follow the approach of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, may his memory be a blessing. I wanted to confirm whether it is indeed permissible to place a pot of water on a cold hot plate on Shabbat, which is...

I am from abroad, and unfortunately we do not have supervision here. My question is about baking parchment and baking bags sold here. May they be used without any concern of prohibition, or is there s...

Dear Rabbi, according to which text do we perform the havdalah separating the end of Shabbat (which this year coincided with the holiday of Passover) from Chol HaMoed Passover? It doesn't seem to be a...

Honorable Rabbi! My name is Dina Cohen. I have been living in the United States for about three years because of a sick sister, and I wanted to be near her. About two years ago I met an Italian Christ...

Dear Rabbi, Shabbat Shalom. How many candles do we light? I was told that we light candles according to the number of people in the family. Is that correct? And what is the precise blessing we need to...

Hello, Rabbi. I wanted to ask: Someone told me that it is forbidden to eat a whole hard-boiled egg, and that one must first cut it and only then eat it, because it is a custom of mourning to eat an eg...

Hello and wishing you a good and blessed week. Question: It is said that a butterfly is a soul. Is this true? What does a butterfly visiting a home symbolize? Should the butterfly that came to my hous...

Shalom, is a person who comes to the Western Wall after many years obligated to recite the blessing of Shehecheyanu? What is the halacha for women? Thank you in advance.

Hello, Rabbi! I have a question for you that troubles me greatly in my married life with my husband.... When we are at my mother-in-law's house... then whenever the things my husband's parents ask for...

My son, with Hashem's help, is celebrating his bar mitzvah this year. His Hebrew birthday falls on Shabbat, but it is known that on Shabbat one does not put on tefillin. Therefore, when can we observe...