Rent assistance, vow regarding blessings
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Question
Shalom.
1. I want to register for assistance with paying rent. I have understood that the eligibility criteria for this are very strict, such as someone who earns 6,000 a month, no more and no less. But there is someone who can "do the work" for me so that I can receive this assistance from the state. Only I am not sure that according to the rules I am fully eligible. (I should point out that my husband sits and learns, I earn a salary of less than 5,000), and we are on the way to our second child.
The question is whether I am allowed to make use of this and receive the financial assistance even though it is not certain that I am eligible (I have not checked this).
2. I was accustomed, for a certain food, to recite two blessings that are said over other foods, because I did not know what blessing should be said. Now I have clarified the halacha and I was told which blessing may be recited. Do I need to continue with my previous practice, or is this not considered a vow?
1. I want to register for assistance with paying rent. I have understood that the eligibility criteria for this are very strict, such as someone who earns 6,000 a month, no more and no less. But there is someone who can "do the work" for me so that I can receive this assistance from the state. Only I am not sure that according to the rules I am fully eligible. (I should point out that my husband sits and learns, I earn a salary of less than 5,000), and we are on the way to our second child.
The question is whether I am allowed to make use of this and receive the financial assistance even though it is not certain that I am eligible (I have not checked this).
2. I was accustomed, for a certain food, to recite two blessings that are said over other foods, because I did not know what blessing should be said. Now I have clarified the halacha and I was told which blessing may be recited. Do I need to continue with my previous practice, or is this not considered a vow?
Answer
Shalom u-verakha
1. It is forbidden to lie. [From experience, this also does not help and even causes harm].
2. This was a mistake and not a vow.
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