A database of Jewish questions and answers

Holy Places

Western Wall

Inadvertent damages

Damage to a shirt caused by neighbors’ renovation

G-d

Judaism and Halacaha Explained

Weekly Question

Question Vayera

Zimmun

Birkat HaMazon immediately after hearing the zimun

Purification order

Practicing a stringency in error and the need for annulment of vows

Interest on loans

Investment money that was lost – is it permitted to return the principal?

Hafrashas challah

Forgot to separate challah

Interest on loans

Receiving Shares from the Bank

Interest on loans

Debt to an elevator company that generated interest – is it permitted to pay

Interest on loans

Does taking an additional loan conditioned on repayment of a previous loan constitute interest

Different objects

A lost item that no one claims

Trade and commerce

Bypassing a broker who advertised an apartment

Inadvertent damages

Dryer in a yeshiva that burned clothes

Tzedakah and Maaser

Calculating maaser for parents’ commitment to pay apartment rent