A. The Lubavitcher Rebbe wore the same black fedora hat and long black suit-coat (Kapote) as customary by the Chabad-Lubavitch Chassidim, only that the Rebbe wore it all week, while most Chassidim only dress
A. In a spiritual sense they do, but legally Shabbos House isn’t set-up as a public corporation – it’s a religious non-profit, a 501(c)3. In promoting support for the Building Fund, we call
A. No, you can’t add cheese directly to the pasta, because it absorbed some “indirect-flavor” from being cooked in a meat pot, even though it was a clean pot wit
A. Mom is within her year of mourning of the passing of her mom, so there are some restrictions on her participation in celebratory events like a wedding. But no doubt, Mom should be at your wedding. Speak t
A. Check out the translation of the first paragraph of the “Aleinu” prayer: “we bend our knees and bow…” The concept may come from Temple times when Jews actually kneeled down a
A. The Code of Jewish Law says that we should enjoy the finest foods with which take pleasure in on Shabbos. Meat and wine were (and still are) considered rich foods of pleasure and enjoyment. Back in the da
A. Yes it is an exemption from the Bishul Yisrael law (which says that a Jew observant of the Kosher Law must participate to some degree in the cooking preparation). As long as all ingredients and equipment
A. I’m not sure of JNF’s policy, but Halacha forbids planting in Israel’s soil during the Shemitta (sabbatical) year. 5768 / 2007-8 (when this question was originally posted) is a Shemmitah
A. Ah, the million-dollar question! Obviously, the issue of whose words they are has far-reaching implications. Reform Jews, much like secular academics, believe that a number of different human authors wrot
A. The concept has basis in classical Jewish sources, but some of its grandmotherly application has a nice dose of superstition to it. I’d say, generally speaking, it’