Family

Zimun and the Mingling of Men and Women: an Issue of Social Norms

Does the Torah mandate separate seating on buses or at weddings? Separate hours at supermarkets? Clearly not. Men and women sat mixed...

Women and Zimun

Women are required to say Birkath HaMazon. So why can't they join a zimun with men? Some rishonim say they can, though it may not have...

Shidduch Date Once A Week? @Rebbetzin Bat-Chen Grossman

When Your Spouse Has A Different Hashkafa @Rebbetzin Bat-Chen Grossman

Q and A s with Rabbi David Bar-Hayim: Shaatnez, E-cigarettes, Abortion, Yom Yov Sheni and more

When should one marry?

Question: Does the Rav hold that one ought to marry by the time one turns 20? Answer: This is a complicated issue for several reasons....

Stockings for Women

Question: Earlier you poskened that women don't have to wear stockings. Why did you posken this may I ask? Why wouldn't the "hova" to...

The Laws of Nidah - Basic Concepts and Requirements

Questions: 1. This is a very frustrating mitzvah for me! Although we do keep it fully. I'm so confused about many things regarding...

Birth Control

Question: I have family members with 2 or 3 young children below the age of 4 each. They have been told that they must get a heter from...

Lashon haRa Between Husband and Wife

Question: Someone once told me of a rabbi who claimed that since man and wife are really one unit that it is permissible for them to...