Giving a wedding band before the wedding
First of all, mazal tov. Allow us to give some halachic advice, not a halachic ruling. (Of course,...
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A woman performing a brit mila
The Shulchan Aruch rules that a woman may perform a brit mila, although it is preferable that an...
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Which relatives are invalid witnesses?
We will start with the background and some basic rules. The laws of people being invalid to testify...
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Pidyon haben for an adult –- still his father’s mitzva?
At first glance, it sounds like you require a pidyon haben, as the mitzva does not expire. However,...
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A delayed pidyon haben at night
Mazal tov! You seem to assume that Motza’ei Shabbat is the halachically preferable time. Let’s first check that...
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Public sanctions against one who refuses to give a get
We cannot discuss the specific case to which you refer, as we do not know its particulars. However,...
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Wearing the Clothes of the Deceased
Clothing and jewelry of the deceased, even if he was wearing them at the time of death, may...
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A Mourner Changing His Place in Shul on Shabbat
The laws of aveilut are the classic example of an area where minhag supersedes classical sources, and we...
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Scheduling a Delayed Brit
As you are aware, the time to do the brit mila is on the eighth day, but it...
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Sheva Berachot that Finish after the Week’s End{&&}
At first glance, the same logic applies here as to one who starts a meal on Shabbat and...
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Giving an Injection to One’s Parent
Shemot 21:15 lists striking one’s parent as a capital offense, and the gemara says that this applies when...
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Respecting Intellectual Property Rights
We are glad that you ask this type of question rather than just assume that what is easier...
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Honoring a Request to Bury Outside of Israel
First, we hope that your question will remain only theoretical for many years. The matters of shiva and...
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Drinking Sheva Berachot Wine at Se’uda Shlishit
First, let us discuss the halacha regarding drinking a cup of wine for Birkat HaMazon at a regular...
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A Chatan Leading Bentching at Sheva Berachot{&&}
We will begin with a bit of background. Two sets of berachot are recited under the chupa: birkat...
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A Mistaken Ketuba at a Wedding
Different situations may call for different appropriate responses. I will discuss a scenario that I was personally involved...
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A Mourner Davening at a Minyan in the Same Building
Two issues come into play in this case: the positive element of a minyan taking place in the...
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May One Be a Sandek Multiple Times for One Family?
The Rama cites and accepts a minhag found in the Maharil not to have one person be the...
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The Date in a Ketuba of an Early Evening Wedding
Mazal tov! A wedding can take place right before sunset or right after sunset, and it is not...
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Holding on to Jewelry after a Broken Engagement
This question has two elements, one specific to Even HaEzer (laws related to marriage) and another that is...
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Omitting Tachanun in the Presence of the Recently Remarried
A minyan omits Tachanun in the presence of a chatan because it is proper for all to join...
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Standing for Parents in our Times
We believe, as do you apparently, in the great significance of the common practices of upstanding Jews and...
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How to Name the Child of a Gentile Father
In the case of intermarriage, not only does the mother determine the child’s religion, but the child is...
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A Fading Ketuba
It is forbidden for a couple to live together without the husband’s basic ketuba obligation to the wife....
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A Mistake in a Ketuba
There are two elements to a ketuba. One is that it is a binding monetary document that obligates...
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Standing for a Chatan and a Kalla
The practice of standing as the chatan and kalla walk past those who are seated is a relatively...
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Staging a Fake Pidyon HaBen
Poskim discuss the case of a woman who had been pregnant from another relationship before her marriage. Her...
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Wedding Spending
We have to seek a balanced approach when providing general guidelines for the tricky matter of wedding spending....
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Giving Tzedaka during Aveilut
Your question did not specify to which stage of aveilut you are referring. We will begin our discussion...
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Filling in a Copy of the Ketuba After the Fact
It is best, if feasible, to ask the beit din in charge of authorizing your marriage how they...
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