My
Wife is Tired
Q:
If my wife is tired, is it permissible for me to Daven on my owe at home and
watch the kids so she can sleep?
A:
Yes.
Divine
Providence
Q:
Why isn't Divine Providence mentioned in the Rambam's 13 Principles of Faith?
A:
It is included in the first principle: "I believe with perfect faith that
the Creator, blessed be His Name, is the Creator and guide of everything that
has been created, He alone has made, makes and will make all things".
Choosing
a Spouse
Q:
After we got engaged, my mother went to a Kabbalist who said that we should
break it off since the Gematria of the man's name must be higher than that of
the woman's in order for a Shidduch to work out (which is not the case with us). Is this true?
A:
No. It is a new invention. What one requires for a successful Shidduch
is respect and love. And by the way, it
is good that our Avot and Imahot didn't listen to such advice since Avraham=248
and Sarah=505, Yitzchak=208 and Rivkah=307 and Yaakov=182 and Rachel=238. If they had listened, none of them would have
gotten married and there would not have been Am Yisrael! Only Leah (=36) is less than Yaakov, but she
was not originally supposed to marry him.
You should get married. Mazal
Tov!
Curses
on the Sidewalk
Q:
There are curses sprayed on our sidewalk.
Is it permissible to spray paint over them?
A:
Turn to the local municipality or the local Rabbi. If this is not possible, then it is a Mitzvah
to scribble them out.
Techelet
on Tzitzit
Q:
Should I put Techelet on my Talit? Others
who learn in my Yeshiva wear Techelet…
Q:
Gedolei Yisrael do not wear Techelet and the Minhag of Gedolei Yisrael is more
important than the Minhag of your Yeshiva (Ha-Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv was
once asked about a child who learned in a Yeshiva and asked if he should wear
Techelet like all the other children there.
He answered: Tell him that I do not go with Techelet. They asked further: Even though the Minhag there
is to go with Techelet? He answered:
Even though. From the book 'Mi-Pi
Ha-Ish' p. 329).
Cohain's
Wife who is Pregnant in Cemetery
Q:
Is it permissible for the wife of a Cohain who is pregnant to enter a cemetery?
A:
Yes. Even if they know it is a boy,
since he is not yet born. Mishnah
Berurah 343:3. And see Kaf Ha-Chaim
ibid. #74).
