HaRav Yishai Natan - Can I eat fish and cheese? Maran, Bet Yosef (siman 87) writes clearly that one should not eat fish and milk together because it is dangerous for one’s health. The Rama, in Darche Moshe (4), writes: “Never in my life have I seen people be careful about eating fish and milk. It seems the Bet Yosef mixed Basar BeHalav together.” He is referring to a … [Read more...]
Q&A – Davar Gush in a Kli Sheni
Can I Pour Cold Gravy on Hot Rice on Shabbat? What if I Put a Hot Burger on a Dairy Plate? Both of these questions depend on the same halachic issue: Does a davar gush (a hot solid food) retain the ability to cook after being transferred into a kli sheni? Generally, a kli sheni does not cook because once food leaves the original pot, it begins to cool. However, the … [Read more...]
Halachot of Daily Living
I have a vitamin pill that contains kosher liver. If I take this vitamin, will I become meaty? HaRav Yitschak Yosef shlita in Yalkut Yosef (89:29) paskens like Rav Moshe Feinstein, zt”l (Igros Moshe YD 2:26) that if one swallows a meaty vitamin pill, one would not become meaty. The two reasons given for waiting six hours (i.e. that meat might be lodged between one’s teeth, … [Read more...]
Halachot of Daily Living
Is there a bracha that should be recited on a hurricane? Maran, the Shulchan Aruch writes (OH 227:1) that on a exceptionally strong wind, one makes the beracha of "HaOseh Ma'aseh Bereshit" The Kaf HaChaim explains, in the name of the Birchei Yosef and other poskim, that on an extraordinary wind that is not heard all over the world, (presumably this means until … [Read more...]
Halachot of Daily Living
I’m going on a trip and I don’t have a proper Netilat Yadayim cup. Can I use a disposable cup? The halacha requires that one use a keli (vessel) for Netilat Yadayim. The Poskim differ as to whether a disposable cup (such as a paper cup, or plastic bottle) is acceptable. Igrot Moshe (OC 4:39) ruled that one should not use a disposable cup for kiddush because kiddush requires … [Read more...]