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Keeping Kosher at a secular company
How you do deal with keeping Kosher while working at a secular company? Its easy enough to bring my own lunch everyday, what I'm not sure how to handle are events like company lunches and other social ...
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Is it considered stealing to look at mi.yodeya while at work?
More generally, doing personal things like phone calls, emails, etc. while on company time. How far does the "everybody does it" rationale go? I believe there is some category in halakha that accounts ...
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May a man become a gynecologist?
Is there any discussion among the halachic authorities as to whether or not a man can choose to pursue a medical career in gynaecology? The issue that I would presume exists is that unlike other parts ...
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Cooking meat and milk as a chef
In this article an Orthodox woman describes how her rav permitted her to enroll in culinary school. Although he apparently did not permit cooking meat and milk together, is there any angle to permit ...
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Shul Ravs: What is job outlook like and how much do they make
How much do Shul Rabbis get paid? Are there opportunities in smaller out of town communities for people looking to go into the Rabbinate?
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Wearing a kippa at work
If one has a job where his employer informs him that if he wears a kippa he will be fired, does he have to wear a kippa?
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How to avoid helping someone sin?
Are there any tips anyone would care to provide to help one avoid (or get out of) a workplace situation in which one has been asked to assist someone do something that violates Halachah?
Examples ...
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Is the observance of Jewish law/tradition “all or nothing”?
Sometimes my job gets in the way of my observance of Jewish holidays. I often need to work on Saturdays or late on Fridays, inhibiting my ability to attend synagogue on Shabbat. Sometimes I am ...
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What are good resources to find jobs for those contemplating Aliya?
What are good resources to find jobs for those contemplating Aliya or for those that have made Aliya?
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Halachos for Counselors
Suppose someone is going to be a counselor (in a camp) in the summer. What are some Halachos that specifically pertain to the job that he/she should review?
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How do married women whose professions are physically demanding cover their hair?
I'm assuming that somewhere in the world there are observant married women who work as police officers, builders, and other physically demanding jobs where an ordinary scarf, hat, or wig may not stay ...
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Is a Jewish farmer allowed to raise animals for non-kosher slaughter?
Is a Jewish farmer allowed to raise animals for non-kosher slaughter? Does it make a difference whether it is a non-kosher animal (e.g. pig), vs. a kosher animal? Does it make a difference whether the ...
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What is the typical retirement plan for a Chabad-Lubavitch shliach (emissary)?
If a Chabad-Lubavitch couple decide to live as shlichim (emissaries) in some place far from New York, what's the most common age and location of retirement? Do they tend to remain in their location? ...
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How to tell someone about Shomer Negiah
As I'm sure that many of you have had to "break it" to a coworker or friend that you're Shomer Negiah, have you found a strategy or choice of words that seems most effective? As I wasn't raised frum ...
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How should an employer respond to a government policy requiring abortion coverage?
There is a recent controversy in the United States regarding whether the Federal government can compel employers, including religious employers, to pay for contraception. Although this may not be ...
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Halakha book for modern working place
Is there a halakha book providing the guidance rules for proper behavior at modern working place? I mean not only relatively obvious "halakhot yekhud" or "kashrut" but taking into consideration ...
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Can a Jew own a business that employs or pays atheist Jews on Shabbat?
I am an atheist who happens to be Jewish, and would like to work for a business owned by a religious Jew.
Is he allowed to pay me for my work on Shabbat?
What if the payment is global (e.g. 10% of a ...
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Working in a Potentially Sinful Industry
I work for a company that provides a service that is considered morally objectionable by some Rabbis (see Gambling at casino). The work I do is generic, in that the output could potentially be used to ...
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What financial arrangement did Rambam have with his jeweler brother?
I was taught in yeshiva that as a young man, Rambam just studied Torah and was supported by his brother, who was a jewel merchant. Then his brother died at sea, so Rambam became a physician.
Recently ...
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What are the relevant Halachot for participating in a “Secret Santa” at your location of employment?
Secret Santa is a form of communal gift giving, that I have seen being done at workplaces to foster closer ties to employees. It is generally done near the end of the secular year. While the wiki ...
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Why can't a minor's rights to eat while harvesting crops be waived?
The Torah grants workers who are harvesting a field to consume some of it while on the job.
The Mishna in Bava Metzia (7:6) points out that a worker can waive his Biblically-granted rights, and make ...
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Working in a non kosher yogurt store
I was asked a question this afternoon and I don't know a good answer (yet) so I'm posting it.
I have been asked in the past whether a Jewish person may work in a non-Kosher restaurant that serves ...
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Invitation to nonkosher restaurant
The question "Keeping Kosher at a secular company" asks about food issues on the job in general. This question is focused more narrowly on "unbalanced" situations: situations where there's an ...
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Why do some people oppose Tav haYosher?
Is there a halachic reason to be opposed to Uri L'Tzedek and Tav haYosher? Why do some frum Jews oppose it?
Really the only things that I can find is that Uri L'Tzedek is left-wing and led by YCT ...
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Leaving your store open on Shabbos
If you leave your store open on shabbos for your non-jewish or non-observant workers to run, and you don't make any money from it (give all profits to workers) is that ok?
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Firefighting on shabbat
Is one allowed to be a firefighter if he might be required to work on Shabbat? or is he allowed to, in order to save lives?
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Where and when is the earliest attestation of the word “mohel”?
Where is the earliest attestation of the word mohel for one who performs the act associated with a ritual circumcision?
When was it written?
What language is it?
[Inspired by Why is there a ה in ...
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Was Rachav really just a shopkeeper?
Yehoshua 2:1:
וַיִּשְׁלַח יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּן נוּן מִן הַשִּׁטִּים שְׁנַיִם אֲנָשִׁים מְרַגְּלִים חֶרֶשׁ לֵאמֹר לְכוּ רְאוּ אֶת הָאָרֶץ וְאֶת יְרִיחוֹ וַיֵּלְכוּ וַיָּבֹאוּ בֵּית אִשָּׁה זוֹנָה ...
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What conditions must be met in order for voluntarily forgone income to count as tzedakah?
Suppose one has done work of some value for a charitable organization in exchange for money. This organization would normally qualify as a destination for tzedakah, and perhaps you have also given ...
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Can my non-Jewish co-worker bring me coffee from the corner cafe?
Assuming coffee is Kosher, would it be alright if my non-Jewish co-worker brings me coffee on a trip to the corner cafe? May I assume that the co-worker indeed purchased a Kosher item and has not ...
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Bakery workers washing Negel Vasser
In my local bakery there are Jewish non religious workers. Is there a concern that perhaps when they are handling the baked goods they have not washed negel Vasser (morning n'tilas yadayim)?
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Gemara on volunteering?
I heard that there was a Gemara to the effect of "volunteers cost more than employees because their motivation is not as good" -- or somesuch. Any ideas? Thanks.
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Issues with starting work before Shacharis
What are the halachic issues/opinions/options regarding starting work early, i.e. before one is allowed or practically able to daven Shachris?
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Hot water tap at work
Many offices have a water dispenser (with hot water spout) or a hot water tap next to a sink. Is this hot tap Kosher? Assume for a moment that someone uses the tap to dispense hot water into a cup of ...
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Opened “please-take!” food items in a non-Jewish workplace
Is it alright to consume unsupervised food items at work that are open and available to anyone, assuming the items were initially known to be Kosher1 and there's no evidence of tampering?
Items that ...
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Source for mid winter vacation
I have heard that there is a Sefer published 300-400 years ago which indicates that the (Melamdim) Torah teachers would be off on Chamisha Asar B'Shevat in order to rejuvenate. Anyone know where this ...
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Jewish Person Selling Non-Kosher Product
At a local convenience store near my work, they stock all sorts of non-Kosher products. However at the cashier's desk is a guy obviously orthodox Jewish (Curls down from the side, Black Clothing ...
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Receiving money for a day's work, considering it to cover a debt?
I will pose this general question by presenting the following scenario:
Reuvan works for Shimon. One time, at the end of the day, when Shimon came to pay Reuvan for that day's work (which was $100.), ...
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What did mikdash workers eat?
Groups of Jews not from shevet Levi would work in the bes hamikdash, a week at a time. Their primary responsibility was attendance: being present when korb'nos tzibur, public offerings, were brought. ...
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To what extent should one not sell unkosher goods?
I know that, as a Jew, I shouldn't sell unkosher goods. So, does this mean I can't directly make profit from selling unksher goods? For example, if I work for Walmart, and some one buys pork while I ...
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Working on Purim
Are you allowed to work on Purim in The United States or Israel and does it make a diffrence?
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Working with Conservative Jews [closed]
I am working this summer on a Conservative summer program as a staff member. I discussed with the employer issues of me being orthodox (such as egalitarian davening) and we worked out some of these ...
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Can members of Hatzalah learn how to deliver a baby?
This seems like a very simple thing. Is there anything wrong with male members of hatzalaha (a frum Jewish emergency medical organization) learning how to deliver a baby? I recently heard that ...
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Does caring for children in foster care count as work?
If someone looked after foster children on weekends (from Friday afternoon until Sunday afternoon) and received remuneration does this count as work and not permissible on the Sabbath?
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Working with a tzaar-baalei-chayyim store?
Are you allowed to work at a store (pet shop, for example) that does tzaar-baalei-chayyim to the animals it has there?
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Are you allowed to quit your job? [closed]
If you have a family to support and don't have another job lined up, are you allowed to quit your job?
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How can I be frum in a non-Jewish work enviroment? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do you get non-Jews to treat you with some kind of tznius?
What can I say and how can I act to prevent the non-Jewish people in my company from automatically ...
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Employment questions I have [closed]
I have three questions.
1) Can a religious Orthodox Jewish employer, refuse to employ a Non Observant Jew on Shabbos or other Jewish holidays, if the Non Observant Jew volunteers to work on this, ...
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Hotels and food-service during shabbat
Could someone point me to the right direction (halacha) regarding the validity of being served by a Jew working at the hotel where I reside during shabbat?
Basically I'm making him "work" on shabbat ...
