Skip to main content
Search type Search syntax
Tags [tag]
Exact "words here"
Author user:1234
user:me (yours)
Score score:3 (3+)
score:0 (none)
Answers answers:3 (3+)
answers:0 (none)
isaccepted:yes
hasaccepted:no
inquestion:1234
Views views:250
Code code:"if (foo != bar)"
Sections title:apples
body:"apples oranges"
URL url:"*.example.com"
Saves in:saves
Status closed:yes
duplicate:no
migrated:no
wiki:no
Types is:question
is:answer
Exclude -[tag]
-apples
For more details on advanced search visit our help page
Results tagged with
Search options questions only not deleted user 5275
6 votes
1 answer
220 views

Taking home leftovers from a caterered affair - mitzvah or stealing?

At the end of several affairs, we notice that there are some cakes and pastries which are completely untouched. The caterer says that, by law of the health department, once a cake is out of its box, e …
DanF's user avatar
  • 71.5k
5 votes
1 answer
200 views

Rabbinical suppport for reducing noise at weddings

There is a verse in Devarim (Deut) - Don't recall exact location that says "Watch your lives very carefully". From here we learn that we must do what we can to preserve our health. So, I'm wondering …
DanF's user avatar
  • 71.5k
5 votes
2 answers
1k views

Is there an obligation for men and women to sit separately at a simcha?

Rav Binyamin Kamentzky, whom I recently saw, told me that until about 30 - 25 years ago, it was very common for men and women to sit together at weddings, Bar Mitzvah and other seudei mitzvah run by " …
DanF's user avatar
  • 71.5k
4 votes
0 answers
92 views

Can you recommend a rabbi or community leader willing to speak about the harm of loud simcha... [closed]

I recently published an article in the Five Towns Jewish Times that addresses the damage that loud simcha music does to hearing. I have approached a few rabbis in my neighborhood and asked them to di …
DanF's user avatar
  • 71.5k