1)      One shouldn’t make an interval between Kiddush and the meal. Is there a time limit?[1]

2)      Why do we cover the Hand-Tefilin while reciting the Brocho? [2]

3)      On Shabbos morning, may one take Shnitzel from the fridge and place it on the Shabbos plug-in hotplate? [3]

4)      Should the foods for the Shabbos meal be brought to the table only after Kiddush? [4]

5)      Regarding the Posuk alluding to one’s recited near the end of Shmoneh Esrei: is there a preference to a Posuk that has the name spelt out [without it having 1st & last letters corresponding to the person’s name], or to one that has 1st & last letters?[5]

6)      A Jewish-owned business gave me rotten service. May I put an appropriate review on the business’s website? [6]

7)      May one send an unfinished Sefer Torah with a regular courier service?[7]

8)      We won’t give successive Aliyos to two brothers, nor to a father and son. What about Hagbeh and Gelilah?[8]

9)      The halochos regarding skipping parts of davening when running late for Minyan – should we be teaching them to boys in Cheder?[9]

[1] בשוע"ר סי' רעג ס"ה: "לאלתר אחר הקידוש". בקצות השלחן

[2] ראה מנחות לה ב;

[3]  ראה שבת כהלכה פ"י אות יד.

[4] ראה פסחים ק ב תוד"ה שאין; שוע"ר סי'

[5] ס' בן ציון (אמשטרדם,

[6] ראה חפץ חיים הל'

[7]  ראה

[8]  ראה שו"ע

[9]  ראה אגרות קודש