1)     Many Sidurim have a list of verses corresponding to people’s names, to be recited before stepping back at the end of the Shmone Esrei. I found some of those verses to be difficult for my younger pupils. Can I recommend a simpler verse instead?[1]

2)    Is playing football on Shabbos permitted?[2]

3)    A non-frum Jew kindly lent money to my Beis Chabad, but he wrote the cheque on Shabbos. May I deposit the cheque?[3]

4)    Why does Chabad not say א-ל מלך נאמן before Shema?[4]

5)    Following on from discussion about the issue of Nolad in making whip-cream on Shabbos; may one make soda-water on Shabbos?[5]

6)    When visiting small communities ahead of Purim, should I read theMegila for them?[6]

7)    I ate a meaty supper. I then saw a tasty bun, said the brocho, and was then alerted that the bun is milky. May I eat a drop of the bun in order to avoid a brocho in vain?[7]

8)    Is there value in saying Birkas haMozon in Hebrew from a

9)    I share an office with a non-Jew. On a recent vacation trip to Egypt, he picked up some antique artefacts and has displayed them in our office. May I pray in that office?[9]

10)  Feedback on saying Tehilim on the eve of Shabbos Mevorchim:[10]

[1] במאמר הר' ישראל

[2]

[3] איסור מעשה שבת (בר"ס שיח) לאחרים רק עד מוצ"ש, אף למי

[4] דבר זה הובא בשוע"ר סי' סא ס"ד. ובהע' צויין לתקוני זהר.

[5]

[6] מבואר באו"ח סי' תרפח ס"ז.

[7]

[8] ראה שוע"ר סי' קפה ס"א ואילך.

[9] ראה שוע"ר

[10] ראה ליקוט דיני

הערת ר"א קיעוומאן נ"י: א) אחרי תשמ"ח לא הי'