Rosh Yeshiva Responds
Rabbi Linzer answers halakhic questions from rabbis and community members
A woman, for a medical procedure, is temporarily staying at the hotel connected to the hospital.
A. They brought a mezuzah, but were told not to put it on the outside of the doorpost. Can they put it on the inside of the lintel, so that it’s not beyond the hotel door, but is still on the lintel?
B. There are pots and pans in their room that they’d like to use. Libun seems like it’s probably
Are there any materials besides straight metal that are kasherable for sinks? I am assuming that most people can’t afford a granite sink. As far as I recall, any sort of enameled material cannot be thoroughly kashered, correct?
At some level – and I say this only theoretically, not to rely on – one can question whether, if someone is using a drainboard, if you need to kasher a sink altogether once it is no longer ben yomo. Chazal forbade using an eino ben yomo (lest you use it when it
Rosh Yeshiva Responds
Rabbi Dov Linzer will be answering shailas from YCT rabbis and community members on video each week.