R' Alexander Sender Schor

May detached tzitzit strings be thrown into the garbage?

The proper custom is to place detached tzitzit inside a sacred book as a bookmark or use them for an…

May one make mundane use of (non-disrespectful) a worn-out tallit that is no longer fit for the mitzvah?

A tallit designated for prayer use is treated with the same stringency as the tzitzit strings themse…

May one enter a bathroom while wearing tzitzit?

It is not proper to enter a bathroom with a prayer tallit (one designated solely for prayer); a regu…

Is a blessing recited on a river (or sea) whose course has been humanly altered or redirected?

If there is doubt (safek) whether the river's course has been altered by humans, one should also not…

How far may one travel on Friday (Erev Shabbat) from the beginning of the day?

If one carries provisions sufficient for Shabbat, the prohibition does not apply — one may travel be…

Must one eat immediately (l'altar) after Kiddush, or is it sufficient to have had intent to eat there immediately even if delayed?

If one left one's place in the interim (even under duress), one must recite Kiddush again.

Is it permitted to deliver (assist in childbirth of) an animal on Shabbat?

The Tur's text likely did not contain R' Yitzchak's doubt (nistapek R'Y); the Tur's permissive rulin…

Is it permitted to run an animal around the yard on Shabbat to relieve pain from overeating (horse-beans)?

Permitted — a person is not so anxious about an animal's health as to be driven to grind remedies, s…

When an animal with a blood congestion attack will die without bloodletting on Shabbat, may one instruct a non-Jew to perform the bloodletting?

Permitted to instruct a non-Jew to let blood when the animal will die; the rationale (anxiety over f…