Halachic Highlights

Question: May a kashrus organization hire (and rely upon) a trustworthy and knowledgeable non-frum individual to oversee kashrus at a restaurant or company?

Question: May one erase divrei Torah written with chalk or marker on a blackboard?

Short Answer: Divrei Torah written with chalk or marker on a blackboard may be erased.

Question: May a kashrus organization rely on a chemist to determine whether there are non-kosher ingredients in a certain food or drink?

Question: May one throw a newspaper that contains divrei Torah into the garbage?

Question: May one delete divrei Torah or the name of Hashem on a computer screen?

Question: May one discard a paper that contains a pasuk into the garbage?

Short Answer: No, this paper must be placed into sheimos, unless it only has two words of the pasuk or another exception applies.