Igros Moshe: Inside the Teshuvos

Performing an Autopsy to Learn Medicine

Send us Fan Mail In Yoreh Deah 2:151, Rav Moshe addresses whether an autopsy may be performed in order to learn medicine - distinguishing between treating the specific p

Harriet, the Get Refuser

Send us Fan Mail In Even Haezer 1:2, Rav Moshe deals with a Rochester woman, named Harriet, who refused to accept a get to allow her ex to remarry and whether the husban

Renting Out a Catering Hall For Mixed Dancing

Send us Fan Mail In Yoreh Deah 1:72, Rav Moshe discuss whether a wedding hall operator may rent out the hall to a couple whom he knows will have mixed dancing and whethe

The Mechitza Requirement

Send us Fan Mail In a series of six teshuvos, Rav Moshe traces the source of the mechitza requirement and clarifies how large a mechitza must be. 

Actually, My Son's Not Jewish

Send us Fan Mail In Even Haezer 4:21, Rav Moshe Feinstein addresses the shocking claims of a couple that their 27-year old son was actually adopted and not Jewish. 

Undergoing a Potentially Deadly Surgery

Send us Fan Mail In Yoreh Deah 3:36, Rav Moshe discusses with the Av Beis Din of London the serious and very relevant question of whether when can risk a potentially dea

The Wonderful Daughter With the Not-So-Wonderful Mother

Send us Fan Mail In Even Haezer 4:9-10, Rav Moshe discusses the case in the Netherlands of a wonderful young girl whose circumstances of conception were far from wonderf

Is Monsey a Real City?

Send us Fan Mail In Choshen Mishpat 1:40, two community leaders of the young, growing religious town of Monsey, NY turn to Rav Moshe Feinstein to clarify whether Monsey

Forming a Breakaway Minyan in an Inappropriate Venue

Send us Fan Mail Orach Chaim 1:31; When the growing Young Israel of St. Louis wanted to rent the ballroom of the Hamilton Hotel to accommodate the large yamim noraim cro

Improving Appearance Via Plastic Surgery or Dieting

Send us Fan Mail In Chelek 7, CM Siman 65-66, Rav Moshe discusses the permissibility of a girl who is worried about her shidduch prospects receiving a nose job and a wom

The Classic Ambidextrous Tefillin Dilemma Revisited

Send us Fan Mail Chelek 6; In a teshuva to his grandson, Rav Moshe addresses the age-old issue of someone who writes with one hand but uses his other hand for almost eve

Civil Marriage in Halacha

Send us Fan Mail Even Haezer 1:74. Rav Moshe challengers Rav Henkin's view on the halachic impact of civil marriage. 

Cholov Yisroel in America

Send us Fan Mail Yoreh Deah 1:46-49. The history and lomdus of Rav Moshe's well-known kula with respect to "chalav hacompanies."

Does Tefillah B'tzibur Require 6 or 10?

Send us Fan Mail Igros Moshe 1:28-30; In 3 different teshuvas, Rav Moshe defines the parameters of tefillah b'tzbiur. 

Descendants of a Reform Kohen

Send us Fan Mail Even Haezer 4:12; Teshuva to Los Angeles Beis Din discussing whether the chain of Kehuna was kept intact through Reform grandparents.

Wearing Rabeinu Tam Tefillin

Send us Fan Mail Orach Chaim 4:9; Teshuva to the Lubavticher Rebbe

The Rumors About the St. Louis Shochet

Send us Fan Mail Yoreh Deah Chelek 1, Siman 1

Where and How Much Hair Must a Woman Cover?

Send us Fan Mail Even Haezer, Chelek 1, Siman 58

Hiring a Female Mashgiach

Send us Fan Mail Yoreh Deah Chelek 2, Siman 44-45

Is a Yarmulkeh Good Enough?

Send us Fan Mail Igros Moshe Ohr Hachaim 1:1