Daily Life

my friend observed a wedding ceremony where the bride was holding a stained cloth in which the rabbi was talking about and he could not hear the purpose of this. I was wondering if you could tell me what this is, I have been to other ceremonies, but never observed this tradition.

Is it sinful for one to live their life as a beggar, either off their family or the community, instead of working for a living, if one’s reason for doing so is not to spend their time learning Torah, but because they are lazy or dislike work or lack a work ethic?

Dear Rabbi, why do Jewish people wash their hands in a special way upon waking each morning? I heard it’s called negelwasser – (finger)nail water. Thanks

Hi, I've been working on my lashon hara and been careful about what I say. the problem is that my friends and I have a document that serves many purposes, and my friends like to document things that happened. They (and I probably have too) have written down things that I had said about things that happened to me regarding other people before I started to be more careful. I try to not push my goals on them (if they want to tell me something, even if it probably shouldn't be said, I listen because I'm the person they tell things to) but sometimes I feel like keeping the things that I've said written down is more lashon hara. No one but my friend group has access to this document and they already knew it all but it still feels wrong. I tried secretly deleting something that I said more recently (I said it because I needed advice) but one friend noticed and called the other to try to remember what it was and put it back. What should I do? I feel weird about leaving it but I don't want to try to push my changes on my friends.

Can you store Meat and Dairy in the same fridge? Would this fridge be acceptable for keeping Kosher?