Daily Life

May one drink milk when eating smoked salmon? Or use butter with smoked salmon? I am Sephardic.

Sometimes I am still finishing korbanot when they get up to kadesh. Am I allowed to continue davening in between saying amen or should I stop completely until the kadish is over?

What is the origin for baking challah for Shabbat?

Our home came with 3 very large coconut trees. They are a danger as we have little kids running around in the backyard and are afraid of a coconut falling on them (they do fall randomly). Are we allowed to remove them?

Is one allowed to have relations with ones wife on motzei shabbat? I once heard that it is not good to do given adam and chava were banished from gan eden that night, but is this just a chumra? Please advise on what is best to do.

There are some cracks in the leather of the yad teffilin where i tuck in behind my hand when tightening it at the end. The rest of the arm - all that is visible - is completely black. Do the straps need to be changed or is it still kosher?

My bris certificate names me as Elan. My bar mitzvah certificate says Alon. I know that my parents believed my Hebrew name to be Alon at the time. My Q: is one more official than the other? does it create any confusion that needs to be sorted out?   Thanks, Itsyk  

I would like to know if I invite people to a business lunch and there is a Jew between them, and the Jew orders a non kosher meal, if it is ok ​for me to pay for the meal. Thanks