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#5685 - Really! More on the Very Kosher Menorah
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- Q. See question above, For a person who is careful to use only Kasher oil, if some of it was left uncovered in a bottle from last year, can it be used?
A. Since most likely it was kept on a shelf in a cupboard or closet, it would be permitted.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a.
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Posted 11/27/2025 11:25 PM |
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#5684 – A Mehadrin Kosher Menorah?
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Q. Kvod Horav, Does the oil that we use for lighting Chanuka candles have to be Kasher?
A. Horav Shlomo Kluger Zt”l (Shnos Chaim 218) and Beis Yitzchok (2: 145) and others maintain that it is needed.
Horav Shmuel Kamenetzky (Hilchos Chanuka 1: 4) is that in the onset (lechatchila) it is preferred.
However Maharsham (9: 39), Chasam Sofer 39, Daas Torah and others opine that it is not esential.
Horav Shlomo Miller Shli”ta maintains also that it is not needed at all, as the used Shemen Kik was used.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a.
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Posted 11/27/2025 11:20 PM |
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#5683 – More of The Most Poisonous Dust!
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- Q. Can just clean praise be also prohibited?
A. See question above. Sefarim mention that perhaps the most famous case of Avak Loshon Hora is when the statement is pure praise of an individual. On the surface, this would seem to pose no problem. What could be wrong with praising someone? To understand the problem we need to examine the dynamics of a conversation.
In conversation, each person builds on what the other person has just said. The Halacha of Lashon Horah identifies certain conversations as being likely to lead to loshon hora and declares them forbidden. Chofetz Chaim (Laws ofLashon Horaa 9:1-2 ).
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a.
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Posted 11/27/2025 11:16 PM |
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#5682 – The Most Poisonous Dust!
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- Q. See question above, How can we listen to a wedding drasha of a Chatan Vekalah, when often what is said about them, is only a partial truth?
A. The Chofetz Chaim (Laws of Loshon Hora 9:1-2) begins addressing the subject of Avak Loshon Hora (lit. the dust of loshon hora,) statements which are not actual complete loshon hora but which are nonetheless forbidden.
The mere concept of Avak Loshon Hora underscores the severity of loshon hora. This sin is so dangerous that an entire chapter of Sefer Chofetz Chaim is devoted to statements which are forbidden because they hint at loshon hora or because they can lead to loshon hora.
A particle of dust is so minuscule that one has to look very carefully to see it at all. It is often the same with Avak Loshon Hora. One may be dealing with words which seem quite innocuous.
In the Chofetz Chaim’s first example, someone comments about a certain person, “It’s amazing how far he’s come.” On the surface, it appears that the speaker has not spoken derogatorily about his subject, nor caused him any harm. But if we probe a bit further, we can expand the statement to mean, “It’s amazing how far he’s come, considering the fact that he has an unsavory past,” or “… considering the fact that he’s not that bright.”
In all probability, the speaker’s intention was entirely complimentary. Nevertheless, people may lose respect for the person, no matter what his current status, if they find out that he had a troubled past or if they perceive him as lacking in intelligence.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a.
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Posted 11/27/2025 11:14 PM |
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#5681 – The Bar Mitzva True Drasha?
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- Q. See question above. How can we listen to a Bar Mitzva drasha of visiting Rabbis when the praises that they are telling about the Bar Mitzva boy, are so far away from the reality of him?
A. The Talmud (Arachin 16a) teaches that one should not tell his fellow's praises when this can lead to his fellow's embarrassment. תני רב דימי אחוה דרב ספרא: לעולם אל יספר אדם בטובתו של חבירו, שמתוך טובתו בא לידי" רעתו.” R. Dimi, brother of R. Safra, teaches: Let no man ever talk in praise of his friend, since [talking in] his praise he may cause others to disparage him. (Soncino Trans.)
Rambam quotes this in Hilkhos Deos (7: 5) as applying specifically to speaking someone's praise in the presence of his enemies. The Meiri writes this in Hibbur HaTeshuvah (Meshiv Nefesh I:4 ed. Sofer p. 97)
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a.
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Posted 11/27/2025 11:12 PM |
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# 5680 Only the Truth!
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- Q. Kvodo Shlit’a, Since it is so important for us to tell the truth and live only with it, how can we listen to Torah speakers that tell Divrei Torah or even stories of Gedolim that may not be even true?
A. Indeed, Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit”a explained that when we learn Torah, often in the Talmud and similar sources, different opinions are presented and very commonly, only one of them could be the correct and true one. Yet, our Sages teach us that the written Torah has seventy facets. (Bamidbar Rabbah 13,15)
This is similar to יין or wine which numerically adds up to seventy. This means that the halachic norm of any מצוה listed in the Torah, is based on the oral tradition. Were this not so, the written Torah could not be subject to a variety of interpretations which reveal many other concerns of Torah.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a.
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Posted 11/27/2025 11:07 PM |
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#5679 Just One Wife?
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- Q. Moreinu Horav Bartfeld Shlit”a . I’m a recently married young woman and being a Bais Yaakov disciple, I have always wondered since our understanding of Kedusha and marriage is based on total oneness and total exclusivity of the husband and his wife.
We see from the very beginning of Creation that the description which we read about marriage has that at its core: Adam & Chava, and it is so related to the oneness of our relationship with Hashem and His exclusively choosing Klal Yisroel etc.. Obviously our own personal Shalom Bayis is not possible to even compare to the Avos, to say the least, but our entire emotional experience of marriage definitely resonates with that principle and cannot grasp Shalom Bayis without exclusivity.
When we read the Parshiot of Vayetze and the story of Yaakov Avinu and his women companions, is there a way that we can appreciate how this reality can be understood by women or at least not be uncomfortable with it?
As a follow up to that, is there a mehalach (way) to talk to children about it as they get older and understand how different this is from our reality?
A. Definitely an important question. A most common belief in our days is that Ahava is the purpose of marriage. This concept will enable us to understand how great people were able to have two wives.
Once a person has come to true Ahava with one’s wife, then this Midda or quality can be spread to Ahavas Habriyos (love of others) and then one can come to Ahavas HaShem and develop a true relationship with HaShem. What the world calls "love" is in fact self-love. When you say "I love fish," you are in fact saying "I love myself by eating fish."
The true definition of "Ahava" is the capability of feeling the other person. So a true relationship will be one in which "I feel that you feel what I feel". When a woman wants the love of her husband, in essence she wants her husband to feel that which she feels. The Sefer Ha’Ikrim explains this concept in definition of the mitzva of V’ohavta L'reiacho K'mocha, the mitzva is to be unified to the extent that one can feel the other person.
When we talk about the unification of marriage, what we are really meant to develop is a relationship in which the couple can feel each other. The Reshis Chochmo (Shar Ahava) explains that although one is meant to come to a unity of Ahava in marriage, the main focus in life has to be to come to Ahavas Hashem and come to a personal relationship with HaShem, which means that one can feel what HaShem wants from us.
Just because a person has Ahava for his wife, doesn't mean he cannot have Ahavas Habryos as well and also Ahavas Hashem. These relationships do not contradict one another. When a mother has true feelings for her children, the feelings she has for one, should not in any way take away from the feelings for a different child.
Similarly, in theory, if we were able to create the ultimate spouse relationship of truly feeling a spouse, the capability of feeling for one’s wife would not be reduced by feeling for another wife. The problem of course is, that our midda of Ahava is quite shallow and it is enough of a challenge for us to feel for one wife.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a.
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Posted 11/27/2025 10:59 PM |
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#5678 – More Black Market Day?
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- Q. Dear Rabbi Shlit’a. There are many who go shopping on Black Friday as there are many saving
A. The true origin of the post-Thanksgiving Black Friday lies in the sense of black, meaning “marked by disaster or misfortune.” In the 1950s, factory managers first started referring to the Friday after Thanksgiving as Black Friday because so many of their workers decided to falsely call in sick, thus extending the holiday weekend.
About 10 years later, Black Friday was used by Philadelphia traffic cops to describe the day after Thanksgiving because they had to work 12-hour shifts in terrible traffic.
Visitors flocked to the city to start their holiday shopping and, sometimes this popular shopping day coincided with the annual Army–Navy football game. The term caught on among shoppers and merchants in Philadelphia, and from there it took off nationwide (from Dictionary.com)
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a.
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Posted 11/27/2025 10:52 PM |
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#5677 – Black Market Day?
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- Q. See question above.
Can I have benefit from Black Friday sales, since it seems to be a religious day?
A. On question 4552 we wrote:
“ On question 670 we were asked: “Can one take advantage of a sale that is given on a non-Jewish religious holiday or is it as agreeing to the spirit of the celebration? How about Black Friday?”
To what we answered: “Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit”a opinion is that seasonal sales do not have religious significance and are only secular business activities.
Black Friday could be only a reflection of the economic success expected, as opposed to “being on the red.” Unquestionably, that seems to be the generalized custom today.”
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Yaakov Hirshman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller and Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu Shlit’a
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Posted 11/27/2025 10:35 PM |
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#5676 Gloves With Much Love
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- Q. Moreinu Horav Shlit"a. An accidentally paralyzed patient, now in hospital, is unable to put on now Tefillin by himself; can his wife as she often does with the help of their other children, help put on the tefillin when she is a Nidah (having her period)?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit"a ruled that when necessary, she should put on heavy non-hospital gloves and then place the Tefillin on her husband.
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Posted 11/27/2025 10:27 PM |
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#5675 An Early Great Meal?
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- Q. Dear Rabbi Shlit”a. This coming Friday (Nov 21, 2025) is Iy”H Rosh Chodesh Kislev. If I eat a Seuda meal every Rosh Chodesh with meat and wine, what is the correct way to do it on this Erev Shabbat?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit’a ruled that one should eat a breakfast with meat and wine as he does usually for lunch on other years.
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Posted 11/26/2025 3:07 PM |
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#5674 Mind your E-Mind?
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- Q. – See questions above. Q. Will it make a difference if that implant is only biologically human or if it is an advanced electronic addition that can interconnect with the brain?
A. On question 2928 (At Arm’s Length) we wrote: “Can one use that prosthetic electronic arm hand on Shabbat? What if it is not connected to the batteries?
To what we answered: “ On question 1221 regarding new technology that enables the totally invalid or paraplegic to drive a wheel chair only via their brain electrical waves.
Electrodes connected to their head receive those waves and with some training, allow the invalid to control his thoughts and change his mind wave patterns. Those are interpreted by the wheel chair computer to start, stop and direct the movement of the chair.
We also added: “Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that a melacha or work performed on Shabbos by using only the electrical charges that emanate from ones controlled and willing thoughts, collected by electrodes attached to the head, is considered a proper melacha.
However, for someone who does not usually use his thoughts for the creation of electrical discharges, it likely would be a melacha performed with a shinui or a significant deviation from the norm and therefore only Rabbinically prohibited. However, an invalid or paraplegic that uses this method to constantly move and perform other works, for him it becomes the norm and would constitute a Biblical prohibition.”
Therefore, the use of that bionic arm and hand, regardless whether it is done directly, by using the electrical discharges provided by the nerves or the electrical waves provided by the brain, would not be permitted during Shabbos. However, if one turned off the arm before Shabbos, and just wants to use it as a covering or dressing to look like others, it would be permitted”.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a.
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Posted 11/24/2025 4:07 PM |
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#5673 - Don’t Loose Your Head!!!
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- Q. Most Honorable Rabbi and Posek. I truly like and enjoy your most unusual, new and very interesting Halacha questions, that are also supported by other most meaningful Poskim.
I’m a frum still yeshiva talmid and now also a student of medicine, soon to be graduated and I would like to contribute to this great endeavor of dealing with the Halacha of new and unusual medical situations.
Firstly, I would like to know the following. True, it is still a matter of many years until a whole brain or head transplants will be feasible, (some opine that it may be by 2035-40. However some possibly relevant medical and recent advances suggest that small partial human brain transplants might be sooner possible.
When they do happen will that create any change in the Halacha of duties, obligations and performance of that person?
A. On question 4346 we wrote: “Q. We just heard (July 7, 2023), that in an extremely rare and complex operation, Hadassah Medical Center surgeons have reattached a 12-year-old boy’s separated head to his neck after a serious accident in which he was hit by a car while riding his bicycle, the Jerusalem hospital announced.
If correct, his case opens the door to a great number of totally new Shailos. Would a person that indeed lost his head and was then reattached to his body be considered as being born again?”
To what we answered: “See questions 1086, 1089, and 1322 regarding heart transplants.”
“Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that it is still too early to express any Halacha rulings, until these unusual cases actually continue and do become a recurrent reality, and then they can be judged properly”
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Posted 11/24/2025 4:01 PM |
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#5672- The Virtual or Real Sefer?
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- Q. Kvod Moreinu Horav Shlit’a. I asked the Rov personally the following question. I know it is not permitted to leave an open Torah Sefer of any kind without any covering, and if one does, it creates forgetting of the Torah. I wonder if that applies to a common occurrence in our days, when learning from computers and even phones, if one leaves the screen on and there are words of Torah on the screen, is that included in the prohibition above?
A. Shach and Taz (Y.D. 277: 1) quote Bach and Yerushalmi Megila, that the one who stops learning and goes to another room, leaving an open sefer, will forget his learning. They quote Kabbalah sources which teach, that an angel named Shed (the first letters of Shomer Dafim or the one watching over the Torah pages), will become empowered and make the one who so behaves forget the Torah he has learned.
The above is based on Shulchan Aruch (Y.D. 277: 1) which rules that if after writing a page of a Sefer Torah, if the ink is wet, to avoid dust falling on the wet letters while they dry, one should avoid turning around that page around, as this is considered disrespectful and derech bizayon. One should rather leave the wet page up and cover it with a hanging cloth until it dries.
On question 3194 we adressed the above question as follows:
Q.It says that if you leave a sefer open when you leave the room you are learning, it will cause forgetfulness. Does that apply also to one learning from a screen in a computer? Does one have to turn off the computer or cover it when he goes to another room?
A. on question 1365 and 383 we wrote “Most Poiskim rule that Hashem’s name written on a screen can be erased and they have no sanctity as the pixels which make up the letters on a computer screen are being refreshed many times a second and are considered to be more virtual than real.
T’shuvos Vehanhogos (3: 326) permits erasing Hashems name adding also the fact that it was not written with the intention of kedusha. He also points out that s’eforim like chumashim and sidurim, are commonly printed today by using computers and so are the very effective and essential programs to check the kashrus of sifrei Torah and tefilin. So too is lenient Avnei Yoshfe (4: 105) and Nishmas Shabbos (Mechika Uksiva 137) and others (see Piskey Teshuvos 174).
However, some Poiskim are more stringent, Shevet Halevy (7, 4) rules that even though erasing a name written on a screen is not Biblically prohibited one should avoid doing so only in cases of great need, a similar opinion is to be found in Sheilas Shoul (Y.D. 59: 3). Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that it is permitted to read Torah and Tefilos with Hashem’s name from a screen when needed, but one should always do so with decorum and kedusha.
Following the above, Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that a phone used for davening, since the words screened temporarily are not considered writing, does not acquire any sanctity, therefore it is not given the love and respect given to a chefetz shel kedusha and should not be kissed when it falls.
Consequently, the Rov advises that people should rather when possible daven from a printed siddur that has a degree of kedusha and not from a phone.”
The Rov also maintains that leaving a screen on when displaying Divrei Torah is different to an open sefer and is not subject to the same restrictions. However, as mentioned above, while the words are on the screen, it should be treated with respect and not be carried inside a bathroom or similar.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as advised by Horav Shlomo Miller and Horav Aharon Miller Shlit’a
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Posted 11/24/2025 3:57 PM |
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#5671 Keep On Looking Question!
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- Q. See question above. One more question please. Can he just see a picture and relate to it?
A. In our days, it just may be unnecessary as one can just ask for a picture on line and have it send as necessary to the party involved.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a
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Posted 11/24/2025 3:51 PM |
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#5670 - Mirror the Question Above!
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- Q. See question above: Is it better to look indirectly by a mirror os just use dark glasses?
A. As mentioned above there are better ways. In case of real and necessary need, one should avoid directing his view to any non related woman.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a
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Posted 11/24/2025 3:49 PM |
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#5669 Does This Look Good?
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- Q. Dear Rov a number of questions for a Shadchan. Can he look at a proposed woman he wants to offer for a shiduch?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that although the mitzva of helping someone to find a right partner and get married is one of the greatest acts of Chessed and doing good for others, it can and should be shared with others when it is needed.
I this case, the Rov Shlit’a sugested that Shadchan should work together with his wife or other woman he can share with as his mother or sister. The above would greatly increase the chances of acomplishing a far better shiduch.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a
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Posted 11/24/2025 3:47 PM |
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#5668 Face Again the Face!
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- Q. See question above.
As we were discussing this Shaila, someone asked the following.
He was also invited to be an “Eid” (witness) on the Chupa wedding ceremony of the daughter of a good friend. Yet since he is already elderly he can’t stand and only moves on a wheelchair, can he accept since he won’t be able to stand together next to the other witness, Should he refuse?
A. In principle the witnesses by the chupa should be standing apart from the rest of the participants. This is important since in Halacha, a whole group of witnesses is invalidated by the presence of even one unfit witness.
Separating out two witnesses to observe the ceremony ensures the legitimacy of the whole process. The Chuppah itself qualifies as a private room, separating the witnesses, who stand under the Chuppah, from the rest of the guests.
However, Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that when in need, as in this case, the authority being Mesader Kiddushin or performing the ceremony, should clearly announce who the witnesses are before the ceremony begins, and that should exclude anyone else.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a
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Posted 11/24/2025 11:35 AM |
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#5667 Facing the Face?
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- Q. Dear Rov.
I was chosen to be an “Eid” (witness) on the Chupa wedding ceremony of the daughter of a good friend. Yet the face of the Kalah (bride) reminded covered during the giving of the ring and I could truly not see her face and recognize who she was. In that case was my testimony valid and the ceremony valid?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that if you know that this is the Kalah, even if you can’t see her face at the time of receiving the ring the testimony is valid.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a
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Posted 11/24/2025 11:30 AM |
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#5666 A Shabbat Blessing?
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- Q. Dear Rabbi. Due to my medical condition that causes great pain and stress, my doctors recommended taking anxiety medication and micro dosing on hallucinogenics.
Is there a problem using them on Shabbat, or are they similar even to other medications needed that I do take on Shabbat?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is, that they should be treated as any other medicine that in principle should be avoided during Shabbos.
However, as with other medicines there are situations when they are permitted, and since the cases are indeed different, one should consult a Rov that is familiar with the medical treatment of his particular condition. The Rov may also need to consult the medic involved.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a
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Posted 11/24/2025 11:28 AM |
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