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#5374 Seder Assets
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- Q. Kvod Rabeinu. One of the most difficult Halacha questions I have encountered for many years, as when I was invited to a Pesach Seder, and now when I can B”H invite others to our own Seder was and is, that since to comply with the essential mitzva of Matza on Pesach a basic requirement is that the matza eaten should belong to the eater, How is that accomplished on Yom Tov or Shabbat-Yom Tov with guest?
A, On question 4933 and 2126 we wrote:
“Q. Since I learned that there is a requirement that the matza one eats at the sedder should be the property of the eater, what is one to do if he is invited or invites guest to the seder night?
A. Q. How do you handle during the Pesach Seder, the kinyan (acquisitive act) needed to have the matzos gifted to the family and guests, since matzos have to be owned by the eater?
A. Shulchan Aruch (454: 4) rules that one does not comply with the mitzva of matza, if the matza was stolen.
Mishna Berura (15) explains that the reason is a (gzeira shoveh) link to the mitzva of chalah that requires that one should separate it only from produce that belongs to him.
Mishna Berura adds that if one borrowed a matza, he does comply, since even if when it was lent to him, he was expected to eat it and not to return that same piece, but rather another one or its value, and that matza actually belongs to him.
Some Poskim maintain that the host who owns the matza, should actually before he hands over to his children and guest the matza, mention that it is a present for them and then they should perform a kinyan or acquisitive act when they receive it. (Sefas Emes – Suka 35a, Yad Hamelech – H. Chometz Umatza 6: 7, et. al.).
Some Poskim mention that the fact that the matza was introduced in one’s mouth and chewed before being swallowed, the physical change created by the chewing, consists on a shinui maaseh and it is in itself an acquisitive act, so the matza is swallowed is already his property. (Biur Halocho 454: 4, Imrei Binah – O.H. Pesach 24, Betzel Hachochmo 4: 172 and others).
However, many Poskim assert that since they were invited to eat, it is obvious that the portions are gifted to them, and no official declaration or act of acquisition is needed. (Imrei Binah – O.H. Pesach 24, Tzitz Eliezer 2:37 – 13: 15 and others).
Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is similar. The Rov added that throughout the generations, all that was required was for the host to place the matza in front of the family and guests and that is all that is needed.
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Posted 4/6/2025 12:48 PM |
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#5373 A Peisach Purim?
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- Q. Kvod Rabenu. My kids asked a new funny question before the four questions asked on the Seder night. It is a Purim question.
They recalled having learned that there is a Minhag to have a recollection of Queen Esther during the Pesach Seder. Presumably due to the original events of Purim happening during Pesach. Is that true, has the Rov seen anyone following this Minhag? If yes, how and if it is practiced.
(It’s mentioned in one of the songs at the end of the Seder so perhaps there? But Why?
A. The Chida says: 'The opening words of Ma Nishtanah are an allusion (remez) to the story of Esther. “On that night, sleep deserted the king…” This took place on the night of Passover – it inaugurated the downfall of Haman.
The first letters of the “Mah nishtanah halailah,” spell the name Haman, a reminder that this is a night of redemption in many generations." Marbeh Lesaper.
Horav Yaakov Emden Zt”l mentions that the Fast of the Firstborn on Erev Pesach commemorates the salvation of the Yehudim in the days of Esther.
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Posted 4/4/2025 1:28 PM |
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#5372 The Risks of Showers?
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- Q. Dear Rav, regarding the upcoming Yomim Tovim. can a person who usually showers every day take a shower on Yom Yov, (especially this year where two days of Yom Tov follows Shabbos)?
If one is feeling generally uncomfortable about not showering for so many days in a row? And even to the extent of feeling dirty? Is it any different for a woman?
A. On question 1240 we wrote:
“Q. Is there basis for being able to use hot water for showering on Yom Tov because in today’s times when people have the luxury of having hot showers in their homes it seems to have become much more “shave lakol nefesh”?
A. Although the Shulchan Aruch(O.H,- 511:2) permits to wash on water heated before Yom Tov, Rema (ibid.) prohibits.
Mishna Berura (551: 9 -18) rules like the Rema, that one may not take a full body shower with hot water on Yom Tov even if it was heated before Yom Tov. However, one may wash one’s whole body part by part with water heated before Yom Tov and one may heat up water on Yom Tov to wash one’s hands, feet, and face.
Shemiras Shabbos Kehilchoso (14: 7) discusses the topic at length and although he maintains that there is some grounds to be lenient, nonetheless he remains stringent. So is Tzitz Eliezer (6: 20, 11: 64), Avnei Yoshfe (3: 55) quoting Horav Elyashiv zt”l, Horav Yisroel Belsky zt”l (quoted in Halachically Speaking), Rivevos Ephraim (16: 265, 8: 248: 1) and others.
Halacha Yomit mentions that Maran Harav Ovadia Yosef Shlita maintains (for Sephardim) that if the water was heated well before the onset of Yom Tov and the boilers operation on Yom Tov serves only to retain the waters heat but not to reheat it, one may use this water to wash his entire body on Yom Tov.
Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is to be stringent following the Poskim mentioned above. If one usually uses the shower as tisha kavim (instead of immersing in a mikva) the Rov’s opinion is that he may use a lukewarm shower for tisha kavim.
Same would apply to one suffering significantly from excessive heat and perspiration on a hot Yom Tov day. A hand shower is also recommended.”
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 4/4/2025 1:22 PM |
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#5371 No Skin of One’s Teeth
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– Q. Moreinu Verabenu Shlit’a. I have a problem this year. (2025), how do I brush and clean my teeth after eating chametz on the morning of Shabbat, since I don’t brush my teeth on Shabbat?
A. On question 3096 we wrote:
“ Q. How does one clean his teeth on Shabbat this year when Erev Pesach is Shabbat?
A. One can rinse one’s mouth and use Kosher Lepesach mouthwash and a floss pick or similar, being careful not to draw any blood. As mentioned in a question above, one may also use a soft dry toothbrush without any paste at all.”
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Posted 4/4/2025 1:19 PM |
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#5370 Eat Away Yet Be Near?
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– Q. On this coming Shabbat that coincides with Erev Pesach what and how is a good way to eat the night and day meal for a large family with kids, and having it easy on cleaning the Chametz still needed for the Shabbat meals?
A. On question 3107 we wrote:
“Q. This Shabbos Erev Pesach, we will be eating our chometz chales on Friday night and Shabbos morning at our back porch. We plan to eat the meal inside at the already cleaned and ready for Pesach dinning room and eating Pesach food.
What is the proper way of saying kiddush bemokom seuda (reciting Kiddush at the place where one eats) in such a scenario?
A. Shulchan Aruch rules that if from the place you recite Kiddush you can see the place where yo eat bread and it is in one house (adjacent porch included), it is considered ‘Bemakom Seuda.’
On the Friday – Leil Shabbos Seuda, you may also want to place at least two candles at a spot where they can be seen from where the Kiddush and the Hamotzi are recited.
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Posted 4/4/2025 1:10 PM |
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#5369 The Feels on Meals
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- Q. What is the proper way to comply with the seudot (meals) of Shabbat when it is Erev Pesach (day prior to Pesach)?
A. On question 3094 we wrote:
“On this year when Erev Pesach, coincides with Shabbos, one should daven very early including Mussaf, preferably with the Netz or sunrise. Then proceed with kiddush and washing on challa or pita and eating the first part of the meal, such as eating the fish or similar.
This should be followed by benching. You may indeed, read the Parsha, to separate between the meals, or walk outside, while being careful to wash again and eat the second meal that may include the cholent or meat, when chometz is still allowed. Since this is the second bread meal of the day, it would be considered Shalosh Seudos.
Later on the afternoon, when needed, one may eat a lesser meal of Pesach food without eating any matza or similar, which is then not permitted, and just about enough to still be able to eat with appetite at the Seder when Yom Tov begins.
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 4/4/2025 1:06 PM |
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#5368 Late or Up to Date?
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– Q. Those that have the tradition of reading the Hagada on the Shabbat before Pesach, when should that be done this year (2025), when Erev Pesach is on Shabbat?
A On a similar question (3080) we wrote:
“Q. This year (5781-2021) when Erev Pesach is on Shabbat, does one read the Haggada then or is it better to read it on the prior Shabbat as the Shabbat Hagadol drasha is also preceded to Parshat Vayikra?
A. Mishna Berura (430: 2) maintains that although the Shabbos Hagadol Drosho is imparted on the prior Shabbos Vayikro, the Haggada is said on Shabbos Erev Pesach.
However, some Poskim disagree, since it will be recited a few hours later and it would take away its novelty especially from the young ones. Nitei Gavriel (Pesach 1: 5: 11).
Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit”a opinion is that one should follow his received traditions and if not known one should follow the Mishna Berura.
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Posted 4/4/2025 1:03 PM |
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#5367 – Make Room for the Bloom!
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- Q. Can one make the bracha on the fruit trees when seeing the new buds on the trees or does one have to wait until the buds turn into flowers?
A. Shulchan Aruch (O.H. 226, based on Talmud Brochos 43) mentions that the trees are giving out flowers, not just buds, as Mishna Berura (ibid. 2) also cites.
That is also the opinion oh Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit’a.
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Posted 4/4/2025 1:00 PM |
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#5366 – Up a Tree on Blessing the Tree?
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- Q. See question above. I still don’t understand why we notice that so many Gedolim and Tzadikim made such a big deal and placed so much effort on getting together a significant group to recite the blessing on the trees. Why?
A. Indeed Gedolim and Tzadikim constantly have followed the opinion of the Kabalah Gedolim for the importance and transcendence of this brocho.
Halichos Shlomo (23 n. 121) mentions that Hagaon Rav S”Z Auerbcah ZT”L was extremely careful to comply with this brocho correctly. He once mentioned that since his Bar Mitzva never missed it.
Eliahu Rabba mentions that usually blessings recited for things we just see, we don’t have to place effort to look for them (storms, oceans etc.), in contrast to the brocho on the fruits of the trees, that brings the blessings of many tzadikim of all generations for a long, beautiful and healthy life.
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Posted 4/4/2025 12:59 PM |
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#5365 – Hey Kid! Finnish your Vegetables Now!
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- Q. I have always wondered, how come we make such a big deal of reciting the blessing for the fruits of trees and we totally ignore a bracha for vegetables and grain plants, that are even more essential and crucial for our survival?
A. Good question. Aruch Hashulchan (O.H. 226: 1) explains that indeed since fruits are not so essential for human survival as grains and vegetables are, vegetables are included in the brochos we constantly recite on them when we eat them. The fruits however are seen as a special extra great gift that Hashem gives us.
The above is an important Kavana or intention to keep in mind when reciting the above bracha.
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 4/4/2025 12:55 PM |
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#5364 Blessing On and Also the Shabbat!
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– Q. Another tree question Dear Rabbi please. Is it better to wait until Shabbat to recite this blessing on the trees?
A. In regards to waiting until Shabbos on question 287, we wrote; Yalkut Yosef (Shabbos 3, 319,77) quotes some opinions that maintain that this bracha should not be recited on Shabbos either because by engaging one’s attention on the tree, one might come to collect some fruits (Moed L’kol Chai 9), or by dint of a Cabalistic injunction on gathering “nitzoitzois,” (spiritual sparks) from a tree on Shabbos (Kaf Hachaim 226, 4).
However, most Poiskim disagree, permit and recommend reciting this bracha on Shabbos. (Yalkut Yosef ibid. – Nitey Gavriel, Pesach I, 6,7).
Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit”a opinion is that you can and should wait until Shabbos, then avoid contemplating extensively the tree and recite the bracha together with a larger group “b’rov am” which will remind you or the children not to cut some fruits from the tree.
This brocho also reminds people of the blessings, great delightful feeling, flavors and natural life beauty that Hashem gives us and it is therefore included in the Biblical mitzva of Oneg Shabbos (enjoying Shabbos). It also adds to the count of the hundred brochos that are required on Shabbos.
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Posted 4/4/2025 12:47 PM |
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#5363 An Inyan for a Minyan?
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- Q. I have seen that in some shuls a minyan gathers to recite the bracha on the trees. Do you really require a minyan?
A. No minyan is required. However, Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit”a mentioned that since we usually maintain that “Berov Am Haddras Meleh” or we honor the King, when many are present, it would be preferred to have many others also join.
Besides, it is not uncommon for individuals to forget reciting this once a year blessing, that has great importance and relevance, and a minyan helps.
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Posted 4/4/2025 12:44 PM |
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#5362 A Blooming Shaila!
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- Q. In Gibraltar, they are saying Bircat Ha’ilanot after minchah today! When should we say it?
A. On question 288 we wrote; “This year, due to the earliness of Pesach, the blooming of trees at this latitude occurred very late on the Jewish calendar.
Although “the days of Nisan” are mentioned in regards to reciting birchas hailonos (Brochos 43b – Shulchan Oruch O.H. 226, 1), Poiskim maintain that when required it could be said earlier on Adar (Kerem Shlomo 226,1 – Shulchan Hatohor ibid. – Bais Hayotzer 12 et al.) or after Nisan. (Chasam Sofer , hagoos O.H. 226 – Zichron Yehuda – Magid Taaluma 43b – Nitey Gavriel, Pesach I, 6, 5) and even on Sivan (Aruch Hashulchan ibid. – Nitey Gavriel ibid, see also question 83 on this forum).
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Posted 4/4/2025 12:41 PM |
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#5361 - Searching a Good Hotel?
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- Q. Dear Rov Shlit’a. You know us well as I daven often in your shul. This is the first year, due to health issues that we will spending Pesach in a Hotel, and I have a number of questions. Do I have to do Bedikas Chametz in the hotel room?
A. Thanks for contacting me and I’m sure you have or will have other shailes. Please check Frum Toronto or our website.
On question 745 we wrote:
“Q. If you are going to spend Pesach in a hotel, do you have to search your hotel room for chometz? When do you do the bedika? Do you make a brocho? What to do if you arrive after midday on Erev Pesach?
A. Shulchan Aruch (O.H. 437: 1) rules that if someone rents a house before Pesach, if he takes possession (by receiving the keys) before the beginning of the fourteenth day of Nisan and eve of Pesach (the night prior to the seder night.) he has to search the rented premises with a brocho.
However in regards to an hotel room Poskim disagree if he is obligated to search for chometz, as this is not an ordinary property rental, since he can be easily transferred to another room and management also maintains an extended control of the premises (Kinyan Torah 1: 120.) Another reason is that the rooms are cleaned everyday and do not have a chazaka or presumption of containing chometz.
Other Poskim maintain that the room should be searched with a brocho, if possession took place before the fourteenth (Sidur Pesach Kehilchoso 12: 8, Piskei Trshuvos 427: 1)
Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit”a opinion is that they should be searched without a brocho unless the guest brings with him pieces of chometz (one of them should be more than a kezais) to be hidden before the bedika. (It is recommended to utilize the same pieces of chometz used on the search at home, see prior question).
All luggage, bags, the pockets of clothing and the car (if there is,) should also then be searched.
If he arrived after the time when the prohibition began or during Chol Hamoed, some Poskim maintain that he should do a bedika (Piskei Teshuvos ibid.) with a brocho. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is to search without a brocho”
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Posted 3/30/2025 11:20 AM |
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#5360 The "No Mas Atlas of Muchas Tortillas"
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- Q. Estimado Honorable Rabino. Are tortillas made of corn that is kitnioth permited when care is taken to make them and bake the as one would do with Matza Shemurah?
Why should Kitniot that is only prohibited by the Ashkenazi tradition be different than wheat itself used for making the Matza Shemurah?
A. On question 61 we wrote:
“Q. Can Ashkenazim eat during Pessach corn bread, such as tortillas, that were prepared with all the care of processing Matza?
A. There are many Poiskim who permit eating kitnios that were baked with all the stringencies normally applied to the preparation of matza.
They argue that the lesser prohibition, (kitnios), cannot be more severe than the principal chometz biblical proscription (Maharsha”k in Korban Pesach 153,1 and Yosef Daas 8, Chayei Adam, klal 127,1). And if the five types of grain can be prepared not to ferment, certainly so can be done with kitnios. Beer Itzchok (11) mentions that it was customary to bake matzos from kitnios that were inspected properly before Pesach.
However there are other Poiskim that consider the prohibition of kitnios to be an original decree and therefore they are forbidden in any presentation or way of preparation, even when eaten raw. (Maamar Mordechai 32 – Tzofnas Paaneach 2,42 - Mor Uketzio), so too is the opinion of Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit”a”.
Horav Aharon Miller Shlit’a also maintains that everyone should avoid eating tortillas during Pesach.
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Posted 3/28/2025 11:52 AM |
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#5359 A Blessed Sale?
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- Q. Someone that is traveling away for Pesach and will be selling the complete house with all the food included on a transaction that will take place, as organized by a competent Rabbi before the night of the 14th or Erev Pesach begins, so he will not be liable at all to do any Bedikas Chametz (Chametz search) in his house.
I wonder, is there a point to leave out of the sell deal, at least one room, to comply in it the mitzva of Bedikas Chametz, that according to Kabala and Hassidic sefarim brings great holiness and blessings to the house?
A. On question 2574 (Early Pesach Sale) we wrote:
“Q. Kvod Horav. We normally sell our entire house for Pesach. We go away and I just lock everything up and sell.
Someone asked me this year if her married kids could stay in my house because she doesn’t have room for them. I really want to help her but I’m not able to clean my entire house and I don’t want to throw out my food. Is there a way for me to help her? lease let me know, Thank you!
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that one may lock up the kitchen, dining room, family room, basement, garage etc., and sell them with a mechira mukdemes (early sell, see questions 68, 148 and 744), thus avoiding also the bedikas chometz search on those areas. One would be exempt from the sale only the areas needed to enter and the bedrooms used by the guest.
The rooms and areas locked out and to be sold, should be taped closed with significant strips of noticeable tape and plastic sheets, from top to bottom on their entrances, thus also preventing children from entering them. Notices should be placed on them, mentioning that those areas were sold and are out of bounds.”
Following the above procedure (last instructions are not needed) as you may just leave one well defined room out of the sale contract, and perform there the chametz search, without a bracha and thus acquire the much wanted blessing on the house.
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 3/28/2025 11:38 AM |
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#5358 All Menchen Must Have Intention!
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- Q. If as Poskim write that one complies with the mitzva of “Tashbisu” or destroying the chometz already thirty days before Pesach, then one should have the intention of complying with this mitzva when eating bread and other chometz during that time, is that correct? After all it is a Biblical mitzva and requires proper intention.
A. On question 3615 we wrote: “Poskim disagree. Rema (O.H. 485: 1) rules that if one burns the chametz on the night after the Bedika, one complies with the mitzva of destroying the chametz.
Chok Yaakov (ibid.), Mishna Berura (5) quote Maharik that since on the fourteen of Nissan, no chometz will be extant, even if the destruction of it was done during the prior thirty days, one has kept the mitzva when that day arrives.
Horav Shmuel Kamenetzky Shlit’a (Kovetz Halochos – Pesach 1: 4: n: 5) indeed writes that following the opinion of the Minchas Chinuch that the mitzva of Tashbisu or destroying the chametz is a positive command, one indeed complies with the mitzva whenever one eats chametz during those thirty days.
Horav Shlomo Miller”s opinion is that it depends on the different Halacha opinions. Yet it would be definitely very beneficial and rewarding to have such intention.
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 3/28/2025 11:33 AM |
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#5357 Very Busy with Sushi?
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- Q. See above question. As we already asking about sushi what is the correct brocho on sushi. We have heard different opinions. What is Horav Shlomo Shlit’a opinion?
A. On question 3495 we wrote:
"Q. What is Horav Miller’s latest opinion on the bracha on sushi?
A. On question 367 we wrote: The popular kosher Sushi we most commonly consume consists of cooked vinegared rice sushi-meshi combined with other ingredients, usually raw or partially raw fish, as tuna or salmon or occasionally avocado or other vegetables as center fillings.
Contemporary Poiskim maintain very different opinions as to what brocho one should recite.
Divrei Pinchos (Horav Pinchas Mayers, siman 22) rules the brocho to be Shehakol.
Horav Heinemann Shlit”a maintains that one should recite Mezonos on the rice, as well as the appropriate Brocho on the filling. The nori (the edible seaweed is secondary to the rice and other ingredients, and does not require a brocho (Rabbi Mordechai Frankel, Director – Star K Institue of Halacha).
A similar opinion is to be found on Din – Beis Hora”ah (dinonline.org): “If the fish is clearly recognizable, it a piece of fish should be separated from the mixture, and two berachos should be made, mezonos for the rice, and shehakol for the fish. However, if the fish cannot be clearly discerned, it is sufficient to recite mezonos on the mixture”.
Quoted in the name of Horav Mandelbaum author of Vezos Habracha, is that the bracha should be dictated by the largest ingredient by volume, usually the rice which is Mezonos. (Berachot.org).
Rabbi J. Blass (Rabbi of Neve Tzuf and Rosh Kollel of Ratzon Yehuda, also agrees to Mezonos (Yeshiva.org)
The brocho of Mezonos is also mentioned in the name of Reb Simcha Bunim Cohen Shlit”a of Lakewood.(TLS, Feb 2010).
Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit”a opinion is that the correct brocho is Shehakol.”
Recently however, Horav Shlomo Miller Shlita voiced an added opinion that it is better to recite the proper brocho of each item, on a separate piece of food that carries the same blessing.”
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 3/28/2025 11:27 AM |
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#5356 A Kashi on the Sushi?
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- Q. Dear Rabbi Shlit’a. We have a great family of friends that need to be invited for Peisach and are having a difficult time getting an invitation. We would love to invite them and their children.
An issue is that they are Sepharadim and usually the children are very used to eating sushi. Is it permitted for us, who don’t eat rice on Peisach to serve them sushi in special plates?
A. As mentioned in question above, when eating at a separate part of the table, with a different table cloth and disposable plates in need it could be allowed.
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 3/28/2025 11:21 AM |
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#5355 The Brocho of Gebrochts?
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- Q. We usually invite guest for the Peisach Seder that may not be very Frum yet, as we are trying to be mekarev them while complying with the mitzva of Hachnasat Orchim.
It is not unusual to see our guest dip the matza or place pieces of it in the soup or other liquids.
Is there a problem for us to continue using those dishes, since we are carefull not to eat “gebrochts” (matza made wet)?
A. On question 52 we wrote:
“ Q. I’m planning to spend Pesach in a hotel that maintains an excellent kashrus supervision and are careful with gebrochts.
On prior occasions I have noticed that many of my co-guests, who don’t have that minhag, place pieces of their matzo on their soup. Should that be a concern for me because of the shared dishes? How about when we invite someone to the Seider and he does the same?
A. Some hotels encourage their clients to ask the waiters for disposable soup bowls and spoons if they want to put matzo in their soup.
If this is not your case or instructions are not being followed, Horav Shlomo Millers Shlit’a advices that it would depend on the particular minhag one has in regards to utensils.
He then added that considering the numerous other serious shailos common in hotels, (such as the rings on food-handlers hands when touching hot wet foods without gloves), this concern may be the least of his problems.
As far as inviting guest who eat gebrochts, there is an interesting approach of Rabbi Yehoshua Noibirt (Moriah Y. 27- 11,12), where he points out that in regards to Pas Akum, if it is of better quality than Pas Isroel, and if the guest eats it, it is permitted even for the Baal Habais too, for this complete seudah in honour of his guest. (OC. 168,5).
Then again, he points out, the guest are not allowed to impose their lenient status on the Baal Habaith. In practice this last point should be followed.” See also question 4924.
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 3/28/2025 11:17 AM |
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