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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
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 3:57 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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#5665 Thanks But No Thanks
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- Q. Dear Rabbi we reside by the Jewish Mexican community in Los Angeles you are familiar with, and we have often send you many questions. Thanks for your great work.
We have yet to celebrate thanksgiving this year (on Thursday, November 27th.) we have some members of our shul that are Baalei Teshuva and want to offer a Kidush on the next Shabbat, since they argue that it is not a religious holiday. Is that permitted?
A. On question 5156 we wrote:
A Freilechen St. Patrick’s day?
– Q. What is one permitted to do on Thanksgiving day?A. On question 4166 we wrote:
“I attend a daily minyan, that as others do, offers an after Shacharit Kiddush with a drink and mezonot. The attendants before drinking a small cup of liquor, as tradition goes wish each other ‘Lechaim’, Mal Tov, or if it is aYohrzait, ‘The Neshama should have an Aliya’.
On St. Patrick’s day, most likely still deep in the Purim ‘spirit’ an usual attendant offers every year a green full bottle of Irish (kosher) liquor. and with a very comical smile, pours a drink to all and wishes a ‘ Freilechen, (happy) St. Patrick’s day’. We all understand that it is only a humorous act, but is it permitted in a shul? I do not want to insult him by refusing the drink or the Lechaim. What is the proper thing to do?”
To what we answered:
“Saint Patrick’s Day is a public holiday in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador (for provincial government employees), and the British Overseas Territory of Montserrat. It is also widely celebrated in the United Kingdom, Canada, United States, Argentina, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand. From the present day literature explaining the meaning of the day, it seems that in most or the many places mentioned it is not anymore a religious commemoration but a cultural and national identity day.
However, Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is, that since it still has a strong religious identity in Catholic communities and special services are offered on the day for many, to avoid insulting the fellow who brought the bottle in “good spirit”, one should answer warmly: “Lechaim to all the Tzadikim, Kedoishim and survivors from this and other similar “Holy days,” Lechaim Tovim Ulesholom.”
See also questions 3390 in regards to Thanksgiving Day, 3494 and others regarding wishing a New Year.”
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 11/23/2025 9:55 PM |
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#5664 Wow to the Wows!
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- Q. See question above.
Can one do Hatarat Nedarim (absolution of wows and promises to avoid keeping the tradition? How about for other difficult traditions?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit’a often indicated that Hataras Nedarim is not usually used on minhagim and traditions one should keep, since they are not created or established by a neder or promise.
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 11/23/2025 9:49 PM |
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#5663 - Take Another Look at the Mirror
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Take Another Look at the Mirror -
Q. See question above. Since we have that minhag (Custom) in our family, as far as I can remember. I also asked my siblings and they agreed. Until when does a child have to keep that tradition? Does it apply both to boys and girls?
A. Akin to many other Minhagim and traditions they have their own customs and practices and as Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit’a maintains one should follow the traditions of the family he belongs to.
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Posted 11/23/2025 9:46 PM |
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#5662 Writing Well a Womans Ketuba!
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- Q. Dear Rabbeinu Shlit’a; What is the correct way to spell on a Ketuba the kallah names of Masha or Basha?
A. Usually it is spelled by using an Alef at the letter A place.
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Posted 11/20/2025 11:10 PM |
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#5661 A True Telling Reply?
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- Q. Dear Rabbi Shlit’a. Is it permitted to keep a secret by lying to someone questioning you? (Like repudiate that you were there or that you know the material?)
A. You may find other ways to avoid answering totally untruthfully such as: I’m a bit busy now or I’m a bit tired and can’t remember well details, etc. etc...
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Posted 11/20/2025 11:06 PM |
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#5660 – Valid or Void Velkro?
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Q. Kevodo Nero Yair. 39 melochos mentions it is permitted to use Velcro closings on Shabbat clothing. Does Horav Miller Shlit”a agree?
A. Shemiras Shabbos Kehilchoso (15:78). rules that it is permissible to use Velcro on Shabbos. Velcro is described as essentially the hooking and biding of strands on the one piece through loops on the other. Even if eventually some strands do in fact tear, they are an insignificant few, and besides, they are not designed to tear.
Velcro does eventually wear out, yet only after a long time of use. An analogy is given would be similar walking across a lawn on Shabbat. Even though an occasional piece of grass may be uprooted when you walk over it you certainly didn't intend to uproot it. Since it is not certain that a strand will tear, it is not forbidden to use Velcro on Shabbat.
Just to give you a sense of how Velcro has become a part of Shabbat fashion, Rabbi Twerski of Milwaukee, who is the scion of a Chassidic dynasty, has a gartel (ceremonial belt worn during prayer) that is fastened by Velcro. And who said that Chassidic clothing is straight out of the 18th century!!!
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Posted 11/20/2025 11:03 PM |
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#5659 Listening to the Speaker?
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- Q. Is it permitted to receive a phone call on speaker and have others listen in on the call, without the person on the other end knowing about it?
A. Horav Aharon Miller Shlit’a maintains that although it seems for many a common and usual practice, it is incorrect and prohibited to do. One must tell and warn the person on the phone with you, that others may be listening to the conversation.
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 11/20/2025 11:00 PM |
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#5658 To-bel or Not To-bel
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Q. Honorable Rabbi. Does one have to tovel (immerse) in a mikva an electric sandwich warmer (not a baker).
A. On question 1259 we wrote the following:
Q. I recently bought a Keurig coffee maker and realized that I might need to toivel it. The instructions say it should not be submerged in water. What is Rav Shlomo Miller’s opinion on it?
Thank you
A. Some Poskim (Beis Avi 1: 114, Chelkas Yaakov 1: 126, 2: 61) maintain that no tevila is required for electrical utensils, since they are to be connected to the electrical circuitry constructed into the walls of the house or building, they are considered as attached to the ground and don’t need tevila.
Others assert that if the tevila will ruin the utensil, then they are exempt from tevila. (See Minchas Shlomo 3:68:2, Avnei Nezer O.C. 418:11 and Beis Meir 120:11). Keurig type coffee machines have digital displays and would be ruined by immersion.
Although Poskim disagree, many maintain that you may be tovel kelim that are liable to tevila only Rabbinicaly in snow, (See Beis Yosef Y.D. 201).
Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit”a opinion is that besides the above issue, in practice it is difficult to achieve proper tevila in utensils such as the Keurig coffee maker that contain small cavities, since the snow needs to be in complete contact. You also have to have the correct amount of snow available in one place (forty seah).
If you are handy or know someone that is, you may disassemble the coffee maker to a point of no use and then reassemble it. It will be then considered as if made by Jewish hands and exempt of tevila. Caution is advised, since the disassemble should not be just superficial but rather what would normally require a professional handy man to repair, it is recommended to handle with knowledge and care. (Tevilas Kelim 4: 16.)
Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit”a opinion is that the best option is to sell the coffee maker to a Gentile for a small amount e.g. a dollar (using both the money given and his lifting the coffee maker as a kinyan), and then borrowing it from him for use. (See Minchas Yitzchok 2: 72). Although one still has to tovel such utensils rabbinically, adding this premise to the ones mentioned above in regards to electrical equipment, one may be lenient.
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Posted 11/20/2025 10:55 PM |
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#5657 Now Know the Snow!
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Q. Dear Rov. If I go to shul on Shabbat, when it is snowing a storm and I don’t want to make wet the shul and molest others, can I shake the snow from my coat before I enter. Does it make a difference if it is a plastic raincoat or regular absorbing clothing?
A. Poskim agree that it does indeed. Horav Aharon Miller Shlit’a is similar.
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Posted 11/20/2025 10:51 PM |
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#5656 Impresive Informing Impression?
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Q. See question above.
I have another related shailah. Since in our area of Canada it snows plenty and our kids play and walk on the snow also on Shabbat. Can I obtain for my children boots that leave and unusual impression on the snow, so my wife can tell where they went when they play at a park next to our home?
A. Horav Aharon Miller Shlit’a maintains in the name of his father Shlit’a, that if boots are available as common merchandise in shoe stores, it is 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 11/20/2025 10:41 PM |
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#5655 Sustaining in Snow Season?
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Q. Rabbenu Shlit’a, as the time for snow is starting I have a number of questions that are important to my family. Firstly, can one walk on the snow with boots that leave behind an impression that is unique and unusual.
The purpose being that when I walk after davening to a Kiddush in one of our many neighboring shuls, my kids could follow me and join me, since I walk faster. Is that permitted?
See next question.
A. Horav Aharon Miller Shlit’a maintains in the name of his father Shlit’a that if the impression of the boots was not especially made or changed to be unique, yet as often happens, it is naturally different than others, it is permitted to point out and use for the above purpose
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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 11/20/2025 10:38 PM |
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