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#5174 Collect one’s Thoughts on Collect
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- Q. Can I send a collection agency after a Jew who didn't pay their bill of $6K.
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit”a opinion is that it is permitted when in need.
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 11/8/2024 12:26 PM |
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#5173 Some More AI-Vey
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- Q. Kvod Rabenu. If someone was informed by an AI service email, that is part of a mortuary institution of the death of a close friend, should he already then make the bracha of Dayan Emeth?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit”a opinion is that he should double check first directly with the people of the Chevra Kadisha or similar, before reciting a brocho.
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 11/8/2024 12:20 PM |
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#5172 Wash and Dry and…
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Q. Can one use a tissue paper towel or a napkin used for drying ones hands after washing for a Shabbat meal, to further clean and dry hands, mouth or nose, during the meal, when it still is wet and it may involve prohibited Sechita or squeezing?
A. Poskim usually rule leniently on the use of disposable napkins and tissues, since they are not reusable and one does not benefit and care for the prohibited s’chita or squeezing. (Igrois Moishe O.H. 2: 70, and others).
Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit”a opinion is similar.
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 11/8/2024 12:17 PM |
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#5171 Good Times Begin with a Blessing!
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- Q. Dear Rov this is a Shaila I‘m sure you will love and we need a real prompt answer. Today in the very early hours of the morning we became aware that Donald Trump won B’H the election. Two questions. 1) Do we say Tachanun this morning or do we treat the day as a Yom Tov and avoid it?
2) Should we make a Seudas Hoda’a or a festive meal to thank Hashem for His great kindness?
A. Although for many of us it is a real happy occasion, still you do recite Tachanun as you would in similar situations such as when a person has a miracle salvation, has or marries a child.
As far as making a Seudas Hoda’a, Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit”a opinion is that one should always be grateful and thank Hashem for all the acts of kindness and mercy He imparts to His people. On similar situations a kidush on Shabbos is customary for many.
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Posted 11/6/2024 12:35 PM |
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#5170 Justifying Justice
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- Q. If someone a few times a year walk to a shul on Shabbos that is close to a Jewish cemetery and as he comes close he can see clearly the burial places and the Matzeivos (stones) on them, does he recite the customary brocho of “Yotzar Eschem Badin” (He created you with justice) usually said during the week?
It seems improper to recite it on Shabbos, since we do not say in Shabbos Tziduk Hadin.
A. Mahari Assad (Y.D. 371: 1) quoted by Piskei Teshuva (O.H. 224) maintains that we do
say it since it does not actually express “Tziduk” Hadin, or giving justice to the judgment.
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 11/5/2024 6:47 PM |
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#5169 Red Strings Attached?
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- Q. Dear Rov Shlita. Am I allowed to wear during Shabbat where one isn’t allowed to carry, a small piece of the afikoman left from the seder I ate while visiting my grandparents last Pesach? They said it is a segula for not forgeting them and that they should also pray for me and all their grandchildren. Why is it not similar to the red string that many wear and carry?
A. Indeed on a similar question (1412) we wrote:
“Q. May one wear a red string around his wrist while walking in the public domain on Shabbos, if one is accustomed to wear such a string during the week to ward off ayin hara (evil eye)?
A. On question 1113 on this forum we wrote; “Poskim disagree as to the propriety of this popular segula. Orchoseicha Lamdeni (140) prohibits wearing it on the hand.
Hakoton Vehilchoisov (81) quotes a reponsa from Hagrach Kanievsky Shlit”a, ruling that one should abstain from placing such string on a minor to protect him from ayn horah (evil eye), since it may be similar to what the Tosefta (Shabbos 8: 4) considers to be one of the “ways of the Emorites.” However, he mentions that the above may be restricted only to tying the red string on the finger and may not apply to other bodily parts. He quotes such a tradition from the Yerushalaim”s elders, namely to go around Kever Rochel seven times with a red string, before placing it around the neck of the ill. Yechave Da”as (6: 50) asserts that what is not recorded in the Talmud itself, will not be prohibited for being “the ways of the Emorites.”
Be’er Moishe (8: 36) maintains that tying the red string on the hand or the carriage of a child, is a tradition that many used to keep. It is included in the minhagim of our elderly mothers that the Rashbo advises not to belittle, since they have their roots on holy high-ground; even if we do not understand now their reason.
He quotes similar opinions from Kol Bo on mila (p.129) who relates that the Yismach Moishe would advocate the use of the red string for perilous pregnancies. Vayizbor Yosef (115, p. 409) permits the use of a red string chain with a ruby pendant, as long as the intention of its use is for heaven’s sake. Some maintain that the origin of the red string remotes to Kolev’s and Pinchas advise to Rochov, to save herself by keeping the ‘Tikvas Hashoni’ in her window.
Others claim that it goes back to even earlier times: to the birth of Zerach, son of Yehuda and Tamar. The posuk (Bereshis 38: 28) reads; And it came about when she gave birth, that he (the infant) stretched out his hand. So the midwife took and bound a crimson thread on his hand, saying, “This one came out first.”
Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlita opinion is that one should maintain the minhagim and traditions of ones family.
In regards to carrying it on Shabbos where there is no eiruv. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that the red string is similar to a kamia (an amulet or charm). A kamiah is an item which is supposed to contain supernatural powers for providing safety, healing and the like. Such items can be a parchment, a symbol item, an herb or similar.
Shulchan Aruch (O.H. 301: 25) rules that a kamia that has not been verified to be effective, one may not go out with it into a public domain on Shabbos, because we suspect that perhaps it does not work at all and therefore does not have the status of an ornament. Therefore, even if one always wears a red string, he should not carry it where there is no eiruv on Shabbos.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller and Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit'a.
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Posted 11/3/2024 10:33 AM |
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#5168 Mentalist Ability Test?
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- Q. Long Life to Kvod Horav. The Ezer Mitzion and other organizations helping Israel invited master mentalist Lior Suchard to Toronto and he will be visiting here next week. I heard that his show is truly wonderful. My question is, is one by Halacha, permitted to attend the show and even bring his children with?
A. Firstly, we must understand what are we dealing with.
Mentalism (as described in Wikipedia and by others), is a performing art, in which its practitioners, known as mentalists, appear to demonstrate highly developed mental or intuitive abilities.
Mentalists perform also a theatrical act that includes special effects that may appear to employ psychic or supernatural forces but that is actually achieved by "ordinary conjuring means", natural human abilities (i.e. reading body language, refined intuition, subliminal communication, emotional intelligence), and an in-depth understanding of key principles from human psychology or other behavioral sciences. Performances may appear to include hypnosis, telepathy, clairvoyance, divination, precognition, psychokinesis, mediumship, mind control, memory feats, deduction, and rapid mathematics.
Mentalism is also commonly classified as a subcategory of magic and, when performed by a stage magician, may also be referred to as mental magic. However, many professional mentalists today may generally distinguish themselves from magicians, insisting that their art form leverages a distinct skillset.
Instead of doing "magic tricks", mentalists argue that they produce psychological experiences for the mind and imagination, and expand reality with explorations of psychology, suggestion, and influence. Mentalists are also often considered psychic entertainers, although that category also contains non-mentalist performers such as psychic readers and bizarrists.
They are also known as a mind-reader or psychological illusionist. A mentalist uses a combination of psychology, magic tricks, neuro-linguistic programming, sleight of hand, showmanship, and pseudo-psychology to create an environment where it feels like they are able to attract your attention and access your thoughts, and influence your behavior.
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Posted 11/1/2024 12:27 PM |
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#5167 Flying With the Wind
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- Q. When one's tie is flying in the wind, is it a problem on Shabbos?
A. Asuming that the question involves walking during Shabbos in a place without a proper Eiruv, so one may be then considered as carrying an object in a Public Domain during Shabbos, therefore, if people normally walk like that in a windy day, it would be permitted.
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Posted 11/1/2024 12:23 PM |
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#5166 Bible Belt and Braces?
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Q. See question above. Is it a Mitzva to burn them?
A. If it won’t create any Chilul Hashem or increase in any way, now or in the future, enmity and conflict from others, it is permitted. Yet because of the complexities involved, further proper consultation in every case is needed.
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Posted 11/1/2024 12:19 PM |
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#5165 Bible Bashers?
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Q. Is it permitted to use the pages of the King James Bible as kindling for a fireplace, (during winter, as I deal with discarded books), or are they Osur B'Hano'o (prohibited in benefit)?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit”a opinion is that if the name of Hashem is written in Hebrew (Yud Kei Vov Kei) it would be prohibited to burn them, since one is destroying Hashem’s name. If not, there is no prohibition to burn them and then to benefit from the fire.
See next question.
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Posted 11/1/2024 12:11 PM |
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#5164 Sly As a Fox?
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Q. The Gemara (שבת סז) says that a fox tooth from a live fox helps you stay awake. Is this permitted to do? Does this still work nowadays? (If Horav Miller says “yes” please ask him if the fox has to remain alive for it to work or as long as it was taken from a live fox it works.
Also does it have to be touching your skin or is it good enough if your just wearing it. Also does it have to be whole or can you make a hole in it?). Can you use it for Simchas Beis Hasoeva or for Nitel Nighth? Thank you
A. Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit”a opinion is that as, we have mentioned in other Shailos since the nature of the universe keeps constantly changing, one should not rely on curing methods and medicines or drugs used in the past without proper updated medical advice.
See questions 4107, 4272, 3841, 2839, 2860, 2422, 1982, 1836, and others.
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Posted 10/27/2024 11:24 AM |
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#5163 Don’t Be Too Happy?
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- Q. See question above. If someone also plays himself a musical instrument, can he in the above situation still play?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit”a opinion is that in such a case one it is preferable to abstain.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller and Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit'a.
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Posted 10/22/2024 9:01 PM |
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#5161- Follow The Sign
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- Q. See questions above. Kvod Rabbenu Shlit”a. Is it better in our days of increasing hate and antisemitism that we should place at the entrance of our Sukot that are often by us in the front facing to the street, a large sign that every passerby can read, with a blessing for being blessed with peace with all of our Gentile neighbors, that they can also see?
A. Harav Shlomo Miller Shlit”a opinion is that you should consult with an accepted and recognized Rov that is familiar with your neighbors and he should make the proper and right decision.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller and Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit'a.
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Posted 10/22/2024 8:26 PM |
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#5160 Sleep On This Suka?
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- Q. Dear Rabbi. As we are starting to build our Sukot, in this difficult year of antisemitism and hate to Jews that many now encounter in our neighborhoods, to avoid placing our Suka in the front of our homes facing the street as we always do, and better building it in the back yard?
A. On question 2869 we wrote:
Q. Due to the fruit trees growing nicely on our back yard, we decided this year to make the suka on the front yard facing the street. The problem is that our neighborhood is lately not that safe anymore, and the kids and me too, are afraid to sleep close to the street. Someone told me that there may be a shailah with the suka and it may not be kosher at all, since it isn’t fit to sleep in it at night. Is that true?
A. Shulchan Aruch (O.H. 640: 4) rules that one should not erect his suka on a smelly or windy site, that will exempt him from eating or sleeping there, due to the smell or the cold wind. Rema (ibid.) adds that if he is afraid from robbers or thieves when he is in his suka, he does not comply with the mitzva even when the fear is not there, as during the day (Mishna Berura 19).
Mishna Berura (ibid. 20) however, quotes Poskim (Lebush, Magen Avraham, see Biur Halacha ibid.), who maintain that after the fact one complies, since one can eat there without fear during the day.
Shaarei Teshuva (ibid.) quotes a similar ruling in the name of the Chacham Tzvi. He also adds that often in northern countries, it is too cold at night to sleep in the suka and yet we do eat there during the day.
Piskei Teshuvos (640: n. 18) mentions that it is common for some shuls, apartment buildings and restaurants to keep an empty suka that is close to the street for all to use, that is left unlocked at night. (See also question 929, regarding a small suka of 70cm. by 70 cm., in which one can hardly sleep there).
Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit’a added, that even a suka where one would not spend the night in it for security reasons, one may well sleep there during the day and therefore it is called fit for sleep.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller and Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit'a.
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Posted 10/15/2024 5:54 PM |
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#5159 The Love of Hashem Trumps Hate
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- Q. B’nai Brith of Canada, has revealed that antisemitic acts more than doubled between 2022 and 2024. Since our lives and the lives of our children are now at a real risk in Canada.
I humbly think that the Vaad of Rabbis of our community should compose a special Tefila to pray for the welfare and benefit of our community, specially children, to be said during prayers in all congregations, specially now as Sukoth approaches. This would also enhance the most necessary conscience of taking extra care. I think that an initiative and commitment of Horav Miller Shlit”a is essential to get this started.
A. Harav Shlomo Miller Shlit”a opinion is that as is, we constantly daven and recite Tehilim and Tefilos for the benefit and deliverance of our nation and all our congregations, such as the Mi Sheberach before Musaf on Shabbos, the Lamenatzeach recited before Uva Letzion daily, Brich Shmei and Av Horachamim before the reading of the Torah, and others. Therefore the special Tefila you suggest may be conflicting and likely not accepted by all congregations even on that area, thus creating an unnecessary and unwanted division.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller and Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit'a.
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Posted 10/15/2024 5:48 PM |
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#5158 Thanks B”H – But No Thanks
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- Q. See question above. Since we live close by to the school, do we have to come to shul and recite the customary Bracha of Hagomel? What would the case be if it happened during actual classes and our children were there?
A. On question 10 we wrote:
“Regarding if someone is in a car that spins out on the Highway and miraculously does not get hit by another car, one does not recite Birchas Hagomel. But if one is struck by a car and survives, he would be required to recite Birchas Hagomel. By contrast, if someone flies in a plain over seas, he recites Birchas Hagomel, even if the plain did not encounter any problems. Please explain. Also, would hitting the guardrail be the same as being hit by another car.
A. In Shulchan Aruch O.CH. 219,9 and Mishnah B”rurah ibid. 32, the Halacha dictates that we should recite Hagomel when encountering and experiencing a factual and real danger, and being saved from it even if the deliverance was not seen as a miracle, such as a wall falling on someone or an incident with dangerous armed robbers. See also Piskey Teshuvot ibid. and 318, 10.
Harav Shlomo Miller Shlit”a is of the opinion that if someone is indeed in a car that spins out on the highway and miraculously does not get hit by another car, he does not recite this Brocho, however if he did hit the guardrail and there was damage done to the vehicle he should bless Hagomel.
As for why if someone flies in a plane over seas, he recites Birchas Hagomel, even if the plain did not encounter any problems, see Igros Moishe O. Ch. 2,59 who explains that flying in itself is being in a medium where we cannot survive at all naturally without the airplane. For other rationale see also Chelkas Yakov O.Ch. 55, Minchas Itzchak 2,47. Tzitz Eliezer 11,14 and Yaviah Omer O.Ch. 2,14.”
In our case no Hagomel is necessary.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller and Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit'a.
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Posted 10/15/2024 5:42 PM |
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#5157 No Amen to this Omen
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- Q. Dear Rabbi, Long Life to you and all your family. As you certainly heard, Bais Chaya Mushka School for Girls close to you on North York (Toronto) was hit by bullets this Yom Kipur night, (yesterday), a second time this year. As you know we are close neighbors to that school and many of our friends and family attend there. My family has a number of questions.
We would like to hear on them the opinion of Horav Miller and your other most important group of Rabanim kindly. After all we go back many years.
First, since it happened at Yom Kipur in the beginning of the year, is this considered to be a bad omen for the neighbors and attendants to the school. What can they do to prevent and better it?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that the best method to protect and secure the future for all of us, is to strengthen and promote the learning of Torah. After all it is that learning and supporting of it, that warrants and promotes the destiny of our nation and all the individuals that are part of it
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller and Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit'a.
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Posted 10/15/2024 5:40 PM |
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#5156 A Freilechen St. Patrick’s day?
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- 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 Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller and Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit'a.
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Posted 10/14/2024 2:00 PM |
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#5155 Are Women Better Than Angels?
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- Q. Do women also repeat aloud on Yom Kippur, when they pray in the Ezrat Nashim, the phrase of “Baruch Shem Kevod Malchuto,” when reading the Shema, aloud as men do?
A. Poskim disagree and there are different opinions if they also equally compare to the Heavenly angels as men do, since they miss many mitzvos. (See Nitei Gavriel 30: 9).
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller and Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit'a.
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Posted 10/11/2024 4:33 PM |
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#5154 The Torah Misrepresented?
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Q. In a large shul that has the tradition to take out all the Sifre Torah during Kol Nidrei and honor the people who contribute to the institution, can they also take out the Sefarim that are not Kasher?
Since they do not want to insult the people receiving those Sefarim, can they disguise them as kasher, just leaving a small sign for the Gabaim to know when they are placed back?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit”a opinion is that it is devious and not a proper conduct to do the above, even if it creates a loss of income for the shul.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller and Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit'a.
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