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# 4394 Swim For It?
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Q. Is there a mitzva for someone to wear Tzitzis when swimming in a lake or a pool? The Tzitzis will not be touching his body as his swimming pants are not short.
A. On question 2389 we were asked:
“We enjoy warm climate during sukkos and we spend a good time at the pool and at our hot tub during Chol Hamoed. Since we are all dressed properly for swimming, would it be correct to build a suka covered with palm leaves and with side curtain walls on top of the pool or tub, so we can comply with this important mitzva for hours? I have seen many Bnei Torah learn a sefer, wear tzitzis and recite brochos while at the (separated) pools and beaches of kosher hotels. Why should this mitzva be any different?”
To what we answered: “On question1076 regarding reciting brochos and learning Torah while sunbathing at a separate beach or swimming pool area, when just wearing a bathing suit and having the head covered, we wrote: “Shulchan Aruch (O.H. 74: 6) rules that for the sake of reciting the shema it suffices if one covers downwards from his loins. Therefore if one also covers his head in principle he can recite brochos and learn Torah while wearing only a bathing-suit. However, Mishna Berura (ibid. 22) rules that this is only when in need.
On the onset, one should wear a robe or cover with a towel, when making a brocho and certainly when reading the shema. One should also be careful to wash and maintain the hands clean when reciting the brocho, since touching body parts that are usually covered renders them unfit.
In regards to learning Torah or reading Torah related material while sunbathing and being dressed only in a bathing-suit and wearing a kipa, Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit”a opinion is that for learning Torah when in need, you don’t have to cover completely.”
Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that although, if one would eat or spend time there, one would indeed comply with this mitzva, however, in regard to the mitzva of Sukkos that is called “Tziloh Demeheimenusso,” or seating at the shade of the Shechina, and requires great respect and devotion, the Rov maintains that it is improper to do so in the above circumstances.”
See also question 1810 regarding davening Mincha when swimming in a lake when in need.
In our case, although it is not the minhag to wear Tzitzis while swimming,yet in principle one would comply with the mitzva. In principle, it depends on the conditions that the Taalis Kotton is being used when in such situation.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit'a
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Posted 8/18/2023 1:14 PM |
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# 4393 A Difference of Opinions
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Q. Re- questions above (4383 - 4384) on a six year old being part of a minyan in order to recite kaddish. Re - the recent question of using a katan for minyan, doesn’t the Mishna Berura say that the kaddish after Aleinu cannot be said even when relying on the katan.
Rav Shlomo Miller told me previously that under no circumstances can the katan be counted.
Rav Shlomo Miller Shlit’a said not to use katan in all cases. The kaddish after Aleinu can never be said with a katan. Why do you publish things that seem to suggest otherwise?
A. If you have likely noticed by now, we offer in our answers besides Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion, the rulings of other Poskim and Rabbonim that disagree and are either more stringent or lenient. This answer quotes those opinions and mentions those sources.
Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that in such a case it is better to recite an additional Yohrzait kaddish by Mincha.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit'a
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Posted 8/18/2023 1:10 PM |
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# 4392 Shofar So Good?
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Q. On questions above, you mentioned that when davening without a minyan during Elul:
“Some interestingly recommend to obtain a shofar and to blow at least a Tekiah voice, which may no be that difficult to do.” Is that really required?
A. Not at all. Poskim write that when davening without a minyan during Elul no blowing of the shofar is required.
(Tzitz Eliezer 12; 40, Nitei Gavriel p. 27) as the reasons for blowing the shofar do not necessarily apply when davening without a minyan.
Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is similar.
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Posted 8/18/2023 1:07 PM |
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# 4391 Don’t Blow the Blow
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Q. Should someone who has to travel for business during Elul and will on some days be unable to daven with a minyan, see and hear the shofar blowing in the morning via zoom?
A. On a similar question (3872) we were asked: “As I have told the Rov, I zoom almost daily a good friend who is in hospital talk to him and often learn Torah with him. Is there a point to blow the Shofar of Elul to make him feel better?”
To what we answered: “Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that it is correct if it makes him feel better and it is part of the most important mitzva of Bikur Cholim. The Rov added that you should make clear to him that this zooming method cannot be used on Rosh Hashana itself, even when offered by some Jewish services at that hospital.
See question 3105 and 2325 regarding someone in a similar situation taking part of a family Pesach Seder on second day Yom Tov using a zoom monitor left on before Yom Tov.”
In our case, although one cannot comply even with the minhag of blowing shofar during Elul by zooming. Moreover, if one heard it on that way if he has an opportunity during the day to hear it properly should do so. (See question 353 regarding blowing shofar by Mincha.
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We may recommend to obtain a shofar and to blow at least a Tekiah voice, which may no be that difficult to do.
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Posted 8/13/2023 7:18 PM |
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# 4390 First and Foremost
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Q. Why is it better to be the first to be judged?
A. The Talmud (Rosh Hashana 8b) teaches that a king is to be the first to be judged during the 'Yemei Hadin.' The reason given is that it is for the great benefit of the leader of the nation, who so many people depend on. Thus, he will be sentenced before the likely great anger awakens due to piling up of the many sins of the masses.
We mentioned last year that the Ponovicher Rosh Yeshiva, Horav E. M. Shach zt'l, would add and explain, that everyone can take advantage of this same great and simple principle. All he has to do, is line up early waiting for the imminent judgment. But how do you line up? Indeed as mentioned above, by preparing and having a plan of what are the issues one has to fix on his coming year.
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Posted 8/11/2023 1:35 PM |
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# 4389 At Your Earliest Convenience
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Q. See question above. How soon should a person engage in the above? Should one do it before Elul begins?
A. The sooner the better it is. Since as our Sages explain the Poskim stress that the greatest merit is given to the one that came to shul first or starts any other mitzva or shiur. This is even more significant and powerful, when one becomes the essential guide and reason for others to join and follow him, as he receives a reward equivalent to the compensation of all that followed.
Horav Dovid Pam Shlit'a pointed out a similar ruling in Eishel Avrohom - Tanino (H. Tefilin - Magen Avrohom 3)." Medresh Rabba (Bamidbar 21) mentions that Yehoshua bin Nun merited his position because he always was the first to come and set the Beis Midrash for Moshe Rabbenu and his most essential teachings.
Even more, it is important to do so a.s.a.p., since by seeing early the whole picture by Rosh Chodesh, one may be the first in line.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit'a
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Posted 8/11/2023 1:30 PM |
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# 4388 A Hit List
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Q. Kvod Horav, as we are approaching very fast Elul, what is most important for one to do?
A. Last year we mentioned a question sent by a busy accountant. "Should a person before the Yemei Hadin create a list of all items that he thinks should be changed and improved during the incoming Yamim Noraim. He suggested dividing it all into three groups.
Firstly, the ones that are likely doable and he can easily accomplish. Then, the ones that are still possible but difficult, since they require effort and persistence. And lastly, the group of those that are very likely not possible to be done, at least not in the near future.
The question was, is there a benefit to include the third group, after all they are unlikely possibilities or maybe we can say that it pays to show the whole complete picture.
Why? Because when a person truly desires to perform a mitzvah but he is prevented from doing so by circumstances that are completely beyond his control, Hashem considers it as if that person had, in fact, performed that mitzvah. (Brochos 6a). So at least he tried and he may be rewarded as if he had.
To what we answered: Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that the suggestion is plausible and even more recommended when applied to mitzvos that deal with the help and benefit of others, as times and opportunities may suddenly change.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit'a
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Posted 8/11/2023 1:28 PM |
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# 4387 Runs In the Family
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Q. When there is a contradiction between one’s own family traditions and the shul and community one attends and belongs to. What tradition should one follow?
A. The principle of a family is most fundamental to our Torah and Judaism. From Bereishis, the Torah’s starting point, it does not engage yet in the keeping of mitzvos, belief,s or doctrine.
It is all about the family: Adam and Chava, husbands and wives, parents and children, brothers and sisters. At key moments in our Torah, Hashem Himself defines His nation and His relationship with it in terms of family. He tells Moshe Rabbenu to say to Pharaoh in His name: “My child, My firstborn, Yisrael” (Shemot 4:22).
When Moshe wants to explain to Bnai Yisrael why they have a duty to be holy, He says, “You are children of Hashem your Lord” (Devarim 14: 1). If Hashem is our Parent, then we are all siblings. We are related by family bonds that go to the very heart of who we are.
Therefore, in many of our answers, we quote from Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit’a, that a person in doubt of what to do should follow his family traditions.
Yet, we may not be able to follow the above always literally, as when one finds himself in a community or institution that follows other Minhagim and traditions and in order to avoid conflict and adversity, one must respect, honor and follow what they do.
Since the cases are often very different and have their own particular merits, details and crucial points Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit’a, and Horav Y. Hirschman Shlit’a advice that in the above question one should consult with a competent Rabbi familiar with the situation and follow his advise.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit'a
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Posted 8/11/2023 1:23 PM |
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# 4386 The Fifty Chance
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Q. Is a period of Fifty Years or in general that amount very relevant and significant in Judaism?
A. Talmud Rosh Hashana (21b) teaches that fifty are the Gates of Understanding that were created in the Universe, forty nine were given to Moshe, as the posuk (Tehilim 8: 6) teaches: “You have made him slightly less than divinity, and You have crowned him with glory and majesty.”
Fifty are also the days that we prepare after Pessach for the receiving of the Torah. Fifty amos is also a very common distance used widely in the Eiruvin and separations of towns etc. It is also common on penalties paid.
In Pirkei Avos (5: 25) we read that fifty years is the age for giving counselling.
On question 1235 we wrote that Some Poskim do write that there is a fifty year limit for maintaining a yortzait and reciting kadish. (Yalkut Yosef, kivud Av Va’em 13: 61, Nitei Gavriel ; Avelus 2: 77: 22 n. 40, quote Hedras Kodesh (p. 72) in the name of Mahara’Sh of Belz zy'a, Chaye Yitzchak, More Horim in the name of the Divrei Chaim and others).
Nitei Gavriel explains in their name, that after that time the neshama has already found its tikun (mending and correction) and has reached its correct most elevated place in Gan Eden. He also quotes that the fifty year period reflects the time frame that the Talmud (Shabbos 89b) considers common and correct for the liability of sins. (See Ben Ish Chai, Behar).
On question 1638 we wrote that Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit’a quoted a Rambam (Korban Pesach 1: 11) that a chavura or group eating the Korban Pesach could include as many a fifty people. Since both men and women are ordained to participate and they have to be seating in one place without a mechitza to be considered a single chavura, it would seem that even on a large family Yom Tov meal including guest or neighbors (as the posuk mentions), no mechitza is necessary.
And there are many other significant mitzvos and Halacha cases were the number fifty is mentioned as significant.
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Posted 8/11/2023 1:17 PM |
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# 4385 Blow Away Blow?
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Q. I see in the Luach that this coming Rosh Hashana is going to be on Shabbat, and there will be no Shofar blowing. Isn’t that uncommon and is it a bad omen for the next year?
A. On question 2852 regarding; “How often does Rosh Hashana fall on Shabbath, as it does on this year (5781-2020) and we don’t blow the shofar, it seems so unusual?
We answered: “Actually, during the last fifty years there were fifteen occasions when the first day of Rosh Hashana coincided with Shabbos, including the present year.
However, since the last one was 5770 (2009), it seems so remote and uncommon.
Minchas Oni mentions that when Rosh Hashana coincided with Shabbos historically we had the best years as the building of the Mishkan and the entry to Eretz Yisroel. However, also the worst as when the Eigel was made and the Churban occurred. And it depends on the keeping of Shabbos at that particular time.
Horav Y. Hirschman Shlit’a Horav Aharon Kotler zt’l that there is a good siman in the fact that the unusual changes are effective in confusing the ‘Soton. So he won’t be able to be an accuser against the Jewish people.
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Posted 8/11/2023 1:12 PM |
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# 4384 Repetition Limitations
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Q. See question above. In a case when in need a minyan was formed by including a minor, is it better to avoid the repetition of the Amida, that is some times done when reciting the Mincha prayer?
A. Poskim do mention that when the above leniency is used to permit the Avelim to recite kaddish, that just Kaddish and Borchu should be recited, the additional repetition of the Amida that we always recite, should be avoided, since the names of Hashem mentioned therein could be said in vain if the minyan is not proper. (Piskei
Teshuvos (O.H.55: 110 and others.
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Posted 8/11/2023 1:08 PM |
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# 4383 Hold On to the Torah
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Q. As mentioned in answer above, for those who permit a child over six years to be part of the minyan in case of need, a Chumash is needed to be held. Is that just a simple regular Chumash, as I heard that a complete Tanach is needed?
Can one use the Otzar Hachochma computer disk that contains almost fifty thousand Sefarim. Would that not be more significant and avoid the child dropping the sefer?
A. Tosafos (Brochos 48a) quotes Rabbenu Tam that the taking of a Chumash by a child in order to be counted for the minyan is a ‘Minhag S’htus or a silly tradition.’ Paraphrasing the Tamud question; ‘Is the Sefer Torah a human?’
However, as mentioned, some Poskim are lenient in case of need. Beer Heitev (55: 7) quotes that it should be a Chumash written on ‘Klaph’ or parchment as a Sefer Torah is. The above is most unusual in our days, unless it happens to be a minute Kosher Sefer Torah, yet that should not be given and left to the care of a child. Some indeed argue that this is the reason why permitting a child over six years to be part of the minyan should be avoided.
Nevertheless, as mentioned it is not unusual that when avelim will not be able to recite Kaddish, the above is implemented by some with the use of a simple printed Chumash. The Torah AI disk or smartphone should not be included.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit'a
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Posted 8/11/2023 1:05 PM |
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# 4382 Solved Problem Child
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Q. During the present vacation time, some shuls have problems getting a minyan together. Is it correct during those days to include a child to be part of the minyan, so the Avelim can say Kaddish?
A. Shulchan Aruch (O.H. 55, 4-5) mentions that there are some Poskim who permit including a minor who is over six years old and understands to who one prays. However, he comments that the opinion of the Great Poskim is negative.
Yet, Remah (ibid.) maintains that some are lenient in case of need when the minor is holding on to a Chumash while davening.
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Posted 8/9/2023 1:39 PM |
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# 4381 Put a Face to the Name
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Q. I was wondering about the end of Parshas Eikev. In many Chumashim it is recorded the number of pesukim on each parsha and there is usually a ‘siman’ or special word that corresponds to the ‘Gematriya’ or numerical value of that number and it makes it easier to remember.
That word is usually a name or similar. At the end of Parshas Eikev that has 111 verses. And the corresponding number in Hebrew would be קיא
it shows as the corresponding name: איק. Is that a name really!
A. See Talmud Shabbos (152a). Jastrow’s dictionary mentions it corresponds to a stallion-goat or a buck.
Horav Y. Hirschman Shlit’a also mentioned other sources that it is a goat.
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Posted 8/6/2023 10:12 PM |
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# 4380 Not the Right Time
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Q. See question above. Would the same answer apply even on Shabbos an Yom Tov?
A. Mibeis Yisroel (50 p. 65) rules that even then in principle one davening a voluntary Amida would count as a part of the minyan. However, he is in doubt if one can actually really apply it.
Horav Yitzchok Zilberstein Shlit’a mentions an added point not to complete a minyan ne davening a voluntary Amida, since many opinions maintain that a voluntary tefila should not be recited at all during Shabbos and Yom tov.
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Posted 8/4/2023 1:29 PM |
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# 4379 An Offer One Can Refuse?
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Q. If nine are davening and one who already davened will daven again as Nedava (voluntary praying) is that called Asara Mispallelim (a full Minyan)?
A. Mibeis Yisroel (50 p. 65) rules that it would count as a minyan.
Shulchan Aruch (O.H. 107; 1- 4) details the many complexities and difficulties that one must comply with in order to daven a Tefilas Nedava.
Biur Halacha (ibid) quotes Chaye Adam’s ruling that in our days one should abstain from davening such Tefila since it is unlikely that one may fulfill all those requirements. He mentions that maybe one in a thousand, may comply with them, and that was in his days.
Horav Yitzchok Zilberstein Shlit’a addressees the shaila and quotes the Chaye Adam and agrees with him (Vavei Haamudim p.56). He also quotes a similar opinion in Ketzos Hashulchan He maintains that one cannot form a minyan by using a voluntary prayer
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Posted 8/4/2023 1:26 PM |
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# 4378 Timely Tehilim Time
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Q. I read several perakim of Tehillim on a daily basis for people who are sick or in need of Shidduchim (marriage partner). Can I say them in the afternoon of Tisha B'Av after chatzos or do I have to skip them? Should a woman that needs a Shiduch recite Tehillim during Tu Beav?
A. Horav Dovid Pam Shlit’a maintains that it is better to skip the Tehilim during the complete day of Tisha Beav.
Tu Beav is indeed a day in which there are marriage segulos and it is appropriate for praying for Shiduchim.
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Posted 8/4/2023 1:23 PM |
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# 4377 Take Time for the Tefila Time
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Q. Is a woman on Tisha Beav exempt from the evening Eicha, Kinnos and the reading of the daytime Kinnos because it is a time-bound mitzvah? If she does it on her own, which Kinnos are read if she doesn't have the time or patience to do all of them? Does the same principle apply to reciting Selichot during Elul?
A. Tefila and similar recitations are not considered a time-bound mitzva, as the Talmud (Brochos 20b) explains since it deals in principle with asking mercy and compassion from Hashem, there is no time limit for it.
As far as choosing which Kinnos or Selichos to recite, in our days they all are available with translation and commentaries. It just takes a bit of prior time dedication and preparation to choose the ones that have more meaning and contain the spiritual awakening necessary during those special times.
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Posted 8/4/2023 1:18 PM |
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# 4376 In The Name of The Game
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Q. I know I am not supposed to knit or crochet during the three weeks but I am very fidgety and it helps me sit and concentrate. Could I do something else that doesn't involve clothes such as wrapping a hanger, whether or not for personal use or for donating to a charitable cause?
Can one with those issues play with dominoes game on Shabbat?
A. One may indeed do work such as wrapping a hanger during the three weeks for any needed reason.
In principle Poskim permit playing dominoes on Shabbos as they permit playing chess when it is not done for money and one is careful with the forbidden Shabbos Melacha of Borer or choosing from mixed units and is not keeping a written score.
However, Poskim also encourage to dedicate Shabbos for Torah learning, performing mitzvos and resting if needed.
(See ‘39 Melochos’ p.978.)
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Shlomo Miller, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller and Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit'a
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Posted 8/4/2023 1:15 PM |
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# 4375 A Soft Pill to Swallow
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Q. If I am having a mild allergic reaction, can I swallow (on Tisha Beav) an anti-histamine without water? How about on Yom Kippur?
A. Horav Dovid Pam Shlit’a maintains that if the anti-histamine is inside a capsule it is permitted on Tisha Beav when taken without water.
On Yom Kippur however, besides the eating prohibition, it is also forbidden to do avoidable Refuah and healing.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Shlomo Miller, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller and Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit'a
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Posted 8/4/2023 1:13 PM |
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