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# 2420 Too Much Too Late
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Q. A person that usually says korbonos before mincha, if he davened in a shul where maariv follows mincha immediately, right after the shekia and because he was late was unable to say korbonos before mincha. Can he say them after maariv?
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Posted 11/22/2019 12:56 PM |
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# 2419 Giving a Giving Education
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Q. A bachur who makes some money (such as when he leins or participates in a learning program) but is generally dependent on his parents for his sustenance, is he obligated to give maaser from the money that he makes?
A. Poskim mention ....
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Posted 11/22/2019 12:51 PM |
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# 2418 A Gift for Gifts
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Q. Is there an obligation to give maaser kesafim (tithes of one tenth) of one's earnings to the poor?
A. Shulchan Aruch (248: 1) rules that everyone is obliged to give tzedaka, even one who himself depends on charity to survive.
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Posted 11/22/2019 12:47 PM |
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# 2417 Till Death Do Us Part?
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Q. Thank you for giving me your email this morning.
Soon after I married in 1984 my father bought a cemetery plot for myself and my wife in the... We divorced eleven years ago and I had forgotten about the plots and when the separation ....
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Posted 11/20/2019 11:01 PM |
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# 2416 If It Looks and Smells...
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Q. (Re- question 2408). If someone underwent a polypectomy, to remove a polyp or small cancerous growth on the colon and is still bleeding, does the same Halacha apply?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion (on question 2408) ....
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Posted 11/18/2019 11:59 PM |
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# 2415 Let The Dust Settle
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Q. On using talcum powder inside shoes or boots during Shabbos (see above question 2414). Would everyone permit if you put the talcum powder before Shabbos?
If there us no eruv, is there a problem to carry it outside?
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Posted 11/18/2019 11:13 PM |
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# 2414 Talc Talk
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Q. Can one sprinkle talc powder on the feet or shoes on Shabbos to keep them dry, specially on boots during the winter months?
A. Non-medicated talcum powder is made from talc, a mineral made up mainly of the elements magnesium, silico ....
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Posted 11/18/2019 11:00 PM |
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# 2413 Know Before Whom You Stand
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Q. In regard to the above question, 2412, is it not true that Gaon of Vilna maintained that the presence of Hashem is not universal?
A. There is a known dispute between Hagra and the Baal Hatanya regarding the presence of the Shech ....
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Posted 11/15/2019 12:19 PM |
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# 2412 Where Is Hashem?
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Q. On question 2373 you dealt with the presence of Hashem arriving to a shul only when there is a minyan of people present and the first ten to arrive are credited with bringing the presence of the Shechina to the shul. I don't understand, isn't th ....
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Posted 11/15/2019 12:13 PM |
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# 2411 Poor Little Rich Poor
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Q. Is there a chiyuv to give at least some tzedakah to every Jewish ani (poor) who asks? If yes, what about someone who appears very suspicious, for example, you sometimes have someone who says his car broke down and he needs money for a bus, and i ....
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Posted 11/10/2019 10:02 PM |
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# 2410 Your Name Again?
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Q. Re- question 2401. Regarding geirim having ruach hakodesh (like parents) when choosing their name. That Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that it stands to reason that if a ger has the right kavana and intention when choosing the new name ....
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Posted 11/8/2019 1:23 AM |
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# 2409 Taxing Future Gains
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Q. If I know I will be getting a wages cheque at the end of the month or any other future income, can I give the maaser money already now to the poor and have it count for future moneys not yet earned?
A. Noda Beyehuda (Y.D. 1: 73) ....
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Posted 11/8/2019 1:17 AM |
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# 2408 Blood Check
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Q. Is someone underwent a prostate examination (biopsy) or a removal operation and is bleeding anally or in his urine, can he daven or recite brochos?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that the anal blood emissions, if they a ....
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Posted 11/8/2019 1:00 AM |
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# 2407 Say his Pray
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Q. There is a person who is not able to daven on his own because he r"l had a stroke and it takes him very long to say the words. Therefore, the eitza that is done is someone stands next to him by Shmone Ezreh and davens in a way that is audible to ....
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Posted 11/8/2019 12:53 AM |
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# 2406 Dress for Success
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Q. Re- question above regarding the removal of dandruff or dust from clothing. Does the above also apply to a woman teacher? Is she also included in the obligation that a talmid chacham's clothing should be clean at all times?
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Posted 11/8/2019 12:45 AM |
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# 2405 Shakes The Flakes?
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Q. A teacher or a Rabbi who has severe dandruff problems and the dandruff constantly falls on his clothes, sometimes making it significantly dirty, is it a violation (the talmid chacham's clothing has to be clean at all times)? May one brush it off ....
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Posted 11/8/2019 12:38 AM |
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# 2404 Major Minor Question
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Q. Re- question 2403 above. What happens if the minor is going to become bar mitzva during the shloshim of his father. Is he then obliged to sit shiva or keep the other traditions of avelut after he become bar mitzva?
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Posted 11/8/2019 12:30 AM |
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# 2403 A Shiva Teshuva
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Q. My young husband died R'L recently leaving our two children not yet bar mitzva. I was told that they don't have to sit shiva. Why isn't there a mitzva of chinuch do educate them as there is on all other mitzvos? What if they want to keep shiva an ....
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Posted 11/8/2019 12:23 AM |
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# 2402 Don't Marry the Grandparents
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Q. I'm a frum young woman that is having a hard time finding a shiduch. Hopefully Hashem send me the right kind of possible chosson that actually meets most of my expectations. He is a Ben Torah that learned in great yeshivos, and also has a good p ....
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Posted 11/6/2019 12:35 AM |
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# 2401 What's in a Name?
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Q. Do geirim have ruach hakodesh (like parents) when choosing their name?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that it stands to reason that if a ger has the right kavana and intention when choosing the new name, after praying ....
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Posted 11/1/2019 4:12 PM |
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