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# 3477 Certifying the Certifier
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Q. An Innovative Pluralistic and Egalitarian Jewish Day School, with classes from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 8, is seeking a Mashgiach for giving the children from Non-Orthodox homes Kosher meals at the school. Is it permitted for a Frum person ....
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Posted 12/23/2021 10:23 PM |
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# 3476 Remembering to Remember
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Q. I know that women are in principle exempt from the mitzva of reading every day the Shema Yisrael, since it is mitzva that has an appointed time (Zeman Geramah). I have often wondered if that applies also to the mitzva of remembering the Exodus fr ....
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Posted 12/23/2021 10:13 PM |
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# 3475 Making an Impression?
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Q. I have a friend that I met as a neighbor when we were kids and played together. Then as we grew up, he sadly became a terrible even criminal young man. By the grace of G-d and the help of friends, the greatest of miracles happened and he becam ....
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Posted 12/20/2021 10:38 PM |
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# 3474 Of Course it is was not a Curse
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Q. At the recent Bar Mitzva of my son, I invited the Menahel (director) of the Yeshiva to say a few words. It was a very insulting experience for the whole family and especially for my son. The Menahel gave him a brocho that he should from now on ....
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Posted 12/17/2021 12:33 PM |
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# 3473 Well Blessed From Beginning to End
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Q. After eating a significant amount of grapes, I was ready to recite the Bracha Acharona. (End blessing). Out of habit and negligence, I started by saying ‘Al Hamichya,’ but before the end I remembered that I ate fruits and closed the Bracha correc ....
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Posted 12/17/2021 12:10 PM |
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# 3472 Lenient on the Pot Level?
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Q. The hot water pot that we use for Shabbos has a water level indicator. I read that this may be a problem since some of the water in the indicator flows into the pot (and is heated by the rest of the water) whenever water comes out of the pot. Ho ....
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Posted 12/17/2021 11:50 AM |
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# 3471 Men Guarantying Women?
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Q. See questions above. Can someone who has not yet said Kiddush on Shabbos morning, since he has not yet davened, recite Kiddush for his wife before he goes to shul?
A. Chashukei Chemed (Megila 2a) maintain he can do so.
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Posted 12/17/2021 11:23 AM |
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# 3470 No Husband to Follow?
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Q. See questions above. How about unmarried women or the daughters in one's home, do they have to make Kiddush on Shabbos morning after they say some Brocho or Tefila?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shli'a opinion is that unmarried women liv ....
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Posted 12/17/2021 11:06 AM |
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# 3469 Follow the Husband
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Q. See question above. I learned from a Chassidish friend that on Shabbos morning, a woman can eat or drink without making kiddish until 10 or 11, or whatever the time that shul would be finished davening. A Yeshivish friend told me it was a Halach ....
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Posted 12/17/2021 11:02 AM |
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# 3468 Equal Kiddush Rights
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Q. Is (the mitzva of Kiddush) the same for men or women? What if the person has low blood sugar or other issues that require eating, can one eat before Kiddush?
A. Shulchan Aruch (O.H. 289: 1) rules that similarly to the night of Sh ....
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Posted 12/17/2021 10:26 AM |
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# 3467 Cool Shailah
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Q. Regarding the use of modern fridges on Shabbos, how can I find out if our fridge is okay to use or not? What do I do if there's no switch to disable the fan/motor? Should our family buy a new fridge?
A. In order to achieve g ....
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Posted 12/15/2021 10:45 AM |
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# 3466 Efface The Music?
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Q. Our Daf Hayomi group is planing to make a Siyum on Masechet Taanit on (Monday night) the eve of the fast of Asasrah Beteveth, the night we are actually finishing. In order to increase attendance we are planing to make a nice Seu ....
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Posted 12/13/2021 11:05 AM |
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# 3465 A Fast Shooting?
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Q. Can one take a Covid booster shot on the Asarah Beteves fast day?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shli'a opinion is that it is preferable to avoid taking the shot on the fast day of Asarah Beteves, since the fasting may cause frailty and ....
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Posted 12/13/2021 10:39 AM |
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# 3464 Grand Old Aged
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Q. In our shul we have two attending elderly Rabbis (now in their late nineties), for many years. One is actually a great Talmid Chacham who has written some Sefarim and was always engaged in teaching Torah. Sadly he is suffering lately from Alzhe ....
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Posted 12/9/2021 11:19 PM |
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# 3463 More Rain Shailos
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Q. Someone who traveled from Israel to Chutz Laaretz, and was already saying Tal Umatar in the Amida, as they do there after Sukot. He continued to do so now, as was instructed by his Rabbi. But then he had a day of Yohrzait for his mother and wan ....
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Posted 12/9/2021 11:15 PM |
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# 3462 Fake Bracha?
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Q. Does one recite Hamotzi on fake bread? If he did so by mistake, does he need to say another Bracha?
A. On question 3161 we mentioned regarding bread made from special types of flour that Horav Shlomo Miller's and H ....
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Posted 12/9/2021 11:13 PM |
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# 3461 It's Raining Shailos
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Q. A woman who always davens Mincha forgot to say 'Vessen Tal Umatar Libracha' (give us rain and dew) on the first day of the change and adding of this prayer. Does she have to repeat the Amida as men do? If she didn't remember until that night an ....
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Posted 12/9/2021 11:11 PM |
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# 3460 Beauty Is In the Eye of the Beholder?
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Q. Is it better to buy an old menorah that is not very elegant but was used already many years for the mitzvah of Chanuka, or is it better to spend one’s money on a new and very beautiful Menorah? What is the greater Hiddur?
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Posted 12/9/2021 11:08 PM |
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# 3459 The Trail of the Trial
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Q. I have noticed that some Chassidim give a brocho to others of Chasima Tova o Gemar Tov (good ending) on the last day of Chanuka, as we usually do in Hoshana Rabba? Is this actually correct and why?
A. Toldos Aharon (Drushim Lech ....
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Posted 12/9/2021 11:05 PM |
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# 3458 A Fire Feast?
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Q. Is the Seuda some shuls or private people make on the last day of Chanuka a Seudas Mitzva that one should attend or also do? Since it is not mentioned anywhere, why should one take any part on it?
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Posted 12/9/2021 11:01 PM |
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