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# 3241 Spin the Doctor?
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Q. The rofim mumchim (expert physicians) in the New England Journal of Medicine ( NEJM), CHOP, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and of Boston, and Sick Kids in Toronto do NOT RECOMMEND that children up to the age of 20 take the shot. Does this ....
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Posted 6/29/2021 5:22 PM |
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# 3240 Spit In?
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Q. Can one brush his teeth on a Ta'anis without using any water or toothpaste, just one's own saliva and then spiting it?
A. Mishna Berura (567: 11) rules that when in pain and discomfort one may wash the mouth with water, while being c ....
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Posted 6/28/2021 6:18 PM |
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# 3239 Testing the Tasting
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Q. Because of my medical condition, I'm permitted to take pills during the fast of Shiva Assar Betamuz. The pills have to be taken with a glass of water. Do I make a bracha on the water?
Although, we don't usually say a bracha on water used f ....
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Posted 6/25/2021 1:22 PM |
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# 3238 A Fast Sheva Brochos?
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Q. Someone making a Sheva Brochos for a couple that got married this week (the week before Shiva Asar Betamuz) can they play music from a tape on Motzei Shabbos, which is the night of the fast, as it is on Sunday? It is also a Melave Malka.
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Posted 6/25/2021 12:56 PM |
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# 3237 Deck the Suka?
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Q. Is one allowed during the three weeks to build a backyard deck that will be used for building a Suka on it? The posts for the Suka's schach will be constructed also then.
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that in need it c ....
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Posted 6/25/2021 12:25 PM |
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# 3236 Don't Forget This
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Q. How long is one allowed to leave a sefer one is learning from open, when exiting a room?
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 sefe ....
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Posted 6/24/2021 10:46 PM |
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# 3235 The Hot Droshos
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Q. One who fainted because he attended an outside lengthy ceremony under the sun and in the heath of the day and was taken on an ambulance to a hospital since he had very low blood pressure.
Be'H he was released some hours later aft ....
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Posted 6/24/2021 10:43 PM |
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# 3234 One's for the Asking?
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Q. After accepting Shabbos may one directly tell a Jew to do melacha (work) or only through hinting? I accepted Shabbos and afterwards someone wanted to borrow my phone. Can I tell them where it is and give them the password so they can use it?
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Posted 6/24/2021 10:32 PM |
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# 3233 Can't Join Them, Don't Beat Them
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Q. A person was hired to help out a minyan. He attended but did not daven with them. Most days they managed to have six mispallelim without him. They are only makpid to have six, not ten. On a few occasions it was only five mispallelim. he says that ....
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Posted 6/24/2021 10:23 PM |
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3232 Can We Count on You?
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Q. A yungerman who was previously makpid (careful) to always daven with asara mispallelim (ten attendants who have not prayed) as Rav Moshe (Feinstein zt'l) says and was now offered to join a Kollel where he will have to daven occasionally or maybe ....
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Posted 6/24/2021 10:10 PM |
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# 3231 A Strange Acceptance of Kabbolas Shabbos
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Q. Can a Gentile who accepted the seven mitzvot and accepted becoming a Ger Toshav keep Shabbat?
A. Ger Toshav is the term used to designate the legal status of a Gentile living in the Land of Israel who doesn't want to convert to Jud ....
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Posted 6/23/2021 6:50 PM |
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# 3230 Keep At or Keep Off
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Q. My third question is: How far can this go? We know that when someone is going through the process of giyur, they are supposed to begin observing all of hilchos Shabbos, but still have to do one melacha or shvus privately each week until they f ....
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Posted 6/23/2021 6:41 PM |
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# 3229 Recommended Encouragement?
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Q. (Re- question above). My second question is: If that (above question) is OK, could they then accept upon themselves some restrictions. For example, it is popular today for people to do a "media fast" where they don't use their phones or compute ....
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Posted 6/23/2021 6:32 PM |
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# 3228 A Gentle Shabbat?
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Q. Shalom Rav Bartfeld Shlita: One of the most contentious issues among Bnai Noach involves the observance of Shabbos. They are hearing extremely different views from various teachers. Some hear that they absolutely have to work on Saturday and are ....
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Posted 6/20/2021 11:22 AM |
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# 3227 Holy Chopsticks!
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Q. One uses a set of still joined chopsticks as tongs to help him put on his Tefilin Shel Yad without touching his usually covered upper arm, and then having to wash that hand. Will those chopsticks become a Chefetz shel Kedusha (an object of hol ....
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Posted 6/18/2021 1:36 PM |
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# 3226 Pep Pill Pep Talk?
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Q. Can one who is sleepy and tired take a Pep or stimulant pills during Shabbos?
A. Shemiras Shabbos K' (34: 31) quoting Minchas Yitzchok (3: 21) prohibits Pep or stimulant pills during Shabbos. (see also 39-Melochos 2 p. 497).
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Posted 6/16/2021 6:08 PM |
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# 3225 Meet and Greet
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Q. When I walk to shul in the morning, I say the Birchos Hashachar (morning blessings) while I walk. If I meet street workers or other Non-Jewish neighbors or just people, is it correct to interrupt the brochos and greet them?
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Posted 6/16/2021 6:06 PM |
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# 3224 Early Pill?
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Q. For someone who needs to take medicine every day, is it better to wait some time until it becomes necessary during Shabbos, or can he take it early when he still does not need is so much?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion ....
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Posted 6/16/2021 5:49 PM |
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# 3223 A Wash You Don't Wish
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Q. Can one do an enema on Shabbath?
A. Mishna Berura (328: 55- 56) seems to prohibit. However, some Poskim permit with a shinui or a change from the usual way to do it, when the water used is pure and does not contain any medical s ....
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Posted 6/16/2021 5:39 PM |
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# 3222 Nice Talking to You
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Q. Re- question 3193 above, regarding a writer that writes and publishes constantly articles against Israel and its non-religious government, where Horav Miller suggested that it is better to avoid machlokes, to friendly convince him that since acc ....
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Posted 6/15/2021 10:38 PM |
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