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#5400 Really? - No Kidding?
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- Q. Kvodo Shlit’a. Last year I saw in our neighborhood a group of Chasidim standing outside their Shtivel by the rain with their mouths open and letting drops of rainfall in them.
Very surprised I asked them what were they doing and ....
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Posted 5/2/2025 1:12 PM |
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#5399 Watch the Matza Shemura?
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- Q. Is there importance to eat Matza Shemura of Shabbos after Pesach. How about during the week?
A. There are different Minhagim and traditions by different groups, mainly of Chasisdim. Karlin, Belz etc. maintains only on Shabbos. See ....
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Posted 5/2/2025 1:10 PM |
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#5398 Who's Counting?
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- Q. Dearest Rov Shlit”a. I overheard someone asking in Shul to a friend, “Is it today so many days to the Omer”, and the friend answered “Yes it is”, can they still count then with a bracha?
A. Kaf Hachaim 61, Nitei Gavriel 37: 9 and ....
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Posted 5/2/2025 1:07 PM |
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#5397 A Count that Does Not Count!
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- Q. If a Baal Teshuva counts in Hebrew but does not understand what he is saying. Does he comply with the mitzva? Can he continue counting then with translation?
A. If he counted in Hebrew and did not understand what he was saying it ....
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Posted 5/2/2025 1:05 PM |
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#5396 Early to Vote – Be Wise and Rise!
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- Q. Kvod Horav Shlit’a. I was wondering, since as the Rov wrote as there is a mitzva to vote, is there also a mitzva of “Zerizin Makdimin Lemitzvot” or one has to comply with this mitzva a.s.a.p. before doing other work?
A. Horav Dovi ....
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Posted 5/2/2025 1:02 PM |
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#5395 Earliest Convenience?
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- Q. When counting Sefira is it better to attend an earlier minyan for Maariv which is on the proper time required, or wait to ones regular late minyan after his learning and count Sefira then?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit”a maintains ....
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Posted 5/2/2025 12:59 PM |
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#5394 A Singing & Dancing Party?
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Q. Dear Rov Shlit”a, If someone is invited to an engagement party during the beginning of Sefira, before Rosh Chodesh Iyar and they arranged a most beautiful meal. Is it correct to assume that this people will start the prohibitive traditions only ....
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Posted 5/2/2025 12:56 PM |
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#5393 What Truly Counts - The Past or Future?
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Q. My dear young son asked me recently why we count Sefira for the days past after Pesach. Would it not make more sense to count the days before Shavuot we still have, so we can prepare for Kabalat Hatorah properly? At what age does one have to te ....
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Posted 5/2/2025 12:53 PM |
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#5392 Give a Blessing to Your Grandfather!
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- Q. See question above. Although I know that the counting has to be natural without any speaking implements, and often he can still do it after resting, can the bracha be said for him by one of us?
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Posted 5/2/2025 12:49 PM |
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#5391 Let the Voice Be Heard!
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- Q. Dear Rabeinu. As the Rov knows my elderly father has already trouble speaking. Can he count Sefira when his voice is hardly heard? How loud does it have to be for him to comply with the mitzva? Can we place a small speaking amplifier he often ....
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Posted 5/2/2025 12:37 PM |
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#5390 Early to Vote – Be Wise and Rise!
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- Q. Kvod Horav Shlit’a. I was wondering, since as the Rov wrote as there is a mitzva to vote, is there also a mitzva of “Zerizin Makdimin Lemitzvot” or one has to comply with this mitzva a.s.a.p. before doing other work?
A. Horav ....
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Posted 4/28/2025 11:15 AM |
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#5389 Eternal Scriptures?
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– Q. See question above. Will that apply for the complete Omer period?
A. We also wrote on question 785 the following:
“However if the day has passed, and he did not repeat verbally the count, Poskim maintain t ....
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Posted 4/25/2025 1:01 PM |
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#5388 Just Write What is Right?
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– Q. See question above. Dear Rabbi. Can one then just write the day of the Omer on a paper?
A. On Teshuva 785 we wrote;
“Q. During sefira I twitter a reminder in the early night to the members of our college students group to ....
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Posted 4/25/2025 12:56 PM |
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#5387 Figure Counting Fingers?
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– Q. I know that one should not answer when asked by a friend when it is already time to count the Omer what day it is, since when answering it would be as if one counted and would loose the possibility of reciting a bracha. Can one just show with ....
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Posted 4/25/2025 12:49 PM |
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#5386 - A Keynote on Vote
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A Keynote on Vote – Q. Kevodo Shlit”a. As you know, I’m a very busy corporation lawyer and I also travel often to other countries as required by my position. Time for voting is now in Canada and I may have to cancel some important activities to be ....
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Posted 4/22/2025 4:43 PM |
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#5385 Passover Forever?
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Q. Dear Rabbi. We are away with our children for the last days of Pesach and we will return home on the night after Pesach. Is it permitted for me and my wife to eat kosher lepesach food we will bring home including matzos, since we can’t remove t ....
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Posted 4/22/2025 12:26 PM |
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#5384 Every Bite Counts
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– Q. See above question: If one is not obliged, does one comply with a mitzva if he even eats just matza?
A. On question 2136, we wrote:
Q. (Re- questions 2122-23). To clarify – regarding the opinion of the Vilna Gaon t ....
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Posted 4/17/2025 4:24 PM |
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#5383 Favor the Festival Feast
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- Q. Kevodo Shlit”a. I was told in shul that one has to eat every day of Chol Hamoed a Seuda (meal) with matza, wine and meat, is that true?
A. On question 2147 we wrote:
“A. Mishna Berura (529: 16) quotes Rambam that ....
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Posted 4/17/2025 4:06 PM |
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#5382 The Bear Biur Chametz?
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- Q. See question above.
Since some bears entered our ample garden, as can be seen in our security cameras recorded info, and then went on loitering the garbage containers close to the road that contain plenty of old discarded food ....
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Posted 4/16/2025 3:49 PM |
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#5381 A Bearly Reason for Hagomel Bentching?
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- Q. We own in our small town, a great and large property. During this Pesach, as it commonly happens in other years, some bears entered our ample garden and then went on loitering the garbage containers close to the road that contain plenty of dis ....
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Posted 4/16/2025 3:44 PM |
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