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#5546 Hashem’s Great Grace!
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- Q - See questions above.
Is it proper for one spending a night in a low class hotel on the highway, to leave on the image of the Kotel on his phone next to his bed for protection, since there is no Mezuza on the door?
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Posted 8/18/2025 1:51 PM |
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#5545 Place the Kotel on the Wall?
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- Q - See question above.
If the above is permitted, some have inquired if this image can be displayed on a large screen on the Mizrach (eastern) side of the shul, so people will have more kavana during davening?
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Posted 8/18/2025 1:46 PM |
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#5544 - See the Phone? Framing the Picture Frame
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- Q. See question above.
Is it proper also for someone traveling by car, who has to stop on the road to daven (pray) a Tefila, to turn on the image of the Kotel on his phone or screen and daven in front of it to increase his Kavanah ....
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Posted 8/18/2025 1:44 PM |
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#5543 The Contemporary Kotel?
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- Q. See question above. If the Kotel image is permitted, can it be left on during Shabbat also? As it already is, the images are anyway constantly displayed on line, for all to see. (Even on their phones).
A. Regarding leaving it o ....
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Posted 8/18/2025 1:40 PM |
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#5542 Framing the Picture Frame?
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- Q. Dearest Rabbi. Is it advised or even permitted to leave at home on the wall of the living room a large screen that displays the constant live image of the Kotel in Yerushalaim, as a Zecher Lechurban or memory of the destroyed Bet Hamikdash.
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Posted 8/17/2025 4:21 PM |
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#5541 – Have A True Ketiva Vechatima Tova!
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- Q – My dearest Rav Shli”a, I thank the Rav for all the so many answers you have written to me and the others of my group throughout many years.
I just attended a simcha in a new Shul in our neighborhood this Sunday morning (8: 10: ....
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Posted 8/10/2025 1:24 PM |
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#5540 Toss The Towel Again ?
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- Regarding question 5537 above Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a added that if necessary one can rely on the fact that the hotel has one owner who has right of access to every room which may not require an eiruv and therefore it should be permitted to ....
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Posted 8/8/2025 2:52 PM |
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#5539 Have a Real Good Shabbat Night
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- Q. Dear Rabbi Shlit’a. I understand that Tu Beav is important since it marks the time the nights are longer and the time for learning Torah increases. Why is the Torah learning at night more important than the day?
A. On question ....
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Posted 8/8/2025 11:02 AM |
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#5538 Dance at the Right Wedding!
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- Q. Dear Rav, as we approach Tu Beav this Shabbat I would like to understand more the real meaning of this day and how it is connected to getting married. Thank you so much.
A. On question 5094 we wrote:
“Q. Kvod Horav Shl ....
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Posted 8/8/2025 10:57 AM |
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#5537 Toss In The Towel?
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- Q. See question above. I would also like to know if it is permitted to carry a towel on the hotel building and swimming pool area?
A. Shoshanas Yisroel (33: 8) above, also mentions this leniency in above case, since he quotes a ....
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Posted 8/8/2025 10:54 AM |
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#5536 Need Deap End of Talent Pool!
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– Q. Kvod Ravenu Shlit’a. Ass we spoke, our family is going on a much needed vacation an we will be staying in a good deal hotel.
Since I usually go to the mikva for Tevilas Ezrah (after family relations), I would like to use in th ....
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Posted 8/8/2025 10:48 AM |
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#5535 The Sooner the Better?
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– Q. Dear Rabbi. I’m supposed to sign in tomorrow into a new big business and real expensive investment, that is also a very important for some Chesed charities and a great mitzva for my children’s support and others.
As the Rabbi ad ....
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Posted 8/8/2025 10:35 AM |
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# 5534 The Best Shave!
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- – Q. Kevodo Shlit”a.
As we just ended the mournful period of the Three Weeks for the destruction of the Temple, and now we can take a haircut or shave for those who avoided it before, since today (on 2025) is Monday, is it better to wai ....
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Posted 8/4/2025 1:40 PM |
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#5533 A Long Tea Time?
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- Q. See question above.
Sorry but I must add another question. Is there not a problem drinking wine for Havdala on Sunday night, since as we know some mourning traditions still apply on the morning of Monday?
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Posted 8/3/2025 6:21 PM |
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#5532 Just Tea Time?
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-Q. See question above.
Q. Is it correct in need to drink then (Sunday night) before Havdalah some plain tea, if that is all that is available?
A. Indeed, Nitei Gavriel (ibid.) also permits drinking before Havdala, coffe ....
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Posted 8/3/2025 6:04 PM |
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#5531 Serving Women Drinks?
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- Q. See question above.
Q. Does the same apply to women?
A. Nitei Gavriel (96: 3) rules in a similar case, that if the liquid actually requires Havdala first, they should recite their own Havdala and not wait for their husband. ....
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Posted 8/3/2025 6:00 PM |
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#5530 Drinks are on the House?
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-Q. Estimado Rabino, larga vida. In our shul in Mexico City when we end the fasting of Tisha Beav tonight, when still in shul people are thirsty and they usually want to drink some water before going home.
Due to local circumstances w ....
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Posted 8/3/2025 5:56 PM |
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#5529 Wow!!! - Now A New Posek!!!
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! - Q. Question. We did IVF treatments to have a family and B”H we now have 4 healthy children. We still have a few frozen embryos left but due to our age and extreme high costs of each procedure we won’t be using them anymore.
The fert ....
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Posted 8/1/2025 12:52 PM |
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#5528 Need a Drush on Rush and Brush?
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- Q. Dear Rabbi Shlit”a. Can one clean a hat or a coat with a brush during the Nine Days.
A. Poskim indeed permit the above. (Nitei Gavriel 35: 12).
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, H ....
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Posted 8/1/2025 12:48 PM |
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#5527 A Non Shmate Kashe!
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- Q. See question above.
Could one in such a case just wash with a wet towel and even soap, his complete body or at least partially? Would that be permitted for someone that sweats a lot on hot days?
A. As mentioned above for nec ....
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Posted 8/1/2025 12:44 PM |
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