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# 3513 Safe Return
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Q. Someone fainted during Shemone Essreh due to Covid. illness. People next to him stopped davening to attend to him and waited until Hatzalah came and took care of him. Then they returned to daven the Amida. Since an extended time elapsed, more tha ....
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Posted 1/13/2022 10:58 PM |
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# 3512 Don't Rattle the Cage
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Q. See questions above. If the bird cage usually hangs from a stand that is too high for the kids to reach and throw the seeds inside. Can it be lowered to the ground on Shabbat and then placed back?
A. Shemiras Shabbos K. (27: n.31) ma ....
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Posted 1/13/2022 10:56 PM |
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# 3511 Feed the Birds?
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Q. 2) See question above: (Since it is an ancient tradition that on Shabbat Shira you feed the birds) In our particular case, is it permitted to have the kids come together and feed our birds inside the cage?
A. Shulchan Aruch (324: 1 ....
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Posted 1/13/2022 10:54 PM |
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# 3510 Hear the Birds Singing?
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Q. We have at home a large bird cage with six birds, and it is a delight for our young children and the neighbors kids too.
We wonder, 1) since it is an ancient tradition that on Shabbat Shira you feed the birds, why don't people do it ....
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Posted 1/13/2022 10:52 PM |
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# 3509 Think Tank
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Q. Is the fish tank itself Muktza on Shabbat?
A. Igros Moshe (O.H. 4: 16) considers the fish tank a 'Bosis' or a base for the fish it contains and therefore should be regarded as Muktza as the fish are. However, Shemiras Shabbos K. (27 ....
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Posted 1/13/2022 10:49 PM |
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# 3508 Another Fish Tale
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Q. If a fish jumps out from an aquarium on Shabbat, is one allowed to place it back while it is still alive?
A. Shemiras Shabbos K. (27: n. 98) permits returning the fish into the tank due to the Tzaar Baal Chaim or animal suffering in ....
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Posted 1/13/2022 10:47 PM |
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# 3507 Break the Ice
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Q. Which is more correct when needed for safe walking during Shabbat, salting the ice with sand and salt or using a metal scrapper to break the ice?
A. On question 392 regarding spreading sand on ice on Shabbos we wrote: "When spreading ....
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Posted 1/13/2022 10:44 PM |
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# 3506 Testing the Test II
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Q. Dear Rabbi. On question 3497 you permitted taking a Covid test on Shabbat that involves the changing of color of the test paper when needed, and can be done with a Shinui or a variation from the normal procedure, such as holding the testing sti ....
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Posted 1/13/2022 10:41 PM |
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# 3505 Reach for the Moon
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Q. When someone makes Kiddush Levana on a winter, cloudy and windy day, how long does the moon have to remain uncovered to be able to recite the Bracha? What can be done when it is extremely cold and likely, at least some of the present will not ma ....
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Posted 1/13/2022 10:39 PM |
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# 3504 You Must Be Joking
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Q. Our children on this time of the year, when they walk Shabbos evening to or from shul, often like to stop, gaze and enjoy the uncanny and sometimes stupefying Christmas decorations of our non Jewish neighbors. Is there an issue with that? do we ....
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Posted 1/6/2022 11:03 PM |
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# 3503 A Quick Name Fix
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Q. If when reciting a Mi Sheberach for a sick person the name used was not completely correct, does the minyan have to reassemble and recite another Mi Sheberach?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that when he is corrected, ....
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Posted 1/6/2022 11:00 PM |
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# 3502 Not the Best Vest
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Q. Dear Rabbi. Can one use during winter a Taalit Kattan that is similar to a warm vest. It has short sleeves, but just under the armpits it is split and divided, so most of the front and the back is similar to any other Taalit Kattan. The only ot ....
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Posted 1/6/2022 10:58 PM |
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# 3501 Tragic Lonely Departure
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Q. A dear member of our family is dying in hospital. Because of the severe covid restrictions, even his wife, children and grandchildren, as well as his Rov are not allowed to see him or be with him in the secluded section of the hospital he is ....
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Posted 1/6/2022 10:55 PM |
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# 3500 Fixing the Fixed
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Q. I'm the Gabbai for a Minyan that takes place in a neighborhood home.
In question 3484, the response states, in part: "Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that although in other positions such as a Chazan, being a Baal Teshuva ....
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Posted 1/6/2022 10:49 PM |
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# 3499 In Respect to All Due Respect
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Q. See question above. Often I also see pamphlets and pages of Torah that were left on the mail box of the Shul and due to the wind they end on the street. Is it permitted for me to bring
them in during Shabbat, since as mentioned, I'm s ....
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Posted 1/6/2022 10:47 PM |
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# 3498 Lost and Found?
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Q. I was leaving Shul on Shabbat and I noticed just outside of the steps of our Shul to the street a key ring with keys that had a Jewish symbol attached. Since I'm Machmir and I don't carry on Shabbat even in our city that has an Eruv, was I permi ....
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Posted 1/6/2022 10:45 PM |
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# 3497 Testing the Test
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Q. Can one take a Covid test on Shabbat that involves the changing of color of the test paper?
A. On questio 23 regarding diapers with indicators that change color when wet, we wrote; Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit'”a is of the opinion that ....
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Posted 1/6/2022 10:42 PM |
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# 3496 Dish Out the Dishes?
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Q. After the recent Petirah of our grandparents when their house was sold we began retrieving their left over belongings. We collected a set of expensive dishes that they used many years ago for Pesach, but we could not remember whether t ....
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Posted 1/6/2022 10:39 PM |
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# 3495 A Kashi on the Sushi
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Q. What is Horav Miller's latest opinion on the bracha on sushi?
A. On question 367 we wrote: The popular kosher Sushi we most commonly consume consists of cooked vinegared rice sushi-meshi combined with other ingredients, usually raw ....
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Posted 1/6/2022 10:36 PM |
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# 3494 Happy New Year?
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Q. Can one who usually greets first his Non- Jewish neighbors every morning, do so during this time of the year with 'Have a Good Year' or 'Happy Holidays'?
A. On question 695 in regard to responding to a “Happy New Year” greeting, ....
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Posted 12/31/2021 1:23 PM |
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