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# 3691 Process the Bless
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Hello Rav, If I start to make a Borei Peri Ha'adama on a cucumber and I've said everything except the ending "Borei Peri Hadama", then realize I've already said that bracha and that cucumber is already covered, can I quickly take another food type ....
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Posted 5/12/2022 11:58 PM |
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# 3690 The Impending Future
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Q. Why are Gog and Magog only mentioned in the prophecies of Y'chezk'el HaNovi?
A. A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that since Novi Yechezkel was given most of his prophecies of transcendence outside of Eretz Yisroel (Mo ....
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Posted 5/8/2022 5:46 PM |
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# 3689 You Must Be Kidding!
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Q. See question above. Thanks for the answer. Is it also true what I heard that there is a Segula (protection or charm) for healing to stand during the days from Pesach to Shavuos, outside when it rains and have the rain fall on you? C ....
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Posted 5/5/2022 10:55 PM |
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#3688 A Time to Heal
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Q. Lekvod Horav. This is for someone that needs a delicate medical operation. It is usually assumed by some that the month of Iyar is propitious for Refuos and healing. Is that true? What is the source?
A. Chassam Soffer (Talmud Shabbo ....
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Posted 5/5/2022 10:53 PM |
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# 3687 Thanks But No Thanks
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Q. See question above. Does one have to recite the brocho of Hagomel, if the wind was mainly facing the fire not at the house? Should it be said without Hashem's name?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that one is not obliged t ....
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Posted 5/5/2022 10:51 PM |
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# 3686 Every One and His Own Taste
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Q. On an extremely windy day our at a family dinner, the BBQ grill became totally enveloped on a terribly dangerous fire and the neighbors called the fire department. After the fire was B'H extinguished obviously the steaks were totally burned and i ....
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Posted 5/5/2022 10:49 PM |
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# 3685 Make a Meal of It
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Q. I have a Minhag (although like all my other traditions are all done B'li Neder or without a pledge), to eat a seuda of bread on Rosh Chodesh. Due to unusual busy circumstances, I had only some Mezonos (cake) and mentioned in the Brocho Acharono, ....
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Posted 5/5/2022 10:47 PM |
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# 3684 What Did Grandpa Say?
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Q. Our elderly grandfather although of sound mind can hardly speak. In truth only we his children actually understand what he is saying. Can he still count Sefira with a brocho since practically he does not speak anymore?
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Posted 5/5/2022 10:45 PM |
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# 3683 Women Do Count
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Q. A daily shiur is given by a woman for other women. At the end of the shiur they count Sefirah. Since some of the women are no counting with a bracha anymore, can the woman leading the shiur say the bracha for all?
A. On question 316 ....
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Posted 5/5/2022 10:40 PM |
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#3682 Dress to Impress?
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Q. Dear Rabbi, as we talked on the phone I was granted a job interview for a much needed position. I sadly don't have a proper suit for attending that important interview. Can I acquire one during the Sefirah days?
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Posted 5/5/2022 10:37 PM |
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# 3681 First Count Counts
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Q. Rov, I was attending a Maariv minyan at an Avelim home and after Maariv they counted Sefira. For some reason one of the attendants incorrectly corrected the fellow fellow that counted, but he himself was wrong in the date and the attendants did ....
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Posted 5/2/2022 10:38 PM |
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# 3680 Today's Adornment
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Q. A new pendant for women became recently available. It is a watch that indicates the day of Sefirat Haomer. Can women carry it on Shabbat, where there is no Eruv?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that if it is by itself a ' ....
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Posted 5/2/2022 12:05 PM |
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# 3679 Please Be My Guest
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Q. See question above. If someone is celebrating the Bar Mitzva as mentioned by keeping during that year the later period of mourning, can the guest that keep the first Minhag also dance to the sound of the music?
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Posted 4/29/2022 12:14 PM |
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# 3678 Have a Happy Bar Mitzva
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Q. Someone that usually keeps the first of period of mourning (for Rabi Akiva's disciples) that begins on the second day of Pesach and ends at Lag Baomer, is making a Bar Mitzva for his son then. Can he celebrate by playing music and dancing?
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Posted 4/29/2022 12:09 PM |
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# 3677 Hearing Voices?
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Q. There is a totally new apparatus in the market to amplify the voice of those who have a very low one. It uses something similar to a blue tooth and amplifies one's low voice. If someone uses it, does he have to turn it off when he is counting Sef ....
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Posted 4/29/2022 12:05 PM |
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# 3676 Good Morning to Mourning
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Q. Rov I just don't understand the opinion of the many who maintain that the days of the mourning for the Talmidim of Rabi Akiva begin with the second day of Pesach and end at Lag Baomer, how and when can one mourn in Yom Tov?
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Posted 4/29/2022 12:01 PM |
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# 3675 One Last Meal?
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Q. We often have our children and their families staying with us for Pesach and leaving the day after traveling home. Is it worth it to celebrate with them before they leave a seuda or special meal on Yisru Chag? Would that be a Seudas Mitzva?
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Posted 4/29/2022 11:58 AM |
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# 3674 Counting First
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Q. On the above question, if that was the last minyan for Maariv, should one count Sefira first or daven Maariv by himself first?
A. Kovetz Halochos and others maintain that in such a case it is better to count Sefira first with the man ....
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Posted 4/29/2022 11:53 AM |
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# 3673 Do I Really Count?
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Q. Dear Rabbi I would like to know the following Shaila. I usually daven Maariv in a shul that has many Minyanim one after another. I daven after Tzeis (nightfall) and then count Sefirah.
If I came late and practically missed Maariv, but ....
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Posted 4/29/2022 11:49 AM |
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# 3672 Not So Fast !
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Q. Someone in my family is getting married on the day after Pesach. (they keep the minhag of beginning the prohibitions of Sefira from Rosh Chodesh Iyar). Does the Chassan fast on Issru Chag?
A. Mishna Berura (429: 14, quoting Magen Avr ....
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Posted 4/29/2022 11:41 AM |
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