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# 3544 A Hechsher on the Company?
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Q. Doritos, a kind a snack food popular in our communities with an Eida Chareidis Hechsher, put out a Hebrew-language advertisement in honour of "Family Day", which is LGBT-supportive (I attached a recording of it).
Should we encourage a boyc ....
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Posted 2/4/2022 12:16 PM |
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# 3543 Torah Joy For All
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Q. A woman in our zoom group of learning Sifrei Hashkafa daily lost L'A her father and is seating Shiva. Can she still join the shiur or is she prohibited like men to learn Torah?
A. Emek Hateshuva (1: 163), Chazon Ovadya (Avelus 2: p. ....
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Posted 2/4/2022 12:15 PM |
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# 3542 Recollect Yourself
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Q. There is a fellow I met who lives in Israel and is collecting for the future wedding of his son. Due to the Kovid crisis he is not traveling and is calling by phone instead. The problem is that he calls at 3 or 4 AM! I told him that he wakes u ....
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Posted 2/4/2022 12:12 PM |
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# 3541 Something New Under the Sun
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Q. Thank for answering the last questions we sent. We were wondering why is it that no one seems to care if it is permitted to open the shades or curtains on Shabbos morning, to let the sunlight in when there are flowers or plants growing inside a ....
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Posted 2/4/2022 12:10 PM |
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# 3540 Sweeten the Pill
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Q. Can someone take in Shabbos pills that remove pain when it is not excessive (Chole Kol Haguf or when he has to lay down), if diluted or mixed with food?
A. He may take them if the pills were diluted or mixed with food before Shabbos ....
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Posted 2/4/2022 12:08 PM |
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# 3539 A Bird Not in the Hand
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Q. Last Shabbos there was a dying injured bird laying on the driveway entering our home. Since we had some guest coming including children and the display was bothersome and painful for children, I wonder if we were permitted to move the bird by ....
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Posted 2/4/2022 12:07 PM |
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# 3538 A Sweet Pill Not to Swallow
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? Q. I asked for some medicines to be delivered from a Non- Jewish pharmacy on Friday afternoon, but they arrived after the Shekiah. Since they were pills that were not to be taken in Shabbat since they were only for saving from minor discomfort and ....
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Posted 2/4/2022 11:19 AM |
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# 3537 Give it the Right Name
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Q. If the Baal Tefilah benching Rosh Chodesh on Shabbat Mevarchim Adar HaRishon, made a mistake and did not say Adar HaRishon or actually did say so, but not as required Adar HaRishon, does he have to repeat?
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Posted 1/28/2022 4:45 PM |
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# 3536 Moments of Truth
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Q. I have a question for you Rabbi. It is common that parents promise prices to their children if they get good marks, or scare them with punishments when they don't. Do this promises always have to be kept?
I recently heard in a shiu ....
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Posted 1/28/2022 12:20 AM |
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Real Happy Birthday# 3535
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Q. Is a celebration of a seventy year birthday a Seudas Mitzva that one should attend when invited?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that it is a Seudas Hodayah or a meal of thanksgiving that is given to recognize the good ....
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Posted 1/28/2022 12:18 AM |
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# 3534 In Deep Water
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Q. Shalom Aleichem Rav Bartfeld; Families in Thornhill recently received notice that WAMCO, a company retained by the city of Vaughan, is going to replace mechanical water meters with digital water meters. (See https://www.vaughan.ca/services/resi ....
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Posted 1/28/2022 12:17 AM |
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# 3533 A Bad Egg?
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Q. Is a chicken egg that is missing the yolk and the inside is totally white kosher?
A. P'ri Chodosh (Y.D. 86: 1) rules that the egg should not be eaten. However, if it was mixed with others one can be lenient.
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Posted 1/28/2022 12:15 AM |
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# 3532 identity Unknown
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Q. Hi Rabi, I have a half brother of my father that we don't know if he is still living or not. Due to what would be his age, the most probable answer is that he was niftar (would have been over 120). He used to live in Cuba, and he remained there ....
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Posted 1/28/2022 12:13 AM |
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# 3531 Be in Tune with the Tune
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Q. One of the famous 10 Nigunim composed by the Baal HaTanya is a very simple melody with words. However, the words are two halves of two seemingly unrelated Pesukim:
K'ayyol Taarog Al Afikei Moyim (Tehilim 42:2)
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Posted 1/28/2022 12:07 AM |
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# 3530 Grab a Chair?
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Q. On question 3523 regarding if one is allowed to seat on the chair of an Eishes Chover, we wrote: "Shaarei Tzion quoting Horav Chaim Kanievsky Shlit'a (Hilchos Eishes Chover 17 p. 278) rules that another woman should not seat in that chair.
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Posted 1/28/2022 12:05 AM |
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# 3529 A Clone Alone?
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Q. Re- question 3527 above. Since parties as very interested in the cloning of race wining horses and animals of endangered species in danger of extinction, could someone clone a Parah Aduma? Does a cloned animal maintain all the Halachot of a regul ....
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Posted 1/28/2022 12:04 AM |
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# 3528 Poor Like a Cat
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Q. Hi Rabbi Bartfeld, I hope you and your family are doing well. I am coming to you with a shaila.
I’ve had my cat for close to 12 years, ever since she was a baby. I love her deeply.
On December 24, 2021, the cat had sever ....
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Posted 1/27/2022 11:52 PM |
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# 3527 A Double Talk
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Q Our grandmother Tihayi is very attached to an oldish pet dog whose life is ending. Can one clone that pet to provide her the continuation of a most needed support that seems essential for her will to stay alive.. (Although, dog cloning is extreme ....
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Posted 1/27/2022 2:52 PM |
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# 3526 Not so Fast II
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Q. On question 3515 above in regard to fasting on Tu Bishvat, could the one keeping a Yohrzait Taanis fast next day?
A. Shulchan Aruch (O. H. 568: 9) rules that if the day of Yohrzait for one's father fell on Shabbos or Rosh Chodesh, t ....
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Posted 1/23/2022 4:37 PM |
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# 3525 Always Remember
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Q. On the Six Zechirot we are to remember every day, mentioned at the end of Tefilat Shacharit, the second one reads: 'But beware and watch yourself very well, lest you forget the things that your eyes saw and lest these things depart from your hea ....
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Posted 1/20/2022 10:48 PM |
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