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# 4237 Dancing at which Wedding?
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Q. I was invited to the wedding of a dear friend on Lag Baomer. The Chupa is during the day as required. Yet the Seuda will be mainly at night, and that is also permitted for many.
I keep the restrictions of Sefira until Shavuot and I also hav ....
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Posted 5/4/2023 10:56 PM |
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# 4236 Keep Kosher Kettle
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Q. If someone is davening during Shiva at the home of an Avel who is not Shomer Shabbat, and they offer coffee after davening. Can he drink it if the water is boiled in a kettle that was not immersed in a Mikva? The electrical kettle is made from ....
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Posted 5/4/2023 10:54 PM |
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# 4235 Near Beer
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Q. Dear Rabbi. Can someone traveling in a plane and sitting next to two non-Jews can he drink beer together with them?
A. Based on Talmud Avoda Zarah (31b), Shulchan Aruch (Y.D. 114) rules that a Jew should not drink beer together with ....
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Posted 5/4/2023 10:51 PM |
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# 4234 A Fast BBQ?
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Q. I was invited by a neighbour to attend a BBQ in his Back Yard on the Monday that was the first day of BEHAB (the three days after Pesach, namely Monday, Thursday and Monday, many recite Selichos). Can I attend?
A. Shulchan Aruch ( ....
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Posted 5/4/2023 10:48 PM |
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# 4233 Be in Bloom
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Q. Dear Rabbi. You wrote a few Shailos on the brocho said on the blooming fruit trees. Does one really have to go and look for such a tree in order to make the brocho? Is it no just a voluntary blessing?
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Posted 5/4/2023 10:46 PM |
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# 4232 Have the Best Night
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Q. On question 4222 the Rov mentioned that there is an issue of not learning the Written Torah during the night. Does that apply to Shabbat also, when saying Divrei Torah on the Parsha by the Shabbat meal? Can one prepare the K’riat Hatorah on Shab ....
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Posted 5/4/2023 10:43 PM |
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# 4231 Mind the Reminder
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Q. What is the Rov’s opinion about people who make an early Shabbos and then eat without Krias Shema and Sefira?
May one be meikel (be lenient) if he puts a paper on his pillow as a reminder?
A. Poskim agree that when someone acce ....
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Posted 5/4/2023 10:40 PM |
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# 4230 Honor the Hero!
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Q. Dear Rov: I am a member of a great and known Kolel, learning Torah for years. As the rest of our many traditional Torah learners, we abstain from any of the Zionistic celebrations of Yom Ha’atzmaut completely. Yet, I’m debating on a personal i ....
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Posted 4/28/2023 10:23 AM |
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# 4229 Feels So Great, It’s Raining Into Me!
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Q. I heard that on Lag Baomer rain is a good Siman (omen) and it helps bringing a Refua Shleima to the ill. They advise that one in need should stand on the rain with his open mouth at that time. Is that for real?
A. Indeed surprisi ....
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Posted 4/28/2023 10:21 AM |
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# 4228 Wait for the Joy to Begin
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Q. Is there an issue on painting or renovating one’s home during Sefira days or acquiring then a new car or expensive clothing that one recites the blessing of ‘Shehecheyanu’ on them?
A. Mishna Berura (493: 2) rules that it is perm ....
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Posted 4/28/2023 10:18 AM |
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# 4227 Blessed Women
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Q. Can women also take part on the blessing on the new fruit of the blooming trees?
A. Teshuvos Vehanhogos (1: 190) and others maintain that there is no obligation for women to leave their homes and seek the blooming trees to recite t ....
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Posted 4/27/2023 11:31 PM |
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# 4226 In Full Bloom
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Q. Is it better to wait to recite the blessing on the new fruit of the blooming trees on Shabbos and with more people?
A. On question 1708 we addressed the following similar questions:
“Since the days of Nissan are over can yo ....
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Posted 4/27/2023 11:29 PM |
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# 4225 Wash Away
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Q. When a Brit Mila of a baby is done on Yom Kippur and the traditional Metzitza with the mouth was done (Metzitza b'peh is when the Mohel or circumciser uses his mouth to suck some blood away from the baby's circumcision wound as an important ....
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Posted 4/27/2023 11:24 PM |
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# 4224 A True Tree?
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Q. Shalom Rav. Can one cut an Arovos tree when not needed, or since one uses it for the needs of Yom Tov Sukos it is considered similar to a fruit tree?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that it is permitted to be cut when t ....
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Posted 4/27/2023 11:19 PM |
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# 4223 Had an Accident?
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Q. If one misses to daven Mincha not because he forgot or was in an accidental situation, but he just happened to be in an important business meeting were a large capital was involved, can he still daven Maariv twice?
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Posted 4/27/2023 11:16 PM |
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# 4222 The Book on Psalms
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Q. Dear Rabbi; Is it correct to say Tehilim at night when visiting a dangerously ill or dying patient?
A. Birkei Yosef (O.H. 238: 2) quotes Medresh Tanchuma (Ki Sisa 36) that Moshe Rabbenu knew while learning the Torah in Mount Sinai, w ....
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Posted 4/27/2023 11:11 PM |
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# 4221 Time to Take the Gloves Off
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Q. Someone who is doing a BBQ outside and because of the cold weather he is wearing leather gloves. If then touches some hot meat or other hot food directly, is there a problem that the skin of the gloves would make the hot kosher food not kosher? ....
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Posted 4/27/2023 11:09 PM |
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# 4220 It’s About Time
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Q. We, who live in Eretz Yisroel, are expected to be in Toronto for the Shabbos of the 28th of Sivan. In Eretz Yisroel they will be leining Parashas Korach, while in Toronto they will be leining (reading) Parashas Sh'lach. If I could convince the b ....
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Posted 4/27/2023 11:07 PM |
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# 4219 The Family Tree?
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Q. Is it better to wait to recite the blessing on the new fruit of the blooming trees on Shabbos with all the family present and with more people?
A. On question 1708 we addressed the following similar questions:
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Posted 4/26/2023 10:34 PM |
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# 4218 What Counts to Count
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Q. Our grandfather who is an elderly patient is also undergoing treatment after a severe brain operation. He is sometimes conscious and alert. He asked to be helped by to count the Omer as he did all his life.
He can’t count himself, b ....
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Posted 4/23/2023 12:25 PM |
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