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# 3857 So Many Simchas!
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Q. Dear Rov. As we spoke on the phone my wife is expecting a baby girl (ultrasound test). My recently departed father's zt'l name was Simcha and I would very much like to give that name to the daughter to be born soon. Is that permitted or recomm ....
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Posted 8/25/2022 11:50 PM |
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# 3856 Yes Parking?
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Q. See question above. Is one allowed to use the parking lot of the mosque, while services (in the middle of the day) are held?
A. While mosque services are being held, entering the temple's parking lot should be avoided, since it may s ....
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Posted 8/25/2022 11:48 PM |
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# 3855 Contested Entry
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Q. See question above. Regarding Islam, however, most Poskim follow the opinion of the Rambam (Hilchos Ma’achalos Assuros 11: 7) that it is not considered Avodah Zarah (Shulchan Aruch Y. D. 124: 6, Taz 4 and Shach 12. See also Ben Ish Chai, Parash ....
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Posted 8/25/2022 11:45 PM |
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# 3854 Do Not Enter?
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Q. Some necessary medical services are offered in a hall that is part of a Muslim temple. Is one allowed to go there?
A. In question 126 regarding if an alcoholic is permitted to enter a church (even possibly the main sanctuary) to a ....
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Posted 8/25/2022 11:44 PM |
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# 3853 Great Blessed Taste?
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Q. When a person sucks on pretzels to enjoy the salty taste but doesn’t actually swallow should he make a Bracha.
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that only if salt crystals or grains are ingested and swallowed ....
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Posted 8/25/2022 11:40 PM |
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# 3852 No Room for Suspicions
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Q. I am staying in a yeshiva dorm during the Bein Hazmanim and the Goy that cleans, on two occasions, brought a Shiksa into the dorm when I was the only bachur there. (I don't know if she is related to him.) When this happens, what should I do? M ....
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Posted 8/25/2022 11:39 PM |
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# 3851 An Unplacenta Question
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Q. Thanks for your answer. Here is another question:
I wanted to have a home birth with a midwife until she told me that the practice suggests putting the afterbirth in the freezer until burial. This seemed disgusting to me so I decided to g ....
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Posted 8/22/2022 5:04 PM |
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# 3850 Pardon my Selicha?
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Q. See question above: Still, why is Selichot different than the Tefilos during the rest of the year?
A. Binyan Shlomo (Hacohen 36) further explains that there is a difference between mitzvos that apply to an individual and they are no ....
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Posted 8/19/2022 12:52 AM |
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# 3849 Finish What you Started
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Q. Why is it that when there is no Avel leading the services we often have different people doing it. We change the Baal Tefila for Barchu etc. Why don't we say since one is already davening let him continue and finish?
A. Remah (O.H. 5 ....
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Posted 8/19/2022 12:50 AM |
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# 3848 Clear the Mud
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Q. Dear Rabbi if my glasses fell on the mud while in the cottage and the mud became dry can they be washed on Shabbos? Does the same apply to a window?
A. Horav Aharon Miller Shlit'a maintains that the glasses are not different than dis ....
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Posted 8/19/2022 12:48 AM |
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# 3847 A Cover Story
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Q. See question above: Should one cover the phone, so he won't look at it?
A. The above is recommended.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller and Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu Shlit'a. ....
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Posted 8/19/2022 12:41 AM |
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# 3846 See the Phone?
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Q. Hello Rov. in question 3841regarding a small screen that constantly shows what is happening at the Kotel Hamaaravi via a live camera available online as a Zecher Lechurban. You ruled that it should be turned off during Shabbat. I wonder, if someo ....
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Posted 8/19/2022 12:39 AM |
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# 3845 A New Kind of Hoisafah?
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Q. Last Shabbos due to the fact that many of our attendants to shul are on vacation, the temporary Gabay mistakenly called for Hagba'ah and Gelilah (raising and dressing the Sefer Torah, done at the end of the reading) before the one called for th ....
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Posted 8/19/2022 12:36 AM |
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# 3844 Cook the Bug?
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Q. See question above. Does the fact that the corn on the cub was very well cooked at least remove the Biblical prohibition of eating a worm, since it probably got decomposed, mushed or shrunk? If that is correct, then the Safek or doubt if there ar ....
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Posted 8/19/2022 12:33 AM |
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# 3843 Bug Off
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Q. Dear Rabbi I heard that one should abstain from eating fresh corn on the cob in our days, because of the impending number of insect contamination. Is that true?
A. Small thrips (white/yellowish) and aphids can sometimes be found on t ....
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Posted 8/19/2022 12:29 AM |
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# 3842 Let the Happy Times Begin
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Q. Thanks Rov for answering last question so promptly. Someone was offered by his physician to have a leadless pacemaker installed on the week after Tisha Beav but before Tu Beav. The procedure is not urgent, should he preferable wait until the end ....
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Posted 8/16/2022 4:56 PM |
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# 3841 Framing the Picture Frame
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Q. Dear Rov Shlit'a. Is it correct to place as a Zecher Lechurban (remainder to the destruction of the Bet Hamikdash) in our family room a small screen that constantly shows what is happening at the Kotel Hamaaravi via a live camera available onlin ....
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Posted 8/11/2022 10:41 PM |
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# 3840 Indicate how to Meet your Mate
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Q. We have a minhag that we do a Seuda Leiluy Nishmas Reb Yonasan Ben Uziel together with other families of friends on Tu Bav since Seforim say that it is a Segula for finding the right Shiduchim for our children. This year since Tu Beav is Erev Sh ....
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Posted 8/11/2022 10:37 PM |
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# 3839 Too Early an Invitation?
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Q. I had an issue with the fellow in charge of printing the monthly magazine of our shul. They publicize the forthcoming Smachot as weddings, Bar Mitzvas etc. Since I'm marrying off my daughter a few weeks after the end of the Yamim Tovim, the fell ....
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Posted 8/11/2022 10:35 PM |
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# 3838 Guest to Honor
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Q. Given the option, is there a greater mitzva of Hachnassat Orchim or inviting guest to one's home for men guest or women guest?
A. Bikurei Shai (Avos 1: 5) explains the saying of Yose ben Yochanan: "Let your house be wide open, and le ....
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Posted 8/11/2022 10:34 PM |
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