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# 3734 A Holy Encounter
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Q. Someone mentioned on a recent speech that the Sh'lah Hakadosh was a reincarnation of Ruth Hamoavia. Can that really be true?
A. Interestingly we find in Sefer Hadoros (5389) something similar. Not a reincarnation, but rather that th ....
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Posted 6/9/2022 10:46 PM |
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# 3733 Bless Your Goodbye?
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Q. Dear Rov Shlit'a: On the second day Shavuot the Tefila was very long due to the reading of Ruth and Izkor. If someone had guest waiting for him to come home, (and that may create an issue of Shalom Bait) can he leave the shul before the repetit ....
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Posted 6/9/2022 10:43 PM |
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# 3732 Cite but be Polite
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Q. If the Rav of the shul or yeshiva made a mistake and started saying Tachanun on a day of no Tachanun, should one pretend to say it to avoid embarrassing him?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that one should not directly co ....
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Posted 6/9/2022 10:41 PM |
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# 3731 The Torah of Life
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Q. I'm a member of a Zoom Daf group. Our teacher is a Talmid Chacham that has l'a undergone recently a serious operation and is now hospitalized for an extended time. A few days after the operation he called us and asked us to resume the shiur by ....
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Posted 6/7/2022 5:12 PM |
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# 3730 Blessed Dreams
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- Q. If I'm just going to lay on my arm and sleep for a short time on the night of Shavuos, do I say the brocho of Hamapil?
A. On a similar question (2688) we wrote: "Shaarei Teshuva, Birkei Yosef (O.H. 229: 2) and others maintain that ....
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Posted 6/2/2022 11:18 PM |
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# 3729 The Day That Made Us Special
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Q. I'm planing to make a siyum before Shavuos, is doing it on Yom Hameyuchas a desired day to celebrate with a Siyum?
A. Yom Hameyuchas is a day of distinction, it is the second day of Sivan and the forty-sixth day of the Omer. It is a ....
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Posted 6/2/2022 11:15 PM |
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# 3728 Special Times
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Q. Since this year (82-22) Erev Shavuot is Shabbat, which is the correct way to daven Mincha and eat Shaleshudos?
A. One should not eat a meal before sunset on Erev Shavuos at the time when normally we have Sholosh Seudos There are tho ....
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Posted 6/2/2022 11:08 PM |
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# 3727 Wake Up and Smell the Coffee
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Q. Dear Rov. On the first night of Shavuot the meal usually finishes very late. Someone went to sleep and woke up early to daven with the Netz (sunrise) Minyan, if on the night meal one ate meat, can he drink a coffee with milk before da ....
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Posted 6/2/2022 11:04 PM |
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# 3726 Drop Everything
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Q. See question above. Do you also place some drops of the Havdallah on the eyes, if you make Havdallah on beer or tea?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that since those drinks can be used used for Havdalah since they are con ....
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Posted 6/2/2022 10:56 PM |
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# 3725 Eyes on the Wines
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Q. Dear Rabbi.What is the source for putting some of the Havdallah wine on eyes and in pockets?
A. Remah (O.H. 296: 1) mentions that it is tradition to (slightly) wash one's eyes with the wine of Havdalah as it is considered 'Chivuv Mit ....
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Posted 6/2/2022 10:47 PM |
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# 3724 Milk It for All its Worth
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Q. In our Bet Midrash we learn the whole first night of Shavuos, then we daven with the Netz (sunrise) and after davening a Kiddush is offered and cheese danishes and cakes are served. Do we comply with the minhag of eating a milchik meal with just ....
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Posted 6/2/2022 10:36 PM |
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# 3723 Crying Over Spilled Milk
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Q. Can someone who is allergic to milk products comply with the tradition of eating a milk-meal on Shavuot, if that person cooks a Pareve food or warms some bread inside an oven used for milk foods? After all we consider such foods as 'Milchik' and ....
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Posted 6/2/2022 10:35 PM |
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# 3722 Amelim BaTorah
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Q. Dear Rov and colleague. As we already spoke on the phone, I was offered to give a Shiur on Shabbos afternoon to a large group of advanced Torah learners that meet there only on Shabbos and recently lost their Rabbi. They are very interested in ....
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Posted 6/2/2022 4:14 PM |
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# 3721 A Thank You Signal
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Q. While davening Pesukei Dezimra, I was approached by a dignified Meshulach collecting Tzedaka. I gave him a nice donation and he reciprocated by giving me a beautiful brocho. Could I answer amen then to his blessing?
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Posted 5/31/2022 5:37 PM |
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# 3720 Amen to Clean Hands
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Q. If I hear someone make a brocho after I have exited the bathroom before I washed hands, can I answer Amen after just cleaning my hands by rubbing them against my clothing?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit”a opinion is that you can. ....
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Posted 5/31/2022 4:56 PM |
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# 3719 A Blessing Wife
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Q. Hello Rabbi. I Because of my very sensitive health state I will be learning and davening alone this Shavuos at home. (And when someone stays awake the complete night, he should not recite certain brochos. He then usually asks another person wh ....
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Posted 5/29/2022 6:01 PM |
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# 3718 Giving Plastic Flowers?
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Q. Kevod Harav. We always used in our Shul plant decorations for Shavuot. Some board members suggested to change to plastic ones not only for the monetary savings since they can be reused, but also because it keeps the place clean. Is that permitte ....
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Posted 5/29/2022 5:57 PM |
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# 3717 Planting Decorations
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Q. Before Shavuos can one place plant and leaf decorations on the Aron Hakodesh?
Will they then have to be disposed as mitzva objects like the Hoshanos and Lulabim?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that it depends on t ....
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Posted 5/29/2022 5:54 PM |
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# 3716 Days of Separation?
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Q. For one that usually keeps the Minhag to abstain from marital relations during the 'Shloshes Yemei Hagbalah' (the historical Three Days of Separation prior to Shavuos), have relations this year on Shabbos Erev Yom Tov? (not the Tevila night).
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Posted 5/29/2022 5:47 PM |
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# 3715 Eyes on the Snake
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Q. I met a snake on the sidewalk. Should I grant it the right-of-way, or should I dispatch it safely to death with my heel?
A. Common sense would indicate that it depends on the case and the type of snake. If it is a dangerous reptile ....
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Posted 5/29/2022 5:43 PM |
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