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# 3367 The Real Beauty of a Mitzva
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Q. If someone is offered to buy at a good price a very beautiful silver box for his Esrog should he go for it? He did spend already a large sum on the Esrog itself.
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that it is better to d ....
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Posted 9/23/2021 6:31 PM |
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# 3366 Honoring the Decorations?
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Q. If someone builds the Suka weeks before Yom Tov, should he also place the decoration early?
A. Although it is usually recommended to start all mitzvos as early as possible (Zerizim Makdimin), Kovetz Halachos maintains that it is ....
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Posted 9/23/2021 6:22 PM |
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# 3365 Right on the Time
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Q. It says that one should begin putting up the Suka on the night at the end of Yom Kippur and then finish it on Friday. Can one do fixing of the Suka Erev Shabbat after Chatzos (midday)?
A. Mishna Berura (626: 2) quoting P'ri Me ....
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Posted 9/23/2021 6:07 PM |
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# 3364 Bright and Early
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Q. One who accepts Shabbos an hour early (for the Segula of Tosefes Shabbos, which brings bracha), should the same be done for Yom Tov? Are there any exceptions? Is accepting Shabbos an hour early a Neder?
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Posted 9/22/2021 10:17 PM |
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# 3363 Let's Have a Good Look
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Q. I have seen some people who seem very Frum check their Esrogim with a magnifying glass. Is that really necessary or even recommended?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion that on the onset it is not necessary at all. However, if ....
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Posted 9/22/2021 9:54 PM |
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# 3362 Election Day
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Q. Tomorrow is Election Day. In past elections you wrote that Horav Miller Shlit’a said it is a mitzvah to vote. If one is pressed in time with building his Suka, does that take precedence over voting?
On question 561 regarding if there ....
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Posted 9/20/2021 11:45 AM |
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# 3361 The Best Pray Deal
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Q. Would davening Vasikin (praying at sunrise) in a minyan of 13 people on Yom Kippur override being from the Asara Rishonim (First Ten) in a Yeshiva minyan where 500 people will come after me?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion ....
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Posted 9/17/2021 12:29 PM |
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# 3360 Lots of Promise?
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Q. Can you say Kol Nidrei if you were already mekabel (accepted) Yom Kippur. (As when saying Tefilas Zakah before)?
A. Remah (O.H. 619: 1) writes that Kol Nidrei should be said while it is still day, since at least according to some ....
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Posted 9/15/2021 1:32 PM |
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# 3359 To Eat or Not to Eat
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Q. Is it better to accept and begin Yom Kippur earlier (since Tosefes Yom Kippur, or the acceptance and adding to the day is a Biblical mitzva), or is it preferable to eat as long as possible. (Since eating Erev Yom Kippur is also a Biblical mitz ....
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Posted 9/14/2021 3:02 PM |
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# 3358 Close and Personal
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Q. Can one ask someone else to do Kappores for him as a shaliach (agent) on a chicken?
A. Ashrei Hoish (O.H. 3; 7: 11) quoting Horav Eliashuv zt'l mentions that although one can name a shaliach to bring a Korban for him and thus o ....
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Posted 9/13/2021 11:13 PM |
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# 3357 When Do We Eat?
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Q. Is there a mitzva for women to eat on Erev Yom Kippur as men do, or is it a 'Time Depending Mitzva' and therefore women are exempt. They should just eat for the purpose of being able to fast?
Does the mitzva of eating begin on the nig ....
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Posted 9/13/2021 11:05 PM |
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# 3356 Be Right on the Money
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Q. Can I use my Maaser money for Kappores?
A. Piskei Halochos (23: 9, p.283) rules that one may not use Maaser money, since performing Kappores is in our days an accepted tradition that is widely kept, and is tantamount to reliev ....
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Posted 9/13/2021 10:50 PM |
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# 3355 A Little Fish Story
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Q. My father is hospitalized and I would like to bring Kapparot for him. We usually use a chicken and not money, since that is our minhag and I understand that it is better to use live things that cannot be a korban. Since I cannot bring to the h ....
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Posted 9/13/2021 10:44 PM |
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# 3354 An Eloquent Silence
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Q. One who is keeping a Taanis Dibbur (a silence day - when only holy words are spoken) on Yom Kippur (or any day) what should he do when people ask him a question or try to schmooze with him, and he cannot answer?
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Posted 9/13/2021 10:20 PM |
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# 3353 The Real Happy Pills
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Q. (see question 3352 above - This Shaila came some time ago and was not answered yet).
I'm a young Yeshiva graduate and happily married man, that possesses a great desire for women. I have worked diligently and placed great effo ....
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Posted 9/13/2021 10:07 PM |
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# 3352 Mixed Feelings
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Q. I'm a graduate from a religious girls school. During several years I took part in a group that would often talk about other companions and we often ended talking Lashon Hora. B'H, during the last months I was able to overcome my desire to belon ....
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Posted 9/13/2021 9:57 PM |
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# 3351 A Lesson in Teaching
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Q. My brother is a professor at a university in the USA. Among his student. are several not yet observant Jews. Can he ask the administration to find a substitute for the upcoming Yomim Tovim? Or would this be Lifnei Iver? ....
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Posted 9/12/2021 5:29 PM |
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# 3350 A Hard Pill to Swallow
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Q. Is it permissible on Yom Kippur to swallow caffeine pills or pain relief pills without water? Can one use caffeine / aspirin suppositories (before or after the onset of a headache),,?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is ....
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Posted 9/10/2021 11:59 AM |
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# 3349 Have Mercy on the Phone?
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Q. My father is in hospital, but he says Selichot every day at the time they are said in his shul. If he can call a friend in the shul and he maintains his cell phone on, can he answer the Thirteen Midos (13 Qualities of Mercy), with everyone else ....
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Posted 9/10/2021 11:38 AM |
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# 3348 How Sweet!
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Q. Someone who has a very strict diet and he cannot consume any foods that contain sugar, can he deep the apple on Rosh Hashana on a pareve cream that contains sweetener instead of honey and say the Yehi Ratzon for a sweet year?
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Posted 9/6/2021 6:25 PM |
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