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# 2888 Reading Before Writing?
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Q. When writing a letter of a Sefer Torah, at the ceremony of an Hachnosas Sefer Torah, besides saying the required statement that one is writing "Leshem Kedushas Sefer Torah," should not one also have to say aloud the letter or the word that he is a ....
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Posted 10/16/2020 4:04 PM |
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# 2887 The Law of the Letter
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Q. When giving out the kivudim (honors) for writing a letter in a new Sefer Torah, is it a greater kivud to be first to write or the last one?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that the greatest mitzva and kovod goes for the on ....
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Posted 10/15/2020 10:26 PM |
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# 2886 March to a Different Tune
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Q. I want to make an Hachnosas Sefer Torah this week, while my mishpacha is still here, (they came for Yom Tov) do we have to make a parade on the street with a chupa, as it is usually done, or due to the fact that it may create a Chilul Hashem, shou ....
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Posted 10/15/2020 10:16 PM |
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# 2885 Not for Reading
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Q. Can I bring a Sefer Torah to an outside back yard minyan on Simchas Torah to be used for hakofes only, if they will not read from it at all?
A. Mishna Berura (669: 9) quotes Ledovid Emes, that if they are only a few Sifrei Torah in a ....
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Posted 10/15/2020 10:07 PM |
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# 2884 Games Over?
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Q. Until what age may a brother and sister play together physically, such as climbing on each other, riding on each other, hugging each other, tickling each other, touching each other?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that chi ....
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Posted 10/14/2020 10:19 PM |
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# 2883 A Monumental Decision
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Q. Our family gathered together for Sukkot on these most unusual times. We are planning to do the Hakamath Hamatzevah for our father and grandfather, while we are all together. Since many are departing immediately after Yom Tov, can we do the matzeva ....
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Posted 10/14/2020 10:10 PM |
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# 2882 Follow Your Rov
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Q. What is Horav Miller's opinion psak on just a few people in shul or even one person such as the Rov doing all hakofes. Is that permitted?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion in similar shailes is that the Rov of the shul involved ....
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Posted 10/12/2020 10:01 PM |
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2881 Good News
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Q. What is the correct procedure during these difficult Simchat Torah with the Kol Hanearim taalith covering and for the ones that will not have the opportunity to get an aliya?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that the ....
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Posted 10/9/2020 5:56 PM |
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# 2880 Honor Check
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Q. This is a most unusual Simchas Torah, when many of us are afraid of contamination. Can we cover the Sifrei Torah with transparent plastic bags, to be changed between holders to avoid any further danger? Is the fact that those bags are usually sold ....
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Posted 10/9/2020 1:59 PM |
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# 2879 Rise a Shailah
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Q. Can one eat rice cakes out of the Sukkah?
A. Mishna Berura (639: 13) rules that eating many fruits, meat, fish, or anything that isn't made from the five kinds of grain, does not require a suka. However, Poskim maintain that if it is ....
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Posted 10/9/2020 1:53 PM |
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# 2878 Stay Attached
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Q. A shul provides the Arbah Minim (lulav, esrog etc.) for the people men and women that come on Sukkoth and don't have any of their own. During these problematic times they also provide disinfectant liquid and a sign urges the users to wash their ha ....
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Posted 10/9/2020 1:51 PM |
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# 2877 Cover Story
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Q. (See the 3 prior questions; 2674-76). Can one just cover the suka with a plastic tarp or canvas that rests directly on the scahch to protect it from rain?
A. Igrois Moshe (O.H. 5: 39: 4) indeed permits to spread directly on the schach ....
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Posted 10/8/2020 4:00 PM |
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# 2876 No Soff to It?
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Q. (See the 2 prior questions 2874-75). If the tefach spread is under the extended roof, (soffit) does it count?
A. As mentioned on the questions above, Shulchan Aruch (O.H. 315: 2) rules that if the shlack cover was extended over a te ....
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Posted 10/8/2020 3:52 PM |
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# 2875 Keep on Rolling
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Q. (Re question 2874 above). Does it make a difference if the roll was attached to the wall of the house or the suka?
A. Rema (O.H. 626: 3) writes that roof panels that are attached to the roof with hinges, can be closed or opened during ....
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Posted 10/8/2020 3:44 PM |
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# 2874 Roll for Cover
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Q On Sukot, we use a roll of a plastic sheet as a shlack to cover the suka when raining. Does the width of the roll count for the tefach (10 cm.) needed to be spread out before Yom Tov?
A. Covering a suka with a plastic sheet or tarp ma ....
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Posted 10/8/2020 3:40 PM |
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# 2873 Room For Doubt?
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Q. I saw the reply above (question 2868) regarding plastic shield separation for people seating in a suka. Our father, should be maarich yomim, who is a zoken and frail, is staying with us. and we want him to spend some time with the grandchildren ....
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Posted 10/8/2020 3:33 PM |
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# 2872 Doing it Right for the Left
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Q. On which hand does a lefty hold the lulav and the esrog? If he reverses does he also change the hadassim and the aravot?
A. It would depend whether one is Ashkenazi or Sephardi. Shulchan Aruch (651: 3) rules that even a left handed p ....
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Posted 10/8/2020 3:29 PM |
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# 2871 A Heavenly Smell?
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Q. Is it permitted to use as schach for the suka, flowers that have a good smell?
A. Rema (O.H. 68: 2) quotes two opinion whether if one is allowed to use good smelling hadassim as schach for the suka. Ran (Suka 18a) maintains that it i ....
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Posted 10/8/2020 3:24 PM |
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# 2870 Clean Up Act
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Q. It is common in our warm country to make the sucot on the central court yards of buildings. On those yards, sewage pipes are installed on the outside of the walls and connect to each apartment. Can a Suca be built there if those pipes will end the ....
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Posted 10/8/2020 3:17 PM |
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# 2869 Sleep On This
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Q. Due to the fruit trees growing nicely on our back yard, we decided this year to make the suka on the front yard facing the street. The problem is that our neighborhood is lately not that safe anymore, and the kids and me too, are afraid to sleep ....
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Posted 10/7/2020 12:33 PM |
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