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											# 2621   If you Can't Burn Them, Join Them
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												Q.  I heard that Horav Miller Shlit'a ruled that if you are burning little pieces of chometz that may not contain each separate one the full size of a kezais as required, you should place all those small pieces in a container that will be metzaref (j ....
											
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											# 2620   The More The Better?
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												Q.  If one has many pieces of chometz left, is it better to burn them all, or is it enough to just burn a kezais and the rest he can throw out or flush down? 
 
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											# 2619   Moves on Cloves
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												Q.  (See question 2618 above - regarding a person that is prone to seizures).  I also started eating cloves ie  tziporen because has been B'H helping me with stopping the seizures from starting. Can I get a heter for that too? 
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											# 2618   Why Not Kitniot?
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												Q.  Can I (a person that is prone to serious seizures) get a heter for buckwheat and  or quinoa and or chick peas during Pesach. Because I eat buckwheat every day and its a part of kitniot. I was told by doctors that I need to avoid carbohydrates and ....
											
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											# 2617   You'll Drink to That
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												Q.    I'm a frum physician working in a hospital... (See question 2616 above). I probably will have to be working in the hospital, during the first or even the second seder this week. I'll probably reach home by uber around 11.00 pm. My wife will mak ....
											
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											# 2616    Man Alive!
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												Q. I'm a frum physician working in a hospital that is very busy these days and I have a few shailos. There is a significant number of Jewish patients that I with the rest of the staff attend to. Due to the great need for room in our hospital these da ....
											
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											# 2615   Let All the Hungry Come and Eat?
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												Q.   May one invite someone for the seder or Yom Tov meals if the guest does not have any symptoms and would have nowhere else to go, due to everyone else's reluctance to invite people during this time? May one trust in the merit of the mitzvah to pr ....
											
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											# 2614   A Peace of the Moon
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Q. when saying kiddush levana, if you are by yourself as we mostly are in this (covid) crisis, can you call a friend by phone and say shalom alechem to him? Can you tell it to your wife? 
 
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											# 2613   Disposal At Your Disposal
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												 Q. Is it true that Rav Shlomo Shlit'a paskened (ruled) that one can dispose of the chometz by just throwing it out on the garbage containers when they will be collected during Pesach? Really!! 
 
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											# 2612   The Party Line?
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												Q.   What to do about the siyum Erev Pesach? Can it be done by phone, online or zoom? 
 
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											# 2611   The Longest Aliya Ever?
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												Q.   When the Eibeshter will have rachamnus (compassion) on us and the shuls will be able to resume, should we lein (read) all the missed parshiyos? 
 
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											# 2610   The Neighboring Minyan
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											# 2609   Have a Healthy Shabbos
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Q. Can someone that does not usually take vitamins, take them now even during Shabbos, to build resistance to the Corona virus?  
 
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											# 2608   What's In a Name?
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												Q.   Should the custom be not to call this (Coronavirus) disease by name as is the custom with other dreaded diseases?  
 
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											# 2607   Travel Light
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												Q. Is it true that Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit'a just prohibited this year yeshiva bachurim to come home for Pesach? We have 3 boys learning in yeshivos in the States. where can they go? Can you urgently enlighten us please! 
 
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											# 2606   And The Name Is...
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Q. A few days ago Beezras Hashem my wife gave birth to a healthy beautiful baby girl. We follow the Rov's instructions and we don't go these days to shul. My question is what do we do with giving her a name. Can we just choose the name and be mefar ....
											
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											# 2605   Lashon Hatov?
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Q.  If a friend confided to me that he tested positive to the Corona virus illness, but he doesn't want other people to know, and I should keep it to myself. Should I tell others? Would that be lashon hora? 
   
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											# 2604   Turn Shabbos On
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												Q. Can I leave on my computer during Shabbat, without sound just to read if any emergencies are happening with the coronavirus pandemic? 
 
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											# 2603   Sever Relations in Severe Times?
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Q.  During these difficult times should people abstain from conjugal relations, as the Talmud teaches in regard to times of hunger? 
 
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											# 2602   Can I Help You?
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												Q. In our city, we still have a few meshulachim collecting from door to door. This goes on even when they have been given community help and support, to avoid them collecting since they may be prime carriers of the (covid) virus. If one knocks at my  ....
											
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