1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219
220
221
222
223
224
225
226
227
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245
246
247
248
249
250
251
252
253
254
255
256
257
258
259
260
261
262
263
264
265
266
267
268
269
270
271
272
273
274
275
276
277
278
279
280
281
282
283
284
285
286
287
288
289
290
291
292
293
294
295
|
|
|
|
# 1701 Milking Lag Baomer Dry?
|
|
|
Q. Kvod Harav, a couple of questions on Lag Baomer minhagim.
1) Is it true that there is a minhag to make a milchig (milk) seuda on Lag Baomer?
A. Nitei Gavriel (Pesachim 3: 59: 22) quoting Ezor Eliahu, indeed quotes a min ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 5/3/2018 4:39 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
# 1700 Shedding Light on Lighting
|
|
|
Q. Can someone who still has living parents light a yortzait candle for a deceased friend? Is permission from the parents required?
A. One who has a father and mother should not recite kaddish yatom ((Pischei Teshuva Y.D. 376: 4) and ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 5/2/2018 1:34 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
# 1699 Answer to Teshuva
|
|
|
|
Q. What is the appropriate stage at which a baal teshuva should acquire and wear a hat? (This is obviously a personal decision, but perhaps the rav could offer some general guidance). Also, is it appropriate for a baal teshuva to adopt chumros and ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 5/1/2018 4:58 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
# 1698 Been There, Davened That
|
|
|
|
Q. If I am the tenth at a mincha minyan, but I've already davened mincha, what do I do at this one? I assume I don't say Shemoneh Esrei again, but I do say Amein to all brachos. Do I say Modim d'Rabbanan? Do I say Tachanun? Do I say Aleinu? Is the ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 4/30/2018 1:21 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
# 1697 Just Hang Up
|
|
|
|
Q. What should one do when he picks up the phone on a Friday afternoon and, to his horror, discovers that the caller is a non-religious Jewish family member who is now in a part of the world where Shabbos has already begun (or might have already be ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 4/27/2018 5:00 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
# 1696 A Wonder on A Wonder
|
|
|
|
Q. My daughter works in the Yonge & Finch area and since it was a nice day she was sitting on a bench in a small park when the van that killed and harmed so many people run some feet in front of her. A person was struck and the body landed next ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 4/27/2018 3:44 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
# 1695 A Fortunate Soldier
|
|
|
Q. I’m joining the army as a chaplain. What should I do with lighting candles before Shabbos inside an army camp? The lighted candles can not be left unattended.
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that it is best if you can li ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 4/27/2018 3:41 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
# 1694 Boot Camp
|
|
|
Q. I’m joining the army as a chaplain. Can I carry inside the building or inside the fenced army camp during Shabbos?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that even if they are other Jewish soldiers stationed in the camp it is pe ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 4/27/2018 11:45 AM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
# 1693 Special Forces
|
|
|
Q. I’m joining the army as a chaplain. Can I have the cook warm my special double wrapped kosher food on Shabbos? He knows it is for me.
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that you may ask him before Shabbos to put it in the ov ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 4/26/2018 11:29 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
# 1692 Bad Hair Day
|
|
|
Q. Hello Rabbi I am waiting for a response about my shailoh of lo yilbosh for a man dyeing his hair nowadays.
A. Shulchan Aruch (Y.D. 182: 2) rules that a man who colors even one white hair black, transgresses the Biblical prohib ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 4/26/2018 3:19 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
# 1691 Double Check
|
|
|
|
Q. If someone was visiting in Eretz Yisroel when they were reading a different parsha that Shabbos (Tazria – Metzora) and in Chutz Laaretz (Shemini). And then returns and will listen a second time the next Shabbos this same two parshios, does he al ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 4/26/2018 12:05 AM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
# 1690 Walking on Eggs
|
|
|
|
Q. I have a non-Jewish neighbor who is very friendly and does us many favors. He offers every year to my children Easter chocolate eggs. They don’t eat them because they don’t have kosher certification. We usually also buy for his children the sa ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 4/25/2018 12:18 AM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
# 1689 Not That Social
|
|
|
Q. What is Horav Miller opinion in signing into Facebook, Linkedin or Whatsapp? Are there issues of lashon horah and rechilus involved?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’s opinion is that Bnei Torah should abstain from using any of t ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 4/24/2018 12:50 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
# 1688 Seek and Hide?
|
|
|
|
Q. Recently, I went on a shidduch date. When I came in the apartment, the mother of the young lady was present, as were her two daughters. However, her husband was at work. Is this a yichud situation? I presume (though I can't know for certain) th ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 4/22/2018 11:20 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
# 1687 Aneinu Anyway II
|
|
|
Re - question 1640 in regards to someone who became a diabetic and cannot fast anymore reciting Aneinu, we wrote that Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that one can still say Aneinu, but omit the phrase “beyom tzom taanisenu.
Q. In th ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 4/20/2018 6:27 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
# 1686 No News is Good News
|
|
|
Q. Is there a prohibition on listening, reading or repeating news that may be fake?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that besides the inherent prohibition of wasting time that could better be used in Torah learning and perform ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 4/20/2018 2:39 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
# 1685 Speak for Yourself
|
|
|
Q. Are Gentiles included in the speaking lashon horah prohibition?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that Gentiles are not included in the speaking lashon horah prohibitions, since these proscriptions are not part of the sev ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 4/20/2018 2:36 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
# 1684 See no Evil, Hear no Evil, Speak no Evil
|
|
|
Q. Can one speak lashon horah on a Gentile? If not, can you speak on a Gentile if he also speaks lashon horah on others?
A. Although the Chofetz Chaim in his Seforim does not mention that the prohibitions of lashon harah apply when s ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 4/20/2018 2:35 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
# 1683 Wash for Lavash?
|
|
|
Q. What is the correct brocho for lavash flatbread which is very thin and "floppy"? Is it the same brocho for any thin wrap?
A. On question 1287 in regards to the brocho on a flour tortilla (wrap) used as a bread substitute, as when fil ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 4/20/2018 2:18 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
# 1682 Dip In
|
|
|
Q. See question above. Can someone that does not eat gebrochts (matza or matza flour dipped or mixed with water on Pesach) dip matza in wine or another alcoholic beverage (Kosher Lepesach)?
A. Mishna Berura (462: 4) considers that any ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 4/20/2018 12:45 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
Important Numbers
