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# 4489 Plod Along Alone?
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Q. Dear Rabbi can you please ask Horav Miller Shlit’a if people should avoid this Shabbos walking to shul in certain worrisome areas, due to the possible sakanah (danger) involved?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that spe ....
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Posted 10/13/2023 12:12 PM |
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# 4488 The Safe Danger
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Q. Should one join a pro-Israel demonstration during these terrible times facing a pro- Arab one, even when separated and protected by police?
A. Shulchan Aruch (Y.D. 117: 5), Rambam (H. Rotzeach Veshmiras Nefesh 12: 2) and others ....
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Posted 10/12/2023 5:15 PM |
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# 4487 Sinking Thinking
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Q. If one eats fruits or fries that he sinks in ketchup, pepper sauce or any other similar source of flavouring liquid, does he have to wash hands ‘Netilas Yodaim’?
A. In principle we do not need to wash our hands when eating someth ....
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Posted 10/12/2023 5:13 PM |
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# 4486 The Blessed Drink
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Q. Does one recite Shecheyanu on new liquor prepared from new esrogim?
A. Horav Horav Yaakov Hirshman Shlit'a explained that since the esrogim are boiled a number of times and after grinding and mixing the paste in alcohol, very little ....
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Posted 10/12/2023 5:10 PM |
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# 4485 Bracha for Aroma?
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Q. Does one recite Shecheyanu on the pleasant smell of a new fruit or flower on that year?
A..Mishna Brurah (225:16) rules that the bocho of Shechecheyanu is not recited on a fragrance, even on those fruits or flowers that are renewed ....
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Posted 10/12/2023 5:08 PM |
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# 4484 In Heavens Name?
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Q. Just like the letters Yud - Hey we are not allowed to write which is the name of G-d. Shouldn’t we also be prohibited to write Vav – Hey, after the title since it is also part of His name?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinio ....
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Posted 10/12/2023 5:05 PM |
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# 4483 Joy Trip or Stumble Trip
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Q. I have a wedding for a nephew this Thursday after Yom Tov. I was planing to travel to Israel and made all the arrangements. Considering all the tragedies just happening should I better cancel the trip, or is it better to be ‘Mesameach’ and give ....
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Posted 10/12/2023 5:03 PM |
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# 4482 Torah or Tehilim?
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Q. What is better, to recite Tehillim for our recent Kedoshim and victims during these terrible times or to learn Torah for them and in their merit?
A. The great power of Torah learning is of course well known and the many benefits and ....
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Posted 10/12/2023 5:01 PM |
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# 4481 A Kiddush for Keddohim?
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Q. Someone who has been the Chassan Bereshit in his congregation for many years and he offers a kiddush on that first Shabbat, feels that this year due to the terrible tragedy still happening, he should avoid giving the kiddush. Is that a correct th ....
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Posted 10/12/2023 4:58 PM |
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#4480 Difficult Answers to Tough Questions
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Q. I would like you to ask Rav Shlomo Miller (Shlit’a), how is it possible that Hashem should permit that on the happiest day of our calendar such great suffering and tragedies, which that they say had no equal and counterpart since the days of ....
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Posted 10/12/2023 4:55 PM |
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# 4479 Feast or Fast Day?
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Q. Dear Rov shilt’a, I heard that some of the Roshei Yeshivos in Eretz Yisroel not only ruled to cancel all seudos of Yisru Chag, but also to fast because of the terrible tragedies that are happening. Is that really true and permitted?
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Posted 10/12/2023 4:51 PM |
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# 4478 A First Last Meal II
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Q. See question (4477) above: Regarding the Seuda sources and obligation of Isru Chag (the day after Yom Tov) we usually celebrate. On this terrible year after the tragedy of all the martyrs and Kedoshim murdered viciously in Israel, is it correc ....
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Posted 10/12/2023 4:46 PM |
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# 4477 A First Last Meal I ?
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Q. Is it important to celebrate Yisru Chag (the day after Yom Tov) with a special meal?
On question 3675 we were asked the following. “We often have our children and their families staying with us for Pesach and leaving the da ....
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Posted 10/9/2023 5:36 PM |
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# 4476 Five Strikes and Out?
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Q. How many times does one have to hit the Hoshanos on the floor during Hoshana Rabbah? Should one avoid doing more since it creates s great mess and people walk over them?
A. On question 1874 we were asked: “I have seen often peop ....
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Posted 10/9/2023 5:23 PM |
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# 4475 The Real Travelling Sukka
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Q. See questions above. If there is an opening on top of the van that qualifies for the ‘Shiur Suka’ (minimum size of a Sukka. About 70cm. by 70 cm.), can one sitting under it, when covered by a proper Sukka mat, and while the van is traveling eat ....
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Posted 10/6/2023 6:20 PM |
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# 4474 The Still Travelling Sukka II
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Q. See question above. Are there any other requirements essential?
A. Well, you'd need to lay something (bamboo poles, e.g.) on top of the metal frame before laying the schach down, as the schach shouldn't be supported by met ....
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Posted 10/6/2023 6:15 PM |
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# 4473 The Travelling Sukka
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Q. Dear Rov. I will be traveling G-d willing during Chol Hamoed Sukkoth for over ten hours with my family, as we are visiting our parents. I have a few shailos I would like to ask the Rov, since we are careful not to eat outside the Suka even ....
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Posted 10/6/2023 6:14 PM |
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# 4472 Give Sholom to the Newborn Baby?
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Q. If someone is celebrating a Sholom Zochor for a new born baby this year, when the first day Yom Tov Sukos coincides with Shabbos, should the mother bring the not yet circumcised baby to the suka to provide joy and simcha that after all is the gr ....
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Posted 9/29/2023 11:03 AM |
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# 4471 A Meal Into Itself
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Q. This year (23) first day Yom Tov Sukot is on Shabbat. To avoid eating Shalosh-seudot close to the night, since we will then be eating the Seuda of Yom Tov, we usually in similar cases, following the Rav’s advice, as on Rosh Hashana, divided t ....
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Posted 9/29/2023 11:01 AM |
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# 4470 Not An Empty Nest
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Q. We keep our Suka structure the whole year in our garden. We just saw that some birds build a nest in a corner. The kids are trilled with it and I’m sure most guest will appreciate it also. Can we keep it as a decoration for the Suka?
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Posted 9/29/2023 10:58 AM |
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