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# 4389 At Your Earliest Convenience
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Q. See question above. How soon should a person engage in the above? Should one do it before Elul begins?
A. The sooner the better it is. Since as our Sages explain the Poskim stress that the greatest merit is given to the one that ca ....
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Posted 8/11/2023 1:30 PM |
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# 4388 A Hit List
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Q. Kvod Horav, as we are approaching very fast Elul, what is most important for one to do?
A. Last year we mentioned a question sent by a busy accountant. "Should a person before the Yemei Hadin create a list of all items that he thin ....
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Posted 8/11/2023 1:28 PM |
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# 4387 Runs In the Family
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Q. When there is a contradiction between one’s own family traditions and the shul and community one attends and belongs to. What tradition should one follow?
A. The principle of a family is most fundamental to our Torah and Ju ....
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Posted 8/11/2023 1:23 PM |
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# 4386 The Fifty Chance
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Q. Is a period of Fifty Years or in general that amount very relevant and significant in Judaism?
A. Talmud Rosh Hashana (21b) teaches that fifty are the Gates of Understanding that were created in the Universe, forty nine were give ....
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Posted 8/11/2023 1:17 PM |
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# 4385 Blow Away Blow?
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Q. I see in the Luach that this coming Rosh Hashana is going to be on Shabbat, and there will be no Shofar blowing. Isn’t that uncommon and is it a bad omen for the next year?
A. On question 2852 regarding; “How often does Rosh Hashana ....
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Posted 8/11/2023 1:12 PM |
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# 4384 Repetition Limitations
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Q. See question above. In a case when in need a minyan was formed by including a minor, is it better to avoid the repetition of the Amida, that is some times done when reciting the Mincha prayer?
A. Poskim do mention that when the ab ....
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Posted 8/11/2023 1:08 PM |
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# 4383 Hold On to the Torah
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Q. As mentioned in answer above, for those who permit a child over six years to be part of the minyan in case of need, a Chumash is needed to be held. Is that just a simple regular Chumash, as I heard that a complete Tanach is needed?
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Posted 8/11/2023 1:05 PM |
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# 4382 Solved Problem Child
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Q. During the present vacation time, some shuls have problems getting a minyan together. Is it correct during those days to include a child to be part of the minyan, so the Avelim can say Kaddish?
A. Shulchan Aruch (O.H. 55, 4-5) ment ....
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Posted 8/9/2023 1:39 PM |
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# 4381 Put a Face to the Name
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Q. I was wondering about the end of Parshas Eikev. In many Chumashim it is recorded the number of pesukim on each parsha and there is usually a ‘siman’ or special word that corresponds to the ‘Gematriya’ or numerical value of that number and it ma ....
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Posted 8/6/2023 10:12 PM |
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# 4380 Not the Right Time
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Q. See question above. Would the same answer apply even on Shabbos an Yom Tov?
A. Mibeis Yisroel (50 p. 65) rules that even then in principle one davening a voluntary Amida would count as a part of the minyan. However, he is in dou ....
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Posted 8/4/2023 1:29 PM |
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# 4379 An Offer One Can Refuse?
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Q. If nine are davening and one who already davened will daven again as Nedava (voluntary praying) is that called Asara Mispallelim (a full Minyan)?
A. Mibeis Yisroel (50 p. 65) rules that it would count as a minyan.
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Posted 8/4/2023 1:26 PM |
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# 4378 Timely Tehilim Time
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Q. I read several perakim of Tehillim on a daily basis for people who are sick or in need of Shidduchim (marriage partner). Can I say them in the afternoon of Tisha B'Av after chatzos or do I have to skip them? Should a woman that needs a Shi ....
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Posted 8/4/2023 1:23 PM |
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# 4377 Take Time for the Tefila Time
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Q. Is a woman on Tisha Beav exempt from the evening Eicha, Kinnos and the reading of the daytime Kinnos because it is a time-bound mitzvah? If she does it on her own, which Kinnos are read if she doesn't have the time or patience to do all of th ....
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Posted 8/4/2023 1:18 PM |
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# 4376 In The Name of The Game
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Q. I know I am not supposed to knit or crochet during the three weeks but I am very fidgety and it helps me sit and concentrate. Could I do something else that doesn't involve clothes such as wrapping a hanger, whether or not for personal use ....
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Posted 8/4/2023 1:15 PM |
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# 4375 A Soft Pill to Swallow
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Q. If I am having a mild allergic reaction, can I swallow (on Tisha Beav) an anti-histamine without water? How about on Yom Kippur?
A. Horav Dovid Pam Shlit’a maintains that if the anti-histamine is inside a capsule it is permi ....
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Posted 8/4/2023 1:13 PM |
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# 4374 In Camera On Camera
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- Q. I met an older couple at shul that I call by their first names. Subsequently, the wife developed dementia and had to be put in a home. Her husband would like to take her to the family cottage and needs assistance to dress her, cha ....
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Posted 8/4/2023 1:10 PM |
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# 4373 Don’t Put this on Ice
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Q. On question 2179 regarding if a metal ice-cube tray maker (the tray filled with water you place in the freezer, for making ice cubes) require tevilah? And does the glass ice-cubes container and tongs you place on the table require tevilah? D ....
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Posted 8/4/2023 1:06 PM |
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# 4372 Will You Leave a Will?
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Q. On question 3796 you wrote regarding: “The Gemoro says in Shabbos one should not treat one son different among his sons. Is it proper or not proper to leave in a will a double portion to a Bechor, (first born). On one hand we see that when th ....
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Posted 8/4/2023 1:03 PM |
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# 4371 Late Havdalah but Still Related
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Q. You wrote on question 3273 “On this year that Tisha Beav is Motzei Shabbat, I heard that Horav Shlomo said that women should try to attend shul at night for Maariv. Why?
To what you answered: “Indeed, the Rov Shlit'a maintains that ....
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Posted 8/4/2023 1:00 PM |
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#4370 Don’t Run To Fast
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Q. One that has the first Yohrzait for his mother on Tu Beav and his tradition is to fats on the day of Yohrzait as he did for his father. Does he fast on Tu Beav?
A. On a similar question 3837 we wrote: “Mishna Berura (573: 7) quotes ....
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Posted 7/30/2023 10:05 PM |
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