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#5524 Clash on the Wash!
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- Q. I wonder if on this year (2025) on Erev Shabbos Chazon, I can take a hot shampoo shower by the hot mikva, as I usually do? How about staying some time on the steam bath?
A. Remah (Shulchan Aruch O.H. 551: 16) rules that one should ....
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Posted 8/1/2025 12:33 PM |
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#5523 Have Your Cake and Eat some More?
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– Q. My dear Rabbi & friend.
G-d willing I will be attending a Brith Milah of my new beautiful grandson this coming Thursday (7/31/2025).
Due to the many traveling guest that are expected, the Brith is programmed to take place ....
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Posted 8/1/2025 12:30 PM |
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#5522 Lean on the Clean?
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- Q. Kvod Horav Shlit’a. I will be Iy”H traveling right after Tisha Beav for a Family Bar mitzva and a vacation. Can I give during the Nine Days the necessary clothing to Non- Jewish cleaners so they will be ready when traveling?
A. Po ....
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Posted 8/1/2025 12:27 PM |
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#5521 A New Start to the Real End?
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- Q. See questions above. Since this group constantly learns Amud Yomi, however since they do it on line they don’t usually make a Siyum, yet now on the Nine Days they want to join our special siyum in our shul of a Masechta learned there, is th ....
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Posted 8/1/2025 12:25 PM |
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#5520 The End to the No End Siyum?
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- Q. We are part of group of a Shiur on Amud Yomi, that often does not make a Siyum when finishing a Masechta (Tractate of the Talmud) since they learn on line.
Is it correct that on this occasion (2025) of the ending of Masechet Eiru ....
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Posted 8/1/2025 12:22 PM |
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Unauthorized Star-K: Zorba Brand Stuffed Vine Leaves
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Zorba Brand Stuffed Vine Leaves
Industrial-sized #10 cans of Zorba brand Vine Leaves Stuffed With Rice, a product of Turkey, distributed by Gourmet Factory of Hauppauge, New York, bear an unauthorized STAR-K symbol.
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Posted 8/1/2025 7:08 AM |
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#5519 – Don’t Wash Away?
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- Q. Is a woman allowed to put on a freshly washed Shaitel (wig) during the Nine Days?
A. On question 201 we wrote:
“Q. Can one wear a freshly washed Sheital if its not a new wig?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit” ....
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Posted 7/28/2025 5:13 PM |
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#5518 Car Care?
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- Q. Dear Rabbi. Due to the nature of our close to constructions neighborhood, my car usually becomes very dirty. Is it correct to wash and remove that dirt during the Nine Days?
A. On a similar question (337) we wrote:
“Q ....
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Posted 7/25/2025 11:41 AM |
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#5517 Honoring the Honor!
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- Q. When a man is talking to a woman, is it better to be brief as our sages advise, even if that may seem insulting to the woman involved, as she notices the longer dialog to the other men, or should the principle of “Kavod Habriot” (Honoring peopl ....
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Posted 7/25/2025 11:38 AM |
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#5516 Bless the Best Bless!
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- Q. Kevod Horav Shlit”a. Since our Sages gave a very great importance and reward to one who answers Amen after hearing a Bracha, is it after the fact correct if one did so during the reciting of the Brachot of Shema?
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Posted 7/25/2025 11:36 AM |
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#5515 – Purchasing or Purifying?
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Q. Dear Rabbi. What is more correct to do during the Nine Days, when taking care of a patient that is hospitalized. Is It better to Wash the used unclean clothes, or if one can afford it, is it best buying new ones?
A. Horav Aharon Mil ....
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Posted 7/25/2025 11:28 AM |
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#5514 Don’t Trip On the Business Trip?
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- Q. My own business work, involves traveling and visiting clients and customers. In principle I can avoid doing it during the Nine Days, yet I’m afraid the since my enterprise is very competitive, I will loose at least some of them. Is there a Hal ....
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Posted 7/25/2025 11:23 AM |
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#5513 Repair the Repairs?
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- Q. Rabbenu Shelit”a. Can we do repairs much needed for our cottage during the Nine Days, inside and outside, since they also involve the security of our children playing now around there all the time?
A. On a similar question #321 we ....
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Posted 7/25/2025 11:19 AM |
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#5512 Delicate Chocolate
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- Q. Dearest Rabbi. I’m a member of a small but much needed Bikur Cholim group in our small community.
We visit usually on Sundays the sick in hospitals and homes. We also bring some much needed and appreciated candies and chocolates (only ....
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Posted 7/25/2025 11:12 AM |
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#5511 A Necessary Mazal Tov!
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- Q. K’vod Morenu Horav Shlit”a. Sadly, I broke a tooth recently and I need a fast replacement. Can it be done during the “Nine Days”?
A. In principle Poskim write that one should avoid any unnecessary medical attention during the days ....
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Posted 7/21/2025 7:52 PM |
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#5510 Let the Grass Grow!
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- - Q. Kevod Horav Shlit’a . Is one allowed to walk on grown or long grass during Shabbat?
A. Poskim write Based on the prohibition of climbing a tree on Shabbat, it seems that walking on grass on Shabbat should likewise be forbidden, f ....
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Posted 7/18/2025 11:43 AM |
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#5509 B”H. No More AI Again!
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- - Q. See question above. Can the directing Rabbi of the Levaya, play some words or pertinent music taped, or said or played by the deceased, during his burial ceremony?
A. Although the above is not very common, as long as it is clear ....
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Posted 7/18/2025 11:40 AM |
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#5508 Oy Vay, Not AI Again!
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- - Q. Honorable Rabbi. Can one attend a Levaya, were there is no Rabbi or Chazan present, and the whole funeral ceremony is heard from a AI directed microphone and speakers system that follows by cameras the whole procedure and ....
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Posted 7/18/2025 11:35 AM |
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#5507 Music to our Ears
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- -Q. Dear Rabbenu, Long Life. I have a most important Shailah and I need a very necessary prompt answer.
My mother, long life to her, after my father A”H recently passed away, is now living alone and suffers from great depression. She ....
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Posted 7/18/2025 11:31 AM |
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#5506 The Zait for the Yahrzait
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- Q. Dear Rabbi, I'm invited to a wedding the night of my father's Yahrzeit. Do I need to leave at shekia? (sunset). Thank you.
A. Our Rabbonim maintained that indeed you should leave at sunset, as that time carries already many of ....
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Posted 7/18/2025 11:25 AM |
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