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# 3787 Quick Fast
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Q. See question 3780 regarding fasting on Erev Shabbos Parshas Chukas. If one follows the vast majority of people who are not even aware of this particular mournful and tragic anniversary of the burning of so many Sefarim and original unique texts, ....
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Posted 7/14/2022 10:25 PM |
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# 3786 Early Wedding?
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Q. Is it better for one to get married before Shiva Assar Betamuz and then have some of the Sheva Brachot during the Three Weeks, or better wait until after Tisha Beav and do the wedding then?
A. Nitei Gavriel (Bein Hametzarim 1: 1) quo ....
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Posted 7/14/2022 10:24 PM |
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# 3785 City Veracity
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Q. See question 3771 above regarding that a shul should be higher than the roofs of the city where people live. How do we define a "city" as far as this din is concerned, does it mean the whole city?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a op ....
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Posted 7/14/2022 10:22 PM |
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# 3784 Lechaim to All
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Q. One that is a guest in a house with small children and the father was away for Shabbat. The wife made Kiddush for all and then she poured some wine from her cup to small glasses for all the guest to partake. Is a man allowed to drink that wine?< ....
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Posted 7/14/2022 10:21 PM |
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# 3783 Equal Rights?
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Q. In our small early minyan we had a Shaila on the correct shape of a letter in the Sefer Torah,
It was a case that requires a child of about six or seven to recognize the letter. There was only available in the shul a girl that goes ....
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Posted 7/14/2022 10:20 PM |
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# 3782 A Bundle of Joy
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Q. I was invited to a wedding, being acquainted with one of the parents of the bride. I do not know either the bride or the groom and I am also not the kind of person who is able to gladden the groom through dancing. Is there a problem of eating at ....
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Posted 7/14/2022 10:18 PM |
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# 3781 Address the Stress
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Q. See questions above regarding Ner Tamid . If there is a general blackout in town, does the Gabai in charge, have to go to the shul and light a candle for Ner Tamid?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that since Ner Tomid is ....
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Posted 7/10/2022 5:31 PM |
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# 3780 Fast and Furious
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Q. I have a tradition from my parents to fast on Erev Shabbos Parshas Chukas, even though we don't usually fast on Fridays. I usually fast the complete fast (Mashlim) until after Ma'ariv when I come back from Shul. Due to health issues we began thi ....
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Posted 7/7/2022 10:44 PM |
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# 3779 The Right Light
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Q. See questions above. Can one use LED lights for Ner Tamid?
A. Ohel Yitzchok (4) permits using electrical light for Ner Tamid in Shul, since no specific requirement regarding this light is mentioned. Chelkas Yaakov (1: 154) mentions t ....
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Posted 7/7/2022 10:41 PM |
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# 3778 Where is the Flare?
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Q. Is there are recommended place to place the Ner Tamid in Shul?
A. Many of the Sefarim quoted above, mention that in a similar way to the Menorah of the Beis Hamikdash, it should placed in front and next to the Aron Hakodesh. However, ....
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Posted 7/7/2022 10:39 PM |
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# 3777 Enlightening the Light
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Q. What is the Talmudic and Halachic source for having this tiny flickering light in the Shul above the Aron HaKodesh, called a Ner Tamid, and what does it symbolize, other than having one more thing in Shul with a plaque honouring the donor or the ....
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Posted 7/7/2022 10:38 PM |
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# 3776 Magnitude of Gratitude
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Q. If someone is a great swimmer and swims more than five or six hours (about 5 km. there and back) into the sea far from the shore, which is about the common maximum for regular good swimmers, does he have to say Hagomel when he returns?
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Posted 7/7/2022 10:36 PM |
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# 3775 Daily Hagomel?
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Q. See question above. How about if someone is a plane pilot, does he say Hagomel every day?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that one should not. He may recite at the end of his term, when he takes a vacation. It is better t ....
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Posted 7/7/2022 10:35 PM |
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# 3774 Long Time Coming Thanks
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Q. See question above. How about if someone travels by boat from a town to another town, does he have to say Hagomel?
A. Mishna Berura (219: 1) maintains that when traveling by boat and arriving to a town where one will spend one or two ....
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Posted 7/7/2022 10:33 PM |
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# 3773 Thanks So Far
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Q. . How far does one have to travel in a boat (24 ft.) during the summer to have to say Hagomel when he returns?
A. Poskim disagree as how far should one travel on a sea to be required to recite Hagomel. Following the Sephardic tradit ....
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Posted 7/7/2022 10:32 PM |
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# 3772 Have a Head for Heights?
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Q. See question above . Sometime ago we received the following shaila; Q. Would it be a correct action for our shul to rent out some of its roof space for the installation of a high communication antenna. Two benefits are involved. a) Increasing th ....
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Posted 7/7/2022 10:31 PM |
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# 3771 A Tall Shaila
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Q. The Gemoro makes it quite clear that a shul should be higher than the roofs of where people live. In an area which has houses, this may not be so difficult, but in a city full of apartment buildings, how does one adhere to this rule? Does it mak ....
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Posted 7/7/2022 10:29 PM |
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# 3770 Body Shame?
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Q. If the above is permitted, can it be done as a regular business? (I resold that head at a great gain).
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that one should not make a business of this kind, since it also denigrates human life ....
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Posted 7/1/2022 10:43 AM |
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# 3769 Watch the Head
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Q. Dear Rabino, it was great communicating again after so many years. I got an unusual question, as I told you, I much enjoy visiting the old open market places in Mexico City and other smaller villages, sometimes you find most unusual items and I ....
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Posted 7/1/2022 10:41 AM |
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# 3768 Catch that Name!
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Q. See question above. In a large shul where there is two people with the same name and one is a Levi, should then this title be included in the name? Will the title be said after the end of the name that includes the mother, or after his name?
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Posted 7/1/2022 10:37 AM |
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