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											# 4188  The  Time to Thank
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												Q.  Dear Rabbi. I really would like first to thank you for giving the opportunity to all, men and specially women of all ages and status the opportunity to ask with total anonymity Torah and Halacha questions that can be answered by Gedolim such Hora ....
											
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											# 4188  The  Time to Thank
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											# 4187   Artificial Matza?
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												 Q.   Dear Rov. I know that you were one of the first Rabbanim to deal and post the question if artificial meat made by placing DNA from meat cells into non-meat nutrients is Kosher. I now wonder if the same would apply to bread (or Matza) made in a  ....
											
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											# 4185   The Best Speaker 
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												      Q. A father who spends the Seder with his son and grandchildren, who should recite the Hagada the grandfather or the son who is after all the ‘Baal Habait’ (house owner) and the father of the children? 
 
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											# 4184   Garbage In? 
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												    Q. See question above. Can you and how do you then return the containers from the curb? 
 
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											# 4183     Garbage Out 
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												   Q. How do we deal with the disposal of the garbage that contains Chametz when the cans are only emptied and collected during the first day of Pesach? 
 
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											# 4182   Join the Best Sale 
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												    Q. What is Horav Miller’s Shlit’a opinion of selling one’s Chometz via the internet as is very common in our days? 
 
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											# 4181   Grab a Bite 
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												     Q. An Orthodox rabbi told me it's okay to eat a little during the (Hagada recitation at the) Seder if I get hungry. I just have to make sure to say the appropriate after bracha before starting the meal. Is this standard practice as I never heard ....
											
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											# 4180   Be My Guest
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												  Q. See above question. The other friend's family is very laid back. Can I  just go along with them or do I have to keep my usual minhagim? 
 
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											# 4179   Guest of Honor 
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												  Q. I am staying with two sets of friends this Pesach. One is very machmir *stringent)  and follows Chabad minhagim. Is it okay if I  do my own thing (I eat a special diet) and eat on disposable plates so I can enjoy my usual Passover cuisine?  ....
											
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											# 4178   Women Included?
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												Q. See question above. Would that apply also to the women? 
 
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											# 4177   Please, You Tell Them the Story
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											# 4176   Not the Brightest Shabbos Clock
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												  Q. I have a digital clock which adjusts its brightness automatically based on the brightness in the room. There is no way to turn this feature off. If the clock is on can I enter the room or open/close the blinds in the room on Shabbos if it will m ....
											
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											# 4175   Must Mention Intention?
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												  Q. On question 4160 and others you mentioned the importance of learning now the Halachot of Pesach. I heard that this is a Mitzva M’deuraita (Biblical Mitzva), can that be true? Does then one have to have special intention for complying with it, as ....
											
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											# 4174   Trial by Fire
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												   Q. Dear Rov. I attended a wedding in which the Rov also officiated. A woman walking down the line after the Bride, tragically got her dress caught in fire by some decorative candles that were placed on the floor on the way to the Chupa. Hatzala wa ....
											
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											# 4173   Not the Brightest Candle 
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												 Q. If someone by mistake lit a Yohrzait candle on the wrong day, and then realized his error, can he extinguish the candle and saved it for the right day. 
 
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											# 4172   Tend to the Traveling Treasure
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												 Q. A group of family and friends are traveling for Pesach to a settlement of rented houses and we are planing to have a minyan. Since we are traveling with luggage and children, which is the best way to carry a Sefer Torah 
 
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											# 4171   History in the Making
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												  Q. Shalom Rabbi Bartfeld. As per our phone discussion, I am sending you this email to ask for some guidance on how to find solid evidence that my wife and I have Sephardic Bnei Anusim ancestry. Since we want to convert in an Orthodox manner, we are ....
											
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											# 4170   The Proven Oven 
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												 Q. On Question 3793 regarding the temperature that a cheres (clay) Matza oven needs to be in order to burn up the left over dough that was not baked before 18 minutes, you wrote: 
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											# 4169   Meet the Mat
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												   Q. See above question. Since the LoMi mat is used at high heat, can it be considered as becoming kosher between cooking and used for milk after meat and opposite? 
 
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