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#2462 Many Happy Chanuka Returns
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Q. My son is going to have his ninth birthday a few days after Chanuka and we want to give him as a present a silver menorah. Can he light that menorah during chanuka and then light it again during his birthday party, (all nine lights), when he is al ....
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Posted 12/20/2019 4:08 PM |
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# 2461 Wow! Is That a Real Menorah?
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Q. Can one light a menorah made of sculptured ice, (the oil cups are glass)?
A. In principle a menorah is not essential in complying with the mitzva of Chanuka, as long as lights are lit in a proper utensil and it is able to stay lit fo ....
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Posted 12/17/2019 2:42 PM |
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# 2460 Nice and Quiet
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Q. Can one hug and kiss a young child that fell and hurt himself while in shul, to calm him and keep him from crying, when it is difficult to take him out somewhere else?
A. Horav Y. Zilberstein Shlit'a (Aleinu Leshaveach - Shemos p. 5 ....
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Posted 12/17/2019 2:32 PM |
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# 2459 Goodbye to Kiss
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Q. Since it is prohibited to kiss children in shul, since we should only show in Hashem's house love to Him, why do chasidim kiss the hand of their rebbes when in shul?
A. Remo (O.H. 98: 1) indeed rules that one should not kiss his youn ....
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Posted 12/17/2019 2:30 PM |
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# 2458 No Returns Accepted
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Q. Re question 2450 above. - One who forgot to request mashiv haruach, and he already passed the bracha of Retzei, and then went back only to Shema Koleinu and mentioned it there, is he yotzi?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is ....
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Posted 12/17/2019 1:48 PM |
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# 2457 A Light Touch
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Q. I usually prepare, set and light the menora candles of an elderly almana (widow) that is our neighbor. It is her menora and her candles is that correct? Can I make the brochos on her behalf?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a ....
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Posted 12/17/2019 1:24 PM |
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# 2456 Heavenly Attire
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Q. Should one who visits the sick wear Shabbos or better clothing, since he is doing a mitzva? (Re- question above)
A. Talmud (Brochos 12b) teaches that on who goes to visit the ill, should cover himself since the presence of the Shech ....
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Posted 12/17/2019 1:08 PM |
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# 2455 Dress Up for the Occasion?
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Q. Should one wear a Shabbat or any jacket for lighting the Chanuka menorah or at least put on a hat?
A. .Rivavos Efraim (O.H. 125: 7) quotes different sources for wearing special clothing for Chanuka.
Chesed Leavrohom (Vayigash) ....
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Posted 12/17/2019 12:49 PM |
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# 2454 One's Pride or One's Joy?
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Q. Should someone that gives shiurim and teaches Torah to a rabbim, travel out of town to the wedding of a good friend, if that would cause the bittul Torah of the many?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a is that when a wedding takes plac ....
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Posted 12/17/2019 12:37 PM |
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# 2453 Buyers Beware III
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Re-question 2434 and 2429, in regard to immersing utensils manufactured in Israel, but sold in a non-Jewish store. If the item was given on consignment to the Gentile store, does it still need to be toiveled?
A. Horav Shlomo Mi ....
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Posted 12/15/2019 1:36 PM |
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# 2452 Believe This?
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Q. Recently the Government of Canada turned down the tax-exempt status for the Atheistic Church.
If they decide to sell properties, can one buy them or are they considered in Halacha as having been used for avoda zarah?
A. Last we ....
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Posted 12/13/2019 2:10 PM |
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# 2451 In Line with the Line
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Q. Kvod Harav,
I appreciate your column very much, giving people the ability to stay anonymous for sensitive shailos.
No Frills supermarket has a price match guarantee on any item in their store. Which means that if you show them on you ....
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Posted 12/13/2019 10:48 AM |
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# 2450 We Accept Returns
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Q. One who forgot to request dew and rain in his tefilla, and he already passed the bracha of Retzei, and then went back to Shema Koleinu and mentioned it there, is he yotzi? Even though the halacha is to revert to Boraych Aleinu. May one mention it ....
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Posted 12/13/2019 10:41 AM |
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# 2449 The Settings of Mitzva Dedication
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Q. Last year it happened to us that we did not have at hand any olive oil when we prepared the menorah for lighting and therefore placed wax candles instead. Then, right before lighting, we received some olive oil. Was it correct to remove the wax ca ....
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Posted 12/13/2019 10:38 AM |
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# 2448 The Door to the Window
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Q. Is it better to light Chanuka candles bellow ten tefachim next to the door in the inside of the home, or by the window facing the street, but the lights would be over ten tefachim high from the floor?
A. Shaarei Tzion (671: 30) quote ....
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Posted 12/13/2019 10:36 AM |
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# 2447 Is That What We Need?
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Q. Can one make a suka by placing schach on top of an opening on the roof of an igloo?
A. Shulchan Aruch (O.H. 634: 2) rules that a sukka could be circular as an igloo is as long as it has the right size (contain a square of seven by s ....
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Posted 12/13/2019 10:34 AM |
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# 2446 The Good Old Oil?
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Q. Is it better for someone to use the leftover unused olive oil from last year Chanuka, that was bought then, since it was already dedicated for the mitzva or better buy new oil to be used this year?
A. The fact that the oil was ....
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Posted 12/6/2019 1:22 PM |
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# 2445 Light Up Your Siyum Hashas
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Q. We are planning to make a Siyum Hashas for our Daf shiur. Someone suggested that it would be recommended to celebrate it during Chanuka, is that correct?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that although there is no obligatio ....
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Posted 12/5/2019 11:02 PM |
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# 2444 When Do We Begin?
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Q. (Re- question 2443 above) What is considered to having began chazaras hashatz in order to continue if one left and there is no more minyan? Does "Hashem seffasai tiftach" count?
A. Although Mishna Berurah (66: 35) maintains that sayi ....
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Posted 12/5/2019 10:54 PM |
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# 2443 Stop Right There
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Q. When one notices that the chazzan began chazaras hashatz even though there are not ten people in the room (a minyan of exactly ten, and someone went to the bathroom), is one obligated to tell him that he should stop? Or should one continue reciti ....
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Posted 12/5/2019 10:47 PM |
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