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Marder - Messing engagement
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Mazel Tov to Dr. & Mrs. Ira & Shirley Marder on the engagement of their daughter, Sara, to Jonathan Messing of Manhattan. Mazel Tov to the grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. Harry & Shirley Marder.
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Posted 2/27/2026 4:30 PM |
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#5821 - Halacha of Bracha in Puerto Vallarta
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– Q. See questions above.
Since their house in Puerto Vallarta was indeed close to the endangered sites, did they have to recite every day the Birkhat Hagomel during the disturbances, as they were saved then?
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Posted 2/27/2026 2:17 PM |
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#5820 - The Key to the Monkey Piskey
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- – Q. Dear Rabbi. I heard on a on-line shiur that one can send Shalach Manot even by a delivery service that is not a Jewish firm. Is that correct?
A. Yehuda Yaaleh (O.H. 207) rules that it is permitted since there is no real n ....
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Posted 2/27/2026 2:00 PM |
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#5819 A Megila Shaila?
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- – Q. If a woman is in doubt after hearing the Megila, if she heard it all well in the Ezrat Nashim, does she have to hear it again?
A. Since most Poskim maintain that the mitzva for women is as is only Rabbinical, if it is diffi ....
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Posted 2/27/2026 1:55 PM |
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#5818 - Read One Right!
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Q. A hospitalized person may be able to go down to the hospital shul on Parshas Zachor. If there is no minyan, can he with help, take out the Sefer Torah and read Zachor for himself even without a minyan?
A. Shulchan Aruch (O.H. ....
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Posted 2/27/2026 1:53 PM |
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#5817 - Why No Hatzlacha in Puerto Vallarta?
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– Q. Querido Rabino.
As the Rov has been in Puerto Vallarta many times in the past when he was Chief Rabbi of Mexico and had to attend to Kashrut and other issues and is aware of the dangerous situation today, why does he think this da ....
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Posted 2/27/2026 1:49 PM |
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#5816 – Fit The Gift ?
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Q. Shalom, Dear Rabbeinu Shalit"a,
In case of sending משלוח מנות to a person who has a very particular taste when it comes to food, is that ok to offer him a gift card or money? ....
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Posted 2/27/2026 1:46 PM |
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#5815 - The Bracha in Puerto Vallarta
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– Q. Dear Rabbi.
As you well know, our family owns a house in Puerto Vallarta in Mexico which we often also use for our vacations and you also once visited years ago to place the Mezuzot. Due to the recent security issues of Puerto Val ....
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Posted 2/27/2026 1:28 PM |
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#5814 Pick and Choose?
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Q. See question above. We recently had to again address the following question, that places the last Shailah and answer with the meaning and values of our marriage relationship, once more in the proper common real view and perspective:
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Posted 2/23/2026 4:18 PM |
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Posted 2/23/2026 4:03 PM |
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#5812 - A Joyful Torah Disagreement IV?
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We should also add to the above Shailot the many references of the joy of learning Torah. One we often expressed the following Purim question (On the Purim Spirit special):
“Q. 4898 - This is Not a Joke. Q. See question above. C ....
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Posted 2/23/2026 3:53 PM |
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#5811 – A Joyful Torah Disagreement III?
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On question 2213 - The True Joy, we wrote;
Q. One who is sitting shiva is prohibited in learning Torah, but is allowed to learn the sad parts of the Torah and the laws of avelut. What happens when even learning those, grants one ....
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Posted 2/23/2026 3:40 PM |
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#5810 – A Joyful Torah Disagreement II?
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On question 2213 - The True Joy, we wrote;
Q. One who is sitting shiva is prohibited in learning Torah, but is allowed to learn the sad parts of the Torah and the laws of avelut. What happens when even learning those, grants ....
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Posted 2/23/2026 3:23 PM |
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#5809 – A Joyful Torah Disagreement?
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- Q. Re- Question "Torah learning is our essence".
On question 5799 regarding, “ Why is it not mentioned in Shulchan Aruch the important Halacha of Mishenichnas Adar Marbim Besimcha, that from the beginning of the Month of Adar, ....
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Posted 2/23/2026 3:11 PM |
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#5808 – A Women Dressing Up Help
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– Q. Rav Shlit”a .
Our Shul has a proper separation and Mechitza curtain separating the women section of the shul. However, there has been lately talk about the tznius aspect of the women themselves when they get dressed up on ....
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Posted 2/23/2026 2:49 PM |
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#5807 – Let the Children Decide?
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- Q. See last question.
Will the above help for the costumes which belong to children, since minors cannot be forgiving (Ketanim lav b'nei mechila ninhu), permit the use of those items?
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Posted 2/23/2026 2:45 PM |
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#5806 – Don’t Hide the Mask!
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- Q.. Would a sign or notice placed in a shul, announcing that the "partzufim" or masks, and other Purim disguises and attires left in shul, will be considered as “hefker” or abandoned and to be disposed of by the shul, then permit others to use t ....
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Posted 2/23/2026 2:40 PM |
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Weisz daughter/granddaughter
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Mazel Tov to Mr. and Mrs. Eddy and Aryella Weisz on the birth of their granddaughter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eytan and Dassi Weisz.
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Posted 2/20/2026 1:54 PM |
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Simon grandson
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Mazel Tov to Rabbi and Mrs. Yosef Benyomin and Frumi Simon on the birth of their grandson.
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Steele / Cohen son/grandson
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Mazel Tov to Mr. and Mrs. Richie and Deborah Cohen on the birth of their grandson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Zack and Tamara Steele.
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