Short, reader
submitted Chizuk Thought of the Day for
Elul:
Erev
Shabbos a little boy in my community was hit by a tow truck.
This boy needs our Tefillos and B’ezras Hashem he will have a
complete refuah shelaimah, Shmuel Yeruchum ben Leah.
This little boy has Autism and was therefore
unaware of the dangers that exist upon running in to the
street, which rachmana L’tzlan, he did.
Earlier today, my 20
month old, equally unaware of the dangers of the stree,t ran
in to the street right as a 4x4 was zooming by. BARUCH HASHEM
the car missed him by a split second. Hashem had rachmanus on
my little boy. But, as we see, not everyone is so lucky. We
must never forget the chesed that Hashem does for all of us on
a daily basis. We must never take anything for granted and we
must treasure every minute we can spend with the ones we
love.
(The above
was submitted by B.R., a daily Halacha For
Today reader)
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1)All of
the Halachos that we have learned so far were in regard to a man and a
woman who have no close, personal relationship with one
another, and thus as long as the guidelines set forth are abided by,
the prohibitions of Yichud are
avoided.
However, when the man and woman
are close to one another and have a personal
relationship (known in Halachic terms as "Libo
Gas Ba", e.g. they have feelings for each other, they are
friends, they grew up together, they are related to one another, they
lived in the same home for a long period of time, they work together or
other similar situations) the Poskim debate whether
having a door open to the street is a deterrent enough to allow them to
be alone in a house together.
Many early
Poskim maintain that in cases of Libo Gas
Ba, an open door will not help (Opinion of
Rabbeinu Yeruchom Vol. 1 Nesiv 23, Chelkas Mechokek Even
HaEzer Siman 22:13,
Bais Shmuel 22:13, Noda B’Yehuda Mahadura Tinyana Even HaEzer
Siman 18, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch Siman 152:5 and other
Poskim) On the other hand,
many other early Poskim maintain that an open door will always be a
deterrent even in cases of Libo Gas Ba. (opinion of Taz
Even HaEzer Siman 22:8, Chochmas Adam Klal 126, The Chofetz Chaim
in Sefer Nidchei Yisroel Perek 24:7, Shu"t Or Sameach Vol. 1 Siman 4
and other Poskim) 2) So
what’s the halacha?
When
the Yichud in question is of the biblical variety, most contemporary
Poskim are stringent and do not allow them to utilize the leniency of
an open door to the street.
When the
Yichud is of the rabbinical variety, and there is great necessity for
them to be alone in the home, many contemporary Poskim allow them to
utilize the open door leniency. (See Igros Moshe Even
HaEzer Vol. 4 Siman 65:12 and Emes L’Yaakov Even HaEzer Siman 22
footnote
8)
QUESTION
& ANSWER
CORNER:
Reader Submitted
Questions of interest on topics related to Halachos we covered, as well
as other interesting topic and Answers. Taken from the Q &
A pages on the Halacha For
Todaywebsite.
Although the answers I give to questions are taken directly
from the Sifrei HaPoskim, and aren’t my own, they are still
for study purposes only, NOT for Psak Halacha.
Wouldn’t eating mezonos rolls be considered Maaris Ayin
since someone may see you eat one without washing and assume it’s
regular
bread?
Answer:
Well, first of all, "Mezonos
Rolls" that are eaten as a meal require Netilas Yadayim and
HaMotzi and Birchas Hamazon anyway, according to virtually all Poskim.
That being said, if you are eating it as a
snack or other method where it is definitely Mezonos, how would the
people seeing you know if you have washed or not? It is just as
possible that you did indeed wash in another room
and come here to eat your "Hamotzi
roll"
If they heard you say the Bracha Mezonos, then
there is no Maris Ayin either.
And if the above for some reason does not
work, you can always tell them that it is a Mezonos roll, which is a
common item.
All in all, I don’t think any Maris Ayin would
apply to this situation.
That being said, a Jew should always strive to
act in a way that people who see him/her say how fortunate it is to be
a Torah Jew! (See Talmud Yoma
86a)
Of course, a Rav should be consulted for
Halacha
L’Ma’aseh.
Our holy sages, the
Chazal tell us
תנא דבי אליהו כל השונה הלכות
בכל יום מובטח לו שהוא בן עולם הבא, שנאמר הליכות עולם
לו, אל תקרי הליכות אלא הלכות
- one who
studies [at least two] Halachos daily is assured a portion in
Olam Haba - the world to come.
(:מגילה כ"ח )
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