1) If one is eating a food and part of the food is ruined (e.g. an otherwise fresh apple that has a small area that is rotting, or a cookie where part of it was burnt) to the point that it is inedible or only edible B'Sha'as Hadchak, in extreme circumstances, that area of the apple may not be cut off from the apple, as doing so would be removing P'Soles from Ochel and be a prohibited Borer. (See Mogen Avrohom Siman 319:5. If it is totally inedible it will be a biblical Borer, whereas if it's not totally inedible it will be a rabbinical Borer which is still prohibited, but wouldn't mandate a Korban Chatos if transgressed.)
If a good piece of the apple is removed along with the rotting part, according to the Mishna Berura it would be permitted, and according to the Chazon ish it would still be a problem of Borer (As we learned a few days ago)
An acceptable alternative, even according to the Chazon Ish, would be to cut the entire apple into slices and then not eat the slice containing the rotting part, as doing so is not considered separating, rather it's considered dividing the apple into pieces, which is permissible.
2) If the piece being removed is edible for most people and this particular individual wants to remove it because it's not as fresh looking as the rest of the apple, it is permitted to be removed as it isn't considered P'Soles. (Mogen Avrohom ibid.)
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Reader's Question:
Baruch Hashem I have been zoche to daven Vasikin every day including shabbos at a local minyan since Elul.
Now my family and I are going on a well deserved vacation where there will be no Minyan at Vasikin. Do I still daven Neitz with no Minyan or is it better to daven later but with a minyan.
My grandfather told me that he remembers the Chazon Ish used to daven Neitz byechidus even before their was a minyan at that time in Bnei Berak, but is this Halacha L'ma'aseh?
Answer:
I have heard from Rav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita that indeed Netz B'yechidus is better than Tefilah B'Tzibur later.
I have also heard in the name of Rav Dovid Feinstein Shlita that davening with a minyan is more important.
Please consult your Rav for Halacha L'Ma'aseh.
CHIZUK CORNER
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Chizuk For Today:
Hashem won't ask what kind of car you drove; He'll ask how many people, who didn't have transportation, you drove in it.
Hashem won't ask the square footage of your home;He'll ask how many people you welcomed into it.
Hashem won't ask about the clothing you had in your closet; He'll ask how many less fortunate people you helped to clothe.
Hashem won't ask what your highest salary was; He'll ask if you compromised your character to obtain it.
Hashem won't ask what your job title was; He'll ask if you performed your job to the best of your ability
Hashem won't ask how many friends you had; He'll ask how many people you were a friend to.
Hashem won't ask you in what neighborhood you lived; He'll ask how you treated your neighbors.
Hashem won't ask about the features in your appearance; He'll ask about the features of your character.
Hashem won't ask why it took you so long to seek forgiveness; He'll ask why you didn't forgive those who wronged you.
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