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HALACHOS OF CHODESH NISAN AND PESACH
1) Some people refrain from eating Matzah starting 30 days before Pesach, in order to properly enjoy the Matzah on Pesach.
Others have the custom to stop eating Matzah from Rosh Chodesh Nisan.(Chok Yaakov Siman 471:7 quoting the Shiyarei Kneses Hagedolah)
On Erev Pesach it is forbidden to eat Matzah according to all opinions. (Shulchan
Aruch Siman 471:1. See also Shu"t Igros Moshe Orach Chaim Vol. 1 Siman
155 regarding if this prohibition is the entire day or if it starts only
after Chatzos)
2) Tachanun is not recited for the entire month of Nisan.
One
reason cited is that the Nesi'im brought their Karbanos for the first
12 days of the month and thus those twelve days were considered Yomim
Tovim, plus Erev Pesach, Pesach and Isru Chag are Yomim Tovim, and once
most of the month was holy days, the entire month was given a status as
holy.(Shulchan Aruch Siman 429:2 and Mishna Berura S"K 7)
Likewise,
"Tzidkascha Tzedek" at Shabbos Mincha, the "Yehi Ratzons" after Krias
HaTorah on Mondays and Thursdays are not recited for the duration of
Nisan. (ibid.)
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Reader's Question:
Since dog food
is treif (non Kosher) are you allowed to buy it and feed it to the dog
or must only kosher food be purchased, I guess the same question would
apply to fish, snakes, rodents, cats, etc.
Answer:
Animals do not need to eat kosher food.
However, there are certain non kosher
foods which one may not derive any benefit from and thus would be
forbidden to feed to his/her pets.
They are Chometz on Pesach and (kosher) milk and meat (of a kosher animal) that was cooked together.
Therefore, on Pesach one may not feed his/her pet any chometz.
And
a whole year round one may not feed their pets any food that may
contain cooked (kosher animal) meat together with (kosher) milk or milk
products.
Other non kosher pet food is 100% acceptable to feed all pets. (See Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah Siman 87:1-3)
[ Regarding what is considered kosher meat...
...The
prohibition to derive pleasure from meat and milk, according to many
Poskim is in effect when dairy is mixed together with the meat of a
Kosher species of animal (e.g. cow, sheep etc.), even if the actual meat
is not kosher to eat, i.e. it wasn't slaughtered properly (Neveilah)
etc.
Some
Poskim, however, based on the Rambam in his commentary to Mishnayos
Krisus Perek 3, quoted in the Dagul Mervava (Nodeh B'Yehuda) to Yoreh
Deah Siman 87:3 maintain that there is no prohibition to derive pleasure
from milk mixed with the meat of a Neveilah, as being that it is
already prohibited to eat due to its being a Neveilah, thus Ain Isur
Chal Al Isur, a new prohibition cannot replace the original prohibition
and thus it does not fall into the prohibition of Basar B'Chalav for
eating and by extension for deriving pleasure from it as well.
It is best to be stringent and not derive pleasure from any mixture of milk and meat of a kosher species.
See
Pischei Teshuva Yoreh Deah Siman 87:6, Shu"t Chasam Sofer Yoreh Deah
Siman 92 , Chazon Ish Yoreh Deah Siman 22 and Sefer Badei Hashulchan
Siman 87:25.
For halacha L'Maa'seh a Rav should be consulted.]
CHIZUK CORNER
This
section is dedicated L'Ilui Nishmos the Telzer Rosh Yeshiva, HaRav
Chaim Yaakov Stein Zatzal and the Mir Rosh Yeshiva, HaRav Noson Tzvi
Finkel Zatzal. May we all strive to follow in their ways and may they
both be Melitzei Yosher for all of Klal Yisroel.
We
will B'Ezras Hashem post here each day a short inspirational thought to
help us all improve our lives and grow in our service of our Father in
heaven, HaKadosh Baruch Hu.
Our rabbis tell us that when a
person becomes angry, he is prone to error. Aside from the simple
understanding - that it is difficult to think rationally while angry -
there's a deeper understanding to this as well.
The presence of anger betrays
the presence of error. A person loses his temper because he knows in
his heart that he is mistaken and attempts to hide this fact from the
world by acting out in anger.
\Rav Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler Zatzal, the Michtav M'Eliyahu, quoted in Sefer Torah Tavlin
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