1) It is common in many Shuls, at various auspicious times during the year such as Erev Yom Kippur or Purim, for individuals or organizations to put out plates for people to place Tzedaka into.
If one notices such a plate with money in it laying around beyond the normal time for it to have been picked up, and it is obvious that the person who put it out forgot to retrieve it, there is an obligation to deliver the money to its intended place. (Ruling of HaRav Nisim Karelitz Shlita quoted in Hashovas Aveida K'Halacha page 80)
2) As a practical piece of good advice to the gabaim and other caretakers of Shuls, a notice should be conspicuously placed, near where these plates are laid out, stating that plates may only be placed down with the understanding that any monies not removed by the end of the day will become the property of the Shul. (ibid.)
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Question:
What would the Bracha on licorice be?
The ingredients has flour as a main ingredient yet its a candy that people make shehakol on
Answer:
Although it contains flour, it is only there as a binder to hold it together, and is not there to add to the taste or nutrition value, thus it isn't significant, according to most contemporary Poskim, and a Shehakol is recited. (There are some Poskim that rule to say Mezonos on certain licorices, so for halacha L'ma'aseh a Rav should be consulted)
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Question:
When is the best time to drink water, in the middle of the meal or after the meal?
Answer by HaRav Avigdor Miller Zatzal:
I have to admit my deficiencies and I can not tell you anything about that, but I'll say that drinking water however is always a best time. You should learn to enjoy drinking water. Drinking water is fun. I keep a bottle of water here right next to the aron kodesh for years and years, and the purpose is to remind myself of the happiness of water.
Water is a great gift, and we have to utilize our lives in appreciating what Hashem gives us. You'll never finish the praises of water, the glory of water. Water is life! Water is all the functions of chemistry in our bodies and outside of our bodies. Water is a miracle, because water is two gases; it's hydrogen and oxygen. You couldn't drink hydrogen to quench your thirst and you couldn't drink oxygen to quench your thirst. You put them together in the right proportion and pass a spark between them, and suddenly it becomes water. How did that happen? So they try to explain it with a lame explanation; it's nothing. It's devorim b'teilim. Water is a miracle, that's all it is.
Water does not have the properties of oxygen and does not have the properties of hydrogen, it's something entirely different. Therefore we say shehakol niyheh bidvoro, such an important subject, it'severything. Now of course that's not the plain meaning of that brocho, but the truth is water iseverything. The entire world is water and we are 80% water. As you walk down the street, you're carrying a big keg of water with a few more materials mixed in. And so the question, when to drink water is a minor question, as long as you drink it and drink a lot of it and enjoy it.
This I'll tell you: it's a good idea to drink some water first thing in the morning when you get up, you start lubricating your processes. And at night if you want to be regular, eat an apple or a pear and follow it immediately with a glass of water and it'll keep you regular.
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