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#5765 - The True Tu Bishvat.
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Q. Kvod Horav. When is the correct time to make our seuda of Tu Bishvat, on the night before or on the day?
A. On question 5295 we wrote the following – Q. The people of our shul have a tradition to make a seuda for Tu Bishvat in ....
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Posted 1/18/2026 10:26 PM |
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#5764 – A Blessed Rosh Chodesh!
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- Q. Dearest Rov and Halacha leader Shlit’a. In a few days will Iy”H Rosh Chodesh Shvat and I heard that this Rosh Chodesh carries special Bracha and great blessings.
My child requires an important medical operation, is it better to do it o ....
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Posted 1/18/2026 7:48 PM |
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#5763 T’u Bishvat - The Labor on One’s Fruits
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Ask Bo 86. Q. Rov Shlit’a. You explained last year very nicely in the Shul Shiur the way how to comply with the tradition of eating fruits on Tu Bishvat, I won’t be is Shul this year could you pleasi kindly email it to me. Thank you greatly. ....
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Posted 1/18/2026 1:09 PM |
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#5762 – More Intimate Purity Cure Needed
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- Q. See question above. Another explanation to the above question is because Shovavim falls after the winter solstice, which is when the days start to get longer.
This relates to a story recounted in Avodah Zara 8a: after Adam sinne ....
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Posted 1/16/2026 11:57 AM |
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#5761 – Intimate Purity Cure
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- Q. Honorable Rabbi. Thank again so much for your fast answer.
I have another question. I have noticed that the knowledgeable people in our shul refer to the above chapters as a cure for thoughts of sexual impurity and to laxity in the law ....
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Posted 1/16/2026 11:52 AM |
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#5760 On The Right Time?
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- - Q. Honorable Rabbi. Thank you so much for your fast answer. I still have some more questions. First one; What is the reason Shovavim is kept at this time of the year?
A. The reason is that the parshiot of Shemos. Va’eira. Bo. Be ....
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Posted 1/16/2026 11:48 AM |
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#5759 -The Shovaim Meaning
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- Q. Honorable Rabbi. In our new shul we have a number of different groups that have joined together and have different traditions and customs. Many disagree as to what to do during the Shovavim period. Firstly what is really Shovavim?
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Posted 1/16/2026 11:42 AM |
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#5758 – Learning about the New Torah Learning?
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- Q. See question above. Could Torah learned by such artificial new methods be used on Shabbat? What if it cannot be disconected or removed?
A. As mentioned on the above questions, this truly new and revolutionary Torah knowledge and ....
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Posted 1/16/2026 11:34 AM |
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#5757 – Torah Learning for the New Torah Learning
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- Q. see questions above.
I read a Teshuva from the Rov, that the above artificial memory that is similar to AI, cannot be used for deciding Halacha questions and rulings. Can it be used just for learning and teaching Torah? Why would it be ....
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Posted 1/16/2026 11:28 AM |
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#5756 The Truly New Torah Learning!
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- Q. Can Torah knowledge gained by the the new proposed artificial memory implanted in the brain or connected to it be used, and does one then comply with it the Mitzva of learning Torah?
A. This is a really truly revolutionary idea ....
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Posted 1/16/2026 11:21 AM |
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#5755 – More Review to This View
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- Q. See question above. If one has already an implanted Bionic eye, can he used during Shabbat? If it cannot, should it be disconnected?
A. Some Poskim are usually lenient in such a case. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit"a opinion is that ....
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Posted 1/16/2026 11:14 AM |
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#5754 - The Gigantic New Incoming Waves
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- Q. Can one use a Bionic eye on Shabbat?
A. On question 3545 (May 26, 2022) we wrote:
Q. Dear Rabbi, I think it is likely that this is the first time this question is being asked. We live in a changing world. ....
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Posted 1/16/2026 11:07 AM |
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#5753 – An Eye (bionic) For an Eye?
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- Q. Dearest Rabbi, Long Life. My father who you well know has recently practically lost a lot of his eyesight as you also well know. He is still able to read from time to time, to his great pleasure the Torah during the week. He is considering ge ....
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Posted 1/16/2026 10:59 AM |
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#5752 – All The Blessings are For the Bride!!!
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- Q. Does Shabbos Shevah Brochos belong to the kallah?
A. On question 110 we wrote: Q. How Chashuv is the idea that Shabbos Shevah Brochos belongs to the kallah? Is there an obligation on the family of the Kallah to pay for it even i ....
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Posted 1/16/2026 10:56 AM |
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#5751 – The Shabbat Real Wedding Meal?
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- Q. Hon. Rabbi Shlit’a. I attended recently a Seuda Shlishit during a very enjoyable Shabbat that was dedicated to the seven days after a wedding meals and used also as Sheva Brachot meal enjoying the presence of our great shul newlywed.
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Posted 1/11/2026 12:32 PM |
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#5750 A Fresh New Face?
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- Q. See questions above. Can one who is not yet Bar Mitzva be counted for Panim Chadashot?
A. One who is not yet Bar Mitzva should not be counted for Ponim Chadoshos, even if he is already distinguished and a descendant of great pe ....
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Posted 1/10/2026 8:23 PM |
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#5749 – The Bread of the Matter!
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- Q. See questions above. Do you need ten people to eat bread in order to recite Sheva Brochos?
A. In principle it is preferable that at least ten of the attendees should eat bread. (Shoel U’Meishiv Telisa’ah 1:198, Yabia Omer E.H. 3 ....
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Posted 1/10/2026 8:19 PM |
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#5748 5748 – The Chosen Chazan?
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- Q. Can one pearson recite all the Sheva Brachot, if he is a Chazan and sings nicely?
A. Actually many Poskim believe that the same person must recite all of the brachot. See Shaarei Efraim on Hilchos Keriyas haTorah Shaar 9 Pis ....
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Posted 1/10/2026 8:16 PM |
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#5747 A Great New Meal?
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- Q. See question above, How about Seuda Shlishit?
A. Shabbat and Yom Tov count as panim chadashot even if no new people show up. This is true for one meal at night and one during the day.[However, at seuda shelishit it is a ques ....
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Posted 1/10/2026 8:04 PM |
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#5746 – As Good As New?
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Q. See question above,
If the Sheva Brachot was started while a minyan was present, but then some of the people left before all of the brachot were recited, can they continue to recite the remaining brachos?
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Posted 1/10/2026 7:57 PM |
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