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#5390 Early to Vote – Be Wise and Rise!
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- Q. Kvod Horav Shlit’a. I was wondering, since as the Rov wrote as there is a mitzva to vote, is there also a mitzva of “Zerizin Makdimin Lemitzvot” or one has to comply with this mitzva a.s.a.p. before doing other work?
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Posted 4/28/2025 11:15 AM |
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#5389 Eternal Scriptures?
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– Q. See question above. Will that apply for the complete Omer period?
A. We also wrote on question 785 the following:
“However if the day has passed, and he did not repeat verbally the count, Poskim maintain t ....
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Posted 4/25/2025 1:01 PM |
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#5388 Just Write What is Right?
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– Q. See question above. Dear Rabbi. Can one then just write the day of the Omer on a paper?
A. On Teshuva 785 we wrote;
“Q. During sefira I twitter a reminder in the early night to the members of our college students group to ....
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Posted 4/25/2025 12:56 PM |
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#5387 Figure Counting Fingers?
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– Q. I know that one should not answer when asked by a friend when it is already time to count the Omer what day it is, since when answering it would be as if one counted and would loose the possibility of reciting a bracha. Can one just show with ....
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Posted 4/25/2025 12:49 PM |
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#5386 - A Keynote on Vote
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A Keynote on Vote – Q. Kevodo Shlit”a. As you know, I’m a very busy corporation lawyer and I also travel often to other countries as required by my position. Time for voting is now in Canada and I may have to cancel some important activities to be ....
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Posted 4/22/2025 4:43 PM |
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#5385 Passover Forever?
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Q. Dear Rabbi. We are away with our children for the last days of Pesach and we will return home on the night after Pesach. Is it permitted for me and my wife to eat kosher lepesach food we will bring home including matzos, since we can’t remove t ....
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Posted 4/22/2025 12:26 PM |
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#5384 Every Bite Counts
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– Q. See above question: If one is not obliged, does one comply with a mitzva if he even eats just matza?
A. On question 2136, we wrote:
Q. (Re- questions 2122-23). To clarify – regarding the opinion of the Vilna Gaon t ....
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Posted 4/17/2025 4:24 PM |
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#5383 Favor the Festival Feast
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- Q. Kevodo Shlit”a. I was told in shul that one has to eat every day of Chol Hamoed a Seuda (meal) with matza, wine and meat, is that true?
A. On question 2147 we wrote:
“A. Mishna Berura (529: 16) quotes Rambam that ....
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Posted 4/17/2025 4:06 PM |
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#5382 The Bear Biur Chametz?
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- Q. See question above.
Since some bears entered our ample garden, as can be seen in our security cameras recorded info, and then went on loitering the garbage containers close to the road that contain plenty of old discarded food ....
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Posted 4/16/2025 3:49 PM |
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#5381 A Bearly Reason for Hagomel Bentching?
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- Q. We own in our small town, a great and large property. During this Pesach, as it commonly happens in other years, some bears entered our ample garden and then went on loitering the garbage containers close to the road that contain plenty of dis ....
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Posted 4/16/2025 3:44 PM |
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#5380 – Risk Of Showers?
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- Q. (see question above). May one also stand in the shower stall on the approaching Yom Tov, not under the running water, and wash each limb individually with warm water? i.e. arms and legs?
A. On question 1240 we wrote:
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Posted 4/15/2025 4:34 PM |
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#5379 Aware of Wear?
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- Q. Is there any heter for a woman in the year of aveilus for a parent, after shloshim, to wear new clothes on Yom Tov that were bought before the petirah but not yet worn?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that she should ....
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Posted 4/11/2025 4:06 PM |
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#5378 The Amount of the Amount?
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- Q. What part of pita is a kzayis? Is it by weight, Some are thicker than others ?
How about The matza for Pesach?
A. Commonly matza for Birkat Hamazon or Pesach is measured by weight and is usually accepted as 30 grams.
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Posted 4/9/2025 3:23 PM |
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#5377 Working on Shabbos???
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- Q. Rov Shlit’a. On a regular year there is a prohibition to do any kind of work after chatzos (midday) on Erev Pesach, does that apply also this year when Erev Pesach is on Shabbat and it is usually a permitted work that can be done then?
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Posted 4/9/2025 3:12 PM |
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#5376 – Even More Blessings !?
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- Q. See question above. If others are helping with the bedika, do they also have to follow the above?
A. Indeed why not, after all they are also part of the great mitzva of the bedika so they do not themselves have to eat a new desir ....
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Posted 4/9/2025 3:02 PM |
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#5375 Need some More Blessings for Pesach?
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- Q. Kevodo Yisbarach Shemo. As I was wondering when the Rov was teaching the Halachot of Bedikat Chametz (searching for the Chametz on Pesach), Why is it that no one (as far as I know) says the bracha of Shecheyanu then. Why not?
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Posted 4/9/2025 2:59 PM |
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#5374 Seder Assets
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- Q. Kvod Rabeinu. One of the most difficult Halacha questions I have encountered for many years, as when I was invited to a Pesach Seder, and now when I can B”H invite others to our own Seder was and is, that since to comply with the essential mitz ....
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Posted 4/6/2025 12:48 PM |
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#5373 A Peisach Purim?
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- Q. Kvod Rabenu. My kids asked a new funny question before the four questions asked on the Seder night. It is a Purim question.
They recalled having learned that there is a Minhag to have a recollection of Queen Esther during the Pe ....
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Posted 4/4/2025 1:28 PM |
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#5372 The Risks of Showers?
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- Q. Dear Rav, regarding the upcoming Yomim Tovim. can a person who usually showers every day take a shower on Yom Yov, (especially this year where two days of Yom Tov follows Shabbos)?
If one is feeling generally uncomfortable abo ....
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Posted 4/4/2025 1:22 PM |
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#5371 No Skin of One’s Teeth
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– Q. Moreinu Verabenu Shlit’a. I have a problem this year. (2025), how do I brush and clean my teeth after eating chametz on the morning of Shabbat, since I don’t brush my teeth on Shabbat?
A. On question 3096 we wrote:
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Posted 4/4/2025 1:19 PM |
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