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											# 3557  Face the Change
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												 Q. On question 3545 the Rov dealt in an outstanding way with the new wave of most unusual and shailes we can't even imagine and now are actually possible or soon to be so. I was present at the seminar in which the dangers of the internet were expose ....
											
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											# 3556  Special Delivery
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												  Q. Is it permitted or even recommended for a husband to be present when his child is born to provide support and encouragement to his wife during a difficult labor? 
 
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											# 3555   An Early Kiddush
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												 Q.  Nice to talk with you, can you please let me know what is the earliest you can do Kiddush Levana. Thx.  
 
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											# 3554   Only Men Must Not Forget?
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												 Q. Is it true that women don't have to be concerned with doing things that can cause forgetfulness (Kosho Leshikcho), such as eating olives, observing the face of the dead, reading a matzeiva or eating leftovers from animal food, since they are not  ....
											
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											# 3553   Becoming Possessed?
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												   Q. Kvod Horav I recently heard something that I found very disturbing. I was told that the 'Neshama Yeseira' or added soul that one acquires during Shabbat, can actually be the soul of another once living being such as a Tzadik or a forefather tha ....
											
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											# 3552   The Price of Life?
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												  Q. Can a religious Doctor who usually does not work on Shabbat but had to tend to a patient in a life threatening situation charge his normal fees to the patient?  
 
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											# 3551   The Range of a Stove
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												   Q.  I'm moving into a house with only an electric connection and I will buy a new stove. What kind of a blech can I use for a stove with coils or a glass top? Is it permissible to use the stove top  to warm up food Shabbos night if the stove top a ....
											
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											# 3550   The Party of Life
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												   Q. What is the traditional proper way for a Chevra Kadisha to comply with Zain Adar? 
A. There are different Minhagim and traditions particular to different communities and groups. Most have the custom of fasting and saying a special prayer o ....
											
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											# 3549   Merit for the Great in Spirit
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												   Q.  Why was the seventh of Adar or Yohrzait of Moshe Rabbenu chosen as the day for fasting and the following a party or Seuda of the Chevra Kaddisha? 
  
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											# 3548   A Gain on the Zain Adar Calendar
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												   Q.  I'm part of a group of young Bnai Torah families, that have moved to a new settlement in ... and we have grown in about three years to a sizable frum community. Although there was already an old Jewish community in town with a cemetery and a C ....
											
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											# 3547   A Joyful Mitzva Omitted! Why?
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    Q. (See above question 3547). Why is the mitzvah of  Mishenichnas Adar Marbim Besimach not mentioned in Shulchan Aruch, while its counterpart, namely that when the month of Av begins we have to diminish happiness is actually included? 
											
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											# 3546   When Do the Happy Times Begin?
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												  Q.  How come that the Mishenichnas Adar Marbim Besimcha mitzva, meaning that when Adar begins we have to increase our happiness is so undefined? 
Firstly which Adar does it apply to, when as in this year there are two? When Rosh Chodesh is two ....
											
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											# 3545   The Gigantic New Incoming Waves
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												  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. Totally deaf people can now hear using Cochlear implants. Born blind or people missing eyes, can now see at least partially  ....
											
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											# 3544   A Hechsher on the Company?
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												  Q. Doritos, a kind a snack food popular in our communities with an Eida Chareidis Hechsher, put out a Hebrew-language advertisement in honour of "Family Day", which is LGBT-supportive (I attached a recording of it). 
Should we encourage a boyc ....
											
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											# 3543   Torah Joy For All
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												 Q.  A woman in our zoom group of learning Sifrei Hashkafa daily lost L'A her father and is seating Shiva. Can she still join the shiur or is she prohibited like men to learn Torah? 
 
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											# 3542   Recollect Yourself
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												  Q.   There is a fellow I met who lives in Israel and is collecting for the future wedding of his son. Due to the Kovid crisis he is not traveling and is calling by phone instead. The problem is that he calls at 3 or 4 AM! I told him that he wakes u ....
											
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											# 3541   Something New Under the Sun
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												  Q.  Thank for answering the last questions we sent. We were wondering why is it that no one seems to care if it is permitted to open the shades or curtains on Shabbos morning, to let the sunlight in when there are flowers or plants growing inside a ....
											
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											# 3540   Sweeten the Pill
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												  Q. Can someone take in Shabbos pills that remove pain when it is not excessive (Chole Kol Haguf or when he has to lay down), if diluted or mixed with food? 
 
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											# 3539   A Bird Not in the Hand
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												    Q.  Last Shabbos there was a dying injured bird laying on the driveway entering our home. Since we had some guest coming including children and the display was bothersome and painful for children, I wonder if we were permitted to move the bird by ....
											
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											# 3538      A Sweet Pill Not to Swallow
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