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											# 2382   Paying Undivided Attention
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												Q. In regard to the intention needed when sitting in the sukka , should one preferably have both kavanot together, clouds of honor and real sukkot, in his mind at the same time? or maybe they are contrary and oppose each other?  
 
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											#2381   With the Best of Intentions
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												Q.  Since intention is a very important part of any mitzva, what is the right kavanah that one should have when making the bracha on the sukka? the intention to remember the Ananei Kavod (clouds of honor) or the material sukot that the nation constru ....
											
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											# 2380   Spitting Image of a Spit In?
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Q.  Is it really correct that Horav Shlomo said in a shiur that one may store and save his saliva for use during Yom Kippur to swallow necessary medical pills? 
 
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											# 2379   If You Can't Beam Them, Join Them?
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												Q.  Can one join two beams with plastic zip ties, to use them when placed across the width of a large Suka,(20 ft.), as a base for the schach? Would it be permissible to join them with bolts? 
 
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											# 2378   A Late and Lonely Kol Nidrei
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											# 2377   Tough to Lock Neilah
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												Q.  May one daven Neilah at great length, pronouncing the words with great concentration and adding many requests and supplications, even though this will cause him to miss saying the selichos of Neilah and possibly not to daven Maariv with the minya ....
											
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											# 2376   Stop The Music
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												Q.   There is a type of music called EDM which is music made by a computer with no words. This type of music generally has a very fast and exciting beat. In the goyish world, this type of music is generally used in very hefker settings, to say the le ....
											
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											# 2375   Respect to Your Pay
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Q.   One who is being paid to daven with a certain minyan and one day he came but there was no minyan (they didn't have ten people), does he get paid for that day? 
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											# 2374   Rest Assured
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												Q.  Re- question above if one sleeping can be counted for a minyan. If he does count as one of the first ten, and he feels that he is falling asleep, should he better stay inside the shul, and not go to another room for a fast nod off? 
 
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											# 2373   Sleep On This
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Q.   A person who came to shul among the first ten, and upon arrival fell asleep at a shtender, and when he woke up at the beginning of davening, the beis medrash was full - does he get credit for being among the first ten, even though at the time  ....
											
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											# 2372   Mind Your Driving
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												Q.   What is the halacha regarding one who drives in a manner in which disregards traffic laws such as speed limits and stop signs, but he makes sure to be safe and respectful to other drivers?  
 
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											# 2371   Accounting For Tastes?
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												Q.  Does one recite a bracha on water if one is not thirsty, but has some enjoyment from the temperature of the water (such as one who drinks a nice cold cup of water or a very hot cup of water, where there is a certain degree of enjoyment from the t ....
											
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											# 2370   The Yom Kippur Pains
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												Q. I daven in a shul that is frequented by baalei teshuva, and I have seen some very weird practices and   customs that some adopted. Is it correct to place little stones or gravel on one's tennis shoes on Yom Kippur and walk around in pain with them ....
											
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											# 2369   A File on Charges
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												Q.  I have an internet service that scheduled and charged my credit card on Saturday (or Yom Tov). 
Is that a problem? 
Can you respond quickly - not sure if I have to do anything? 
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											# 2368   Shiur on Shiurim
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Q.  I was also wondering, one that can't fast the complete day on Yom Kippur, but has an option of eating shiurim or small amounts from the morning on, and that will be enough for him to fast the whole day. Should he do that or better don't eat at  ....
											
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											# 2367   Ransom which Tzom?
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												Q.  My elderly father has problems fasting, but he usually is able to fast. His doctor told him if he prepares and eats properly the weeks before, he can try even in full day fasts. The question arose on fasting on Tzom Gedalyah that is shorter and e ....
											
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											# 2366   What a Brocho Teshuva Is
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Q. If one is certain that he is going to do teshuva on something wrong he did, does he make a bracha when making teshuva? What bracha? Does he say it when reciting viduy? 
 
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											# 2365   Is This Good for Kappores?
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											# 2364   Soften the Blow
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												Q.  A 5 year old child had a cold and stayed home on Rosh Hashana. He was very upset he couldn't hear the shofar, his father borrowed a shofar and blew for him some kolos to make him happy. Is that considered chinuch of children, which is permitted o ....
											
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											# 2363   Let Them Eat Cake?
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