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											# 1701   Milking Lag Baomer Dry?
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Q.   Kvod Harav, a couple of questions on Lag Baomer minhagim. 
1)  Is it true that there is a minhag to make a milchig (milk) seuda on Lag Baomer? 
 
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											# 1700    Shedding Light on Lighting
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												Q.   Can someone who still has living parents light a yortzait candle for a deceased friend? Is permission from the parents required?  
 
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											# 1699   Answer to Teshuva
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											# 1698   Been There, Davened That
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Q.  If I am the tenth at a mincha minyan, but I've already davened mincha, what do I do at this one? I assume I don't say Shemoneh Esrei again, but I do say Amein to all brachos. Do I say Modim d'Rabbanan? Do I say Tachanun? Do I say Aleinu? Is the ....
											
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											# 1697 Just Hang Up
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											# 1696   A Wonder on A Wonder
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												Q.  My daughter works in the Yonge & Finch area and since it was a nice day she was sitting on a bench in a small park when the van that killed and harmed so many people run some feet in front of her. A person was struck and the body landed next  ....
											
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											# 1695   A Fortunate Soldier
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												Q.  I’m joining the army as a chaplain. What should I do with lighting candles before Shabbos inside an army camp? The lighted candles can not be left unattended. 
 
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											# 1694   Boot Camp
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												Q. I’m joining the army as a chaplain. Can I carry inside the building or inside the fenced army camp during Shabbos? 
 
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											# 1693   Special Forces
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												Q.  I’m joining the army as a chaplain. Can I have the cook warm my special double wrapped kosher food on Shabbos? He knows it is for me. 
 
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											# 1692   Bad Hair Day
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												Q.   Hello Rabbi I am waiting for a response about my shailoh of lo yilbosh for a man dyeing his hair nowadays. 
 
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											# 1691   Double Check
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Q. If someone was visiting in Eretz Yisroel when they were reading a different parsha that Shabbos (Tazria – Metzora) and in Chutz Laaretz (Shemini). And then returns and will listen a second time the next Shabbos this same two parshios, does he al ....
											
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											# 1690   Walking on Eggs
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											# 1689   Not That Social
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Q.   What is Horav Miller opinion in signing into Facebook, Linkedin or Whatsapp?  Are there issues of lashon horah and rechilus involved? 
 
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											# 1688   Seek and Hide?
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Q.  Recently, I went on a shidduch date. When I came in the apartment, the mother of the young lady was present, as were her two daughters. However, her husband was at work. Is this a yichud situation? I presume (though I can't know for certain) th ....
											
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											# 1687   Aneinu Anyway II
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												Re - question 1640 in regards to someone who became a diabetic and cannot fast anymore reciting Aneinu, we wrote that Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that one can still say Aneinu, but omit the phrase “beyom tzom taanisenu.  
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											# 1686   No News is Good News
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												Q. Is there a prohibition on listening, reading or repeating news that may be fake? 
 
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											# 1685   Speak for Yourself
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												Q.   Are Gentiles included in the speaking lashon horah prohibition?  
 
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											# 1684   See no Evil, Hear no Evil, Speak no Evil
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												Q.   Can one speak lashon horah on a Gentile?  If not, can you speak on a Gentile if he also speaks lashon horah on others? 
 
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											# 1683   Wash for Lavash?
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												Q. What is the correct brocho for lavash flatbread which is very thin and "floppy"? Is it the same brocho for any thin wrap?  
 
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											# 1682   Dip In
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												Q.  See question above. Can someone that does not eat gebrochts (matza or matza flour dipped or mixed with water on Pesach) dip matza in wine or another alcoholic beverage (Kosher Lepesach)? 
 
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