Q. Can I have my sheital washed and set in the 9 days?
A) Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a and other Poiskim's opinion is that a woman's wig is considered a piece of clothing. As such it is subject to the restrictions of washing clot ....
Q. If you learned together (a tractate of the Talmud) with a group but now are on vacation somewhere else, can you join (the siyum fleishig banquet during the nine days) via telephone?
Q. Can people who didn't learn join in a suyum and eat meat?
A. Remoh (O.C. 551:10) rules that when someone finishes a tractate of the Talmud and makes a siyum, he can eat meat and drink wine on the nine days and the ones that belong ....
Q. On the process of buying a property, can someone sign the "waver of conditions" during the 3 weeks or the nine days? Can you sign up for a mortgage then? Does it make a difference if it is a residential or a commercial property?
Q. Is it permitted to buy a new laptop needed for work during the three weeks?
A. Shulchan Oruch (O.C.551: 17) rules that it is better to abstain from reciting the blessing of Shechecheyanu during Bein Hametzarim (the three weeks). M ....
Q. If a Torah tape sometimes remains playing when the patient is already sleeping, is this permitted if in the room there is a full potty or the bathroom door is open, and no one else is listening?
Q. If [reciting piyutim - see earlier question] is based on the fact that few understand the language and meaning and that their time could be put to better use, why are we still saying the piyyutim we do say? Why are we still saying Selichos and K ....
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