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#5936 – The Need for the Neder?
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Q. Dear Rov Shlit’a. As I asked this week after your shiur in Shul, regarding Esther, the 14-year-old Jewish girl who was missing for nearly two weeks, I pledged a donation on behalf of her relief, lifesaving and deliverance campaign, a large sum of ....
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Posted 6/11/2026 6:39 AM |
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#5948 – More Time To Celebrate!
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Q. Can they invite a large group of friends to celebrate with them and join at that time including some members of my family?
A. As wee mentioned above, Tiferet Efraim pp. 481-482 quotes Rav Shmuel Kamenetsky (Kovetz Halachot pp. 15-18) ....
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Posted 6/10/2026 7:46 AM |
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#5947 – Time to Celebrate?
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Q. Dear Rabbi. I’m a religious Canadian born and now an Israeli Army soldier soon to return after the army service to my family in Canada. Since my background is from a true Torah family, I have a number of Shaalot that I would much appreciate your a ....
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Posted 6/10/2026 7:45 AM |
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#5946 – The True Three Steps
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Q. See question 5937 above. What if the Shaliach Tzibur has finished davening, and the congregation is ready to begin the repetition of the Amidah, yet there is someone immediately behind the Shaliach Tzibur who is still davening? Can he take three s ....
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Posted 6/10/2026 7:44 AM |
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#5945 – The Third Churban, Really?
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Q. Was there already a third Beth Hamikdash built and destroyed shortly after?
A. Although, some historians argue that this actually happened, it is not our common accepted and proper belief..
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav ....
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Posted 6/10/2026 7:43 AM |
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#5944 – Bless the Flowers?
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Q. Mi Querido Rabino. Does one eating a flower as some do in our country have to recite a bracha? What blessing woud one then say?
A. Some flowers are indeed safe to eat, but one must check well and beware since many are highly toxic. On ....
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Posted 6/10/2026 7:42 AM |
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#5943 – Two Dollars for Your Shaila!
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Q. I also saw in the shul a two dollar coin on the floor. Since there is likely no simanim or marks that would be required for returning it to the owner, does one have to pick it up and apply effort and time to return it if possible to the owner, or ....
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Posted 6/10/2026 7:41 AM |
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#5942 – Gone is the Gun?
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Q. I saw on Shabbat in our shul that some of the security guards (religious) were getting an Aliya on the Torah while they were carryng their weapon. Is that permitted?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit’a opinion is that, if it is needed for ....
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Posted 6/10/2026 7:41 AM |
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#5941 – Boon the Moon?
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Q. Kvod Horav, this last Motzei Shabbat was the last day to be able to recite Kiddush Levana (Boon on the Moon). I was with the Rov outside our shul and I saw that the Rov went all the way to Bathurst St. to recite it. While some did it just outside ....
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Posted 6/10/2026 7:40 AM |
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#5940 – Severe the Seven Sided Menorah?
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Q. Kvod Mori Horav. Thank you for your answer. Since I know that the Rov Shlit’a learned by Rav Moishe Feinstein Zt”l and reciveed a Yadin Yadin Semicha from him, is it true what I heard that he permited those menoroth in a shul?
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Posted 6/10/2026 7:40 AM |
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#5939 – Serve the Seven Sided Menorah?
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Q. Kvod Harav. I lately observed in a big shul in the front next to the Aron Hakodesh, a silver menorah that had only seven branches. Is that permitted?
A.Talmud (Rosh ha-Shanah 24a).forbids fashioning and owing a seven-branched menorah, ....
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Posted 6/10/2026 7:39 AM |
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#5938 – The Time to Travel?
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Q. I would like the Rov to kindly consult with Horav Miller and his important group of Rabanim if one can and should travel to Israel in our dangereos days to visit Israel his family?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is, as we me ....
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Posted 6/10/2026 7:38 AM |
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#5937 – The Time to Restart?
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Q. Dear Rov Shlit’a. When is the correct time for the Shaliach Tzibur (or Chazan) in a shul, repeating the amida, to start reading aloud the Amida after waiting for the Rabbi to end his prayer. Is it when he can see that he has ended, or does he have ....
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Posted 6/10/2026 7:38 AM |
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#5935 – A Kohen To Kohen
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Q.. Does a Kohen have to honour another Kohen?
A. Aruch Hashulchan (O.H. 128:72) deals with the question if the obligation of V’kidashto is incumbent only on non-Kohanim, or are Kohanim also included in honouring other Kohanim? Poskim wr ....
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Posted 6/10/2026 7:37 AM |
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#5934 – Can the Kohen Keep the Cash?
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Q. I have more questions. Is a Kohen allowed to forgive others from paying him what they really owe him in money or honour?
A. A Kohen may be mochel any money owed to him and also release others from paying him the honour due to him, exc ....
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Posted 6/10/2026 7:36 AM |
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#5933 – Keep the Kovod of a Kohen!
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Q. Rov Shlit’a. Is it true that one should not ask a Kohen to do some task or work for him just as a free favor? How about if he is paid just a little?
A. Our Torah (Vayikra 21:8) demands about a kohen “v’kidashto,” (you shall sanctify h ....
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Posted 6/10/2026 7:35 AM |
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#5932 – Where is the Killer?
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Q. Hon. Rabbi. As the Rabbi mentioned the above question, I wanted to ask the Rov after the shiur, what do we do in our days with Israeli soldiers or security people that may have killed someone? Can they still do Birchas Kohanim or lead the services ....
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Posted 6/10/2026 7:34 AM |
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#5931 - A Non – Blessed Death!
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Q. Dear Rabbi, I’m a male medical attendant in a well known busy hospital and in some instances due to my heavy duties and other complications, I may have neglected a bit my work and that could have caused damage and even in some unusual case shorten ....
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Posted 6/10/2026 7:33 AM |
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#5930 – The Timing of Pirkei Avot
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Q. I also wondered, why is this time period chosen for Pirkei Avot and not another time?
A. Because of its contents, the name is sometimes given as Ethics of the Fathers. Pirkei Avot consists of the Mishnaic minor tractate of Avot, the ....
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Posted 6/10/2026 7:33 AM |
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#5929 – The Reason to Say Pirkei Avot
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Q. I always wondered why we say or learn Pirkei Avot then?
A. We recite Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers) after Pesach as spiritual preparation for Shavuot. Just as the Jewish people refined their character traits after leaving Egypt t ....
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Posted 6/10/2026 7:32 AM |
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