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#5587 Take Time for the Tefila Time
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- Q. If I say Selichos at home alone (a woman), are there any parts I should be omitting? Thank you. Kesiva vchasima tova.
A. On question: 4377 related to this topic we wrote:
“Q. Is a woman on Tisha Beav (and related o ....
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Posted 9/14/2025 2:56 PM |
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#5586 The Worth of One’s Salt?
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- Q. Our common tradition is that on Rosh Hashanah night one puts salt on the chala together with the honey. What is the proper way to do this.
A. On question 215 we mentioned that “There are a number of different minhoggim or traditi ....
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Posted 9/12/2025 12:44 PM |
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#5585 The Early Fruits!
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- Q. Dear Rabbi, I have noticed that some of may friends serve new unusual fruits on the first night of Rosh Hashanah. Is there any reason why we should have a new fruit on the table during Kiddush also on the first night of Rosh Hashanah?
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Posted 9/12/2025 12:39 PM |
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#5584 Eternal Love!
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- Q. I understand that one has to keep even when in the bathroom the mitzva of Yirath Hashem (Fearing Hashem presence). Does one also have to keep there the great mitzva of Loving Hashem?
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Posted 9/12/2025 12:36 PM |
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#5583 The Labour on One’s Fruit?
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- Q. Dear Rov Shlit’a. Is it possible in our days, when all fruits are avilable on line to make the bracha of Sheheyanu on the second night of Rosh Hashana?
A. One only makes a Bracha on fruits that grow yearly, however, fruits that gr ....
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Posted 9/12/2025 12:34 PM |
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#5582 Adios Selichos?
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- Q. WHEN Exactly IS SELICHOS? I have seen the following traditions of Selichot reciting. Which is correct?
1) Minhag Barcelona: (start) 25th Ellul ( ר"ן ר"ה ט"ז ע"א)
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Posted 9/12/2025 12:31 PM |
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#5581 Go Give a Goy a Gag Gift?
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- Q. Dear Rov Shlit”a. Someone dropped a New Testament Bible in my mail box. Can I now further drop it in the mail box of my great good friend and non-Jewish neighbor as a good will gift?
A. It is not correct and permitted even for N ....
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Posted 9/12/2025 12:27 PM |
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#5580 Blow Your Own Horn?
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- Q. Is it a greater mitzva for one to blow the Shofar himself, when one is well trained and knowledgeable in the Halachot, than just to hear it from someone else?
A. On question 2844 we wrote:
“Q. A high risk elderly ....
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Posted 9/12/2025 12:24 PM |
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#5579 More Ears Lugging?
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Q. See question above.
If one is staying in an Old Age Home and they blow the shofar via a microphone, should he also place earplugs on his ears?
A. The same as above applies, yet one may cover the ears with a blanket.
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Posted 9/12/2025 12:20 PM |
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#5578 Plug Into the Plug?
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- Q. See question above. Can one use earplugs in a place where there is no Eiruv and one is not allowed to carry?
A. Similar to above answer Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit’a opinion is that when needed one should use earplugs, if really one ....
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Posted 9/12/2025 11:43 AM |
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#5577 Terrible Sounds?
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- Q. Re- Question 5573 above regarding one walking the street on Rosh Hashana and then listens to the shofar blowing via a microphone from a Non-Orthodox synagogue. If crossing to the other side of the street would not help, should he then use earp ....
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Posted 9/12/2025 11:41 AM |
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#5576 The Bright Light on the Night
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- Q. Kvod Rabbenu Shlit”a, Some of our new women guest for Rosh Hashana this year have asked if we can provide for them an oil plate with floating wicks for them to light on the night of Rosh Hashana. Is this a correct and proper Minhag?
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Posted 9/8/2025 12:52 PM |
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#5575 B”H! A New Great New Year First!
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- Q. OUR FIRST Question sent by Horav Dovid Bartfeld Shlit’a to Hagaon Horav Berkovits Shlit’a.
Iv’e noticed that many people that Daven for the Amud, when they finish Chazoras Hashat”z they take 3 steps back.
I thought ....
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Posted 9/5/2025 12:44 PM |
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#5574 Ois Noise?
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- Q. See questions above. I also wonder if someone learning Torah in a side room in a Shul and hears the laud recitation of the Thirteen Midos, does he have to stop his learning and repeat with all?
A. Poskim disagree on the above. Ni ....
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Posted 9/5/2025 12:36 PM |
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#5573 No Poison Noise!
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- Q. See question above.
I also wonder if one walks by a non orthodox synagogue during Rosh Hashana, does he have to cross walk on the other side of the street to avoid listening to the shofar blown next to their microphone?
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Posted 9/5/2025 12:34 PM |
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#5572 Stop the Noise?
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- Q. My Dear Rov Shlit”a.
As you well know, my elderly and ill father can’t go to Shul anymore even on Yom Kippur. We have a similar guest staying with us now and he leaves his phone on a very low volume. He sleeps in the same room with my ....
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Posted 9/5/2025 12:31 PM |
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#5571 Apart Art of the Start!
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- Q. I still have another question. On a Shiur (On-Line), I think I heard that Rosh Hashana itself is a hidden Holiday. How and why is that?
A. The Magen Avohom (O.H. 284:7) mentioned above, seems to understand that this pasuk sited ....
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Posted 9/5/2025 12:26 PM |
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#5570 Bless the Best?
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- Q. As I mentioned before, I also wonder why the Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh is titled “Shabbat Mevorchim” and not the one before Rosh Hashana?
A. The reason mentioned by Poskim in Shulchan Oruch (O.H. 284:7) is that after the read ....
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Posted 9/5/2025 12:22 PM |
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#5569 Month After Mouth
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- Q. Honorable Rabbi.
I’m a woman that davens almost every Shabbat at home (and daily too), with and for my, bless Hashem many young children and when it is the Shabbat Mevarchim (Special blessing recited for the incoming new month), I also ....
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Posted 9/5/2025 12:19 PM |
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#5568 Blowing the Blow?
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- Q. K’vod Rabbenu Shlit”a.
I’m the new chosen Baal Tokea (blower) of the Shofar in our large new shul, and I need still lots of training and preparation. I avoid blowing at home as it disturbs the family. Is it permitted to blow in ....
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Posted 9/5/2025 12:15 PM |
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