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#5880 Can this Also Count?
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Q. Dear Rabbeinu Shlit"a,
Would that be ok to tell someone, for example, that today is chessed shebechessed חסד שבחסד and from that he can understand that this is the first day ....
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Posted 4/24/2026 3:44 PM |
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#5879 – Count When You Can?
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- Q. Moreinu Horav Shlit’a.
Can I join during Sefira the Sheva Brochos of a great and close friend when it is during my permitted time, but not his. He isn’t very religious?
A. It may depend on other factors of ....
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Posted 4/24/2026 3:35 PM |
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#5878 – A Bed Cover?
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- Q. Dear Rabbi.
If one is already an elder, can he count Sefira with the bracha when already in bed, if he forgot to count before, and it is difficult for him now to get out of bed?
A. Indeed in such a situation he ....
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Posted 4/24/2026 3:30 PM |
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#5877 – Coned by the Count?
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- Q. Kevod Horav.
Is it true that if the Rabbi of a Shul forgot due to the difficult travel circumstances of our times, to count one day of Sefira, and he still wants to continue for all in Shul as he always does and not be embar ....
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Posted 4/24/2026 3:22 PM |
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#5876 – Count When It Counts!
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- Q. Kvod Horav.
I often take part in a women's shiur on line and at the end of class they count Sefira. If I actually repeat the words said is that OK?
How about if my husband also takes part or my children over ....
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Posted 4/24/2026 3:11 PM |
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#5875 – Listen to Why Hearing is Not Really Listening!
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- Q. Rabbi Shlit”a.
Thanks for your constant help. If someone is listening to a daily Shiur online, and these days at the end of the shiur, they count the sefira of the day, does one comply by just listening? What if one just r ....
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Posted 4/24/2026 3:02 PM |
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#5874 Don't Spill the Spell!
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- - Q. Dear Rabbi.
I am looking for the correct spellings of a couple names for Sheryl’s Matzeva that I’m currently working on. Sheryl’s parents are Moshe Matis and Ita Rachel but apparently there are a couple spellings of each that ....
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Posted 4/24/2026 3:00 PM |
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#5873 - Q.Getting in Somebody's Hair
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- Q. Dear Rov Shlit'a.
I wasn't able to take a haircut before Pesach as the barbers were closed. My long hair is bothering me and my family too; it also may be an issue with the tefilin. Can I take one now before Lag Baomer?
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Posted 4/24/2026 2:32 PM |
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#5872 A REAL ENDING?
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Rav, Can one make a siyum after ending a complete tractate of the Talmud on the Ein Yaakov version, which only has the more interesting and attractive Hagadot parts?
A. Since it is an established version of the Talmud which many ....
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Posted 4/17/2026 4:05 PM |
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#5871 - A Woman’s Omer Opinion
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- Q. See question above.
Rabbi, Is it Commendable for Women to Count the Omer? What do learned women opine?
A. I found the following commendable article from Rebbetzin Chana Bracha Siegelbaum | Director, Midr ....
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Posted 4/17/2026 3:01 PM |
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#5870 - The Blessing Blessed Women!
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Q. As we asked on the Rabbi’s well and very popular shiur on line, Is it better for women to count the Omer without a Beracha, since they may forget?
A. The main Halachic question is whether a woman who takes upon herself to ....
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Posted 4/17/2026 2:57 PM |
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#5869 - Remembering the Remembrance Day?
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- Rabbenu Shlit’a.
As I asked the Rov in Shul, should I, and can I attend, to comply with the mitzva of Kibud Av Vaem, a Yom Hashoa Remembrance Act, even in Nissan, since my parents are strongly asking me to also follow my survival ....
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Posted 4/17/2026 2:50 PM |
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#5868 - Is this the Counting of the Rabbis?
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See question above-
Q. Kevod Horav Shlit’a . Many Poskim maintain that after the destruction of the Beit HaMikdash, Sefirat HaOmer changed and is only a Rabbinic obligation. Is that the reason for women to be exempt?
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Posted 4/17/2026 2:42 PM |
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#5867 Women Also Count!
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See question above-
Q. Honorable Rov. I have another question. Why do we assume in principle that the counting of the Omer is a positive time bound mitzvah from which women are exempt, more than the lighting candles, resting, ea ....
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Posted 4/17/2026 2:38 PM |
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#5866 Be In for the Count?
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Q. Rabbi. Is it commendable for women to count the Omer?
What is Horav Miller’s opinion? Does it make a difference in our days when we can wear an actual electronic reminder with the date to count?
A. HoRav Asher Weiss ....
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Posted 4/17/2026 2:34 PM |
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#5865 - Who is Counting?
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– See question above -
Q. I have some more questions. Is it true that the Ramban maintains that women have to count the omer? Should one try to also follow his opinion?
A. Indeed the Ramban (Kiddushin 34a) rules t ....
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Posted 4/17/2026 2:29 PM |
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#5864 - A Counting for Women?
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- #5864 – Q. Hon. Rav Shlit’a.
Some of my friends in our Bais Yaakov type of school for Frum girls, also count like me Sefirat Haomer every night. I know that some avoid counting Sefira least they forget. What is the correct Minhag ....
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Posted 4/15/2026 12:22 PM |
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#5863 - The Best Shemini Time
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Q. When is the best and most meaningful time to read Parshas Shemini?
A. Parshas Shemini is often read after Pesach or sometimes after Purim, times when wine and drinks are common. During our difficult times, it is essential to ....
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Posted 4/10/2026 5:37 PM |
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#5862 - The Key to the Kinds of Kitniyos
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- Q. Rabeinu Shlit"a.
Does one have to actually wait until one gets sick in order to consume medicine made of Kitniyos, or can one take it as a preventive means to avoid getting ill.
A. It would depend in t ....
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Posted 3/29/2026 6:08 PM |
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#5861 – Shure Shemira for Shemura?
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- Q. Hon. Rabbi Shlit”a.
We baked our Shemura Matza for Pesach this year a few months ago. In order to keep it fresh we froze the matza inside a Pesach freezer. Is there a problem to use it now?
A. Horav Shlomo M ....
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Posted 3/29/2026 6:03 PM |
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