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Expand Article # 3282 First Things First
    Q Hi. I am embarking on my teaching career at a frum girls' school and I wish to be in lemudei kodesh. I have one offer to teach Chumash but unexpectedly received another offer to teach biology at a much better time for my schedule and ....


Posted 7/29/2021 3:03 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3281 His Head Light Bulb Was Off?
Q. I was attending some time ago a chupa and I witnessed something strange.The Shamash used a (presumably burnt out) light bulb as the glass keli (utensil) the Groom was to step on and brake at the end of the wedding ceremony. Although it was cov ....


Posted 7/23/2021 12:42 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3280 A Repeated Answer of One's Prayers
Q. If one already davened and is in a shul where they are davening, should one say over Ashrei or Shema if it's Tisha B'Av when we don't learn or say Tehillim?

A. In regard to reciting Tehilim on Tisha Beav, Mishna Berura (554: 7) qu ....


Posted 7/22/2021 6:12 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3279 An Early Reach for the Moon
Q.  Can you say Kiddush Levana with a minyan after Tisha BAv ends, but before 72 (minutes after sunset, which is the opinion of Rabbenu Tam) if you are makpid (careful) to wait 72 for other things?

A. Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit'a mentio ....


Posted 7/22/2021 6:09 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3278 Sing Another Tune?
Q.  This year (5781) when Shabbos Chazon was Erev Tisha Beav, after benching on Shaleshudes before the Shekia (sunset), can one still sing Zemiros of Shabbos?

A. There are different traditions. The more Litfishe (Lithuanian)and Yeshiva ....


Posted 7/22/2021 6:05 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3277 Up to Date
Q. Can a dating couple wear Shabbos clothing when dating during the Nine Days?

A. Shebet Halevy (9: 131: 4) permits on the onset. However, Halichos Shlomo (14: D'var Halocho  15) maintains that if possible it should be avoided, but in ....


Posted 7/22/2021 6:02 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3276 A Happy Birthday?
Q. Do the attendants to the shul say Mazal Tov to the Bar Mitzva boy or is it like all other salutations and greetings that are prohibited on Tisha Beav?
Can he receive gifts then?

I must mention that my son is somewhat depresse ....


Posted 7/22/2021 6:00 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3275 Blessing the Freedom on Time
Q. Do I as a father usually does, also say the bracha of 'Baruch Sheptarani' (literally, blessed be the One who freed me from the punishment of this one), on Tisha Beav after my son gets his aliya, or should I wait until next day Monday?



Posted 7/22/2021 5:57 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3274 A Tisha Beav Initiation
Q. My son is having his Bar Mitzva birthday on Tisha Beav and we have a number of questions.
1) Does he get an aliya laTorah, on that like all other Bar Mitzva boys? (We are planing to do Be'H a big seuda on Shabbat Nachamu).

A. P ....


Posted 7/22/2021 5:55 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3273 An Answer to a Prayer Shaila
Q. On this year that Tisha Beav is Motzei Shabbat, I heard that Horav Shlomo said that women should try to attend shul at night for Maariv. Why?

A. Indeed, the Rov Shlit'a maintains that women on this occasion should daven Maariv (not n ....


Posted 7/18/2021 5:54 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (1)


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Expand Article # 3272 A Healthy Havdalah?
Q. A man is ill and has to eat on Tisha Beav. As Halacha requires he will say Havdalah before he eats. Should his healthy wife listen to the Havdalah then as always or should she make her own on Sunday night before she eats?

How about ....


Posted 7/15/2021 11:16 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3271 Sleep Like a Log?
Q. Someone is camping out during the Three Weeks including Tisha Beav and sleeping on the ground the whole time. Should he on the night of Tisha Beav sleep directly on the floor without his sleeping bag?

A. Shulchan Aruch (O.H.555: 2) ....


Posted 7/15/2021 11:13 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3270 The Smell Test
Q. On Tisha Beav can a woman wear perfume or a man spray deodorant?

A. Shulchan Aruch (O.H. 554: 15) rules that although 'Sicha' or anointing is forbidden during Tisha Beav, it is only when done for pleasure. One who has scabs on thei ....


Posted 7/15/2021 11:06 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3269 Tzitzis Emphasies
Q. On Tisha Beav morning someone wearing his Taalis Kotton, should he kiss the tzitzis after Boruch Sheomar or Parshas Tzitzis?

A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that the established tradition is not to kiss the tzitzis of th ....


Posted 7/15/2021 11:00 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3268 Question Mark III
Q. Re- questions 3258-59 on tattoos. Can one put on tefillin on top of a tattoo or is it a chatzitza (interposition)?

A. On question 542 regarding a woman that became a Baalas Teshuvah and she has a tattoo that she is planning to remo ....


Posted 7/15/2021 10:52 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3267 Safe Space
Q. One whose minhag is to make his own Havdala due to concerns of spacing out or another reason, can he make his own in the Nine Days or better be yotze with someone else to minimize drinking wine in this time?

A. One spacing out and u ....


Posted 7/15/2021 10:45 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3266 Hearts and Flowers
Q. May I give flowers to my nonreligious grandmother for her birthday during Nine Days?

A. On question 3260 regarding one that buys flowers for home every Friday Lik'vod (in honor of) Shabbos, if he should also do so for Shabbos Chazo ....


Posted 7/15/2021 10:24 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3265 The Able Avel II
Q. Can an Avel get an aliya on Tisha Beav?

A. See question 3264 above regarding the attendance of an Avel to shul during Tisha Beav,
Nitei Gavriel (Ben Hametzarim 2: 60: 11) quotes a number of Poskim that permit an Avel to receiv ....


Posted 7/15/2021 10:11 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3264 The Able Avel
Q. Since Tisha Beav is called Moed or a Yom Tov, can an Avel siting Shiva go to shul and daven at the amud?

A. Shulchan Aruch (O.H. 559: 6) rules that an Avel attends shul on Tisha Beav in the night and also in the day until the end ....


Posted 7/15/2021 10:06 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3263 Keep on Eating
Q. When someone bentches (recites Birchat Hamazon), before the Shekiah on Shabbos Chazon that is followed by Tisha Beav as it is this year (2021 - see question above), can he still eat after bentching until sunset, if he didn't had in mind to do so ....


Posted 7/13/2021 10:05 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)



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