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# 5534 The Best Shave!
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- – Q. Kevodo Shlit”a.
As we just ended the mournful period of the Three Weeks for the destruction of the Temple, and now we can take a haircut or shave for those who avoided it before, since today (on 2025) is Monday, is it better to wai ....
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Posted 8/4/2025 1:40 PM |
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#5533 A Long Tea Time?
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- Q. See question above.
Sorry but I must add another question. Is there not a problem drinking wine for Havdala on Sunday night, since as we know some mourning traditions still apply on the morning of Monday?
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Posted 8/3/2025 6:21 PM |
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#5532 Just Tea Time?
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-Q. See question above.
Q. Is it correct in need to drink then (Sunday night) before Havdalah some plain tea, if that is all that is available?
A. Indeed, Nitei Gavriel (ibid.) also permits drinking before Havdala, coffe ....
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Posted 8/3/2025 6:04 PM |
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#5531 Serving Women Drinks?
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- Q. See question above.
Q. Does the same apply to women?
A. Nitei Gavriel (96: 3) rules in a similar case, that if the liquid actually requires Havdala first, they should recite their own Havdala and not wait for their husband. ....
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Posted 8/3/2025 6:00 PM |
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#5530 Drinks are on the House?
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-Q. Estimado Rabino, larga vida. In our shul in Mexico City when we end the fasting of Tisha Beav tonight, when still in shul people are thirsty and they usually want to drink some water before going home.
Due to local circumstances w ....
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Posted 8/3/2025 5:56 PM |
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#5529 Wow!!! - Now A New Posek!!!
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! - Q. Question. We did IVF treatments to have a family and B”H we now have 4 healthy children. We still have a few frozen embryos left but due to our age and extreme high costs of each procedure we won’t be using them anymore.
The fert ....
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Posted 8/1/2025 12:52 PM |
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#5528 Need a Drush on Rush and Brush?
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- Q. Dear Rabbi Shlit”a. Can one clean a hat or a coat with a brush during the Nine Days.
A. Poskim indeed permit the above. (Nitei Gavriel 35: 12).
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, H ....
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Posted 8/1/2025 12:48 PM |
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#5527 A Non Shmate Kashe!
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- Q. See question above.
Could one in such a case just wash with a wet towel and even soap, his complete body or at least partially? Would that be permitted for someone that sweats a lot on hot days?
A. As mentioned above for nec ....
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Posted 8/1/2025 12:44 PM |
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#5526 Run and have Fun!
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- Q. Kevodo, Someone that by his doctor’s advice goes running every day, can he then take a cold shower after, as it is very recommended by his Not Frum doctor?
If not can he at least just use a hand shower water spray?
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Posted 8/1/2025 12:42 PM |
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#5525 Only Dig a Big Wig?
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- Q. See question 5519 above.
Dear Rov, this is a most important question for me, please send me a prompt answer. Can a woman during the Nine Days, just wash a small part of a partial wig that sticks out of her hat?
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Posted 8/1/2025 12:36 PM |
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#5524 Clash on the Wash!
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- Q. I wonder if on this year (2025) on Erev Shabbos Chazon, I can take a hot shampoo shower by the hot mikva, as I usually do? How about staying some time on the steam bath?
A. Remah (Shulchan Aruch O.H. 551: 16) rules that one should ....
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Posted 8/1/2025 12:33 PM |
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#5523 Have Your Cake and Eat some More?
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– Q. My dear Rabbi & friend.
G-d willing I will be attending a Brith Milah of my new beautiful grandson this coming Thursday (7/31/2025).
Due to the many traveling guest that are expected, the Brith is programmed to take place ....
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Posted 8/1/2025 12:30 PM |
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#5522 Lean on the Clean?
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- Q. Kvod Horav Shlit’a. I will be Iy”H traveling right after Tisha Beav for a Family Bar mitzva and a vacation. Can I give during the Nine Days the necessary clothing to Non- Jewish cleaners so they will be ready when traveling?
A. Po ....
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Posted 8/1/2025 12:27 PM |
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#5521 A New Start to the Real End?
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- Q. See questions above. Since this group constantly learns Amud Yomi, however since they do it on line they don’t usually make a Siyum, yet now on the Nine Days they want to join our special siyum in our shul of a Masechta learned there, is th ....
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Posted 8/1/2025 12:25 PM |
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#5520 The End to the No End Siyum?
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- Q. We are part of group of a Shiur on Amud Yomi, that often does not make a Siyum when finishing a Masechta (Tractate of the Talmud) since they learn on line.
Is it correct that on this occasion (2025) of the ending of Masechet Eiru ....
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Posted 8/1/2025 12:22 PM |
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#5519 – Don’t Wash Away?
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- Q. Is a woman allowed to put on a freshly washed Shaitel (wig) during the Nine Days?
A. On question 201 we wrote:
“Q. Can one wear a freshly washed Sheital if its not a new wig?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit” ....
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Posted 7/28/2025 5:13 PM |
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#5518 Car Care?
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- Q. Dear Rabbi. Due to the nature of our close to constructions neighborhood, my car usually becomes very dirty. Is it correct to wash and remove that dirt during the Nine Days?
A. On a similar question (337) we wrote:
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Posted 7/25/2025 11:41 AM |
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#5517 Honoring the Honor!
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- Q. When a man is talking to a woman, is it better to be brief as our sages advise, even if that may seem insulting to the woman involved, as she notices the longer dialog to the other men, or should the principle of “Kavod Habriot” (Honoring peopl ....
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Posted 7/25/2025 11:38 AM |
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#5516 Bless the Best Bless!
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- Q. Kevod Horav Shlit”a. Since our Sages gave a very great importance and reward to one who answers Amen after hearing a Bracha, is it after the fact correct if one did so during the reciting of the Brachot of Shema?
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Posted 7/25/2025 11:36 AM |
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#5515 – Purchasing or Purifying?
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Q. Dear Rabbi. What is more correct to do during the Nine Days, when taking care of a patient that is hospitalized. Is It better to Wash the used unclean clothes, or if one can afford it, is it best buying new ones?
A. Horav Aharon Mil ....
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Posted 7/25/2025 11:28 AM |
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