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#5743 – Different Faces for the New Faces?
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- See question above.
Q. If the two families participating in the marriage in order to honor and give Kivudim and their own relatives and close friends with a brocho, want to separate for the Birchas Hamazon, so it will be said twice se ....
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Posted 1/10/2026 7:40 PM |
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#5742 The Face of the New Face!
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- Q. See question above. Kvod Horav. I was recently also in a wedding when the following argument arose:
We all knew that in order to recite the Sheva Brachot (The traditional Seven Blessings recited after the meal of a Sheva Brachot ....
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Posted 1/10/2026 7:29 PM |
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#5741 Name the Right Name!
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Q. Kvod Horav Shlit’a. How do you write Thornhill in a Ketuba (Marriage document)?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that one writes:
טארנהיל, and you also add to that name: “H ....
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Posted 1/10/2026 7:25 PM |
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#5740 - Have a Very Happy New Year!!!
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Q. Is it proper for a Frum person to greet his friends and neighbors with a “happy new Year!!!"
A. On question 4600 the Rov quoted question 695 regarding answering to a greeting of Happy New Year that Horav Miller maintains is p ....
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Posted 1/2/2026 1:57 PM |
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#5739 – Nital Hanitel???
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- Q. Who are the great Gedolim and Poskim, that do not keep the Nitel Traditions?
Can one relay on them?
A. Indeed many prominent halachic authorities explicitly reject the practice of refraining from Torah study on Nittel Nac ....
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Posted 1/2/2026 1:54 PM |
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#5738 - More Family Problems?
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- Q. See question above. Just one more question. Does the פגם continue on to subsequent generations? (male children? female children?)
A. See answers above.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav ....
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Posted 1/2/2026 1:52 PM |
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#5737 – Public Servant or King?
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Q. See question above. Is the פגם less in this case where the father is מזרע ישראל as above than if he would be a נכרי ?
Can a ....
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Posted 1/2/2026 1:50 PM |
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Posted 1/2/2026 1:46 PM |
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5735 – Family Problems and Answers!
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- Q. See questions above. Now the individual in question, being a halachic Jew, with only the father's mother being not Jewish, (his own mother is completely Jewish on all sides) how is he same or different in relation to other Jews who are miyucho ....
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Posted 1/2/2026 1:44 PM |
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#5734 Sitting in Judgment
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- Q. See question above. Is there any connection between this individual, his father, and grandfather that is ancestral whether Halachic or spiritual? How about mourning obligations?
A. On question 4540 we dealt with similar princip ....
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Posted 1/2/2026 1:43 PM |
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#5733 -Where Are My Children?
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- Q. See question above.
Being that the father is זרע ישראל (from the father's side), if that father were to have converted, would he be able to take a position of שרר ....
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Posted 1/2/2026 1:39 PM |
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#5732 - An Able Aveilus?
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- See question above; Bekavod Rav. Q. One other item. What is the obligation of Aveilus on the individual for his זרע ישראל father...chiuv of yortzeit ...etc...please?...thank you again.
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Posted 1/2/2026 1:36 PM |
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# 5731 - Don’t Step on the Step Parents?
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- Q. Hello Rabbi Bartfeld, Hope you are well and thank you in advance for your time. This may sound like a hypothetical set of questions, but you should know it is an actual situation that the person who is asking me would like clarity on how to vi ....
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Posted 1/2/2026 1:32 PM |
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#5730 – No Bitul on Nitel Questions?
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- Q. Who are the great Gedolim and Poskim, that do not keep the Nitel Traditions?
Can one relay on them?
A. Indeed many prominent halachic authorities explicitly reject the practice of refraining from Torah study on Nittel N ....
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Posted 1/2/2026 1:29 PM |
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#5729 Bitul on Nitel?
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– Rov Shlit”a. What are you supposed to do on Nital Night?
A. One who keeps that minhag may learn what is permitted on Tisha Beav. In the הגהות on the ספר המנה ....
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Posted 1/2/2026 1:25 PM |
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#5728 – Big Little Nitel?
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- Bekavod HoRav. Many believe that the minhag not to learn on Nitel Nacht, and in the new year is just a Chasidic tradition is that true?
A. See question 5727 above. The חות יאיר in his sefe ....
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Posted 1/2/2026 1:21 PM |
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#5727 – The Kratzmach Kosher Drinks?
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- Q. Shalom. Dear Rabbeinu Shalit"a, Around this season, eggnog is sold and some products have a proper hechsher.
Would that be ok to buy and serve it at home, or not, as some might find it too affiliated with the current non-Jewish celebratio ....
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Posted 1/2/2026 1:20 PM |
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#5726 – Tell All About Nitel!
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- Q. Dear Rov Shlit’a .Why do so many not keep the tradition of not learning on Nitel?
A. Many believe that the Minhag of not learning on Nital Night is only a Chasidishe Minhag for some. In reality Likely most Yeshivot and ....
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Posted 12/31/2025 4:14 PM |
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#5725 - Watch Out for That Watch!
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- Q. Due to a medical reason I am using an apple watch to detect falls and heart arrhythmia. This watch also counts steps and other activities. The watch does not have a Shabbat mode and I cannot shut down these activities over Shabbat. Can I sti ....
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Posted 12/31/2025 3:51 PM |
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#5724 – Get That Story Straight?
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- Q. Where is Yoshke in our tradition?
A. There is a four-way most known מחלוקת in ראשונים if the Christian Yoshke is ever mentioned in בב ....
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Posted 12/31/2025 3:43 PM |
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