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#5785 - Even More to Remember!
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- Q. - See question above:
Is putting on a scarf at the same time with one’s coat Kasha Leshikcha? (creates forgetfulness). Is it then prohibited?
A.The Arizal Shaar Hakavanos Inyan Birchas Hashachar writes that one is ....
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Posted 2/5/2026 7:19 PM |
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#5784 – A Shaila to Remember!
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- Q, Kvod Rabenu, Long Great Life. As we are about to read Parshas Yisro, telling the story of Kabbalat Hatorah (receiving of the Torah) and as from former questions the Rov well knows, I also teach Judaic studies in a Jewish day school. So I hav ....
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Posted 2/5/2026 12:13 AM |
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#5784 A Shaila to Remember!
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- Q, Kvod Rabenu, Long Great Life.
As we are about to read Parshas Yisro, telling the story of Kabbalat Hatorah (receiving of the Torah) and as from former questions the Rov well knows, I also teach Judaic studies in a Jewish day sc ....
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Posted 2/5/2026 12:07 AM |
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#5783 – The Tu Bishvat Superior Orders!
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Q. Dearest Rabbi.
When we eat the Tu Bishvat meal in shul or at home with the different usual fruits what is the correct order of the eating and brochos?
A. On a similar question 4639 we wrote:
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Posted 2/1/2026 11:53 AM |
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#5782 – Plant, Plant Closer, than Away!!!
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- See question above. Q. If it is a mitzva, does it have to be on ones home or a Jewish institution, or can it also be everywhere in the wilderness?
A. Most likely it should be for the benefit and well being of a member of the commu ....
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Posted 1/30/2026 11:57 AM |
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#5781 Plant, Plant, Away!!!
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- Q. Should, one also plant a tree outside of Israel on Tu Bishvat? Is that also a Mitzva?
A. In general we rule the mitzvos that depend on the land or “Mitzvos Hatluyos Baaretz”, apply only to the land of Israel unless they were ....
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Posted 1/30/2026 11:12 AM |
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#5781 Plant, Plant, Away!!!
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- Q. Should, one also plant a tree outside of Israel on Tu Bishvat? Is that also a Mitzva?
A. In general we rule the mitzvos that depend on the land or “Mitzvos Hatluyos Baaretz”, apply only to the land of Israel unless they ....
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Posted 1/30/2026 11:01 AM |
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5780 - Celebrating the Eating Real Kosher Fruits?
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- Q, Dear Rabbi. Why is the planting of trees and eating their fruits so important that we have a special day to celebrate?
A. In the Land of Israel each year's crop must be tithed separately. In addition, different tithes are giv ....
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Posted 1/30/2026 10:55 AM |
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#5779 –The Treating of a True Tzadik Tree on Tu Bishvat
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-Q. Kvodo. I have the first Yohzait for my mother on Tu Bishvat. My family and all the granchildren usually get together and celebrate with a simcha meal, since it is now a Yohrzait can we still do it?
A. on a similar Shaila 578 ....
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Posted 1/30/2026 10:37 AM |
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#5778 Another Vort on that Vort
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– Q. Me again, as I was discussing and searching this shaila, I saw an opinion that avoids weddings on the first half of the month of Shvat, does anyone keep that in our times?
A. Indeed as, Poskim mention it is a rare opinion. N ....
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Posted 1/30/2026 10:31 AM |
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#5777 A Vort on a Vort
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- Q. Dear Rov, as I asked by email, we Be’H are about to do theVort (engagement) for our daughter. I heard that it should better not be done on the Seventh day of Shevat, that corresponds this year to this coming Sunday night (Feb 25 2026), when ....
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Posted 1/30/2026 10:27 AM |
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#5776 – Tell It the Best!
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- Q. See question above.
I also have the family tradition to say Parshas Haman repeated twice and followed by the Aramaic Targum translation. Should that also be repeated on the night after?
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Posted 1/28/2026 11:56 AM |
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#5775 – A Better Late Than Never Parsha?
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- Q. Kvod Rabeinu Shlit’a. If someone usually says Parshas Haman and the accompanying tefilos on Tuesday, yet he was traveling and could not say them until the night, is it OK to say it then?
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Posted 1/28/2026 11:51 AM |
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#5774 - Man Parsha - Always “Heaven On Earth”
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Q. Dear Rabbi Long Life. I just got an email from our shul that we should say on this Tuesday, the Parsha of The Man, as a great Segula for having good Parnassah. I just so happens that I say that chapter every day, do I have to say mor ....
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Posted 1/27/2026 12:16 AM |
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#5773 - A Storm of a Shailah?
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- Q. Dear Rov. I truly wonder if one is allowed to make people come to shul to fulfill the ten needed for a minyan, when there is a powerful snow storm and it may put some people in danger. Is that correct?
A. There are many variab ....
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Posted 1/25/2026 5:27 PM |
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#5772 - Need New Pesach Teeth?
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- Q. Moreini Horav O”Y. (Orech Yomim).
We have, in our shul, a tzedaka group that collects every year to help the families unable to meet the needs for Pesach. We have an elderly retired man who needs a complete new set of dentures ....
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Posted 1/25/2026 1:13 PM |
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#5771 - Blessing Shecheyanu on esrog jam
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- Q. Can you make Shecheyanu on jam made from Ethrogim on the second night (of Rosh Hashonoh)?
A. The Tur and Bais Yosef (O.H. 583) quote from Talmud Kerissos (6a) that one should eat on Rosh Hashonoh esrogim as a good siman. ( ....
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Posted 1/23/2026 1:44 PM |
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#5770 – A Froge on the Esrog?
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- Q. Dear Rabbi. I was able to save by refrigeration the Esrog from last Sukot to eat on Tu Bishvat. Does one make a Shecheyanu on that Esrog? What if I also kept some of it as a jam?
A. On question 455 we wrote;
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Posted 1/23/2026 1:40 PM |
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#5769 - A Tree Here There, Everywhere???
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-- Q. Shalom Rov Shlit’a. I know that there is a Minhag Mitzva to plant a tree on Tu Bisvat. Is that also outside of Israel?
A. Trees are most important in our tradition, The Tree of Life, which Hashem placed at the heart of the Gar ....
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Posted 1/23/2026 1:36 PM |
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#5768 - Q. A Very Early Celebration?
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– Q. Dear Rabbi. How come we celebrate in Canada and in most of the U.S. and Europe, Tu Bishvat, the New Year for trees and their fruits, when we are surrounded by frost and often covered by snow. Is it not ridiculous?
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Posted 1/23/2026 1:34 PM |
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