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# 1275 Give it Time
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Q. Can I give money to a family that needs it before Purim, and it should be counted as Matanot Laevyonim since they need it for Purim expenses, usually bought before Purim?
A. Shulchan Aruch (O.H. 695: 4) mentions Matonos Laevyonim as ....
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Posted 3/10/2017 3:34 PM |
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# 1274 Give Me a Break
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Q. How much is this year the minimum amount for Matanot Laevyonim and for the (half coin) Machatzit Hashekel?
A. On question 507 on this forum we wrote: “Horav
Shlomo Miller Shlit’a advises to give at least a dollar for matonos
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Posted 3/10/2017 1:22 PM |
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# 1273 Bright Is Early
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Q. When should machatzis hashekel be given this year, on Taanis Esther (Thursday) or Motzei Shabbos (Purim)?
A. There are different opinions and traditions as to when to give machatzis hashekel. Rema (694: 1) maintains that the minhag i ....
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Posted 3/10/2017 12:18 PM |
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# 1272 These Coins Are Not For The “Coin-anim”
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Q. Is it correct to write on the collection plate machatzis hashekel, or we should rather write “zecher” lemachatzis, so it would not become actually kadosh?
A.We find in Maseches Sofrim (21:3) that one shouldn't say he is giving the m ....
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Posted 3/10/2017 12:12 PM |
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# 1271 The Answer To Your Prayers
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Q. Would one be allowed to compose their own teffila, and if so can one say Hashem's name in it?
A. Midrash Tanchuma (Bereshis – Vayeshev 8) comments on the verse (39: 3) “And his master saw that the Hashem was with him,” how would t ....
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Posted 3/6/2017 11:15 PM |
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# 1270 Missing In Action
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Q. If one mistakenly began chazaras hashatz when there were only 9 people, realized his mistake in the middle of the 1st bracha (or any other bracha), and waited for the 10th person to return, does he now need to revert to the beginning of SE (since ....
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Posted 3/6/2017 2:32 PM |
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# 1269 What Makes Your Spirit Fly - El or Al?
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Q. What is the correct pronunciation of the first two words of Kaddish?
yisgadEl viyiskadAYsh or yisgadAl viyiskadAsh?
A. Poskim disagree as to the correct pronunciation of the first two words of kaddish. Mishna Berura (56 ....
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Posted 3/3/2017 4:49 PM |
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# 1268 Jarring Experience
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Q. When I empty a glass pickle jar or the like, in order to store other food items in it, do I need to toivel the jar or is it considered as if a Jew created a new jar? Does it make a difference if I am using the jar for myself or I am giving it a ....
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Posted 3/3/2017 12:50 PM |
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# 1267 Hay There
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Q. Is there any problem with feeding a guinea pig, (store bought) hay on Pesach?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that If it is grass hay, there should not be any problem even when bought on Pesach. Legumes hay, should bette ....
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Posted 3/3/2017 12:10 PM |
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# 1266 Do You Read Me?
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Q. A baal teshuva who B’H has made great progress in learning, especially in the realm of practical Halacha, but he does not read Hebrew or even know the aleph-beis so well. Which is preferable: that he should shteig (raise) in learning (Halacha, et ....
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Posted 3/2/2017 5:12 PM |
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# 1265 Here We Go Again?
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Q. Due to their strained relationship, a wife refrained from going to the Mikvah. After 5-6 years, the couple made peace and returned to happily being married. When the wife returns to the Mikvah and the couple resumes marital relations, must the co ....
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Posted 3/1/2017 3:48 PM |
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# 1264 Better Late Than No Prayer
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Dear Rabbi,
Q. What is the correct course of action if one woke up very late on Shabbos morning, but it was not because of an oness, but was because, for example, you stayed up too late? Say one wakes up much past the latest time for Tefillah, ....
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Posted 2/28/2017 2:28 PM |
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# 1266 Seller Beware
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Q. Can a salesman on a Judaica store sell tefillin to a woman, when from her questions it is apparent that she plans to wear those tefilin herself?
A. See above question on the prohibition for a woman to don tefillin in our days. Hor ....
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Posted 2/24/2017 12:52 PM |
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# 1265 Don't Don
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Q. If a woman wants to wear tefillin, is there any reason to object?
Thank you.
A. The Talmud (Eiruvin 96a) mentions that Michal the daughter of King Shaul donned tefilin and the sages did not protest. Mishna Berura (301: 158) quot ....
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Posted 2/24/2017 12:47 PM |
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# 1264 Trust-us Citr-us
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Q. I once read an article where someone was saying there was a problem with orange juice (even with a hechsher) because of "scale bugs" on the peels. I am just wondering if this potential issue would cause a problem with me slicing lemons and puttin ....
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Posted 2/17/2017 4:03 PM |
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# 1263 Beat The Heat
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Q. 2) (Re- Electric space heaters in above question) A case: The heater is set to go on and off during the course of Yom Tov or Shabbat and a child was playing with the heater while it was on and turned the knob on the heater to "off" position. Once ....
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Posted 2/17/2017 11:18 AM |
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# 1262 Heat With Feet?
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Heat With Feet?
Q. I have some questions regarding electric space heaters we use to heat some rooms in our house and to heat our sukkah.
1) Can they be moved (change position/direction) on Yom Tov and/or Shabbat (if they will not ....
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Posted 2/17/2017 11:12 AM |
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# 1261 Love Over The Clove
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Q. Is there a mitzva to eat garlic on Friday night for women? What happens if the garlic smell bothers the spouse, is it still a mitzva?
A. See question above. The Talmud (Bava Kama 82a) mentions other health benefits to consuming ga ....
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Posted 2/17/2017 2:35 AM |
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# 1260 Smell To Heaven?
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Q. The Mishnah Berurah (O"H 280:1) says that it is obligatory to consume garlic on Friday or Friday night. How is the garlic supposed to be prepared and how many cloves should be ingested?
A. Mishna Berura (ibid.) mentions that it ....
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Posted 2/14/2017 12:01 AM |
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# 1259 To-bel Or Not To-bel
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Q. I recently bought a Keurig coffee maker and realized that I might need to toivel it. The instructions say it should not be submerged in water. What is Rav Shlomo Miller's opinion on it?
Thank you
A. Some Poskim (Beis ....
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Posted 2/13/2017 11:43 PM |
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