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#493 Attending a Bar Mitzva During Avelus
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Q. Can (a grandmother who in avelus during the year) attend a bar mitzvah of a grandson where music will be played (she has greatly helped in making the simcha)?
R. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that she is allowed to a ....
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Posted 2/28/2014 2:02 PM |
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#492 A Purim Thank You Gift for a Teacher
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Q. A number of questions concerning a teacher in avelus, during the year for a parent.
The students usually send shalach manos to the teacher and sometimes the parents give money gifts. Can the teacher receive them since after all it is part ....
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Posted 2/28/2014 2:01 PM |
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#491 Hockey Sticks for Schach?
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Q. Can you use discarded hockey sticks for schach (daf & olimpics)?
A. Shulchan Aruch (O.H. 629: 2) rules that skewers and the sides of beds cannot be used for schach since they are utensils that can become impure. Mishna Berura ....
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Posted 2/27/2014 2:55 PM |
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Posted 2/21/2014 1:53 PM |
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#489 Why Two Days of Yom Tov Today?
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Q. Why do we celebrate two days of yom tov in chutz la'aretz (and rosh hashana even in Israel) if we now have a set calendar?
A. This is an actual question of the Talmud (Beitzah 4b) "But now that we are well acquainted with the fix ....
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Posted 2/21/2014 1:47 PM |
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#488 Israel Bonds and Ribbis II
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Q. Dear Rabbi, Is it permissible to buy Israeli bonds as one receive interest from them. Or is it considered good as one is helping the country of Israel.
A. The following appeared on question 390 "Israel Bonds and Ribbis" on this f ....
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Posted 2/21/2014 1:44 PM |
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#487 A Mitzvah Vest
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Q. If someone has a tzitzis garment that has buttons on the side (looks like a vest but the buttons are on both sides for closing it when it is cold) does the garment become disqualified when buttoned, and it will not revert to kosher when later un ....
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Posted 2/21/2014 1:38 PM |
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Posted 2/21/2014 1:37 PM |
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#485 Repairing a damaged Taalis
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Q. Someone asked me if a garment that has tzitzis ripped, how is it to be repaired? The tzitzis themselves are okay, it is just the garment.
A. If the garment ripped in a way that it would disqualify it, as when it does not meet a ....
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Posted 2/21/2014 1:34 PM |
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#484 Having an Early Purim?
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Q. Do you have to make a seuda on Purim Katan on Friday or since it is erev Shabbat it should be made on the night?
A. Remoh (O.H. 677: 1) writes that there is no requirement to do a seudah at all on Purim Kattan, only to add a bit ....
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Posted 2/14/2014 2:48 PM |
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#483 A Kesuvah for a Ba'alas Teshuvah
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Q. A woman that was married to a goy, had children and got divorced, then made teshuva and marries a frum fellow, what do you write in the kesuva?
A. When writing a kesuvah for a woman that has lost her virginity and is not ....
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Posted 2/14/2014 2:34 PM |
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#482 Media Blessings.
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Q. Since we do not fulfill our obligation with a bracha recited over the telephone, why do people answer amen when the sheva brachot under the chupa or at the seuda are said over the microphone? Are the chatan and kalah yotze if they hear the brach ....
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Posted 2/14/2014 2:31 PM |
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#481 Should I Toivel the Gift?
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Q. If I am giving a glass jar as a gift with food inside should I be toiveling it first or not?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit"a opinion is that if the glass jar is used only for the storage of food and not for eating directly fr ....
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Posted 2/14/2014 2:29 PM |
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#480 Are Magna Tiles Muktzeh?
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Q. Are Magna Tiles Muktzeh?
A. The translucent magnetic Magna Tiles have magnets built into them on every side and serve as recreational and educational tools that promote creativity, understanding of geometry, symmetry angles, area ....
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Posted 2/14/2014 12:37 AM |
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#479 From Alois to Neitz and From Sh'kiah to Tzeis
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Q. If the time between olas hashachar and Netz is equal to the time between sh'kiya and tzeis hakochavim, why do people end Shabbos at 72 minutes yet start a ta'anis at 16.1 degrees as 72 minutes which is generally longer that 72 minutes?
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Posted 2/14/2014 12:35 AM |
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#478 Can't Sleep, Can I Use a Sound Machine on Shabbos?
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Q. Can you use in Shabbos a sleeping-aid sound machine that produces different rhythms such as the sound of the sea or a forest and is controlled by a timer? How about just white noise?
A. At the end of Eruvin (104a.) Ulah maintains ....
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Posted 2/7/2014 1:03 PM |
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#477 I Made a Shvua Without Thinking, What Should I Do?
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Q. I made a shvua without thinking and now I need it to be nullified. What should I do?
I made a shvua saying I wouldn't do something for someone else (not my husband). I said it to make a point. I didn't really mean to make a neder. How ....
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Posted 2/7/2014 1:00 PM |
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#476 Which Elevator is Shabbos Friendly?
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Q. In preparation for a hotel that I will be attending Shabbos/Yom Tov, I have looked in to the situation of a Shabbos elevator as the hotel is 6 floors high and have a couple of questions. The elevator will be preprogrammed and stop automatically ....
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Posted 2/7/2014 12:57 PM |
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#475 Paying Tuition with Maaser Money
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Q. Am I allowed to give my maaser money to my parents so that they can use it for my tuition? Thank you
A. See Shulchan Aruch and Remoh (C.M. 207: 2 and Nesivos Hamishpot ibid. 2)) in regards to whom do the wages of a working girl, ....
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Posted 2/7/2014 12:54 PM |
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#474 Why Read Parshas Tetzaveh Now?
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Q. If we celebrate zain Adar, the yortzait of Moshe Rabenu on the second Adar, why do we read parshas Tetzave, where his name is omitted on the first Adar?
A. Remoh (O.H. 568: 7) quoting Maharil and Mahari Mintz, rules that in regar ....
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Posted 2/7/2014 12:52 PM |
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