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#5893 - Now! Join the Party?
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- Q. Dear Rov, Long Life.
I have a number of questions regarding Lag Baomer.
1) Can one join a Lag Baomer party offered by our neighbors on their backyard, done with an open fire and music with guitars that continues ....
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Posted 5/3/2026 2:21 PM |
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#5892 – Where can my Yom Tov Real Party be?
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- See question above. Q. Can the Shavuoth party meal of milk sources on Lag Baomer be done in our Shul party room?
A. In principle if the kosher conditions of the shul’s party room permit eating there a milk meal, there is no reason wh ....
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Posted 5/3/2026 2:11 PM |
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#5891 - Milking Lag Baomer More Dry?
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- See question above.-
Q. What is the reason for eating a meal of milk sources on Lag Baomer?
A. The reason given by our Sages is that during Sefira days, before the completion of the seven weeks, the Jewish Na ....
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Posted 5/3/2026 2:01 PM |
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#5890 - Milking Lag Baomer Dry?
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- Q. Dear Rabbi Shlit’a. I heard that there is a minhag (tradition) to eat a meal of milk sources on Lag Baomer, is that true?
A. We had years back a similar question 1701.
Q. Kvod Harav, a couple of questions on Lag Baomer mi ....
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Posted 5/3/2026 1:14 PM |
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#5889 - Hartzige Music During Sefira?
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Q. Hon. Rabbi, Can one during the Sefira days just sing a song for himself as some do when working or traveling?
A. On question 3135 and we wrote:
“Although, Oz Nidberu (8: 58), Shevet Halevi (8: 127), Tzitz Eliezer (15: 33 ....
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Posted 5/3/2026 1:08 PM |
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#5888 - Keep On Line!
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- Q. Hon, Rabbi. Can someone who lost his mother and leads the praying services every day, should also do so on Pesach Sheni or is it similar to another Yom Tov and should avoid it?
A. Nitei Gavriel (57: 2) quotes indifferent traditions.
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Posted 5/3/2026 1:02 PM |
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#5887 – - Really! Another Pesach, Another Seder?
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See question above
Q. What are the traditions that one should keep on this year (2026) on Pesach Sheni (second Pesach) that is also on Erev Shabbat?
A. As usual for those who keep this tradition, it is customa ....
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Posted 5/3/2026 12:57 PM |
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#5886 – One More Pesach – Now More Simcha?
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- See question above.
Q. I have another question to add. I heard on the comments of a shiur that there is also a mitzva of Simja or joy on Pesach Sheni. Is that correct?
A. There are indeed some Poskim such as the Chida ( ....
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Posted 5/3/2026 12:49 PM |
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#5885 – Open the Doors for One More Pesach?
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Q. Rabbi.
Thanks again for answering and clarifying the different traditions and practices we observe and have in our many communities. I recently noticed a sign in a Shul I visited for a Brit Mila party, about timings for t ....
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Posted 5/3/2026 12:45 PM |
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#5884 – Behab Should be Beahaba!
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- Q. Kvod Rabbenu Shlit’a .
I heard on a recent shiur that in the next weeks we are going to commemorate three different days for some to fast or recite special prayers named as Behab. What exactly is it and how does it affect peo ....
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Posted 5/3/2026 12:41 PM |
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#5883 - - Q. 4219 The Family Tree?
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Q. Is it better to wait to recite the blessing on the new fruit of the blooming trees on Shabbos with all the family present and with more people?
A. On question 1708 we addressed the following similar questions:
“Since th ....
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Posted 5/3/2026 12:16 PM |
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#5882 – The Fruit of The Blessed Tree!
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Q. Dear Rabbi.
I see that many of my more religious neighbors make a great effort to find a fruit tree that is budding now and recite the proper blessing. Why is that so important?.
A. On question 5366 we ....
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Posted 5/3/2026 12:05 PM |
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#5881 – The Moon Flew Over the Trees
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- Q. As in other years, our fruit trees start already budding during these days. Since we have guests that we invite for Friday night and they don’t usually have access to proper budding trees, can they recite the bracha at night?
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Posted 5/3/2026 11:48 AM |
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#5880 Can this Also Count?
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Q. Dear Rabbeinu Shlit"a,
Would that be ok to tell someone, for example, that today is chessed shebechessed חסד שבחסד and from that he can understand that this is the first day ....
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Posted 4/24/2026 3:44 PM |
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#5879 – Count When You Can?
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- Q. Moreinu Horav Shlit’a.
Can I join during Sefira the Sheva Brochos of a great and close friend when it is during my permitted time, but not his. He isn’t very religious?
A. It may depend on other factors of ....
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Posted 4/24/2026 3:35 PM |
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#5878 – A Bed Cover?
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- Q. Dear Rabbi.
If one is already an elder, can he count Sefira with the bracha when already in bed, if he forgot to count before, and it is difficult for him now to get out of bed?
A. Indeed in such a situation he ....
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Posted 4/24/2026 3:30 PM |
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#5877 – Coned by the Count?
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- Q. Kevod Horav.
Is it true that if the Rabbi of a Shul forgot due to the difficult travel circumstances of our times, to count one day of Sefira, and he still wants to continue for all in Shul as he always does and not be embar ....
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Posted 4/24/2026 3:22 PM |
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#5876 – Count When It Counts!
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- Q. Kvod Horav.
I often take part in a women's shiur on line and at the end of class they count Sefira. If I actually repeat the words said is that OK?
How about if my husband also takes part or my children over ....
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Posted 4/24/2026 3:11 PM |
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#5875 – Listen to Why Hearing is Not Really Listening!
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- Q. Rabbi Shlit”a.
Thanks for your constant help. If someone is listening to a daily Shiur online, and these days at the end of the shiur, they count the sefira of the day, does one comply by just listening? What if one just r ....
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Posted 4/24/2026 3:02 PM |
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#5874 Don't Spill the Spell!
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- - Q. Dear Rabbi.
I am looking for the correct spellings of a couple names for Sheryl’s Matzeva that I’m currently working on. Sheryl’s parents are Moshe Matis and Ita Rachel but apparently there are a couple spellings of each that ....
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Posted 4/24/2026 3:00 PM |
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