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# 4128 Clean Hands
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Q. Women immersing in a mikva, when they recite the bracha have to place their hands over their middle to separate their upper part from the bottom. But how can they then recite with the name of Hashem a bracha, if with their hands they are touchi ....
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Posted 2/23/2023 10:58 PM |
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# 4127 Some Light on Night Light
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Q. If we are planing to invite some travelling guest for the Purim Seuda and they may arrive after the Shekia (sunset), is the fact that they arrive and there is light in the house permit them in need to eat then as a well lighted room helps in o ....
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Posted 2/23/2023 10:56 PM |
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# 4126 The Brim of the Grim in Purim
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Q. See question above. Dear Rabbi. My father L’A is about to have an brain operation to remove a tumor and it is programmed to take place on the Monday before Purim. He won’t be able to hear the Megilah on Purim. Can he hear it on the Sunday befor ....
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Posted 2/23/2023 10:53 PM |
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# 4125 A Glad Door to Adar
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Q. The Gemara teaches that when the month of Adar begins we increase our Simcha and happiness. How exactly is that reflected in practice? Do we do anything special or extra to comply with this mitzva? If not, what does it mean, since we always have ....
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Posted 2/23/2023 10:51 PM |
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# 4124 More Words on More Words
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Q. Hello Rav, Thank you so much for your timely response. I just want to clarify one issue please. You wrote "The accepted tradition in our days is that a person receiving an Aliya can recite the brocho following his own singular pronunciation, w ....
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Posted 2/23/2023 10:49 PM |
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# 4123 Enlightening the Candle Lighting
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Q. A woman began Bentching Licht (lighting Shabbos candles) early. Is this a Neder that her husband can annul so she can still do Melacha (work prohibited during Shabbos)?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit”’a opinion is that she wou ....
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Posted 2/23/2023 10:46 PM |
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# 4122 A Tip on Scale Tipping
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Q. Kvod Harav Shlita, Being that there is a Issur (prohibition) of just owning and having in one’s possession false weights even if one never uses it to cheat or steal from anyone, is one forbidden to have a food scale that when the battery gets ....
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Posted 2/23/2023 10:42 PM |
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# 4121 Uncharted Waters
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Q. A Bachur forgot to put Negel Vasser (water used for washing hands immediately after one wakes up from sleep) by his bed. May he ask a Cohen in the dorm to bring it to him, may he ask a Cohen to do basic things in the dorm like helping to bring ....
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Posted 2/23/2023 10:36 PM |
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# 4120 A Lifting Question
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Q. Dear Rav Shlita. Is there any problem to teach my teenager son to do Hagba’a (lifting) on a Sefer Torah, when it is not during Krias Hatorah? Is there a Bizayon (embarrassment) to the Torah to take it out just teach and allow one to practice doi ....
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Posted 2/21/2023 4:23 PM |
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# 4119 Mind Your Read
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Q. An elderly and ill individual that only goes these days to shul for Mincha on Shabbos being taken on a wheelchair. This next Shabbos is Parshas Shekolim, since he will not be there in the morning when that parsha is read, can it be read for him ....
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Posted 2/16/2023 10:59 PM |
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# 4118 How Can You Help
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Q. A person who is machmir not to carry even when there is an Eruv, should he make an exception to bring food to a sick home bound neighbor or rather let the neighbor fend for himself?
A. The best choice is to ask someone that does ca ....
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Posted 2/16/2023 10:56 PM |
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# 4117 Speak for Yourself
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Q. Rav, If someone gets an aliyah at a shul with a different Nusach (tradition of pronunciation) than his, which version of the bracha should he say? For example, a Sephardi would add "et Torato" in the bracha after the aliyah. Is that appropriate ....
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Posted 2/16/2023 10:49 PM |
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# 4116 The Doctor's Doctor
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Q. When in need for saving a life of a sick person during Shabbos, and one has an equal choice of similar doctors to call, yet one is Jewish but not Frum and the other is a Gentile, which one should one call.
A. Although some Poskim ma ....
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Posted 2/16/2023 10:47 PM |
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# 4115 A Matter of Life and Death
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Q. See prior question. We had recently a case of a terrible car accident in our city and besides 911, Hatzalah was also called since they are much faster. Sadly there was already a fatal casualty and we were debating when calling Hatzalah if we hav ....
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Posted 2/16/2023 10:45 PM |
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# 4114 Cohen Can Save a Life
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Q. Is a Cohen permitted to join Hatzalah?
A. See Bikur Cholim (p. 17) and others that it is allowed.
Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit”a opinion is similar.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Ah ....
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Posted 2/16/2023 10:37 PM |
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# 4113 Cutting the Water Off
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Q. Is condensed steam water dripping from an air conditioner Muktza on Shabbos?
A. See question 565 regarding a Mikvah with water that formed and dripped directly from an air conditioner, if it is considered Maim ‘Sheuvim.
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Posted 2/16/2023 10:34 PM |
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# 4112 A Cut Ice Kiddush
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Q. Dear rabbi, this question may seem strange, but it is actually needed. At the Shabbath kiddush in shul we have young families with children attending. Many of them like during the deep freeze days to go outside and brake icicles hanging from t ....
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Posted 2/16/2023 10:32 PM |
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# 4111 Clean as Fresh Snow
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Q. Someone walking to shul on snow during Shabbos had to adjust his boots. As he was also learning Torah while walking, he wanted to clean his hands by using the snow. Is that permitted?
A. On question 394 regarding shoveling snow on ....
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Posted 2/16/2023 10:29 PM |
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# 4110 Geeks Bearing Gifts?
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On question above, since the Frum tenants in the building do not want to appear as being antagonistic to the united group of other residents seeking collaboration and unity for the benefit of all during this Valentine party, can they just send gifts ....
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Posted 2/16/2023 10:27 PM |
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# 4109 A Free Ride but No Lift
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Q. A person who was Mekabel Shabbos early by saying it with his mouth and then while walking in the street was offered a ride and forgetfully accepted and entered the car, what should he do now?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinio ....
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Posted 2/16/2023 10:24 PM |
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