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# 4015 Time Alone Will Tell
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Q. Dear Rabbi. I heard that it is forbidden to sleep in a house or a room all by yourself, since it is a 'Sakanah' or dangerous; is that true? Does it apply to women also?
A. Indeed, Talmud (Shabbat 151b) teaches that 'It is forbidden ....
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Posted 12/8/2022 10:08 PM |
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# 4014 Soaking Wet Question
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Q. When immersing on Shabbos, is it permitted to wear ones undershirt or wrap a towel around himself while still partially in the Mikva, in a way that they will get wet?
May one put on his clothing with wet hands?
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Posted 12/8/2022 10:07 PM |
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# 4013 Dripping Wet in Doubt
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Q. Is it permitted to get dressed while still dripping wet from immersing on Shabbos or is it considered laundering?
A. Shulchan Aruch (O.H. 326: 7) rules that one is permitted and should use a towel to dry his body or hair, provided ....
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Posted 12/8/2022 10:05 PM |
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# 4012 Came to Light
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Q. Regarding the bachur that Horav Miller said should light by his Friday night host, where should he light Motzoei Shabbos if staying in the dorm of the yeshiva he is visiting? (See question 3992)
If travelling back on Motzoei Shabb ....
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Posted 12/8/2022 10:03 PM |
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# 4011 One for the Book
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Q. How come we have a Masechta dedicated to every Yom Tov including Purim (Megila) but there is no Talmud Gemara dedicated to Chanuka?
A. A number of reasons are quoted in Seforim, some of them are:
1) Chassam Soffer (Gitti ....
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Posted 12/8/2022 10:02 PM |
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# 4010 Oil the Wicks?
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Q. K'vod Horav, in a recent Teshuva (4008) you wrote quoting Horav Aharon Miller Shlit'a that regarding wicks that have a cover of wax on them one may use them since the time delay for the oil to begin burning is minimal and it is considered as a s ....
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Posted 12/8/2022 10:00 PM |
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# 4009 Like Father Like Daugther
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Q. Dear Rabbi. My also very dear daughter that has just had her twelfth birthday wants to light Chanuka candles together with all her older brothers. is that correct and advisable? In my wife's and my family ladies never lit a Menorah.
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Posted 12/8/2022 9:59 PM |
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# 4008 Enlightening the Lighting II
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Q. Rov. I have a large package of Chanuka Menorah wicks that have a cover of wax on them. Since one complies with the mitzva as soon as he lights the Menorah, if the wicks are covered with wax I will be lighting the wax and not the oil. What sho ....
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Posted 12/4/2022 3:03 PM |
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# 4007 Strike Oil
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Q. What is the proper way of dealing with the leftover oil that wasn't consumed in the cups of the Chanuka lights. Should one use it again next night and just add some more fresh oil, or is it more correct to properly clean the Menorah and place fr ....
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Posted 12/1/2022 10:38 PM |
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# 4006 Go Light on These Lights
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Q. See questions above.
c) If one has a tall Menorah that when standing on the ground the lights are over ten Tefachim high, can it be used Lechatchila (on the onset)?
A. Minchas Yitzchok (6: 65: 2) deals with the Shaila a ....
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Posted 12/1/2022 10:36 PM |
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# 4005 The High Light
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Q. See question above.
b) When one lights by the front window, does one also have to place the lights less than ten Tefachim high?
A, Shulchan Aruch (O.H. 671) rules that the The Menorah lights should be placed on the onse ....
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Posted 12/1/2022 10:35 PM |
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# 4004 The Right Window
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Q. Dear Rov, As Chanuka approaches I have a number of Shailos and questions regarding lighting the Menorah.
a) When lights, as we most do by the front window facing the street, and the window covers most of the front of the house. Does ....
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Posted 12/1/2022 10:34 PM |
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# 4003 A Fine Fine?
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Q. See question above. Does the fact that the chandelier and other electric lights were on in the room make any difference, since after all there was light?
A. Poskim disagree if the penalty applies also in our days when the room is li ....
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Posted 12/1/2022 10:32 PM |
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# 4002 Missed the Light?
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Q. A woman went last minute emergency shopping for extra last minute guest latMissed the Light? e before Shabbos began and then was held back in traffic and when she arrived home it was already to late to light candles, does she have to light next ....
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Posted 12/1/2022 10:31 PM |
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# 4001 A Call for Arms
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Q. See question above. If the arm or hand was eventually rejected by an unpredictable infection, will it have to be save and buried with the body of the patient as is done with other severed parts of the body as legs? What happens if the Kever of ....
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Posted 12/1/2022 10:29 PM |
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# 4000 Give me a Hand
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Q. Dear Rabbi as we recently spoke regarding hand and arm transplants from donors that amazingly are possible albeit still rare and complicated in our days. Could such a transplanted arm be used for putting Tefilin on it? At what point of the proc ....
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Posted 12/1/2022 10:28 PM |
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# 3999 A Very Immersing Shaila
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Q. One who bli neder has the minhag of being Mekabel (accepting) Shabbos 20 or 30 minutes before Shekia (sunset), and now that time arrived and he has not yet immersed for the honor of Shabbos, is it better to be Mekabel Shabbos immediately or to g ....
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Posted 12/1/2022 10:24 PM |
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# 3998 The History of Repeating Oneself
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Q. Om question 3981 you wrote: "Horav Aharon Miller Shlit'a maintains that one should not repeat a tefila for a sick individual suffering from a chronic illness (physical and/or mental) more that thirty days as it may be considered already as pa ....
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Posted 11/27/2022 9:44 PM |
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# 3997 No Promises to Alex
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Q. Dear Rov. If I use my phone to program my daily schedule of all things to be done every day. Some of those activities are mitzvos such as davening, Torah Shiurim, Bikur Cholim activities, Tzedaka meeting, etc., I vocally, as many others do, ins ....
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Posted 11/24/2022 10:29 PM |
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# 3996 Recap the Kneecap
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Q. Someone had his kneecap removed by surgery and replaced by an artificial one, what should he do with the old bones and cartilage removed. Is a Cohen allowed to be in the same room as these removed pieces are?
A. Although Shulchan A ....
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Posted 11/24/2022 10:27 PM |
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