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#5264 A Happy Yohrzait?
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Q. See question above. Can one on the Shabbos Yohrzait attend a Bar Mitzva kidush after davening?
A. Nitei Gavriel (p. 176- 24 -4) and other Poskim maintain that on a regular Kidush one is allowed. However, if it is an occasion of a ....
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Posted 1/17/2025 12:49 PM |
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#5264 Safe Sick Music?
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- Q. See question above. How about If one is listening to the music just for staying awake when driving or when joining someone for a ride? How about when one needs to entertain the children traveling with.
A. Poskim, usually maintain ....
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Posted 1/17/2025 12:48 PM |
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#5263 The Sick Music
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- Q. Is one allowed to listen to music from a tape or radio on the day of Yohrzait for parents?
A. Nitei Gavriel (Avelus p.176, (23: 11) and most other Poskim maintain that it is not allowed.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by ....
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Posted 1/17/2025 12:42 PM |
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#5262 No Change to the Changing!
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- Q. Kevod Horav after our resent meeting together with some most important Roshei Yeshivos and Poskim, and realizing the very rapid and constant changes in the reality of life we are experiencing, and the changes in Halacha of life issues are.
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Posted 1/17/2025 12:40 PM |
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#5261 – Don’t Ban the Dominican!!!
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- Q. See question above. My community wants to know, how and in what way should thanks be given after so many years for that good intent?
A. As mentioned above an official act should be encouraged, and testimony of that great historical ....
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Posted 1/17/2025 12:36 PM |
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#5260 The Dominican Truly Can!!!
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- Q. See question above. I have another Shailah. The República Dominicana was the only country that welcomed Yehudim during the Second World War. The president then was ready to accept as many as one hundred thousand, as he announced and was the on ....
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Posted 1/17/2025 12:35 PM |
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#5259 – The Dominican Also Can!
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- Q. My Dear Rabbi and teacher. As you very well know me, since we are constantly in contact for delivering your shiurim and shailot to many people on line all over the continent. I have again a number of questions.
As you well know, ....
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Posted 1/17/2025 12:33 PM |
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#5258 Give Big Thanks for Small Blessings?
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- Q. Dear Rabbi. If one is a Baal Teshuva and his parents and grandparents were not religious at all , does he have to keep their Yohrzait and say kaddish and daven for them?
A. On question 3602 we wrote:
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Posted 1/12/2025 12:50 PM |
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#5257 – A Real Painful Shaila - Really?
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- Q. See question above. Is it also true that parents have more pain when their children suffer, than the children have when their parents suffer?
A. We find in last week's Parsha, that Yehudah was pleading to Yosef to allow Binyomin ....
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Posted 1/10/2025 12:13 PM |
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#5256 -Great Grandparents Love to Grandchildren
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- Q. Kevod Rabenu Shlit’a. I have a number of questions regarding an article I recently saw written by someone close to the Toronto Kollel.
1) Is it true that according to Torah views a parent loves his grandchildren more than his own ....
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Posted 1/10/2025 12:08 PM |
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#5255 – Sing the Right Song at the Right Time
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- See question above Q. When should we on this special occasion sing Sholom Aleichem, Eishes Chail, and recite Kiddush? (When Friday is Asarah Beteveth.)
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that one must wait for reciting Kiddu ....
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Posted 1/10/2025 11:58 AM |
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#5254 Time to Daven!
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- See question above - Q. What is the correct time to daven Mincha on on this special year occasion when Friday is Asarah Beteveth.
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that some people daven Mincha early.
The re ....
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Posted 1/10/2025 11:56 AM |
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#5253 Offer an Early Mincha!
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- Q. One who usually gets to read maftir on a regular Taanis day, can he also on this special year occasion, when Friday is Asarah Beteveth, receive and read the maftir of Taanis, even if it is already after the Shekia and technically it is alread ....
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Posted 1/10/2025 11:53 AM |
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#5252 – Have a Happy Shabbos!
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- Q. If someone is usually stringent and does not wash or shower on a regular Taanit, can one on this Friday take a shower Lichvod Shabath?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that one may do all of their Shabbos preparations ....
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Posted 1/10/2025 11:48 AM |
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#5251 – Mourning Until the Morning?
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- Q. An Avel that is sitting shiva since this last Sunday and will have to end Shiva before Shabbos on Friday which is also Asarah Beteveth and will be davening Mincha in Shul with the reading of the Torah.
When does he end his Shiva? Can he ....
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Posted 1/10/2025 11:45 AM |
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#5250 No News is Good News?
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- Q. I read something in a recent Yeshiva News head article and I’m worried about of the truth of it. It quoted Nancy Pelosi statement that: ”Women are known to be more ethical than men.” Those that reflect in any way our “Da’as Torah?”
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Posted 1/10/2025 11:38 AM |
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#5249- A Matter of Taste
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- Q. On Asarah Beteveth
on Friday this year can one preparing the food for Shabbat on Friday,
taste it without swallowing, to see if it is well prepared? Do you
then make a bracha?
On a
similar question (429) we wrote:
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Posted 1/10/2025 11:31 AM |
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#5248 A Fast Fast?
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- Q. I find it very strange that we fast on a Friday this year as it is the 10th of Teveth, why don’t we pushed off for a later day as it is usually done?
A. On a similar question (#40) years back we answered:
The fast of ....
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Posted 1/9/2025 3:11 PM |
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Posted 1/3/2025 12:56 PM |
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#5246 Have You Got A Light?
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- Q. (See above questions – I was stranded in an airport during Chanuka.,.). Should I have purchased some cigarettes and light one in the permitted smoking area outside?
Does the Rav have any other idea of what should I have done?
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Posted 1/3/2025 12:18 PM |
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