1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219
220
221
222
223
224
225
226
227
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245
246
247
248
249
250
251
252
253
254
255
256
257
258
259
260
261
262
263
264
265
|
|
|
|
#5471 A Vort on the Vort
|
|
|
- Q. Kvod Horav Shlit’a. I’m planing to get married (second marriage) on Wednesday the 2nd day of July (2025), I heard that it may be problematic is that true?
A. Although some people avoid getting married on Thursday the Seventh day of ....
|
|
|
|
|

Posted 6/20/2025 12:03 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
#5470 Need ‘Mucha Ayuda’ Please!!!
|
|
|
- Q. Querido Rabino, D-s lo proteja y lo ayude.
As I spoke with you, my parents are trying very hard to come to Israel for the wedding of their daughter. You know my family well from your Mexico days and you were the Rabbi at their we ....
|
|
|
|
|

Posted 6/20/2025 11:59 AM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
#5469 Cuddle Up with the Book?
|
|
|
- Q. See question above. Does the youngster have to be holding the chumash in his hands the whole time? Thanks you so much for answering promptly and so clearly all our questions.
Hashem bless you!
A. Igrois Moishe (O’H, 2: 18) ....
|
|
|
|
|

Posted 6/20/2025 11:52 AM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
#5468 Is It All in the Book?
|
|
|
- Q. See question above.
Does the youngster have to be carrying the Chumash the whole time, or can he place it on a table and just hold on to it?
A. Many commentators explain that the reference is not to a printed chumash, or e ....
|
|
|
|
|

Posted 6/20/2025 11:50 AM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
#5467 More Kids – More Fun?
|
|
|
- Q. See question above. If permitted, can we add more than one youngster, in the above cases?
A. Shaalot Uteshuvot Min Hashomaim (12) maintains that it is permitted.
Igrois Moishe (O.H. 2: 18) is quoted saying that only ....
|
|
|
|
|

Posted 6/20/2025 11:46 AM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
#5466 The Limits of Underage Contribution
|
|
|
- Q. See question above. Is there any limit to the age of the youngster?
A. Poskim maintain that he should be at least a six years old, that understands already the meaning of prayer, as mentioned above.
Some Poskim maint ....
|
|
|
|
|

Posted 6/20/2025 11:43 AM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
#5465 What Can the Youngsters Already Add?
|
|
|
- Q. See question above.
Dear Rabbi, As mentioned on this vacation time days, it is sometimes difficult for us to get a minyan. What parts of davening are permitted, when adding a youngster to the minyan? Can one say then the full repetition ....
|
|
|
|
|

Posted 6/20/2025 11:40 AM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
#5464 Let the Youngsters Count?
|
|
|
- Q. Dear Rabbi, most warm greetings. As in reality for us during this time of the year we have often truly issues with having a minyan, in our remote location. I would ask you to kindly answer the next questions, as they are a life saver for our m ....
|
|
|
|
|

Posted 6/20/2025 11:36 AM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
#5463 Is This the Good Day?
|
|
|
- Q. Kvod Rabenu Shlit’a. We are buying Be”H a new house we much want and need, and the agent wants to do the closing on this coming Thursday (19 of June 2025) that corresponds to the 23 of Sivan. I heard that this day is on the list of the ....
|
|
|
|
|

Posted 6/17/2025 6:25 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
#5462 - A Most Tragic History Story
|
|
|
- Q. What is the source for the mourning of the Twentieth of Sivan? (Monday 16, 2025).
A. In the year 1171 in the French town of Blois, a local Christian servant claimed to have seen a Jew throw the corpse of a child into the Loire Rive ....
|
|
|
|
|

Posted 6/15/2025 10:43 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
#5461 - Hashem Help Us!!! Our Cry on This Shabbos.
|
|
|
- Q. Dear Moreinu Horav, as you are familiar with our group of young bachurim studying in a Yeshiva High School, I was asked to send you this question.
Our group has many family members in Israel, and the latest news this week of t ....
|
|
|
|
|

Posted 6/13/2025 1:56 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
#5460 - Fast or Feast?
|
|
|
- Q. Rabenu Shlit”a, Can I attend a wedding on this coming Monday (June 16. 2025) the 20th of Sivan?
On question 1095 we wrote:
“Q. I have a close friend that is getting married this Sunday, the 20 of Sivan. I heard that there may ....
|
|
|
|
|

Posted 6/13/2025 1:46 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
#5459 Screening the Screens?
|
|
|
- Q. Is it permitted to place on the entrance to the shul area of davening, against a side wall on the back a large screen that contains all the information for davening times as well as shiurim and other activities and the times for Shabbat etc.
|
|
|
|
|

Posted 6/13/2025 1:40 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
#5458 No Equal Rights? Really???
|
|
|
- Q. Is it true that there are opinions that the shiurim (amounts) for the eating of mitzvos and benching, are different for women than men?
A. Surprisingly! true indeed. Shita Mekubetzes (Kesubos 64b) quotes Talmidei Rabeinu Yonah opi ....
|
|
|
|
|

Posted 6/13/2025 1:33 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
#5457 Devote to Vote?
|
|
|
- Q. Dear Rov. Elections in Lakewood N.J. are next week (April 10). I live in Toronto, do I have to make an effort to vote since I can if I try? What is HoRav Shlomo Miller opinion?
A. As mentioned already in a number of Teshuvos, Ho ....
|
|
|
|
|

Posted 6/13/2025 1:28 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
#5456 No More Info Vaccum
|
|
|
- Q. Kevod Horav Shlit”a Can one stand on a vacuum cleaner that was left next to a bookcase, to reach a high sefer to learn on Shabbat, after all it is muktza?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller”s Shlit”a opinion is that one may do so, when not to ....
|
|
|
|
|

Posted 6/13/2025 1:26 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
#5455 Expanding the Chupa?
|
|
|
- Q. Rabenu Hachasuv Shlit’a. Thanks for your answer on the chupa for the Sefer Torah.
It is me again and we were all wondering, since the spring and summer days are here, if the same principle of opening the above canopy could be us ....
|
|
|
|
|

Posted 6/13/2025 1:23 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
#5454 - A Motion to Permit a Motion Detector
|
|
|
- Q. Dear Rabbi, Is there an issue walking past a motion-sensor LED light that is always on but increases its brightness when you walk by it? It should be noted that it is possible to see and walk even when the light is at its dim, baseline leve ....
|
|
|
|
|

Posted 6/13/2025 1:15 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
#5453 – Torah Has Always The Great Beginning!
|
|
|
- Q. See above question. Since our shul’s large ladies group is very interested in starting a cycle of women shiurim and conferences, is this week Parshat Behaaloscha the right correct time?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller and the other Rabboni ....
|
|
|
|
|

Posted 6/13/2025 1:10 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
#5452 – An Important Parsha for Women?
|
|
|
- Q. Kevod Harav Shlit”a. I just overheard in a women’s Torah shiur that there are opinions in the Sifrei Kabbalah that this week’s Parshat Behaaloscha is especially significant and important to women, why? (see next question).
A. Hor ....
|
|
|
|
|

Posted 6/13/2025 1:07 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|