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# 3129 The Bottom of the Food Chain?
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Q. Should not all medical pills be permitted during Pesach or when from an non-kosher source during the whole year, since they are after all a non edible food that even dogs would not eat?
A. Indeed Poskim do mention that reason as a h ....
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Posted 4/13/2021 9:52 PM |
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# 3128 A Taste of One's Own Medicine
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Q. Would it be better for someone needing to take questionable pills on Pesach, or any other time if they could be non kosher, to wait and take them after a heavy meal when one is completely satiated. At that state it would be considered an Achila G ....
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Posted 4/13/2021 5:59 PM |
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# 3127 Didn't Remember To Remember
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Q. If one was asked by a friend who is unable to come to shul to say Izkor for his parents, but didn't open the email or forgot the request. What should he do? Does he have to inform his friend that he didn't comply with his request?
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Posted 4/12/2021 2:57 PM |
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# 3126 A Hard Pill to Swallow II
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Q. On a question 3122 above regarding swallowing pills for someone who has to take them during Pesach that may contain Kitniyos, you answered that it is not permitted.
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Posted 4/12/2021 2:51 PM |
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# 3125 Forgot the Remembrance Light
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Q. What should one do if one forgets to light an Izkor candle for parents as he always lights?
A. On question 2942 regarding If someone forgot to kindle a Yohrzait candle on that day for a father or mother, what is the correct thi ....
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Posted 4/12/2021 2:36 PM |
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# 3124 Can't Live by Matza Alone
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Q. During one of the days of Pesach I had left over a large piece of Shmura Matza from a meat meal; Next day I wondered if I could eat for breakfast cheese with the leftover Matza. Is that permitted?
A. Shulchan Aruch (Y.D. 89: ....
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Posted 4/11/2021 10:07 PM |
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# 3123 Seeing Eye to Eye
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Q. In 2017 my optometrist, saw a hole in my left retina, and was able to book me in fast, to see a Retinologist, who in turn was able to seal the hole in my retina by laser on that very same day. Failure to act promptly to a torn retina often result ....
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Posted 4/11/2021 9:54 PM |
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# 3122 A Hard Pill to Swallow?
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Q. Someone who has to take pills during Pesach that may contain Kitniyos (grain products that are not true chometz, but Ashkenazim prohibit). Should he preferably place his pill on a glass with water and then just swallow the pill with the water, li ....
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Posted 4/11/2021 9:42 PM |
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# 3121 Everyone Has Their Praise
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Q. After a woman gives birth, does she bench Hagomel or can her husband say Hagomel for her.
A. On question 610 we wrote: Shulchan Oruch (O.H. 223: 1) rules that when a son is born one recites Hatov Vehametiv. For a daughter Mis ....
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Posted 4/8/2021 10:13 PM |
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# 3120 The Reason to Listen
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Q. Our grandfather is living at an old age care facility due to his sensitive health status. We, his grandchildren take turns to visit him and a this time count Sefiras Haomer with him. But sometimes he barely repeats some of the words, does this co ....
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Posted 4/8/2021 10:07 PM |
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# 3119 We All Count when We Count Together
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Q. We daven in our shul Maariv early after Plag and don't count sefirah then as it is too early. I join later on a Zoom Daf and I'm trying to convince them to count at the end of the shiur, when it is already certainly night, to count Sefirah togeth ....
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Posted 4/8/2021 10:02 PM |
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# 3118 Weak on the Weeks Too
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Q. On the last question, (3117 - when one mentions during the day the Sefira count without any intention to comply with the mitzva), if he also omitted the count of the weeks, will he still be yotze?
A. Hisorerus Teshuva (2: 93) rules t ....
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Posted 4/8/2021 9:52 PM |
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# 3117 I Can't Remember What I Forgot
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Q. If I forgot to count sefiras Haomer on the second night, but during the day I commented to my friend how bad my memory is since already on the very second day I lost it. Now since I did mention that it was the second day, although I didn't have a ....
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Posted 4/8/2021 9:47 PM |
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# 3116 Affirming the Affikomem
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Q. I always wondered why do some people store a piece of the affikomen and keep it after Pesach, since the affikomen is symbolic to the Korban Pesach, should it not be completely consumed during that night?
A. Rashbam (Pesachim 119b) ....
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Posted 4/8/2021 3:59 PM |
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# 3115 Close to Closing Down
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Q. I am sharing an apartment with someone that has corona in separate rooms. very late at night there was a lady nurse that came in to see him so it was two men and a lady at night. what should I do?
A. Remah (E. H. 22: 5) rules that t ....
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Posted 4/5/2021 4:01 PM |
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# 3114 Women's Song Deliverance
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Q. I learned in Bais Yaakov of the importance of the Shira and how when said with joy it redeems all sins. Does that apply to women also? What if due to the necessary dedication to my children. I can't daven Shacharis can or should I at least say ....
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Posted 4/2/2021 6:11 PM |
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# 3113 The Children's Kerias Yam Suf?
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Q. The background of our family is Chasisdic and there was a minhag in the 'Alter Heim' (the old country) that the Chassidim would during Sehvii Shel Pesach pour some water on the floor and then Rebbe would dance back and forth on the water puddle, ....
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Posted 4/2/2021 6:09 PM |
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# 3112 Make it Count
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Q. If I have an option to daven Maariv at an early minyan and count sefira then which is already after an accepted Zeman, or to daven later and count after Rabbenu Ta'am Zeman, that I usually keep on Motzei Shabbos, or should I better daven early b ....
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Posted 4/2/2021 6:00 PM |
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# 3111 Mark Your Early Leave
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Q. When one wishes to leave in the middle of davening to go to another shul when they need help with the minyan, what is the earliest one may leave? May one leave after completing the quiet SE, if necessary to arrive to the other shul on time.
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Posted 4/1/2021 10:39 PM |
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# 3110 Long Lean on the List?
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Q. I have list of cholim whose names I insert in Shmone Esrei.. How often do I need to ask if the people should still be on the list? What if I can't contact the person who gave me the name? Are there any criteria for adding someone's name to the l ....
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Posted 4/1/2021 10:26 PM |
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