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# 2371 Accounting For Tastes?
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Q. Does one recite a bracha on water if one is not thirsty, but has some enjoyment from the temperature of the water (such as one who drinks a nice cold cup of water or a very hot cup of water, where there is a certain degree of enjoyment from the t ....
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Posted 10/11/2019 2:04 AM |
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# 2370 The Yom Kippur Pains
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Q. I daven in a shul that is frequented by baalei teshuva, and I have seen some very weird practices and customs that some adopted. Is it correct to place little stones or gravel on one's tennis shoes on Yom Kippur and walk around in pain with them ....
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Posted 10/7/2019 8:59 PM |
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# 2369 A File on Charges
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Q. I have an internet service that scheduled and charged my credit card on Saturday (or Yom Tov).
Is that a problem?
Can you respond quickly - not sure if I have to do anything?
Thank you
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shli ....
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Posted 10/7/2019 8:28 PM |
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# 2368 Shiur on Shiurim
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Q. I was also wondering, one that can't fast the complete day on Yom Kippur, but has an option of eating shiurim or small amounts from the morning on, and that will be enough for him to fast the whole day. Should he do that or better don't eat at ....
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Posted 10/7/2019 7:49 PM |
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# 2367 Ransom which Tzom?
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Q. My elderly father has problems fasting, but he usually is able to fast. His doctor told him if he prepares and eats properly the weeks before, he can try even in full day fasts. The question arose on fasting on Tzom Gedalyah that is shorter and e ....
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Posted 10/7/2019 7:46 PM |
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# 2366 What a Brocho Teshuva Is
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Q. If one is certain that he is going to do teshuva on something wrong he did, does he make a bracha when making teshuva? What bracha? Does he say it when reciting viduy?
A. Beis Yitzchok (Nitzovim 193) maintains that although, tesh ....
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Posted 10/6/2019 4:01 PM |
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# 2365 Is This Good for Kappores?
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Q, We usually make kapparot with chickens. I have learned that if one's wife is pregnant, one should procure for her two chickens and one rooster, in case the baby is a boy or a girl. Can you rely on an ultrasound test and just bring a chicken for th ....
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Posted 10/6/2019 3:59 PM |
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# 2364 Soften the Blow
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Q. A 5 year old child had a cold and stayed home on Rosh Hashana. He was very upset he couldn't hear the shofar, his father borrowed a shofar and blew for him some kolos to make him happy. Is that considered chinuch of children, which is permitted o ....
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Posted 10/6/2019 3:57 PM |
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# 2363 Let Them Eat Cake?
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Q. The minhag of our family is to abstain from eating nuts the complete Aseres Yemei Teshuva, can I eat in a kiddush a cake that contains nuts?
A. On question1843 regarding the extend of the minhag of eating nuts, we wrote: "There ....
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Posted 10/4/2019 2:04 PM |
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# 2362 Take your Seat
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Q. Why in some shuls the chazan begins singing Hamelech from his seat and then approaches the amud?
A. See similar question 1776 where we answered:
"Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that on the Yomim Noroim we are requested ....
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Posted 9/29/2019 4:52 PM |
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# 2361 Nuts Over Nuts?
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Q. Regarding the minhag not to eats nuts during the aseret yemei teshuva (because the gematria of egoz is the same as that of cheit), to which nuts does this actually apply?
Walnuts are called Egozei Melech.
Hazelnuts are called Egozei L ....
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Posted 9/29/2019 4:13 PM |
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# 2360 Feast of Creation
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Q. Should a seudas hodoa or a festive meal be done for the newly converted?
A. Madrich Lager (p. 86) quotes that some would advise not to do so, since this seuda is not mentioned by the Poskim. However his opinion is that in principle a ....
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Posted 9/29/2019 3:41 PM |
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# 2359 Welcome to Your Home
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Q. What is the correct way to salute a newly converted Ger that one encounters after the immersion in the mikva? Does one have to say Shalom Aleichem? Does one have to recite Shecheyanu?
A. Maseches Gerim (1) mentions that after the te ....
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Posted 9/29/2019 3:38 PM |
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# 2358 Torah Deal or Just a Meal
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Q. Can someone who usually fasts on Erev Rosh Hashana when possible, attend a siyum and thus avoid fasting?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that this case is similar to the Taanis Bechoros on Erev Pesach, where firstborns ....
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Posted 9/27/2019 2:33 PM |
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# 2357 A Late Train
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Q. Can a Baal Tokea blow shofar to train and prepare on the night of Rosh Hashana or on the morning before davening, if he has then specific intention of not being yotze with the mitzva?
A. See questions 858, 859 and 867, on the permiss ....
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Posted 9/27/2019 2:09 PM |
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# 2356 Stay Home?
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Q. Does an avel during shiva go to shul on Erev Rosh Hashana? If he does and that is the last day of shiva, does he return home or he is lifted from shiva at the shul?
A. Remah (O.H. 581: 1) rules that an ovel is prohibited from le ....
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Posted 9/27/2019 1:57 PM |
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# 2355 Dure and Easy
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Q. Why are the piyutim of the Selichos so complicated, and difficult to understand as they use words that are totally unknown to most of us? They probably were also challenging and cryptic to the masses in the days they were composed. So why not reci ....
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Posted 9/27/2019 1:40 PM |
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# 2354 Say it Right
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Q. We mention always we are going to "say Selichos," in Hebrew we say "omrim Selichos," or "zogg'n Selichos" in Yidish. Should not the correct expression be "ask Selichos or lebakesh or betn?" After all, we are imploring and beseeching Hashem to forg ....
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Posted 9/27/2019 1:21 PM |
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# 2353 The Law on Bending
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Q. Can one to avoid giving a handshake to a woman, bow slightly with palms together, as Hindu and Buddhist do (namaste greeting)?
A. We do find that Avraham Avinu greeted the B'nei Cheiss more profusely (24: 7) And Avraham arose and p ....
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Posted 9/27/2019 1:12 PM |
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# 2352 Seasoned Greetings
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Q. Can a man greet a woman using a high-five or fist-bump salutation? How about if he is careful not to touch her hand, (he retrieves it fast, before they touch)?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that if it is done respectfull ....
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Posted 9/27/2019 1:01 PM |
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