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# 2705 A Pretty Penny
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Q. Can I give $0.01 Cdn tzedakah or do I have to use only American pennies now that ours are out of currency.
A. On question 1187 regarding the value of a prutah today, we wrote: "The value of a perutah according to the opinion of the C ....
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Posted 6/12/2020 1:06 PM |
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# 2704 Never Too Late?
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Q. Someone that davens maariv after plag hamincha, while it is still day, and forgot to say korbanos before mincha, can he say them after maariv?
A. As Horav Shlomo Miller is out of town, Horav Aharon Miller Shlit'a consulted with his f ....
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Posted 6/12/2020 1:00 PM |
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# 2703 The Aron or the Mizrach?
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Q. We daven in a backyard minyan these days. During Yom Tov we took out a mobile Aron Hakodesh with a Sefer Torah, but due to the circumstances it was placed to the north side of the yard, although the shtender of the baal tefila was facing mizra ....
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Posted 6/10/2020 9:47 AM |
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# 2702 Open to Questions
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Q. Today, June 8th 2020 the government of Ontario announced that commencing this Friday June 12th, places of worship including Shuls can be used provided they operate at 30% capacity.
Please tell me if Rabbi Shlomo Miller permits ....
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Posted 6/9/2020 4:23 PM |
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# 2701 The Rabbis Too?
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Q. Thank you for your answer (2699) explaining well why do Cohanim turn their back to the Aron Hakodesh. The fact is, that it is not only the Cohanim who behave so, in most shuls and yeshivot, the rabbis when they address the congregants, also turn t ....
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Posted 6/5/2020 4:45 PM |
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# 2700 Don't Feed the Animals
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Q. Every Shabbos on the last few months a squirrel shows up at the window of our house at the exact time when we make hamotzi in the day, because my kids feed it with a small piece of chalah. Is that permitted?
A. On question 2296 reg ....
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Posted 6/5/2020 12:08 PM |
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# 2699 Face The People
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Q. Why do Cohanim turn their back to the Aron Hakodesh when reciting their blessing to the people? Is that not an act of disrespect?
A. Talmud (Sota 38a) teaches that Birchas Cohanim should be said "ponim keneged ponim" or face to fac ....
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Posted 6/4/2020 3:08 PM |
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# 2698 Count your Blessings
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Q. How does one reach meah brachos (hundred blessings one should recite every day) on Yom Tov. Some of the birkas hashachar are lost due to not sleeping, plus we eat only two seudas, and it may be hard to eat so many snacks during the course of th ....
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Posted 6/2/2020 6:28 PM |
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# 2697 A Free Gift?
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Q.(See question 2696 above). Do I have to give maaser from the present?
A. Poskim disagree, most maintain that one is not obliged to give maaser from objects one has received as a gift. However, monetary gifts should be included in maas ....
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Posted 6/2/2020 5:50 PM |
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# 2696 Remains to be Seen
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Q. Someone gave me money for Yom Tov expenses. (He gave me more than necessary, especially since I ate out by some of the meals.) May I spend whatever is left over on other things (including future Shabbos expenses, seforim, or other things?
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Posted 6/2/2020 5:42 PM |
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# 2695 Beat the Heat
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Q. Someone left on Shabbos by mistake the crock pot on high, and the cholent will likely burn out. If it has a light that shows when the heat is on, can one turn down the level of heat when it is off on Shabbos?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller' ....
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Posted 6/2/2020 3:08 PM |
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# 2694 Not The Same Brocho
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Q. You answered (question 2693) that a wife can recite the brachot of Elokai Neshama and Hamaavir Sheina on behalf of her husband, who didn't sleep on Shavuos night. Can she also recite the bracha for the Torah on his behalf?
A. Shulc ....
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Posted 5/28/2020 4:05 PM |
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# 2693 A Blessing Wife
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Q. It is likely that many will be learning and davening alone this Shavuos. (And when someone stays awake the complete night, he should not recite certain brochos. He then usually asks another person who did sleep to recite them and be motze him). C ....
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Posted 5/28/2020 2:27 PM |
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# 2692 Standing for Her Husband
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Q. My husband o"h, who passed away l"a recently in the terrible pandemic, was for many years very close to his Rov, as I was too. My husband always made a point to go and visit his rebbe during Yom Tov. The Rov was also very helpful during the tragi ....
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Posted 5/28/2020 2:10 PM |
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# 2691 Call a Visit
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Q. Can one comply with the mitzva of Kabolas Pnei Rabo (pay a visit to our Rabbis during Yom Tov) by zoom before Yom Tov?
A. Noda Beyehuda (O. H. 2: 17) maintains that in our days, when meantime there is no aliya leregel and we do no ....
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Posted 5/28/2020 2:04 PM |
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# 2690 Better Late Than Never
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Q. (See question 2689 above). Sometimes the bachur comes late (he has an aide who brings him). What should I do if I am supposed to daven with him but he is late (I am makpid to start shemone ezre with the minyan, as otherwise it is a shaila if it ....
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Posted 5/28/2020 1:24 PM |
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# 2689 Praying For Someone
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Q. There is a bachur in the yeshiva who r'l had a stroke, cannot daven on his own, and someone stands next to him and davens out loud to be motzi him; I have a few questions.
What should be done to maintain social distancing?
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Posted 5/28/2020 1:21 PM |
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# 2688 Blessed Dreams
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Q. If someone goes to sleep for a short time on the night of Shavuos should he say the brocho of Hamapil?
A. Shaarei Teshuva, Birkei Yosef (O.H. 229: 2) and others maintain that if one goes to sleep before daybreak, the brocho of Hama ....
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Posted 5/28/2020 12:47 PM |
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# 2687 With The Best Intentions
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Q. Since due to the pandemic, it is likely that we will be learning Shavuos night alone. Can someone have the, intention that when he makes Birchas Hatorah on the morning of Erev Shavuos, not to be yotze (comply) with the brocho after Alos Hashachar ....
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Posted 5/28/2020 12:46 PM |
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# 2686 An Early Shave?
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Q. If someone keeps the shitas Haari (the opinion of the Arizal that one does not shave during the whole sefira period), can he shave already on Erev Shavuos after Maariv?
A. Pekudas Elozor (O.H. 493: 2) mentions that Horav Chaim Vital ....
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Posted 5/28/2020 12:44 PM |
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