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Expand Article # 2426 A Change for the Better
Q. If one replaces a mezuza with a better one, does he have to say a brocho? What happens if he already had in his possession this new better mezuza for months and at the time the present mezuza to be replaced was attached?

A. Sefer Hoe ....


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Expand Article # 2425 Check is on the Door
Q. When one removes a mezuza to be checked and the puts it back, does he have to make a brocho?

A. Pischei Teshuva (Y.D. 289: 1) quotes Lashon Limudim that debates whether one should recite a brocho when placing back a mezuza that was t ....


Posted 11/22/2019 1:41 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 2424 Tell a Good Story
Q. Can someone read in a bathroom stories of tzadikim or Jewish history (kosher) seforim?

A. Vayivorech Dovid (1: 15) and others maintain that it depends on the disagreement mentioned in last question,(2423). Piskei Teshuvos (85: 3) ar ....


Posted 11/22/2019 1:34 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 2423 Is G-dliness next to Cleanliness?
Q. Regarding the questions if Hashem is everywhere including impure places, (2412-13), does this mean that following the Hagra's opinion, one cannot think of Hashem's presence when in a bathroom or mikve? Does shivisi Hashem not apply when one is in ....


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Expand Article # 2422 Labor of Love
Q. Since learning Torah and doing mitzvos out of pure love for Hashem is the greatest and most elevated of all actions possible, should then, when possible a teacher of Torah shiurim refuse being paid, if he can survive without that salary?



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Expand Article # 2421 Buy On Time
Q. Is it permitted to quickly buy a few seforim prior to davening Shacharis, such as in a yeshiva where seforim are for sale and one is concerned that if he davens first, someone else will take the seforim that he wants?

A. Poskim pe ....


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Expand Article # 2420 Too Much Too Late
Q. A person that usually says korbonos before mincha, if he davened in a shul where maariv follows mincha immediately, right after the shekia and because he was late was unable to say korbonos before mincha. Can he say them after maariv?

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Expand Article # 2419 Giving a Giving Education
Q. A bachur who makes some money (such as when he leins or participates in a learning program) but is generally dependent on his parents for his sustenance, is he obligated to give maaser from the money that he makes?

A. Poskim mention ....


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Expand Article # 2418 A Gift for Gifts
Q. Is there an obligation to give maaser kesafim (tithes of one tenth) of one's earnings to the poor?

A. Shulchan Aruch (248: 1) rules that everyone is obliged to give tzedaka, even one who himself depends on charity to survive.
....


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Expand Article # 2417 Till Death Do Us Part?
Q. Thank you for giving me your email this morning.
Soon after I married in 1984 my father bought a cemetery plot for myself and my wife in the...  We divorced eleven years ago and I had forgotten about the plots and when the separation ....


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Expand Article # 2416 If It Looks and Smells...
Q. (Re- question 2408). If someone underwent a polypectomy, to remove a polyp or small cancerous growth on the colon and is still bleeding, does the same Halacha apply?

A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion (on question 2408) ....


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Expand Article # 2415 Let The Dust Settle
Q. On using talcum powder inside shoes or boots during Shabbos (see above question 2414). Would everyone permit if you put the talcum powder before Shabbos?
If there us no eruv, is there a problem to carry it outside?

A. Cheshev H ....


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Expand Article # 2414 Talc Talk
Q. Can one sprinkle talc powder on the feet or shoes on Shabbos to keep them dry, specially on boots during the winter months?

A. Non-medicated talcum powder is made from talc, a mineral made up mainly of the elements magnesium, silico ....


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Expand Article # 2413 Know Before Whom You Stand
Q. In regard to the above question, 2412, is it not true that Gaon of Vilna maintained that the presence of Hashem is not universal?

A. There is a known dispute between Hagra and the Baal Hatanya regarding the presence of the Shech ....


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Expand Article # 2412 Where Is Hashem?
Q. On question 2373 you dealt with the presence of Hashem arriving to a shul only when there is a minyan of people present and the first ten to arrive are credited with bringing the presence of the Shechina to the shul. I don't understand, isn't th ....


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Expand Article # 2411 Poor Little Rich Poor
Q. Is there a chiyuv to give at least some tzedakah to every Jewish ani (poor) who asks? If yes, what about someone who appears very suspicious, for example, you sometimes have someone who says his car broke down and he needs money for a bus, and i ....


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Expand Article # 2410 Your Name Again?
Q. Re- question 2401. Regarding geirim having ruach hakodesh (like parents) when choosing their name. That Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that it stands to reason that if a ger has the right kavana and intention when choosing the new name ....


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Expand Article # 2409 Taxing Future Gains
Q. If I know I will be getting a wages cheque at the end of the month or any other future income, can I give the maaser money already now to the poor and have it count for future moneys not yet earned?

A. Noda Beyehuda (Y.D. 1: 73) ....


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Expand Article # 2408 Blood Check
Q. Is someone underwent a prostate examination (biopsy) or a removal operation and is bleeding anally or in his urine, can he daven or recite brochos?

A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that the anal blood emissions, if they a ....


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Expand Article # 2407 Say his Pray
Q. There is a person who is not able to daven on his own because he r"l had a stroke and it takes him very long to say the words. Therefore, the eitza that is done is someone stands next to him by Shmone Ezreh and davens in a way that is audible to ....


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