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#185 - Saying Piyutim in Davening Part 2
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Q. If [reciting piyutim - see earlier question] is based on the fact that few understand the language and meaning and that their time could be put to better use, why are we still saying the piyyutim we do say? Why are we still saying Selichos and K ....
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Posted 6/28/2012 2:21 PM |
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#184 - Saying Piyutim in Davening.
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Q. Why has the Torah world abandoned the custom of saying most Piyutim in the davening on Shabbos, Yom Tov, High Holidays, and other special occasions?
A. The tradition of reciting piyutim during the tefilos goes back a long time. ....
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Posted 6/28/2012 2:15 PM |
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Posted 6/22/2012 11:47 AM |
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#182 - Does a woman need filters for internet use
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Q. Does a woman need filters for internet use?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that a computer used only by women, does require proper filters, as there are many issues involved with improper use of the Internet, such as ....
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Posted 6/22/2012 11:35 AM |
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#181 - Working in a company that does not allow filters
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Q. Am I allow to work in a company that don't allow filters on the Internet? Does it make a difference if my computer is in a close office or an open space ?
A. A filter could be downloaded and installed for just one user. However, i ....
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Posted 6/22/2012 11:34 AM |
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Posted 6/15/2012 4:11 PM |
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Posted 6/15/2012 3:55 PM |
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#178 - Chatzitzos when putting on Tefilin shel Yad.
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Q. When you put Tefilin shel yad, do you have to take off your watch, or medic-alert bracelet?
A. Remoh (O.C. 27:4) rules that there is no chatzitza or interpose between the retzuos and the arm. Mishnah Berurah (ibid. 16) seems to ag ....
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Posted 6/15/2012 3:51 PM |
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Posted 6/15/2012 3:44 PM |
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#176 - Using anesthetics during a bris
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Q. Further to the question about the appropriateness of a brit milah performed by a woman, is the use of an anesthetic during the procedure to dull the pain to the infant. Does it matter?
A. - Most Poiskim agree that even though in t ....
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Posted 6/15/2012 12:25 AM |
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Posted 6/5/2012 5:20 PM |
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#174 - Brit Milah officiated by a female mohel.
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Q. I recently attended a brit milah officiated by a female mohel. What is the law on this matter?
A. Although it would appear that historically women have performed circumcisions, such as Tzipporah (Shemos 4,25) or the two women ex ....
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Posted 6/5/2012 5:05 PM |
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#173 - Making a Brocha when seeing a King or Prince.
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Q. Upon seeing Prince Charles or Queen Elizabeth, is it halachically appropriate to recite a blessing? Thanks.
A. Shulchan Aruch( O.C. 224,8) quotes the Talmud (Brochos 58a): "On Gentile Kings one blesses "He bestowed from His glory ....
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Posted 6/5/2012 5:02 PM |
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#172 - Eating bee honey that is unfiltered
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FrumToronto Staff Note: A follow up on this is pending.
Q - Is there an Issur to eat bees honey that is unfiltered because there may be bee parts in it or do we say that the bee parts if in there may be too small too see therefore there ....
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Posted 6/1/2012 11:33 AM |
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Posted 5/25/2012 3:47 PM |
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Posted 5/25/2012 3:41 PM |
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#169 - Filling in Letters in a Sefer Torah
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Q) I recently attended the giving of a Sefer Torah, and was invited to write a letter for a donation. The letters were already outlined in ink, I just filled in the blank inner space, isn't that letter kosher anyway, if so what is my mitzvah?
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Posted 5/25/2012 3:34 PM |
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#156 - Updated: Taking exams on Shabbos
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Q. A medical resident that is completing his residency must take an advanced trauma licensing course. The available courses at this time are offered on shabbat throughout Canada. When the course is completed there is a test. The test is multiple ch ....
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Posted 5/25/2012 12:27 PM |
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#168 - Eating an item that required bitul to permit it
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Q. On a recent kashruth question, the Rabbi who supervises the product told me, that it is totally permitted lekatchila, even though Bitul Beshishim was used as a Heter. Is this correct? Should not one abstain lekatchila from eating anything that r ....
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Posted 5/18/2012 3:22 PM |
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Posted 5/18/2012 3:18 PM |
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