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#103 - Buying a used car during the 3 weeks.
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Q. Can I buy a used car during the 3 weeks?
A. See Ask the Rabbi (this forum, question 100), for the permitted buying of a new car when possession will take place after Tisha B'av. As this is a used automobile, ownership would be imm ....
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Posted 7/29/2011 1:39 PM |
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#102 - Dyeing hair during the three weeks.
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Is it permitted for a woman to dye her hair during the three weeks.
Horav Shloimo Miller's Shlit"a opinion is that it is that although a woman is restricted on the use of cosmetics only during Tisha B'av itself, dying hair i ....
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Posted 7/25/2011 1:31 PM |
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#101 - Trimming and fixing a wig duiring the 3 weeks.
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Q. Am I allowed to have my shaitel cut during the 3 weeks? I had scheduled an appointment prior to the tannis, but had to cancel at the last minute. My shaitel macher has a heter to cut as it is her parnassah. She advised that I ask a shaila.
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Posted 7/22/2011 2:16 PM |
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#100 - Buying a car during the 3 weeks
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Q. I would like to know if it would be OK to buy a car during the 3 weeks and take delivery after Tisha b'Av.
A. Igrois Moishe’s (O.C. 3, 80) opinion is that if the car is a pleasure vehicle, one should avoid acquiring it during the ....
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Posted 7/22/2011 2:14 PM |
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Posted 7/22/2011 2:13 PM |
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#98 - Davening Maariv Before the zman.
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Q. Is it better to Daven Maariv before TZAAS with a minyan or after without a minyan even if you are makped to always daven after the TZAAZ?
A. The Mechaver (O.C. 235, 1) indicates that if the Tzibur daven Maariv early, while still d ....
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Posted 7/22/2011 2:10 PM |
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#97 - Chumetz Pet food owned by a Jew During Pesach
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Q. My Jewish neighbour's rabbit died during pesach. After pesach, she gave me the leftover chotzdig rabbit food which I know she didn't sell. Can I still use it? If not, it seems like bal tashlis to throw it out as it was a freshly opened bag.
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Posted 7/14/2011 11:16 AM |
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#96 - Baking Challah on a Dairy Pan.
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Q. I baked a challah this evening on a baking sheet that had previously been used for dairy (cheese baked directly on that pan). I lined the pan with parchment paper and baked my challah on the paper. The challah did not touch the pan.
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Posted 7/14/2011 11:11 AM |
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Posted 7/14/2011 11:09 AM |
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#94 - Using non-Jewish dates and holiday references
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Q. I design database tables - like spreadsheet with rows and column headings. For a particular project there is a need for a Holiday table - to know statutory holidays when things are open and closed. This table contains non Jewish holidays (e.g. D ....
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Posted 7/8/2011 10:47 AM |
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#93 - Symbols from other religions on household items.
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Q. My wife bought crystal candlesticks holders to give as a present and she noticed that on the brand name of the product on the box and on the candlestick there is a crown with a cross on it. Are we allowed to give the present to a Jewish couple o ....
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Posted 6/28/2011 10:57 AM |
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#92 - Pets and Pet Cages on Shabbos
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Q. Can my child play with a pet bird in Shabbes? Is the cage muktze?
A. The Talmud (Shabbos 128 b) mentions that animals are muktze. Mishneh Beruroh (308,146) explains that the reason is because since they are of no use in Shabbos, ....
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Posted 6/27/2011 3:33 PM |
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#91 - Asking a non Jew to reset an oven on Yom Tov
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Q. On Shavuos we had a blackout, and the new electric stoves, lost their timers and memory, and would not work unless reset manually. Is it permitted to ask a non Jew to reset it on Yom Tov, so we can cook? Could it be done on the second day?
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Posted 6/21/2011 8:40 PM |
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#90 - Using thick Paint on Tefilin
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Q. A few years ago I had my Tefilin repainted, the paint was rather thick and has recently began peeling off in some places. It is still black underneath, but the new paint comes off in chips some as big as a 1/3 of an inch. Is there a problem with ....
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Posted 6/21/2011 12:40 PM |
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Posted 6/10/2011 12:13 PM |
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Posted 6/10/2011 12:10 PM |
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#87 - Maariv and Shabbos Zmanin in Northern Canada
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Q. I am planning a trip to Canada and Alaska next month and because night doesn't come in till very late please tell me if I should be davening Maariv at a normal time or whether I have to stay up to daven when it gets dark? Also as far as Shabat i ....
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Posted 6/10/2011 12:03 PM |
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Posted 5/27/2011 4:51 PM |
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#85 - Non-jew turning on an electric stove top on Yom Tov.
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Q. If a non-Jew turns on an electric stove top on Yom Tov, Is one permitted to use it?
A. Most Poiskim maintain that creating fire in Yom Tov (moileed) is only a rabbinic prohibition (see Rashi Shabbat 33,a – O.C.502 and Taz ibid. 1 ....
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Posted 5/27/2011 2:18 AM |
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Posted 5/27/2011 2:15 AM |
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