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Expand Article # 2204 Each to Their Own Taste
Q. I always wondered if one could taste any taste one desired when eating the mon, what was the correct attitude when one ate it? Since this was a kind of spiritual food and Hashem's gift, was it appropriate to have in mind the best taste possible, ....


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Expand Article # 2203 Be Careful What You Read
Q. What is the Rav's opinion regarding one who brings seforim to sell to a yeshiva, and the bachurim look at the seforim, which they may or may not have intention of buying? How long may one look at a sefer for free? Or one who goes to a seforim st ....


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Expand Article # 2202 It All Adds Up Now
Q. (Re- question 2201 above). When is Muktza more severe on Yom Tov than Shabbos? And is not Muktza only a Rabbinical prohibition, so how can you comply with Tosefes (adding to Yom Tov) which is a Biblical mitzva by accepting Rabbinical melochos?


Posted 6/4/2019 2:26 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 2201 Learning Addition
Q. (Re- question 2200 above). Is this year, when Erev Yom Tov is Shabbos any different in regard to Tosefes Yom Tov on Shavuos?

A. We mentioned above that Halichos Shlomo (12: 9) and others are of the opinion that with the lighting of ....


Posted 6/4/2019 2:19 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 2200 Having an Early Night?
Q. On the first night of Shavuos, we wait to daven maariv until tzeis, (night), so the days of Sefiras Haomer will be complete. What about Tosefes Yom Tov, are we not supposed to add before every Shabbos and Yom Tov some time before sunset?


Posted 5/31/2019 6:32 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 2199 The Value of the Otzar
Q. I saw the question about Shemita wine from Israel with a hechsher that reads "otzar bet din exported after biur." What does that mean and who are the authorities that permit it?

A. Rambam (H. Shmitta 4: 1 - 24) rules that it is a p ....


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Expand Article # 2198 Lose Sleep Over This?
Q. Since one is not allowed to prepare from Shabbat to Yom Tov, can one sleep on this year's Shabbat Erev Shavuot afternoon more than usual, if he has the intention of being able to learn Torah during Shavuot night?

A. Mishna Berur ....


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Expand Article # 2197 Rabi Shimon and the Mon
Q. You mentioned in the name of the Chasam Sofer that the mon began to fall on Lag Baomer. What is the connection if any?

A. Sifsei Tzadik (Lag Baomer 5), questions how Rasb'i and his son were able to comply with all the mitzvos such ....


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Expand Article # 2196 In Relation to Relations
Q. Can one have marital relations this year on the Shabbat Erev Shavuot, since it is during the three days before Kabalat Hatorah? Does it also apply to the second night of Shavuot?

A. Mishna Berura (494: 4,- 240: 7) writes that follo ....


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Expand Article # 2195 When Was the Real Mon-day?
Q. I have heard contradicting opinions as to when the mon began to fall. Was it on Pesach Sheni or was it Lag Baomer? Which is correct?

A. The Talmud (Shabbos 87b) writes that Bnei Yisroel arrived on the 15 of Iyar at Midbar Sinn, an ....


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Expand Article # 2194 With Father Together Forever
Q. There was a gezeira to kill Rebbe Shimon; there was no gezeira against his son Rebbe Elazar. So why did Rebe Elazar go into hiding with his father?

A. Vaani Tefila (2: Matan Torah, quoted in Kaftor Voferach) asks this question an ....


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Expand Article # 2193 Thanks But No Thanks
Q. Re-prior question on missing words on Hallel, if one by mistake on a day one is supposed to recite the full Hallel only said half Hallel, if already finished, does one have to repeat and recite the brochos again?

A. Poskim disagree ....


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Expand Article # 2192 The Law of the Letter
Q. I often noticed in others and on myself that as Hallel is recited we may omit or mispronounce some word or letters, especially when one is tired or it is being said too long. Does one comply if he just misses a letter or two?

A. Mis ....


Posted 5/31/2019 1:32 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 2191 Won the Fourth Cup!
Q. In order to comply with Hallel at the seder, does one need to say every word? This is a problem as at that time people may be falling asleep, especially the elderly. If one did not comply with Hallel, is one also not yotzi the fourth kos? Thus, ....


Posted 5/31/2019 1:28 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 2190 The Matzav of the Matzeva
Q. I find it very hard to get together a minyan for a Hakomas Hamatzeva. Do you need a Minyan present or can you say kaddish in shul, before or after?

A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that it is preferable to have a minyan pr ....


Posted 5/27/2019 10:56 AM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 2189 Let The Party Begin
Q. Can one make a Lag Baomer party (with a siyum) this year Wednesday night, (Lag Baomer is Thursday), after the shekia, with music?

A. Poskim disagree if marriages are permitted on the eve of Lag Baomer. Some maintain that the simcha ....


Posted 5/24/2019 2:10 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 2188 Need a Lawyer?
Q. A college student is taking a math class that is very difficult for him, so he paid his brother to do the homework assignments for him. (His major is law, but they require taking this math class). Did he transgress by doing this, and if so, what ....


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Expand Article # 2187 The Purim Lag Cust-omer
Q. Shulchan Aruch (428) writes that Lag Baomer is always the same day of the week a Purim. (Siman P'lag). What is the connection between them?

A. Many different interpretations have been given to the connection between the two unalike ....


Posted 5/24/2019 1:58 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 2186 An Eye On the Eyes
Q. A talmid chacham who has a minhag to remove his spectacles from his face whenever he goes outside to avoid seeing forbidden sights - what should he do when he walks in the reshus harabbim on Shabbos? Should he be concerned that he may inadvertent ....


Posted 5/24/2019 12:34 AM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 2185 A Close Shave?
Q. Is it better when Lag Baomer falls on a Thursday to wait to cut hair and shave until Erev Shabbos?

A. This shaila was already addressed on question 1703 where we wrote: "Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that it is unnec ....


Posted 5/23/2019 11:40 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)



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