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# 2294 A Mixed Blessing
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Q. At a bris the mohel had a bit of a cold, so he asked someone else present to do the mitzva of metzitza (oral suction of the blood). What should be done then when reciting the Horachaman by the end of birkat hamazon, that reads: "Horachamam Hu Ivar ....
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Posted 8/16/2019 2:09 PM |
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# 2293 Show Why we Don't Show the Door
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Q. On Shabbos, in a reshus harabbim, (no eiruv), there is a Jew who is standing outside a shul because he does not know the password to open the door. The Jew is holding a bag (a mechallel Shabbos r"l). May one open the door for him? (Whether from ....
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Posted 8/16/2019 1:58 PM |
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# 2292 Good Things Come to Those Who Wait
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Q. One who is being driven to the mountains and suddenly remembers that he did not daven Maariv yet, and he can tell the driver to pull over and wait 15 minutes while he davens with a minyan (the last available minyan) - but there are four other peo ....
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Posted 8/16/2019 1:35 PM |
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# 2291 Eyes to the Feast
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Q. Can one eat meat\chicken Motzei Tishah B'av this year since the fast is a nidche?
A. Remah (Shulchan Aruch O.H. 558: 1) rules that meat is not permitted on the night after Tisha Beav, even when it was nidche (transferred) to Su ....
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Posted 8/11/2019 4:53 PM |
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# 2290 Baby Blues?
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Q. Can you make a Sholom Zochor for a newborn baby on Shabbos Chazon that is also Tisha Beav (nidche) as in this year.
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that since this celebration is always done, omitting it on this Shabbos w ....
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Posted 8/11/2019 3:55 PM |
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# 2289 An Easy Pill to Swallow
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Q. I was under the impression that one can take the pre-fasting pills. This (quotation bellow from dailyhalacha@aol.com) clearly says not
"One should not say that one is eating to have strength for the fast, and one may not take a pill that ....
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Posted 8/9/2019 3:35 PM |
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# 2288 Encase the Staircase Case
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Q. In question 2280 you wrote that in a house where the basement is rented out to men, there is no prohibition of yichud (men and women secluding together) for the woman on the higher floor, if the door is locked from the upstairs side of the stai ....
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Posted 8/9/2019 3:22 PM |
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# 2287 Rags or Riches
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Q. For those of us that follow the custom cited in the Ramo to wear weekday clothing on Shabbos Chazon, a custom that was practiced throughout the Rhineland for generations, is it OK for us to circulate among others of our Jewish brethren that pract ....
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Posted 8/9/2019 3:04 PM |
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# 2286 Only Kosher Spirits?
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Q. (See above question 2283). Does it make a difference on food and drinks kept in a hospital room, if the patient who perished was a Jew or not?
A. Poskim disagree whether when a Gentile dies the water should be spilled. See Nitei Gavr ....
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Posted 8/9/2019 2:54 PM |
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# 2285 Sure Cure?
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Q. (See above question 2283), Does one have to be concerned on food and drinks kept in a hospital room, if even when the patient recovered and went home, maybe someone else passed away during that time in the hospital and that would prohibit the foo ....
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Posted 8/9/2019 2:51 PM |
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# 2284 A Deadly Cover Story
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Q. (See above question 2283). Does it make a difference if the food and drinks kept in a hospital room when the patient died there, where still sealed or where covered?
A. As mentioned in prior question, on food there is after the fac ....
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Posted 8/9/2019 2:47 PM |
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# 2283 Not a Kindred Spirit
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Q. Is it permitted to consume food or drinks that were kept in a hospital room when the patient died there?
A. In regard to food on question 1750 concerning someone that had some food in his pockets and entered a cemetery, if he can he ....
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Posted 8/9/2019 2:44 PM |
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# 2282 Spot Check
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Q. Can one remove during the nine days only the stains and spots from clothing, without washing the garment?
During the Nine Days, may one remove "ring around the collar" (sweat stains that form around the collar on a white shirt)? Or is this ....
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Posted 8/7/2019 10:53 PM |
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# 2281 Holds Promise?
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Q. Is there a source to the minhag that some have to perform a ceremony of Hatarat Nedarim,when a person is a goses or moribund and about to pass away? This is done for the purpose of absolving the dying patient from all vows and promises done in hi ....
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Posted 8/7/2019 12:46 AM |
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# 2280 A Staircase Case
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Q. We have an open staircase going down to the basement of our house. We were thinking of making the basement into a home office. How much of a door would have to be added to prevent any issues of Yihud (of the woman in the house) with the workers ....
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Posted 8/5/2019 1:39 PM |
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# 2279 Giving a Hand
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Q. If women related to a dying father in law, uncle or similar visit him and want to hold his hand to provide much needed support, care and appreciation, is that permitted?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that if the patie ....
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Posted 8/2/2019 11:57 AM |
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# 2278 Finishing Davening
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Q. Since, (see prior question 2277), in our days it is difficult to ascertain when a terminally ill patient has reached the stage of becoming a goses, when should the tefilos and the tehilim as well as the recitation of Shema be said, especially whe ....
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Posted 8/2/2019 11:55 AM |
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# 2277 The Beginning of the End
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Q. In our times when many terminally ill patients facing an imminent death are likely to be unconscious or wearing a mask connected to a breathing machine or are intubated to a ventilator, when does the patient become a "goses" or moribund, and foll ....
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Posted 8/2/2019 11:52 AM |
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# 2276 The Score on Settling II
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Q. (See question 2265 regarding a couple transitioning to live in Israel). Does this mean that in year two, one should be most of the year, does it have to be every year 6 months in a row dafka? there could be a simcha in chutz laretz in the middle ....
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Posted 8/2/2019 11:35 AM |
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# 2275 Toss a Cohen?
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Q. Can a Cohen visit Kever Rachel? Can a Cohen enter the burial cave of the Sanhedrin?
A. (See question 2274). There is a tradition ascribed to Rabbi Yitzchak Alafia, that Kever Rochel was built in such a way that it is permissible fo ....
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Posted 8/2/2019 11:32 AM |
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