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# 1786 Some Wisdom on Teeth Extraction
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Q. I chose this coming Thursday as a day for a four wisdom-teeth extraction, because it is before the beginning of the nine days. Is this correct? or should I rather cancel and wait to see if I can get an appointment maybe much later, after the thre ....
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Posted 7/20/2018 11:57 AM |
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# 1785 A Cover Up
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Q. Hello Rav, this one is a bit urgent.
Last year we had to re-do our kitchen. We ended up completely covering a window with cabinets. A rav we asked said it was fine because the window is still fully intact and can be seen from outside the ho ....
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Posted 7/18/2018 11:55 PM |
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# 1784 Case Closed
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Q. I'm wondering what the Halacha is for a mezuza (in its case) that falls or gets knocked down on Shabbat. It seems clear that it can be picked up from the ground, but its not clear to me if it should be re-attached on not. What if its just re-atta ....
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Posted 7/18/2018 11:42 PM |
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# 1783 A For-Giving Answer
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Q. Is the money for maaser and tzedakah different? If somebody took the obligation to give for tzedakah for doing Yizkor is it considered maaser or tzedakah. In expression Tzedakah tazil mimavet is it including money for maaser. Is money paid to th ....
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Posted 7/18/2018 11:34 PM |
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# 1782 In The Hot Seat
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Q. Is one permitted for a man to sit next to a woman on a bus, train, or plane? Is it permitted to ask to have one's seat changed? If a woman does sit down next to him, is it more proper to get up and find another seat or is it more proper to stay ....
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Posted 7/15/2018 9:11 PM |
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# 1781 Some More Shoes News, On Their Last Legs
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Q. Does the tradition or prohibition not to wear the shoes of the deceased apply also to tennis shoes, rubbers or overshoes? (See question above). Does it also apply to prosthetic legs or feet?
A. Nitei Gavriel (Avelus 1: 132: ....
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Posted 7/15/2018 9:03 PM |
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# 1780 If The Shoe Fits.....
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Q. Can you wear the shoes of a deceased? Can you donate it to a charity that could give it to a Jewish needy?
A. Rabi Yehuda HaChosid writes on his Tzavaha (See Sefer Chasidim 454) not to wear the shoes of a deceased, and also not t ....
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Posted 7/15/2018 8:49 PM |
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# 1780 If The Shoe Fits.....
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Q. Can you wear the shoes of a deceased? Can you donate it to a charity that could give it to a Jewish needy?
A. Rabi Yehuda HaChosid writes on his Tzavaha (See Sefer Chasidim 454) not to wear the shoes of a deceased, and also not t ....
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Posted 7/15/2018 8:44 PM |
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# 1779 Clothes Encounters
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Q. Can you wear the clothing of a deceased? Can you donate it to a charity that could give it to a Jewish needy?
A. Poskim write that there is no prohibition or a tradition not to wear he clothing of as deceased, it can therefore b ....
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Posted 7/13/2018 4:21 PM |
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# 1778 Reform That Tune
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Q. (See question above regarding church melodies). If the answer is no, are we allowed to sing melodies in schul that were sung in the Reform Temple in Berlin? True, they were sung to G-d. However, their concept of G-d is largely different then ou ....
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Posted 7/11/2018 12:09 AM |
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# 1777 iTunes Not Their Tunes
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iTunes Not Their Tunes
Q. Are we allowed to sing melodies in schul that were sung in a church as part of the service?
A. Sefer Chasidim (238) prohibits singing to Hashem the music or songs that are performed for avoda zar ....
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Posted 7/11/2018 12:07 AM |
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# 1776 Sing For The King
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Q. Some shuls have a custom that the Baal Shacharis on Rosh HaShana & Yom Kippur sings HaMelech from his seat in shul instead of at the Amud. What is the source of this custom?
A. A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion i ....
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Posted 7/10/2018 11:51 PM |
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# 1775 A Brocho For The Bro
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Q. Dear Rabbi. In my shule there are twin brothers who are Kohanim. They are not really observant, but they are currently in their year of availus. Their father's yurtzheit is coming up on a Thursday and they both want to get an aliyah. Being as th ....
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Posted 7/10/2018 11:23 PM |
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# 1774 A Little Too Late?
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Q. if one comes slightly late to shul and the tzibbur has already started shmone esrey, may one start while the tzibbur is in the middle of davening if he will miss answering kedusha? At what point is the cutoff? Thank you.
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Posted 7/10/2018 11:13 PM |
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# 1773 Catch a Break
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Q. Out of the five reasons given for the fast of Shiva Asar Betamuz, the most important seems to be the first one, the day when the luchos were broken, due to the making of the eigel, since that totally changed the history of our nation. Our sages ....
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Posted 7/8/2018 11:44 PM |
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# 1772 First Come First Served
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Q. The Mishna in Avos says Hashem made the world with ten utterances to punish the wicked who destroy the world... and to reward the righteous who sustain it. So punishment is punished before reward. BUT in krias shema reward is mentioned before pun ....
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Posted 7/6/2018 7:13 PM |
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# 1771 A Question You Want to Flush Away
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Q. Can you dispose of a spider or an ant by throwing it into the toilet or sink?
A. These insects usually do not drown or die immediately when thrown into water and often successfully climb the sides of the vessel. However, when flus ....
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Posted 7/6/2018 3:03 PM |
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# 1770 Need to Catch Up
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Hello Rav,
My son was very disturbed when he found a spider right next to his bed on Shabbat, which prompts the following question:
If a non-dangerous spider or ant is in your house on Shabbat and it is upsetting you (or the children), is ....
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Posted 7/6/2018 2:58 PM |
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# 1769 A Material Question
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Q. Is it better to use a taalis made of silk that is of an impure worm sheretz origin or better use rayon which originates from cellulose from permitted wood and plants?
Can you use Lanital artificial wool (created from milk) for tzitzis is th ....
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Posted 7/6/2018 2:25 PM |
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# 1768 A Mesh in the Flesh
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Q. Is a mesh taalit kattan, probably synthetic, kasher and can you make a bracha on it?
A. Shulchan Aruch (O.H. 9: 1) rules that only clothes made of linen or wool are Biblically liable for the mitzvah of tzitzit, any other material ....
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Posted 7/6/2018 2:19 PM |
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