1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
|
|
|
|
#91 - Asking a non Jew to reset an oven on Yom Tov
|
|
|
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? ....
|
|
|
|
|

Posted 6/21/2011 8:40 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
#90 - Using thick Paint on Tefilin
|
|
|
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 ....
|
|
|
|
|

Posted 6/21/2011 12:40 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

Posted 6/10/2011 12:13 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

Posted 6/10/2011 12:10 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
#87 - Maariv and Shabbos Zmanin in Northern Canada
|
|
|
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 ....
|
|
|
|
|

Posted 6/10/2011 12:03 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

Posted 5/27/2011 4:51 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
#85 - Non-jew turning on an electric stove top on Yom Tov.
|
|
|
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 ....
|
|
|
|
|

Posted 5/27/2011 2:18 AM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

Posted 5/27/2011 2:15 AM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
#83 - Making a brocha on the tree blossoms after Nissan.
|
|
|
Q. Thank you so much Rabbi for your prompt answer. I would also like to know if I can still make the brocho for the tree blossoms, as it is not Nissan anymore.
A. Nitey Gavriel (Pesach 3, ch. 46) quotes a number of Poiskim that perm ....
|
|
|
|
|

Posted 5/27/2011 2:14 AM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

Posted 5/19/2011 10:57 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
#81 - Owning a store that sells non kosher products
|
|
|
Q. Thank you and Rav Miller for your prompt answer to our last Shaileh. A client is interested in buying a Dollar store, there are items that are part of the inventory that are not Kosher such as cans of prohibited fish and spam, is there a problem ....
|
|
|
|
|

Posted 5/19/2011 10:47 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

Posted 5/13/2011 2:33 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
#79 - Seferas Haomer - Counting Yesterday
|
|
|
Q. I counted sefiras haomer 18 minutes after shkiah and the next night when I counted I said today is so and so and yesterday was so and so.
Can I still count now onwards with a bracha?
Thanks,
A. Rav O ....
|
|
|
|
|

Posted 5/13/2011 2:27 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
#78 - Using New Items During Seferah.
|
|
|
Q. I bought some new suits before Pesach but I didn't get a chance to have them checked for Shaatnez before the beginning of Sefirah. Can I use them now or do I have to wait till after Lag Baomer. Also I have the same question about a car bought be ....
|
|
|
|
|

Posted 5/13/2011 2:21 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
#77 - Loosing a Minyan before or during Kriyas HaTorah.
|
|
|
Q. We began reading the torah and realized at the end of the first aliyah that a few people walked out and there was no minyan at the beginning of kriyas haTorah.
What is the correct thing to do? Do we start all over again once the p ....
|
|
|
|
|

Posted 5/6/2011 12:57 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
#76 - Storing Chumetz in a Refrigerator over Pesach.
|
|
|
Q. Can I store sold Chumetz in my refrigerator over Pesach?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit"a opinion is that if it is chometz gomur it should not be stored even if sold, if it is only in a mixture or kitniyos it is permitted if total ....
|
|
|
|
|

Posted 4/18/2011 1:21 AM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
#75 - Voting during Chol Hamoad
|
|
|
Q. Can I vote in the upcoming elections during Chol Hamoad?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller"s Shlit"a opinion is that you can vote with a Shinui if you could not have voted before or after Peisach.
....
|
|
|
|
|

Posted 4/18/2011 1:18 AM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
#74 - Discarding Chumetz in Commercial Garbage Containers
|
|
|
Q. Large garbage containers that belong to a Jewish landlord, and they will be emptied only during Pesach, can the landlord place his own discarded Chometz into them on Erev Pesach.
A. If the waste containers belong to the landlord, ....
|
|
|
|
|

Posted 4/15/2011 1:40 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
#73 - Rental Property Returned During Pesach
|
|
|
Q. Dear Rabbi, If someone owns a rental property and a Gentile tenant returns his unit during Pesach, and it contains a sizable amount of abandoned chometz, what should he do? How should he clean it for the next tenant?
A. Horav Shlo ....
|
|
|
|
|

Posted 4/15/2011 1:35 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
#72 - Kashering Glass for Pessach
|
|
|
Q. I understand it is possible to kasher glass which has not come into contact with hot food by soaking in water for 3 days and changing the water every day. Does it have to be soaked on the outside as well as the inside? Does the water have to be ....
|
|
|
|
|

Posted 4/15/2011 1:31 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|