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# 2211 Picking the Brain on Picking Away
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Q. I see someone in shul organizing Siddurim, Ashkenass from Sefard is there any way that’s not assur if it’s not for immediate use? Must I rebuke? Suppose I have no current rapport with this person should I try to establish a rapport first?
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Posted 6/14/2019 2:38 PM |
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# 2210 Black and White About Black and White?
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Q. We recently learned in the Daf, that a Kushi or black cohen is considered a baal mum or blemished and can't serve in the Temple, (or according to some as Shaliach Tzibur). Is that not clear racism?
A. Mishna (Bechoros 45b) teache ....
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Posted 6/14/2019 2:26 PM |
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# 2209 Really! No Brocho on Cheesecake?
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Q. What is Horav Miller's opinion on the correct brocho on cheese cake?
A. Much has been written by different Poskim in regards to what brocho or brochos should be recited on cheesecake. Mishna Berura (212: 1) rules that usually the dou ....
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Posted 6/7/2019 2:57 PM |
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# 2208 Divide and Care
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Q. This year, Shabbos is Erev Shavuos. Since we are going to eat a seuda (meal) of Yom Tov at night, many avoid eating shaleshsudos (the third meal of Shabbos) after mincha, before the shekia (sunset). It is common to divide the seuda after davening ....
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Posted 6/7/2019 1:30 PM |
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# 2207 Que es Kernza?
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Q. What brocha is made of foods made from (a new strain of) wheat grass called Kernza?
A. Kermza is defined online as a cousin of the annual wheat. Kernza is a domesticated perennial grain originating from a forage grass called ....
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Posted 6/7/2019 12:57 PM |
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# 2206 More Early Drinks?
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Q. Re Question 2062 - Is the point to eat before Chatzos, or to eat before six hours have elapsed since one has awakened?
A. On question 2062, regarding the time of the Shabbos day seuda, and if is it OK to have a drink of water befor ....
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Posted 6/7/2019 12:48 PM |
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# 2205 A Fermenting Question
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Re - question 2162 Q. The standard practice for commercially available flour is that, following mechanical cleaning of the grain, the wheat is moistened and allowed to rest while damp - this makes the bran tougher which allows it to be more completel ....
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Posted 6/7/2019 12:35 PM |
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# 2204 Each to Their Own Taste
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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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Posted 6/5/2019 2:26 PM |
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# 2203 Be Careful What You Read
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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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Posted 6/4/2019 2:39 PM |
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# 2202 It All Adds Up Now
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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?
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Posted 6/4/2019 2:26 PM |
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# 2201 Learning Addition
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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 ....
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Posted 6/4/2019 2:19 PM |
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# 2200 Having an Early Night?
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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?
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Posted 5/31/2019 6:32 PM |
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# 2199 The Value of the Otzar
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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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Posted 5/31/2019 2:26 PM |
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# 2198 Lose Sleep Over This?
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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?
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Posted 5/31/2019 2:12 PM |
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# 2197 Rabi Shimon and the Mon
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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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Posted 5/31/2019 2:05 PM |
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# 2196 In Relation to Relations
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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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Posted 5/31/2019 2:04 PM |
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# 2195 When Was the Real Mon-day?
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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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Posted 5/31/2019 1:54 PM |
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# 2194 With Father Together Forever
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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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Posted 5/31/2019 1:51 PM |
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# 2193 Thanks But No Thanks
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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?
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Posted 5/31/2019 1:35 PM |
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# 2192 The Law of the Letter
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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?
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Posted 5/31/2019 1:32 PM |
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