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Expand Article # 1853 Fast... but not so Fast
Q. Should one fast on Tzom Gedalia if that may affect him and he maybe won't be able to fast on Yom Kippur?

A. Poskim disagree whether it is better to observe the taanis now at hand and fast on Tzom Gedalia, even if that may caus ....


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Expand Article # 1852 Dying to Know?
Q. A person who is not ill, but finds fasting hard because of his age; he does usually fast on other taaneisim. Can he avoid fasting on Tzom Gedalia since it is as is a nidche? (Gedalia was assassinated on Rosh Hashana and the taanis was pushed of ....


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Expand Article # 1851 Just a Question of Time
Q. Hi. I have a question that's been bothering me for some time.
There are some coffee machines that you can set on a clock that will grind, brew and make your coffee. Can such a machine be set to brew on Shabbos? Can you set a timer to Cook o ....


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Expand Article # 1850 A Maaseh on Maaser Money
Q. I usually split my maaser money to donate to different institutions. On this occasion I had first in mind to give it all to institution A, can I change it and give it now all to institution B? Nothing was verbally said.

A. Re ....


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Expand Article # 1849 Charity Returns Home
Q. In regards to question 1831 above, where the collecting sheliach returned the coins given to him to the donor and he is allowed to accept them. Does he need now to give them now to another charity?
What kind of charity?
If one was app ....


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Expand Article # 1848 On a Manner of Speaking
Q. Shalom, Someone with background in Ashkenazi and Sephardi communities, and is able to daven with either pronunciation.
He always davens with Ashkenazi pronunciation. Can he daven for the omud in a Sephardi shul with Sephardi pronunciation ....


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Expand Article # 1847 When Separating From Havdalah
Q. Shalom Aleichem Harav!
If one eats and does melacha before havdalah without having said baruch hamavdil (and forgot to say atoh chonontanu) what are the consequences? is it called chilul Shabbos and does one have to daven shmona esre again ....


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Expand Article # 1846 Selichos Suit
Q. Should one change clothing for saying selichos Motzei Shabbos or stay with the Shabbos clothing?

A. Nitei Gavriel (Rosh Hashana 8: 6) writes that those who accustom to say selichos on Motzei Shabbos, the minhag is to recite them we ....


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Expand Article # 1845 Mix no Match
Q. Can you eat nuts when mixed in other foods like chocolate bars? Or even when grounded to a powder in a cake?

A. Beer Moshe (3: 97), Yad Yitzchok (1: 208) and others permit adding nuts when cooking food, if they are not recognizable ....


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Expand Article # 1844 Not A Nut?
  Q. Are coconuts considered a nut as regards the 10 days? They are botanically a fruit, just as peanuts are a legume (and people stay away from peanuts in 10 days).
(similar question) I have dietary restrictions and one of the few foo ....


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Expand Article # 1843 Not Nuts Now
Q. Are nuts prohibited on Rosh Hashana only, or on all the Ten Days of Teshuva?

A. There are different minhogim mentioned by Poskim regarding the time one keeps this tradition.
From Remoh's (O.H. 583: 2) citation of the minhag, i ....


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Expand Article # 1842 Worry or be Happy?
Q. I have always wondered. What is the Torah's constant prevalent correct attitude. Should a person always feel besimcha, happy and content? Or should he constantly fear Hashem and be worried of the sins he has committed? You can't be both at th ....


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Expand Article # 1841 Sleepy Selichos
Q. If one says slichos at 10pm for no good reason, are they yotzee? A. See question 1833 above, and the Poskim quoted that prohibit, based on the Zohar and Cabbala, to recite selichos before midnight. However, we quoted ....


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Expand Article # 1840 What Else is New?
We bought a rebuilt washing machine. After being without one for several weeks, it gave us a very happy feeling. Do we make a Shehecheyanu upon paying for it after installation or after the end of the first wash?
(similar question) A neighbor ....


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Expand Article # 1839 Better One Coat of Plain...
Q. I once saw in a shul where the furnace broke on the middle of services an elderly lady putting on two taalis to keep warm, do you have to tell her not to do it?

A. On question 1265 in regards to a woman wearing tefilin we wro ....


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Expand Article #1838 Wear or Tear?
Q. Dear Honorable Rabbi,
I came across a colorful wool taalis that was made for a lady to wear (I guess reform or something) is it permissible for a man to wear or is it considered a woman's garment? Furthermore is it an issue in regards to it ....


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Expand Article # 1837 On a Wild blueberry Chase?
Q. Re- question 1836 above. Are all blueberries created equal? Are wild blueberries the same as common berries?

A. Canada is the world's largest producer of “lowbush blueberries,” which is another name for wild blueberries. Most are g ....


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Expand Article # 1836 It's the Berries after All
Q. I have read that the brocho on blueberries is not necessarily HaEitz and that it depends on what kind of tree or bush it grows. Could the Rav please clarify

A. The Halacha definition of a tree is a plant which survives and produces ....


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Expand Article # 1835 The Home Bird
Q. Why is the mitzvah called "Shiluach HaKen" (see beginning of Perek 12 of Chulin)? Do we send away the mother or the nest?
Perhaps, just as a person's wife is called "his house" (see beginning of Maseches Yoma), and the reason has less to d ....


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Expand Article # 1834 "Hair" The Answer
Q. In Question 1821 you write that Rav Miller permits permanently removing hair of the ear since it is usually done for remedy or curative reasons. Does this apply to hair growing on the exterior section of the ear as well or only on the inside of t ....


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