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# 1550 Open and Shut Case
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Q. When the husband of a pregnant woman gets pesicha, (See question 1549 above), does he also close the doors, or that is given to someone else?
A. Oitzar Habris (1: H. Meuberes 14: n. 23) quotes Sefer Hachaim 1: 8), that although t ....
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Posted 12/20/2017 11:26 PM |
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# 1549 An Open Question
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1) Q. I have noticed many people who's wives are expecting, start doing pesicha (opening the aron) before krias Hatorah What is the source for this minhag and at what point in the pregnancy does the minhag dictate to start doing pesicha?
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Posted 12/20/2017 11:23 PM |
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# 1548 Fake Brocho
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Q. During next February I will G-d willing attend an important leading business and investing encounter and President Trump is programmed to attend and say a few opening remarks. I would like to know Horav Miller’s opinion if there is a special ....
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Posted 12/19/2017 9:50 AM |
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# 1547 Light Unto The Nations?
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Q. What if the people of the building across mine and over twenty amos from the ground are not Jewish? – (see questions 1545, 1546 above).
A. Poskim disagree whether pirsumei nissa - advertising and publicizing - the Chanuka miracle ....
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Posted 12/17/2017 8:08 PM |
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# 1546 Window Of Opportunity
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Q. If there is a building right in front of mine across the street, and at the same level another Jewish family has their windows, do I have to light by the window if I’m higher than twenty amos from the street? If the window is higher that a meter ....
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Posted 12/17/2017 8:03 PM |
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# 1545 A Sign From High
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Q. I live in a condo on the fifth floor; do I have to light the menorah by the window, since it is over 20 amos? Is this measured from the ground of the street or the average height of the eyes of the people on the street?
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Posted 12/17/2017 8:01 PM |
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# 1544 Security Lights?
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Q. We are travelling out of town for Chanuka, should I ask a friend to come and light the menorah in my house?
Can I place an electric menorah by the window with a timer so it will look like we are home for security reasons?
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Posted 12/17/2017 7:59 PM |
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# 1543 Children Playing With Chanuka Fire?
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Q. Re- question 1542 above (I'm a divorced woman living with my daughter). Does my daughter who is not bat- mitzva, have to light too?
A. As explained above, although women are obliged on the mitzvah of lighting the menorah, when po ....
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Posted 12/17/2017 7:54 PM |
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# 1542 Be Enlightened
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Q. I'm a divorced woman living with my daughter; is it better that I light Chanuka candles in my home or can I join a neighbouring family and light with them?
A. Shulchan Aruch (O.H. 675: 3) rules that women are obliged on the mitzva of ....
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Posted 12/17/2017 7:50 PM |
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# 1541 Talk The Walk?
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Q. Hello Rav,
There is an elderly man at shul that walks around the shul to collect tzaddaka during the repetition of the shmonei Esrai. If I don't give him anything, he will walk by quietly. If I do give him money, he will say "Yasher Koac ....
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Posted 12/11/2017 11:41 PM |
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# 1540 No Way To Tell
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Q. Is a visiting levy to a shul obliged to announce he is a levy, so he will be given the second aliya? (See prior question).
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that a Levi does not have to inform he is a Levi in a shul where ....
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Posted 12/11/2017 1:27 AM |
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# 1539 Make Your Name
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Q. Is a cohen visiting a shul obliged to announce that he is a cohen so he will be called first to the Torah reading, when the gabay does not ask if a cohen is present?
A. P'ri Megodim (139 : Eishel Avrohom 2) rules that a Cohen is ....
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Posted 12/11/2017 1:24 AM |
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# 1538 The Right Place at the Right Time
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Q. Why should not all private tefilos be said better at the end on Elokai Netzor?
Thank you
A. See above question 1536 on the reasons why we add personal requests and tefilos in the middle brochos of the amida. However, Mishna B ....
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Posted 12/8/2017 2:15 PM |
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# 1537 Has All The Answers?
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Q. Since you may ask all your needs on shomea tefila in SE, why can you not answer Yehe Shme Rabba, it is a tefilah after all?
A. Toldos Zeev (Brochos 21b) indeed opines that one can answer yehei shmei rabba in the middle of the broc ....
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Posted 12/8/2017 2:15 PM |
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# 1536 A Heart On the Right Place
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Q. Is it better to pray for the sick at the refaenu bracha or during shomea tefilah?
A. Shulchan Aruch (O.H. 119: 1) maintains that a person is allowed to add to any of the middle brochos of the amida, a prayer o ....
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Posted 12/8/2017 2:02 PM |
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# 1535 Water Feature
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Q. It could sometimes happen that someone (usually a child) will turn on a hot water tap on Shabbat. I've read in one place that it can't be closed, except by asking a non-Jew. In another place I read that it would depend on how long it’s been on fo ....
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Posted 12/8/2017 1:52 PM |
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# 1534 Sing Alone
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Q. Can a woman sing in her home if they are Jewish workers present engaged in their work and are not listening to her?
Similarly, can a group of female students sing while they are traveling on a school bus when the driver is Jewish?
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Posted 12/8/2017 1:44 PM |
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# 1533 Location, Location, Location
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Q. Can a woman attend Israeli dance classes for girls & women only, instructed at a Non- Orthodox synagogue?
A. on question 126 in regards to a Jew who is alcoholic being permitted to enter a church (even possibly the main sanctuary) ....
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Posted 12/8/2017 1:14 PM |
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# 1532 Invited To Kidush
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Q. I make Kiddush on Friday night on wine. All of a sudden, a guest comes in. I do not have more wine to give him. So we wash and I make hamotzi. After I make hamotzi, am I allowed to continue with Kiddush (Baruch ata.... mekadesh haShabbos) to be m ....
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Posted 12/7/2017 10:19 PM |
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# 1531 A Brush With The Mikva
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Q. Do you have to toivel a brush (the nylon threads are attached to a wooden handle by a strap of metal), that is used for covering bread and similar with eggs. oil and the like?
A. Poskim rule that a mivreshes or brush made from ....
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Posted 12/6/2017 11:10 PM |
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