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Expand Article # 1425 On Cloud Nine?
Q. Is dreaming about or choosing the number nine also represented on the letter Tet (see question 1424) also a good siman or a lucky number?

A. Pri Chaim (Komarner Rebbe) on parshas Vayetze mentions that it is indeed also a good si ....


Posted 9/3/2017 3:50 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 1424 Tet Is Tov
Q. How true is it that if one dreams of the letter "טּ" (tet) at night when they're sleeping, it's really a good siman?
Thank you!

A. See question 1426 in regards to the validity and importance of dreams. Indeed the Ta ....


Posted 9/3/2017 3:48 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (1)


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Expand Article # 1423 A Cover Up
Q. What is the reason for the custom to cover pictures in a house of mourning? Why was the custom enacted, seeing as photography was non-existent before 5587?

A. See question above in regards to covering mirrors. Shulchan Aruch (O ....


Posted 9/1/2017 3:43 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 1422 Mirrors Mirrors On The Walls
Q. On a shiva house, does one uncover the mirrors on Shabbos?
Why do some people remove the mirrors from the wall in the house of mourning, when the vast majority just covers them?

A. Poskim offer different reasons for the cov ....


Posted 9/1/2017 2:37 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 1421 Together Is Better
Shalom Aleichem Harav!
Q. I daven in a minyan that davens nusssach sefard; most of the mispallilm are not well versed with the nussach and revert to nussach ashkenass. The question is regarding the 13 attributes by tachanun; does it need to ....


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Expand Article # 1420 Call In Sick
Q. What is the reason for the custom to say that someone has "yener machla" instead of saying he has "cancer"?

A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that this reflects a Talmudical principle (Brochos 19a). The Talmud relates ....


Posted 8/31/2017 10:59 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 1419 Don’t Look - Just See
Q. Can you tell other people about a solar eclipse?

A. On the introduction to Chidushei Hagranat (p. 14- relating the life-history of Hagaon Rav Naftoli Trop zt”l) the following is quoted: Rabbi Shmuel Pliskin zt”l, a talmid of the ....


Posted 8/25/2017 2:36 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 1418 Eclipsed Blessings
Q. Does one make a brocho (ose mase bereshis) when watching the solar eclipse?

A. We do not find in Talmud or Shulchan Aruch that our sages instituted any blessing for eclipses;
although a bracha is recited on other constant ni ....


Posted 8/25/2017 2:34 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 1417 Don’t Follow The Sign?
Q. The Mishnah Berurah (beginning of siman 229) says that one should not publicize the sighting of a rainbow because it is like Lashon Horah. Should one also refrain from publicizing the event of a lunar eclipse which, according to popular translati ....


Posted 8/25/2017 2:32 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 1416 The Late Boomer
Q. Until when can the father of the bar mitzva boy say the bracha of baruch sheptarani, if he didn’t say it at the bar mitzva?

A. Although, we don’t recite this brocho with the name of Hashem, Poskim (Ketzos Hashulchan 65, Michtam Ledov ....


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Expand Article # 1415 Bless One’s Lucky Start
Q. What is the proper procedure to follow when teaching a youngster who is not yet completely religious (baal teshuva) to start making brochos before eating; should he abstain from a brocho if the food is likely kosher but does not have a hechsher? ....


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Expand Article # 1414 The Life Of The Party
Q. Until when can the family of a bar mitzva bochur make a seuda after the day he became of age?

A. Maharam Brisk (2: 68) and other Poskim maintain that the correct and best time for the bar mitzva seuda is on the day the bochur a ....


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Expand Article # 1413 Catch The Name
Q. Regarding the opinion of Rav Miller shlita that one who davens in English should at least say the names of Hashem in the Holy Tongue - what should one do with the phrase "Hashem Elokeinu vaylokay avosaynu"? Should one recite this entire phrase in ....


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Expand Article # 1412 Red Strings Attached
Q. May one wear a red string around his wrist while walking in the public domain on Shabbos, if one is accustomed to wear such a string during the week to ward off ayin hara?

A. On question 1113 on this forum we wrote; “Poskim disa ....


Posted 8/25/2017 12:05 AM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 1411 Eliahu Davens Mincha
Q. The Gemara in Brachos says be carful in the Tefilloh of Mincha because Eliyahu Hanavi was answered on Har Carmel by mincha.
I was wondering how is this a proof? Did he attempt to daven at other teffilos and was only answered by mincha? < ....


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Expand Article # 1410 Braid The Bread & The Bride?
Q. It appears to be universally Jewish to make braided challos for Shabbos. Since all authentic Jewish customs have deep roots and have been started by great people and deep thinkers, what is the intent or the connection to Shabbos of braided cha ....


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Expand Article # 1409 Water Therapy?
Q. Do you make a brocho when drinking water from a mineral spring that has therapeutic value and also has a good taste?

A. Poskim disagree if you drink water when you are not thirsty and you drink just for medicinal purposes, if you s ....


Posted 8/24/2017 10:35 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 1408 Closed Door Policy
8) Q. I would like to know the opinion of HaRav Miller shlita regarding the following matter:Sometimes I am at home with my father and grandmother (mother’s mother) – both not yet religious. If I need to leave the house (to daven), am I allowed to ....


Posted 8/24/2017 10:29 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 1407 Don’t Get Carried Away
Q. Are women allowed to carry a Sefer Torah?

A. Teshuvos Vehanhogos (4: 238: 7) quotes a difference of opinion if women are permitted to stitch and sew the parchments that comprise a Sefer Torah. Although he is stringent, he explains ....


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Expand Article # 1406 Mazal Tov, Mazal Tov?
Q. We say that the month of Av has a bad mazal. I have scheduled a necessary medical surgery on the third week of the month, should I postpone it for another month?

A. Shulchan Aruch (O.H. 551: 1) rules that from the beginning of ....


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