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# 1483 Flip The Cohen?
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Q. (This Shailah was supposedly already asked to the Rosh Kollel, but I would love to actually read his answer). In our small Minyan, there was only 1 Kohen on Shabbos morning & he had Yahrtzeit the upcoming week. Thus, he wanted Maftir. Can h ....
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Posted 10/27/2017 2:46 PM |
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# 1482 Learn To Daven Or Daven To Learn
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Q. A person has a choice: to daven in a normal minyan and then learn Torah, or to daven in a minyan where the chazzan is a tzaddik yesod olam mamish from a different dor and probably one of the lamed-vav tzaddikim who davens at extreme length. One ....
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Posted 10/27/2017 2:30 PM |
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# 1481 Can I Help You?
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Q. If a person who finished davening is learning Torah, and there are people who need him to help with a minyan, is he obligated to go and help them, even though he will lose time from his learning (because he doesn't learn during chazaras hashatz a ....
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Posted 10/27/2017 2:15 PM |
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# 1480 Vote Of Confidence
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Q. Is there a source in our literature for elections of schul officers, gabbai, etc., or is it a concept entirely borrowed from the gentiles?
A. On question 1188 on the mitzva of electing a government we wrote: “The Netziv (Haeme ....
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Posted 10/27/2017 1:48 PM |
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# 1479 Don’t Get All Exercised
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Q. The local women's only gym has been adding fitness classes run by male instructors to its roster, although initially only women were allowed into the gym. Additionally, instructors have been observed visiting the gym at times when they are not l ....
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Posted 10/27/2017 1:30 PM |
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# 1478 A Modest Answer
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Q. When learning about tznious and their halachos sometimes I come across the category Das Yehudis.
Can you kindly explain if this is derrobonim, doreisa? What is its status and how can I understand what it is. How should we view Das Yehudi ....
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Posted 10/27/2017 1:13 PM |
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# 1477 The Promised Learned
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Q. If a person pledged on Simchas Torah to learn a certain masechta by a certain deadline, and within the masechta there are some parts that he does not understand (difficult Gemaras), how should he comply with his vow?
Should he be matir n ....
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Posted 10/27/2017 1:01 PM |
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# 1476 Aliyah Yeah – Aliyot Not
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Q. Our shul does not have the custom of everyone having an Aliyah on Simchas Torah. Our minhag also requires only having 6 Aliyos from the first Sefer Torah (including Chosson Torah).
This past Simchas Torah, the fellow who bid for the 5th Al ....
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Posted 10/27/2017 12:28 PM |
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# 1475 Wrong Yom
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Q. A stroke patient. His family was instructed that he may not fast on Yom Kippur. Fearing he would not listen if he knew it was Yom Kippur, they did not tell him when it was Yom Kippur. However, sometime during Sukkos he decided that it was Yom Kip ....
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Posted 10/27/2017 12:09 PM |
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# 1474 The Rights Of Copy Rights II
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Q. Can one borrow records, in good condition, for converting to mp3 (our copies are in rough shape, or the titles aren't for sale anywhere, for those legitimately concerned with copyright), or on CD? Are there any Halachik issues in copying vinyl ....
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Posted 10/25/2017 10:41 PM |
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# 1473 Care To Dance?
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Q. If a person wants to learn during hakafos, is that wrong, as the mitzvah at that time is to dance and not to learn? The same way that a person cannot learn instead of (or during) davening, he should not be learning during hakafos when everyone ....
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Posted 10/20/2017 1:23 PM |
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# 1472 Pay A Visit?
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Q. Can you sell chosson Torah or Bereshis to someone visiting from Eretz Yisrael?
A. Poskim disagree; Chaim Shoal (1: 13) rules that one should not honor with chosson Torah or Bereishis one who is not keeping that day as Yom Tov, ....
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Posted 10/20/2017 12:10 PM |
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# 1471 One For Two
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Q. Can you give the same person, who is donating a very large sum much needed for the shul, both chosson Torah and chosson Bereishis?
A. Piskei Teshuvos (669: n. 21) rules that it should be avoided. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a op ....
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Posted 10/20/2017 12:00 PM |
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# 1470 Two for One
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Q. A minyan that has only one sefer Torah for leinning on Simchas Torah, can they call two cohanim or a son after a father for chosson Torah and Bereishis?
A. Mishna Berura (135: 36) rules that one may call to the Torah reading on ....
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Posted 10/20/2017 11:58 AM |
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# 1469 Save The Fish
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Q. Why are we permitted to eat fish, after all Noach never saved the fish?
A. Let me first explain your question. After the end of the Mabul described in detail in this parsha, the surviving humans were given the right to consume animal ....
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Posted 10/20/2017 12:42 AM |
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# 1468 Two Ways About It
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Q. Thank you very much for your response. (See question 1442).
Would the same be if my son in law came to my home for Shimi Atzeret, when I do not eat in the sukkah, would he not eat in the Sukkah to follow my custom (when his custom is to ....
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Posted 10/10/2017 3:03 PM |
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# 1467 Aiming For The Stars
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Q. Can I place evergreen schach very thick on the suca to keep the cold out and just leave a corner not so thick where you can see the stars? (If it rains the water would still get inside after a while).
A. Although Shulchan Aruch (O ....
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Posted 10/9/2017 3:40 PM |
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# 1466 Nailing It Down
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Q. Dear Rabbi, I’m wondering, while building the sukka, can I use a nail that sticking out of the wall of the sukka as a hook to hang my jacket? How about during Yom Tov?
A. The prohibition of not deriving benefit from noi suka de ....
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Posted 10/9/2017 3:31 PM |
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# 1465 It Doesn’t Add Up
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Q. Can I eat in the sukka while building it or when taking it apart after Yom Tov? Is that Baal Tosif?
A. Baal Tosif only applies when someone has intention to add days or situations that were not commanded by the Torah and treat them ....
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Posted 10/9/2017 3:29 PM |
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# 1464 Public Enemy
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Q. A video of a somewhat elderly woman doing kapparot with a chicken for her two dogs went viral, and many people kept on re-sending to their friends. The woman seems to be unaware that someone is recording her. Was it permitted on the beginning to ....
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Posted 10/4/2017 1:41 PM |
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