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#5130 Smart Musar Chavrusa?
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- Q. See question above. Can one use an AI program to just learn together a Musar sefer such as Mesilas Yeshorim or Orchos Tzadikim etc.?
A. On question 3790 regarding the use of new computer programs, artificial intelligence and digita ....
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Posted 9/20/2024 1:04 PM |
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#5129 Smart Ethical Device?
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- Q. Kvod Rabbenu Shlit’a. As we are preparing for Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, can one use the new AI programs that practically record, control and guide many in the every day tasks, work and undertakings, and thus have a great memory of many of th ....
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Posted 9/20/2024 12:56 PM |
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#5128 In Your Wildest Dream!
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- Q. Over thirty years ago, I was on a flight from Eretz Yisroel to the USA. During the flight, I slept (very novel idea for me) and dreamed an awesome and terrifying dream. I dreamed that a building with a tall antenna on top of it collapsed on it ....
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Posted 9/20/2024 12:50 PM |
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#5127 A Knife at the Court?
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- Q. Last year we ate the first Rosh Hashana meal by a known Rebbe and we saw that he had acquired a new Chalah knife that was still in its box. Is there Is there a special minhag to buy a new Chalah knife for Rosh Hashana?
A. Segulos ....
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Posted 9/20/2024 12:46 PM |
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#5126 The Bright Light on the Night
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- Q. Dear Rov. I have seen women in my family that light on the night of Rosh Hashana a plate full of candles (floating wicks on oil). Is there a source for this tradition? If yes how many candles should one light?
A. Nitei Gavri ....
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Posted 9/20/2024 12:41 PM |
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#5125 The Art of a Start
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- Q. How much davening is considered as already having begun Mincha before the Shekia, so one may continue with davening the rest followed by Maariv?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that even just a few words of the amida c ....
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Posted 9/20/2024 12:37 PM |
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#5124 – Acting Now on the Future?
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Q. On 828 we were asked:“Rashi (21: 18) quotes Talmud (Sanh. 71b) that the wayward and rebellious son is executed on account of what he will do in the future.
Baalei Mussar and others argue that if this applies to future wrongdoings, it s ....
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Posted 9/14/2024 9:42 PM |
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#5123 The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of?
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- Q. Is it important to tell a friend any serious dream, so it could be given a helpful and necessary good interpretation. Should one tell the dream to a Rov, Tzadik or a Talmid Chacham?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is t ....
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Posted 9/13/2024 1:27 PM |
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#5122 Clean the Dream
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- Q. See question above. A woman that had a bad dream can she ask other women to recite for her the proscribed Tefilos?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that it is correct to do so.
Horav Aaron Miller Shlit’a expresse ....
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Posted 9/13/2024 1:24 PM |
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#5121 Stuff of Nightmares
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- Q. Dear Rov Shlita. I’ve had recently a number of very bad dreams, and have some mortifying questions.
When someone had a bad dream and wants to recite the proscribed Tefilos with some friends, is it better to do it during that same day ....
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Posted 9/13/2024 1:23 PM |
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#5120 Let’s Call it a Wash
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- Q. Can one use Ventury sprayer on Shabbat?
A. The Venturi spray can uses air is passed through the venturi tubing and the liquid is sheared into extremely fine and uniform particles. It works when air becomes the carrier of the spra ....
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Posted 9/13/2024 1:20 PM |
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#5119 Winds of Change
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- Q. See question above. Can it be better doing the spraying with a “Shinui” or change from the normal usage? What would be a qualifying proper shinui?
A. Indeed it would be preferable when possible to spray with a Shinui. It may be ....
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Posted 9/13/2024 1:16 PM |
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#5118 Slug the Bug?
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- Q. See the above questions. I wonder since we spend during the summer many Shabbats in the cottages or in vacation camps and we walk to shul there. If there is an Eruv, can one carry and use an insect repellent spray on his way to shul?
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Posted 9/13/2024 1:14 PM |
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#5117 Don’t Miss the Mist
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- Q. Can one use on Shabbat spray cans or aerosol dispensers for removal of bad smells in a bathroom or kitchen?
A. Some Poskim question the use of spraying devices on Shabbos, nevertheless, Mori Horav Moshe Feinstein Zt”l, and other ....
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Posted 9/13/2024 1:12 PM |
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#5116 A Ray of Hope for the Spray
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- Q. On last question the Rov mentioned that Pepper Spray if needed for self defense and saving lives, it is permitted to hold and carry all day and night during Shabbos. Is it really better to use it for protection during Shabbat than a gun? How ....
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Posted 9/10/2024 11:15 AM |
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#5115 Say on Stay Away from Spray
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- Q. I live in Toronto and as it is well known we suffered recently a series of dangerous antisemitic and life threatening attacks. Is the carrying to shul and constant holding of a pepper spray can, permitted for personal safety reasons during the ....
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Posted 9/8/2024 12:37 PM |
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#5114 Not Nice on Noise!
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- Q. I was Baal Tokeah for a neighbor who is bed ridden and lives with her daughter and a significant number of dogs and cats. As I was blowing the Shofar, the dogs where all howling and the cats where meowing quite loudly, accompanying the sound ....
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Posted 9/6/2024 1:23 PM |
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#5113 Uncover the Cover
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- Q. Can we cover the wheelchair of a guest visiting our home for a Shabbos meal with a plastic sheet when it is raining outside?
A. Horav Aharon Miller Shlit”a adviced that to avoid making an “Ohel” or tent prohibited during Shabbos ....
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Posted 9/6/2024 1:18 PM |
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#5112 – Keep on Pushing?
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- Q. See question above. What happens if he fell asleep in his wheelchair can someone still push him?
A. Since there are various different details involved in this particular shailah, the opinion of our Rabbanim is that one should con ....
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Posted 9/6/2024 1:17 PM |
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#5111 The Will of the Wheelchair
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- Q. A person that needs a wheelchair to come to shul or visit friends, can he be pushed by a friend if he can just walk a little by himself, if there is no Eruv on that town? Is it better if he moves the chair himself with his hands?
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Posted 9/6/2024 1:13 PM |
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