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# 1081 Wick-ed Shayla?
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Q. When Yom Tov falls on Motzei Shabbos you make havdala at the end of the kidush adding the brocho of meorei haeish. Since you can't light your regular havdala candle, because you can't extinguish it on Yom Tov, should you make the brocho on the Y ....
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Posted 6/10/2016 4:46 PM |
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# 1080 Have Your Cheesecake And Eat It Too?
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Q. How come some eat milchig first night Shavuos, isn’t there a mitzvah of simcha the first night too, and you have to eat meat?
A. Darkei Teshuva (89: 19) writes that many eat one milk meal on Shavuos. Others follow the tradition ....
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Posted 6/10/2016 4:41 PM |
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# 1079 Lose Sleep Over This?
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Q. When Shabbos is Erev Shavuos can you sleep on the Shabbos afternoon if you don’t normally sleep then or sleep less, or is this a prohibited hachone (preparing) from Shabbos to Yom Tov?
A. Although in principle preparing on Shab ....
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Posted 6/10/2016 4:35 PM |
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# 1078 Time is Many
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Q. What if someone constantly comes late because he gives a shiur to many people in another location, is it correct for the sake of the Torah of many, to skip P’sukei D’zimra?
Thank you.
A. Igrois Moishe (O.H. 4: 91) permits a T ....
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Posted 6/10/2016 12:15 AM |
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# 1077 A Long Time Coming
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Q. It is quoted in the name of Rav Chaim Kaniefsky Shlita (Sefer Ishay Yisrael) that when one comes late to shacharis, skipping parts of pesukei dzimra is only an option if it is somewhat a rare occurrence, but someone who consistently comes a co ....
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Posted 6/9/2016 12:24 AM |
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# 1076 Cloth Encounters
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Q. If I spend some time sunbathing at a beach or swimming pool area, can I recite brochos and learn Torah with just my bathing suit on and my head covered?
A. See answer # 1075 above. Shulchan Aruch (O.H. 74: 6) rules that for the sake ....
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Posted 6/6/2016 10:54 PM |
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# 1075 Bury One's Body in the Sand
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Q. Re- question #1074, that Rashbi and his son when hiding in the cave put on their clothing for saying shema according to Tosafot. Is that correct?, I remember learning that reading shema is the same as saying a bracha and unlike tefila, as long a ....
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Posted 6/5/2016 10:05 PM |
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# 1074 Keep On Davening?
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Q. The Halacha is that a person for whom Torah study is his occupation, he is exempt from prayer. An example of such a person is Rashbi [Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai]. And, yet, the Gemara in Shabbos tells us that although Rashbi would learn with his ....
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Posted 6/5/2016 5:19 PM |
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# 1073 A Close Shave for Shavuos?
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Q. What is the Halacha regarding using electric shavers? Does lift and cut make any difference?
Thank you
A. There are basically three different opinions in regards to using electric shavers. Early Gedolim including Chofe ....
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Posted 6/5/2016 5:00 PM |
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# 1072 Wash Your Step
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Q. My family's minhag is to wash netilas yadayim before Kiddush. I sometimes go to a Kiddush on Shabbos morning and eat mezonos, and then I come home and want to make Kiddush again for my wife before my meal. Should I wash before Kiddush the second ....
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Posted 6/3/2016 5:19 PM |
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# 1071 Chaim B'Mayim
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Q. I feel I frequently need to drink water, but I find it difficult to drink much at a time or to drink it quickly, so I don't usually say a brocha acharona. To make matters complicated, I like to sit outside on my porch with a drink. Sometimes I go ....
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Posted 5/30/2016 10:38 PM |
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# 1070 The Rich and Famished
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Q. In the beginning of the Egyptian servitude at the start of Sefer Shemos, Rav Sa'adya Gaon (see Rav Kapach's translation in Chumash Toras Mosad Rav Kook) says that "Ka'asher yianu oso...kain yifrotz"' means that Kal Yisroel became wealthy. What g ....
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Posted 5/30/2016 3:38 PM |
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# 1069 Finders Keep Rest
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Q. From the Shulchan Aruch Siman 266 Seif 13, I have the following question:
If the event that one finds a lost object that is not muktzah in an area surrounded by an
eruv where it is clear that it is permitted for the finder to take pos ....
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Posted 5/29/2016 11:54 PM |
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# 1068 Deposit Slip
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Q. I would like to challenge a landlord's decision to keep the deposit ($250) unrightfully. Do I have to go to a Beis Din or can a Posek give me permission to go to a goish court. The amount is so small no Beis Din will bother with my case. Is it bet ....
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Posted 5/29/2016 11:34 PM |
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# 1067 Ta'am why Flavour OK
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Q. 8 months ago, my wife was cooking chicken for Shabbos. The food was being cooked in a cooking dish, made out of stoneware with the exterior made out of enamel.
In the dish was a few pieces of chicken, rice, water, Italian dressing, salt, ....
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Posted 5/29/2016 11:17 PM |
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# 1066 Is There A Happy App...
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Q. This question came up in a shiur this week and I would like to know Rav Miller's opinion. Who was the happiest person in Tanach?
A. It would seem from the Talmud and Midrashim that at least for a short time, Adam was the happiest ....
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Posted 5/27/2016 6:40 PM |
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# 1065 Money From The Minyan
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Q. I found money in shul, that looked like someone had it in their pocket and hid it before Shabbos, then forgot to come back and retrieve it. I put up a sign that it was found. How long do I need to keep up the sign? If no one calls at that point ....
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Posted 5/27/2016 6:36 PM |
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# 1064 Wash And Pray
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Q. In question # 461, the Rav discussed washing of the hands after having a blood test done...
2. A dentist will wash generally wash his/her hands with soap and water from a water tap or use hand sanitizer after each patient for hygi ....
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Posted 5/25/2016 11:55 AM |
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# 1063 Blood Wash
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Hello,
Q. In question # 461, the Rav discussed washing of the hands after having a blood test done. In that discussion it came out that:
..."Following this reasoning we may require the surgeon to wash hands after an operation, since tha ....
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Posted 5/23/2016 12:08 PM |
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# 1062 Bubbe Mice-es?
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Q. I was recently cleaning a functioning Aron Kodesh and found a picture of a Rebbe inside. I was told that it was a picture of Rav Shaya of Kerestir and it was important that it be visible (in the pitch dark Aron Kodesh when closed) as it keeps a ....
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Posted 5/20/2016 4:11 PM |
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