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# 1265 Here We Go Again?
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Q. Due to their strained relationship, a wife refrained from going to the Mikvah. After 5-6 years, the couple made peace and returned to happily being married. When the wife returns to the Mikvah and the couple resumes marital relations, must the co ....
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Posted 3/1/2017 3:48 PM |
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# 1264 Better Late Than No Prayer
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Dear Rabbi,
Q. What is the correct course of action if one woke up very late on Shabbos morning, but it was not because of an oness, but was because, for example, you stayed up too late? Say one wakes up much past the latest time for Tefillah, ....
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Posted 2/28/2017 2:28 PM |
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# 1266 Seller Beware
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Q. Can a salesman on a Judaica store sell tefillin to a woman, when from her questions it is apparent that she plans to wear those tefilin herself?
A. See above question on the prohibition for a woman to don tefillin in our days. Hor ....
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Posted 2/24/2017 12:52 PM |
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# 1265 Don't Don
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Q. If a woman wants to wear tefillin, is there any reason to object?
Thank you.
A. The Talmud (Eiruvin 96a) mentions that Michal the daughter of King Shaul donned tefilin and the sages did not protest. Mishna Berura (301: 158) quot ....
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Posted 2/24/2017 12:47 PM |
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# 1264 Trust-us Citr-us
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Q. I once read an article where someone was saying there was a problem with orange juice (even with a hechsher) because of "scale bugs" on the peels. I am just wondering if this potential issue would cause a problem with me slicing lemons and puttin ....
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Posted 2/17/2017 4:03 PM |
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# 1263 Beat The Heat
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Q. 2) (Re- Electric space heaters in above question) A case: The heater is set to go on and off during the course of Yom Tov or Shabbat and a child was playing with the heater while it was on and turned the knob on the heater to "off" position. Once ....
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Posted 2/17/2017 11:18 AM |
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# 1262 Heat With Feet?
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Heat With Feet?
Q. I have some questions regarding electric space heaters we use to heat some rooms in our house and to heat our sukkah.
1) Can they be moved (change position/direction) on Yom Tov and/or Shabbat (if they will not ....
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Posted 2/17/2017 11:12 AM |
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# 1261 Love Over The Clove
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Q. Is there a mitzva to eat garlic on Friday night for women? What happens if the garlic smell bothers the spouse, is it still a mitzva?
A. See question above. The Talmud (Bava Kama 82a) mentions other health benefits to consuming ga ....
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Posted 2/17/2017 2:35 AM |
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# 1260 Smell To Heaven?
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Q. The Mishnah Berurah (O"H 280:1) says that it is obligatory to consume garlic on Friday or Friday night. How is the garlic supposed to be prepared and how many cloves should be ingested?
A. Mishna Berura (ibid.) mentions that it ....
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Posted 2/14/2017 12:01 AM |
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# 1259 To-bel Or Not To-bel
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Q. I recently bought a Keurig coffee maker and realized that I might need to toivel it. The instructions say it should not be submerged in water. What is Rav Shlomo Miller's opinion on it?
Thank you
A. Some Poskim (Beis ....
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Posted 2/13/2017 11:43 PM |
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# 1258 Honour Thy Father and Thy Chavrusa
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Q. My elderly father recently moved in with me. Although he has care providers during regular business hours, I am his primary care-giver during the rest of the day. For several years now, I have had a regular skype chavrusa daily (except Shabbos ....
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Posted 2/10/2017 4:28 PM |
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# 1257 Must Read This
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Q. Hello... There is a prohibition against reading the caption under a picture on Shabbat. A Rav once mentioned that this could apply to reading children's books on Shabbat. These books have a big picture, with some writing on the page explaining ....
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Posted 2/10/2017 1:40 PM |
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# 1256 Fruits of One's Flavor
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Dear Rabbi.
Q. On Tu Bishvat when should one eat the fruits, at the beginning of the seuda or at the end?
If there is a new fruit that requires shecheyanu, should one eat it before the rest, even if it is not from the shivaas haminim?
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Posted 2/10/2017 1:37 PM |
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# 1255 Party Time
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Q. For the people who have the minhag to make a special seuda on Tu Bishvat, eat shivas haminim fruits and sing the fifteen shir hamaalos, on this year that it falls on Shabbos, should this be done earlier on Friday night, or berov am during shal ....
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Posted 2/9/2017 2:51 PM |
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# 1254 Sherry Shomyain?
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Q. Dear Rabbi Bartfeld, Can you please ask Rav Miller if it is best to refrain from scotch in sherry casks due to the isur hanaah of stam yayin. Thank you.
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion that the hetter he gave for scotch in ....
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Posted 2/5/2017 11:30 PM |
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# 1253 In Heaven's Name
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Q. Is there a special name to be given to a child who was born with severe birth defects and not expected to survive?
A. Bris Avos (8: 4) quoting Chida mentions that there is a minhag to give to the severely defected children the name ....
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Posted 2/5/2017 11:22 PM |
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# 1252 Still Need a Name
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Q. Re- above question: If a baby born with severe defects and is not expected to survive. If the answer is yes (to give a name), but the parents are not at all religious, could friends without their knowledge name the baby?
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Posted 2/3/2017 4:26 PM |
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# 1251 Shem and Hashem
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Q. A baby born with severe defects that is not expected to survive, should be given a Jewish name in shul? Does the halacha change if the baby survives thirty days?
A. on question 399 on this forum we wrote: “A number of consequential ....
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Posted 2/3/2017 12:59 PM |
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# 1250 Give It A Spin
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Q. Can you use a lettuce dryer on Shabbos? It works by turning a handle and spinning and it has a strainer inside. It has a mechanism for turning the strainer very fast so that the lettuce becomes dry.
A. Shmiras Shabbos Kehilchoso (3: ....
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Posted 2/3/2017 12:58 PM |
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# 1249 A Gentle Pray
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Q. Is one allowed to pray for a refua shelaima or wish a refua shelaima to a non Jew?
A. Please read question 1084 hereby quoted:
“Q. Can the gabay of our shule make a mi sheberach for a Gentile (he is a good friend to one ....
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Posted 1/29/2017 8:32 PM |
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