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#5331 Montezuma's Minyan Revenge! Really?
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- Q. Sorry Kevodo for this is a most unusual but truly necessary for me and my minyan question.
I’m often the tenth person in the our daily mincha minyan. But I suffer from stomach troubles and sometimes feel the need to go to the b ....
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Posted 3/7/2025 1:06 PM |
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#5330 – Let Our Memories Serve Well!
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- Q. Linking Jewish present to past. Modern day Israel has instituted a public memorial ceremony on this day for Israel Defense Forces soldiers who have not yet been brought to burial (the unknown soldier). This annual memorial takes place at Mt. ....
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Posted 3/7/2025 1:00 PM |
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#5329 All, Read Loud and Clear!
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Q. Since women are also ordained to read parshas Zachor, can a man that is ill and does not go to shul comply with the Torah reading of Zachor done at home by his wife for his daughters? (They have a proper Sefer Torah at home).
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Posted 3/7/2025 12:53 PM |
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#5328 Remember to Remember!
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- Q. Is one allowed to make kiddush and eat mezonos after Shacharis before hearing Parshas Zachor, as he is significantly hungry already. (A Late Minyan)?
A. Most Poskim agree that in need one is allowed. One should have someone remindi ....
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Posted 3/7/2025 12:50 PM |
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#5327 – She Talks yet Also Reads!
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- Q. Muy Querido Rabino.
As you well know our family and I will be visiting my mother on Purim who is living with a few other women in a home in Mexico City. Sadly they don’t have one who should read the megila for them. Can I, her dau ....
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Posted 3/7/2025 12:47 PM |
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Posted 3/7/2025 12:37 PM |
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#5325 – Not a Fish Story!
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- Q. See question above. I was also asked to buy real fresh fish for the party above on Zain Adar. Is there a reason for eating that fish at that festive banquet?
How fresh does it have to be?
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Posted 3/7/2025 12:32 PM |
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#5324 The Party of Life?
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- Kvod Moreinu Shlit”a. I’m a voluntary part time member of the Chevra Kadisha of our town. What is the usual tradition for the Chevra Kadisha to comply with on Zain Adar due in a few days?
A. On question 3550 we wrote:
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Posted 3/2/2025 5:33 PM |
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#5323 Join and Bless Tonight’s Parade?
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- Q. Kvod Rabbenu Shlit”a, I just read that sky gazers across the Northern Hemisphere will have a chance to see an extraordinary celestial event tonight Friday (Feb. 28, 2025), as all of the planets in our solar system will appear together in the ev ....
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Posted 2/28/2025 2:10 PM |
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#5322 Devote to the Vote?
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- Q. Dear Rov Shlit'a. If someone is voting today, does he have to have in mind that he wants to comply with a Torah mitzva since Horav Miller Shlit'a and all other Rabanim ordained to do so?
Thanks.
A. Horav Aharon Miller Shlit ....
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Posted 2/28/2025 2:06 PM |
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#5321 The Signs of the Times!
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- Q. Is it correct to place the sign o Mishenichnas Adar Marbim Besimcha at the entrance of home, next to the Zecher Lecchurban or should one cover it or remove it?
A. On Q. 4665 we wrote:
Q. If ones tradition is to hang ....
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Posted 2/28/2025 2:04 PM |
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#5320 Tough Eggs to Crack?
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- Q. Can a Baalas Teshuva woman who was born from an illicit and adulterous marriage that made her a “Mamzeret” donate her eggs to an infertile friend that cannot conceive and not only help her but merit to have herself Kosher offspring?
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Posted 2/28/2025 2:01 PM |
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# 5319 Cater the Water?
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- Q. Dear Rabbi and friend, I just read on a Daas Torah news source, a very motivating article. It mentioned that Sigi Cohen, the mother of Eliya Cohen who was released from Hamas captivity on a recent Shabbos, spoke at a press conference on Sunday ....
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Posted 2/28/2025 1:58 PM |
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#5318 – Zoom the Zain?
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- Q. Moreinu. Someone in my family is making a wedding on Zain Adar (Adar 7, March 6 25) should I attend? If not, can I zoom the wedding?
A. Shulchan Aruch (O.H. 580: 2) includes Zain Adar (Adar 7) in the list of the days that mark mou ....
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Posted 2/28/2025 1:56 PM |
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#5317 No News is Good News?
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- Q. See question above. If we are not allowed to spread sad news during Shabbos, how come that we recite a Mi Sheverach for the real sick people, usually when reading the Torah. Does that not cause distress for the listeners when they hear that a ....
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Posted 2/28/2025 1:52 PM |
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#5316 Sad and Bad?
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- Q. The MB (Mishna Berurah) 307/3 says not to say sad news on Shabbos. Someone I was eating by asked me about a familiar Rav and where does he live. The Rav is no longer alive. Should I have answered that he is in the Olam Haemes (World of Truth ....
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Posted 2/28/2025 1:49 PM |
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#5315 – Go and Do Door of Adar
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- Q. Kvod Horav Shlit’a. Is it true that if one davens for something very needed and very special, he should do so and specially dedicate Rosh Chodesh Adar for it? Can one also in need then fast on that day?
A. Indeed sefarim write tha ....
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Posted 2/27/2025 12:02 AM |
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#5314 First Priority?
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- Q. Dear Rov. Sorry we are so late, but we do need an answer before Shabbat (Parshat Mishpatim 2025) begins. We usually have a shiur before Mincha on Shabbat afternoon on Talmud and we prepare for a Siyum now for Erev Pesach. Some of our ....
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Posted 2/21/2025 3:02 PM |
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#5313 A Burning Shailah
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- Q. What is the correct way to deal with a non-religious family member who wants to cremate the grandfather of a Baaeil Teshuva family, when he is in charge of the proceedings?
A. There are different methods that could be used for co ....
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Posted 2/21/2025 11:25 AM |
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#5312 – A Note on the Devote Vote!
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- Q. See question above. Is there a mitzva to organize a group of elderly people or ill people to bring to them voting facilities?
A. Following the above question, if the medical caregivers authorize without any health issues at all fo ....
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Posted 2/21/2025 11:20 AM |
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