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#679 A Fine End Line
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Q. If you forget after December the 4th (to recite Tal Umotor) and the sidur instructs that you should say it at shma kolenu, where do you say it and what are the words you have to mention?
A. He should say Vesen Tal Umatar at the e ....
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Posted 12/19/2014 1:43 PM |
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#678 Brocho on Rain, Come Back Another Day
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Q. What happens when an Israeli visits chutz la'aretz does he stop saying tal umotor while here?
A. Poskim differ in their opinions. Most maintain that once he had already begun reciting Tal Umatar while still in Eretz Yisroel (he l ....
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Posted 12/19/2014 1:41 PM |
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#677 Motor Travel Trends
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Q. When I traveled recently to Eretz Yisroel I said Tal umotor librocho in Shemoneesre like everyone else… Was I to continue the same when I came back, since it was still before December 4?
A. Poskim disagree as to what to do if one ....
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Posted 12/19/2014 1:40 PM |
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#676 Travel Rain Check
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Q. When I traveled recently to Eretz Yisroel, I said Tal umotor librocho in Shemoneesre like everyone else. Was that correct?
A. Poskim disagree in regards to the mention of Tal Umatar for someone residing outside of Eretz Yisroel ....
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Posted 12/19/2014 1:39 PM |
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#675 Making Sense of Sensors
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Q. Does one have to be careful when walking down a street on Shabbos to not activate motion sensor lights? I would have to remember to cross the street to avoid one.
A. Shemiras Shabbos Kehilchoso (23: 53) quoting Yesodei Yishurun ( ....
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Posted 12/19/2014 1:37 PM |
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#674 Weighty Light Shaile
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Q. I'm doing my medical internship and I stay in the hospital overnight some days a week… Since I'm not married and I room alone, and I have an Internet security hook up with my residence, so I can turn on and off lights with a phone call. Can I ma ....
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Posted 12/19/2014 1:36 PM |
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#673 In the Light That We Know
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Q. I'm doing my medical internship and I stay in the hospital overnight some days a week. Can I use a sodium battery powered lamp (sometimes used for medical examinations) for Chanuka lights? How about a Halogen light?
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Posted 12/19/2014 1:07 PM |
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#672 The Three Days Phase
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Q. Is it true that you are not allowed to visit a sick person during the first three days of his illness? Why?
A. Shulchan Aruch (Y.D. 335:1) rules that close family members and friends visit the sick immediately, while others wait ....
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Posted 12/9/2014 11:07 PM |
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#671 Again and Again and No Gain
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Q. If someone is overly careful to pronounce the words of the shema properly and keeps on repeating them many times, trying to get it just right, is that not a hefsek?
Thank you
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit"a opinion is tha ....
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Posted 12/9/2014 2:46 PM |
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#670 Your Money or Your Strife?
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Q. Can one take advantage of a sale that is given on a non-Jewish religious holiday or is it as agreeing to the spirit of the celebration? How about Black Friday?
A. Horav Shlomo Millers Shlit"a opinion is that seasonal sales do no ....
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Posted 12/9/2014 2:45 PM |
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#669 Enlightening the Lighting
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Q. I will be traveling overseas on vacation G-d willing during Chanuka with my family and I have a few questions…
Can we appoint a shaliach back home to light for us? How about the time difference?
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Posted 12/9/2014 2:44 PM |
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#668 Shabbos – Chanuka Hotel
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Q. I will be traveling overseas on vacation G-d willing during Chanuka with my family and I have a few questions…
What do we do on Shabbat? (Chanuka in a hotel, see previous question)
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit"a opinion ....
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Posted 12/9/2014 2:42 PM |
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#667 An Electrifying Shaile
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Q. I will be traveling overseas on vacation G-d willing during Chanuka with my family and I have a few questions
In the hotel we will be eating our meals in the rooms or occasionally in an outside kosher restaurant, they don't allow lightin ....
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Posted 12/9/2014 2:41 PM |
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#666 The Flying Menorah
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Q. I will be traveling on vacation G-d willing during Chanuka with my family and I have a few questions
When traveling by plane, if the flight departs on the late afternoon (we leave home before plag) and arrives after midnight, and we stay ....
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Posted 12/9/2014 2:38 PM |
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#665 The Ignoble Noble
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Q. If you are in a tzedaka appeal for a worthy institution where pledges are called out loud, are you allowed to pledge a very large sum to encourage others to give, when you don't have the intention or can't keep your promise?
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Posted 12/9/2014 2:36 PM |
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#664 A Psak on a Hefsek
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Q. Does one have to wash his hands again with a beracha after going to the bathroom in the middle of a seudah?
A. Mishna Berura (164: 12) quotes different opinions whether one should recite a brocho after washing hands (with a keli ....
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Posted 12/9/2014 2:28 PM |
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#663 Everything in the Kitchen Sink?
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Q. Shalom U'bracha,
I think I heard a shiur some time ago from HaRav Shlomo Miller Shlita that on pesach you cannot use a kitchen sink, even for cold water, if you do not kasher it, because of a gezaira you will use it for hot water, which w ....
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Posted 12/9/2014 2:26 PM |
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#662 An Aliya for a Holy Neshama?
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Q. We find among the Rishonim the expression "Ben HaKadosh" in reference to someone who is a son of someone who was killed 'Al Kiddush HaShem'. I have attached a PDF file that contains some sources to that effect
Question: Although it is wr ....
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Posted 11/28/2014 12:11 PM |
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#661 A Matter of Record II
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Q. One more question. A while ago you wrote about recording a class / lecture (question 627 Q. I am a student in a secular university. They have a policy of religious accommodation and if requested, they record classes given on religious holidays s ....
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Posted 11/28/2014 12:08 PM |
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#660 And All your Deeds Are Recorded II
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Q. Thank you very much.
I would like to clarify something that you wrote in [answer 648(b)].
You wrote that the camera records whether you are in front of it or not.
Many of the new cameras have a motion detector and will only ....
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Posted 11/28/2014 12:06 PM |
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