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#314 Buying lottery tickets

Q. I have heard stories of people who were in economic despair and were told by their Chasidic leaders to buy lottery tickets, is that correct or recommendable? A. Indeed there are a number of such stories recorded of people in ne ....

Posted 6/12/2013 4:54 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#313 Religious institutions offering bingos and selling raffle tickets

Q. How come many religious institutions offer bingos and sell raffle tickets, is that not a form of gambling? A. As mentioned in the prior answer Remoh (Shulchan Aruch C.M. 370:3) writes that the accepted custom is that if someone h ....

Posted 6/12/2013 4:52 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#312 Gambling at a Casino

Q. I assume from my rudimentary Jewish education that it is not permitted, but I have a couple of religious orthodox acquaintances that occasionally when on vacation play at the Niagara casinos, are they at fault? A. Halacha general ....

Posted 6/12/2013 4:46 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#311 Finding a children's item with no identifying marks on it.

Q. I live on the top floor of a 3-floor apartment building. I found a common small bouncy ball on my porch without any identifying marks other than the color. In the local children's store I can find dozens like it. When the youngest ....

Posted 6/5/2013 5:04 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#310 Kosher status of slurpee

Q. I have noticed that at Mac's Milk there are machines which sell slurpy's. Above the machines there are certificates from MK (Montreal Kosher) which shows a list of flavors which are kosher. The question is, being that the store is ....

Posted 5/31/2013 9:27 AM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (1)

#309 Working for a German firm

Q. I am looking for work and during my networking conversations I've been put in touch with someone from a German firm. I'm thinking I should not pursue this. Would you agree? A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit"a advise is to check the h ....

Posted 5/30/2013 3:43 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#308 Marrying people who eat on Yom Kipper vs. people who are gay

Q. I have a question that was posed to me during a discussion with an acquaintance who is Jewish but a self proclaimed atheist and leftist. He managed to bring up the issue of gay marriage in Israel and asked this: "we routinely marr ....

Posted 5/30/2013 3:15 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (1)

#307 Using liquid soap when soaking dishes on Shabbos

Q. After meals on Shabbos, is it okay to use some liquid dish detergent? A. Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit"a ruled that when soaking dishes in cold water is permitted on Shabbos (see prior question) it is also permitted to add liquid soa ....

Posted 5/30/2013 2:09 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#306 Soaking dishes on Shabbos

Q. After meals on Shabbos, is it okay to lightly soak soiled dishes with cold water? A. It is forbidden to prepare on Shabbos for the weekdays even on arrangements that do not qualify as melochos by themselves, and involve only sligh ....

Posted 5/30/2013 2:07 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#305 Bishul Akum in Canned or dried cranberries

Q. A food item which cannot be eaten raw is soaked in sugar for several days (or heated in water under 40 degrees celcius) and is then dried by a goy at app. 76 degrees celcius. Is this Bishul Akum? At the stage prior to drying nobody eats it becau ....

Posted 5/27/2013 10:48 AM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#304 Washing at a wedding when planning to leave early

Q. What is better on attending a wedding if you want to leave early, not to eat bread, or wash eat bread and make a mezumman without saying sheva brachos? A. Poiskim disagree whether the obligation to recite sheva brochos rests only ....

Posted 5/24/2013 5:16 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#303 Saying sheva brochos when the meal is not prepared for the Chason - Kalo

Q. If a chassan joins the seudah shlishit on Shabbat, without it being planned out before, do you still say sheva brachoth? A. Meiri (Kesuvos 7b) writes that no sheva brochos are recited if the meal was not prepared specifically i ....

Posted 5/24/2013 5:14 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#302 When to say sheva brochos on the last day when eating past shkia

Q. Is it better to say the sheva brachoth on the last day in the middle of the meal or is it better after birchat hamazon when already after the shkiah? A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinions is that when we find ourselves close t ....

Posted 5/24/2013 5:11 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#301 Saying brachos on the last day of sheva brochos

Q. On the last day of sheva brachoth, can you still say the brachoth after the beginning of the shkiah and if it is permitted, for how long? A. Taz (E.H. 62: 3) quotes Maharal's opinion that you can recite sheva brochos on the night ....

Posted 5/24/2013 5:08 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#300 Wearing a Citizen Eco-drive watch on Shabbos

Q. Shalom U'Bracha, Recently I purchased a Citizen eco-drive watch, that gets charged automatically from the light. My question is: (1) Is it permitted to wear such a watch on shabbos (at home or within an eruv) when the watch has a ....

Posted 5/17/2013 4:11 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (1)

#299 Using dishwasher detergent without a hechsher

Q. Does dishwasher detergent need to be kosher? The brand finish use to have a hechsher and now it does not. A. We forwarded your question to Rabbi Dovid Rosen, COR Rabbinic Coordinator, who advised us that; COR policy is that all d ....

Posted 5/17/2013 12:44 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (1)

#298 Someone who has excepted Shabbos early asking someone else to do a Melocho

Q. Can someone that started Shabbos early ask his neighbor that davens late to turn on the lights for him? A. Shulchan Aruch (O. H. 263: 17) rules that it is permitted for someone that has already accepted Shabbos to ask another tha ....

Posted 5/17/2013 12:42 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#297 When does someone from Eretz Yisroel say Izkor when traveling

Q. Is there a point for him(a Israeli resident who temporarily travels to Chutz Laaretz) to say Izkor as it is not Yom Tov for him or should he say it by himself on the first day? A. Betzel Hacochmo (4: 109) rules that an Israeli re ....

Posted 5/17/2013 12:35 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#296 Someone from Eretz Yisroel getting an Aliya on the second day of Yom tov

Q. I have guest from Israel that are visiting me and they only keep one day Yom Tov. On the second day Shavuoth can one get an aliyah as he has Yortzayt and it is Thursday and they would be reading the Torah anyway? If yes could he get Maftir?

Posted 5/17/2013 12:30 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#295 Tefilin dropped off by a Sofer but not returned

Q. I sent my Tefillin to a Sofer Stam in Toronto for checking almost a year ago. I have called 2x since sending it and have yet to speak to him, and only to his wife. I have not heard from him, and I miss my tefillin very much. I cannot manage to p ....

Posted 5/17/2013 12:13 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

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