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#478 Can't Sleep, Can I Use a Sound Machine on Shabbos?
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Q. Can you use in Shabbos a sleeping-aid sound machine that produces different rhythms such as the sound of the sea or a forest and is controlled by a timer? How about just white noise?
A. At the end of Eruvin (104a.) Ulah maintains ....
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Posted 2/7/2014 1:03 PM |
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#477 I Made a Shvua Without Thinking, What Should I Do?
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Q. I made a shvua without thinking and now I need it to be nullified. What should I do?
I made a shvua saying I wouldn't do something for someone else (not my husband). I said it to make a point. I didn't really mean to make a neder. How ....
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Posted 2/7/2014 1:00 PM |
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#476 Which Elevator is Shabbos Friendly?
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Q. In preparation for a hotel that I will be attending Shabbos/Yom Tov, I have looked in to the situation of a Shabbos elevator as the hotel is 6 floors high and have a couple of questions. The elevator will be preprogrammed and stop automatically ....
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Posted 2/7/2014 12:57 PM |
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#475 Paying Tuition with Maaser Money
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Q. Am I allowed to give my maaser money to my parents so that they can use it for my tuition? Thank you
A. See Shulchan Aruch and Remoh (C.M. 207: 2 and Nesivos Hamishpot ibid. 2)) in regards to whom do the wages of a working girl, ....
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Posted 2/7/2014 12:54 PM |
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#474 Why Read Parshas Tetzaveh Now?
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Q. If we celebrate zain Adar, the yortzait of Moshe Rabenu on the second Adar, why do we read parshas Tetzave, where his name is omitted on the first Adar?
A. Remoh (O.H. 568: 7) quoting Maharil and Mahari Mintz, rules that in regar ....
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Posted 2/7/2014 12:52 PM |
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#473 Where Is the Joy?
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Q. Two questions Re- your answer on simcha begins on the first Adar. When you say that on Adar you increase simcha what does that mean, if you don't have a court case and you anyway say tachanun so where is the simcha reflected?
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Posted 2/7/2014 12:46 PM |
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#472 When Do the Happy Times of Adar Begin?
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Q. I have an important court case against an insurance company in 2 weeks, which would be in the first month of Adar. Is it better to postpone it to the second month of Adar?
A. The Mishna (Meggilah 6b) teaches that besides the read ....
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Posted 2/4/2014 3:14 PM |
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#471 Erasing brochos from an MP3
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Q. What is Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit"a opinion in regards to erasing brochos and tefilos with the explicit name of Hashem that were recorded in an MP3?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit"a opinion is that one should avoid when pos ....
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Posted 2/4/2014 3:12 PM |
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#470 Does Planet Earth Really Revolve Around the Sun?
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Q. When teaching children science how should one approach the concept of the earth's orbit? Chazal indicate that the sun rotates the earth; however, the current scientific approach is that the earth rotates the sun
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Posted 1/31/2014 2:22 PM |
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Posted 1/31/2014 2:18 PM |
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#468 Teaching Torah to the Yet Not-Frum
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Q. Can I teach a class of Torah to people who are not frum and have not said the brocho in the morning?
A. The widely accepted custom is that it is permitted to say or teach Torah to people who have not recited the prior brocho to ....
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Posted 1/31/2014 2:15 PM |
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#467 Using an Apnea Respirator on Shabbos II
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Q. In regards to using an apnea respirator, When you first turn on the machine, it is at a low air pressure. This is to allow you to fall asleep. After about 10 minutes, the machine 'ramps' up to the preset maximum. If I use a timer, I will lose t ....
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Posted 1/31/2014 2:13 PM |
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#466 Using an e-Reader on Shabbos
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Q. Can you use an e-reader in Shabbos? What if it is turned off and you are just reading what is on the screen?
A. Please see the previous answer. In regards to using an e-reader on Shabbos Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit"a opinion is t ....
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Posted 1/31/2014 2:12 PM |
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#465 Are e- Readers Kosher?
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Q. Shalom U'Bracha, What is the halahcha for using an ereader (Nook or kindle) to read seforim? I have heard some people say it may be a problem because it is written with "e-ink." (in regards to Mechikas shaim Hashem) Thanks in advance.
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Posted 1/31/2014 2:10 PM |
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#464 When Not Accepting Divrei Torah
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Q. Someone tries to give me a piece of Torah that they have written. For whatever reason, I will never read it. Is the proper response to say:
A. I will never read it. Please don't give it to me. or
B. Thank you very much, take the pa ....
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Posted 1/23/2014 3:53 PM |
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#463 Can the Shul Become a Mourning House?
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Q. An ovel during shiva that doesn't have a minyan at home and comes to Shul, when he davens for the amud, does he say Birchas Kohanim? Lam'natzeach and the parts of Uva Letzion that are omitted in the ovel's home?
A. There is a dis ....
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Posted 1/23/2014 3:52 PM |
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#462 Tachanun when Ovel Leads Davening in Shul
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Q. An ovel during shiva that doesn't have a minyan at home and comes to Shul, when he davens for the amud do they say Tachanun? Should someone else take over and he goes out so the others will say Tachanun?
A. The reason we omit tac ....
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Posted 1/23/2014 3:49 PM |
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#461 Washing Hands after Blood Test
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Q. Since you also wash after bloodletting, does that mean that you have to wash after a blood test? Or does a surgeon wash 3 times after an operation?
A. See prior question in regards to washing three times. Shulchan Aruch (O.H. 4: ....
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Posted 1/23/2014 3:47 PM |
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#460 Do we Wash Hands After the Chalaka?
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Q. I attended an opsherenish for a 3 year old and everyone was invited to cut some of the hair of the child. Do you have to wash your hands after 3 times? (No one seemed to care).
A. Mishna Berura (4: 39) and Oruch Hashulchon (4: 21 ....
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Posted 1/23/2014 3:44 PM |
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#459 No Birthday this Year?
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Q. I was just wondering which is the real adar-aleph or bais? My birthday is in adar aleph, so does that mean my birthday only comes during a leap year?
A. If you were born in a leap year on Adar Alef your birthday or bar/bas mitz ....
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Posted 1/23/2014 3:42 PM |
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