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#154 - Can one remove Tzoraas or Tzoraas like skin discolourations?

Q. Dear Rabbi, Attending a class on the weekly portion of the Torah, this question arouse. Why are we not careful today with skin discolorations treating them with creams and other methods of removal. Why are we not concerned maybe they are some ki ....

Posted 4/27/2012 1:30 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#153 - Child eating Chumetz on Pesach

Q. Dear Rabbi, What happens when my daughter under bat mitzvah age ate chametz on Pesach? Is this a sin for her or for me or it doesn't count as a sin at all. Because she is under bat mitzvah? or chas ve shalom is it karet? Thank you ....

Posted 4/27/2012 1:07 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#152 - Shaving during Sefira

Q. Dear Rabbi, If someone has to attend a job interview which is highly competitive, can he shave during Sefira. Thanks. A. In case of great need or significant monetary loss, Poiskim permit shaving during Sefira (see: Igrois Moishe ....

Posted 4/27/2012 1:03 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#151 - feeding animals chometz if the pets and their food are not owned by a Jew.

Q. I have a non Jewish neighbour who has with me a very good relationship that I'm interested to maintain. from time to time he travels overnight and he asks me to take care of his pets, a dog and some aquarium fish. He is trveling during Pesach an ....

Posted 3/30/2012 11:33 AM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#150 - Laws of answering Amen

Dear Rabbi, I would like to learn about the laws of answering Amen and in what situations it should not be said. Let's say that you wash for bread and make the bracha for washing. Afterwards, but before you have a chan ....

Posted 3/30/2012 11:30 AM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#149 - attending a friend’s Sholom Zochor during Shloshim

Q. May an oveil attend his best friend's sholom zochor during shloshim? A. Yes he may if he does not linger and just enters and says Mazel Tov. He may also drink a L’chaim, say Divrey Brocho and then leave. Rabbi A. B ....

Posted 3/30/2012 11:26 AM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#148 - Bedikas Chometz on property being sold for Pesach.

Q. We are going to spend Pesach in another town, but we may be leaving our home on the morning of erev Pesach (Friday). If we make an early mechirah of the complete house to avoid having to clean the house and do bedikah, can we still stay in the h ....

Posted 3/27/2012 4:51 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#147 - Minimum amount of money in Canadian funds to be considered Matanos Laevyonim

Q. What is the minimum amount of money in Canadian funds to be considered matanot laevyonim today? Thank you. 　 A. Mishneh Beruroh (694,2) writes in the name of the Ritvo that even a prutah is enough for gifts for the poor, but ....

Posted 3/7/2012 4:14 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#146 - Fulfilling the mitzvah of drinking on Purim through prescription drugs.

Q. During Purim, can a patient on prescription drugs become inebriated by them and fulfill the mitzvah of drinking on Purim, since he cannot drink wine or any alcohol at all? 　 A. Many Poskim (Rashi Megila 7a - Rambam Megila 2, ....

Posted 3/7/2012 4:12 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#145 - Eating after the fast before hearing Megilah

Q. A woman that because of her need to care for her children attends Megilah reading late at 9.00 PM, can she eat before? 　 A. Shulchan Oruch (O.C. 652,2) prohibits eating before one complies with a mitzvah. Mishnah Berurah (ib ....

Posted 3/7/2012 4:07 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#144 - Listening to Torah tapes while fixing bathroom tiles.

Q. I do occasionally home repair work. Can I work in a bathroom fixing tiles, which may take a few hours, while listening to a Torah tape? I have not yet completed my conversion to Judaism. Thanks. A. Poiskim write that if ....

Posted 3/7/2012 4:04 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (1)

#143 - If needed, can parents do the chalakah before a child turns three?

Q) If a toddler is going to be three years on chol hamoed, can his parents do the chalakah before Pesach if needed, as there are visiting family? A) There are different traditions in regards to the extent of time one should ....

Posted 3/7/2012 3:59 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#142 - Wearing a Kitl during Shono Rishonoh

Q) A choson is in his shono rishoino who makes his own seider, is he permitted to wear a kittl if he wants to? A) M'kadesh Yisroel (Pesach 315) quotes Maharam Shick (O.C. 28) who endeavors to find a reason why some do not wear the K ....

Posted 3/7/2012 3:54 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#141 - Mezuzahs for small rooms with counters.

Q. As we move to new office headquarters, we have a couple of rooms where we are in doubt of the necessity for a mezuza, because of the small size of the rooms. My rough estimates: Call office: 98 sq ft, but these area is being reduced by counters ....

Posted 3/2/2012 2:05 AM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#140 - Grandparents naming a child.

Q. My granddaughter was born a couple of days ago and I want to know can my husband go to shul and name her. My daughter and son-in-law go to Conservative and are going to name her in a month's time? A. Poiskim and minhogim disagree ....

Posted 2/24/2012 1:20 AM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#139 - An Ovel after Shloshim joining a group trip to visit and pray at Kvorim

Q. Can an ovel after shloshim join a group trip that is to travel in Europe to visit and pray at the kvorim of prominent Tzadikim. A. Shulchan Oruch (Y.D. 380,25) forbids long business trips, as they are very conspicuous and a large ....

Posted 2/22/2012 12:56 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#138 - Do Parsha sheets require Genizah

Q. I'm cleaning out my room and I found a bunch of parsha sheets in English that I had collected on my desk over the weeks. Am I allowed to put these with the regular recycling or do I have to put them in genizah. The parsha sheets are specifically ....

Posted 2/22/2012 12:53 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#137 - Pesach Shevah Brochos

Q. If a couple are married on the Sunday before Pesach and there are no further Shevah Brochos on the following weekdays, can one say Shevah Brochos on the two Seder nights (Friday and Shabbos) of that week? A. Poskim agree that the ....

Posted 2/22/2012 12:27 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (1)

#136 - Tachanun by a Bris when the Mohel leaves early.

Q. If the Mohel left the minyan (because he had to go to a Bris), before the beginning of the repetition of the Shemone Esre, do you say Tachanun? A. Taz (O.C. 131,10) quoted in Mishna Berura (ibid. 26) recommends that a groom shou ....

Posted 2/10/2012 4:56 AM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#135 - Reciting the Shira with joy during a time of Availus.

Q. As Shabbath Shirah approaches, we have learned that the Shirah should always be recited with great joy, as this promotes forgiveness of sins. Does one have to recite it that way in a mourners house or in the day of Tisha B'av? How about when the ....

Posted 2/10/2012 4:47 AM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

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