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Expand Article #368 Proper Stove Kashering
Q. Can I kasher a treif oven that does not have self clean by turning it to 550 fahrenheit for an extended period of time? How about the electric stove burners?

Thank you

A…Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit"a indicated that t ....


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Expand Article #367 Bracha on sushi
Q. What is the bracha on sushi?

A. The popular kosher Sushi we most commonly consume consists of cooked vinegared rice sushi-meshi combined with other ingredients, usually raw or partially raw fish, as tuna or salmon or occasionally ....


Posted 8/29/2013 2:43 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article #366 Repeating a Posuk Multiple Times
Q. I would like to clarify if it is permissible to recite a posuk with Hashem's name as often as one wishes (repeating the posuk with Hashem's name multiple times) not as a tefillah necessarily just as a i.e. reminder to someone or for an other pur ....


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Expand Article #365 Briya, Birya or Berya?
Q. What is the correct pronunciation of "briya" as in "it does not become annulled even in a thousand". Artscroll spells it as "briya", conversely the Mesivta and Veshinantam editions write the phonetics as; "birya", while many old-timers pronounce ....


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Expand Article #364 Esther Hamalko's Siblings
Q. Did Esther have any brothers or sisters?
(You are asking why it matters) It matters because I found an interesting Gematria. In Ki Seitzei, where it says, Mishpat habechorah, equals exactly Esther or 661.

Why would that Gem ....


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Expand Article #363 Is Intention Essential in Social Mitzvos?
Q. Since the Halacha is that you need kavanah or intention to comply with a Torah mitzvah and according to some even on a rabbinical mitzvah and since we do perform many mitzvoth during the day without even thinking, such as helping others, doing f ....


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Expand Article #362 Inducing Birth Close to Rosh Hashanah
Q. A woman that is due to deliver her newborn son (as seen in ultrasound) this week Thursday. If she is late about a week (normal in her case), the doctor recommended inducing the birth. That would result in performing the Brith Milah on Rosh Hasha ....


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Expand Article #361 Making a hefsek between kidush and the seudah
Q. If someone drinks grape juice for kiddush or eats challah instead of wine, what is the halacha about eating the se'udah or meal?

Do we have to eat the meal within 72 minutes of making the bracha or the kiddush?

< ....


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Expand Article #360 Chicken Kapparot this year
Q. Rabbi, it has been the custom of my family to do kapparot with a live chicken. This is a custom I have kept since moving to Toronto. This year however, with the demise of Chai Chicken, I am at a loss as to where and how to keep this custom. Is s ....


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Expand Article #359 Adopted children in non Orthodox homes
Q. While being mekarev an older lady (& grandchild) who considers herself conservative, she disclosed that the mother of the grandchild was adopted. It is doubtful if the adopted mother was from a Jewish home. The grandmother who is caring for ....


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Expand Article #358 Receiving financial benefits to move to Israel from non Jewish organizations
Q. There are some religious Christians who are very supportive of Jews living in Israel, As such they offer financial benefits to move there. For example they will pay for ones lift to Israel. Is it permissible to accept money from them?


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Expand Article #357 Calculating Maaser on a mortgage
Q. If a property is purchased & leases it to pay off a mortgage is the rental money subject to masser if there is no profit left over after expenses such as taxes, interest & paying off the loan?

What if the mortgage is part ....


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Expand Article #356 Life support for the terminally ill
Q. My elderly mother is extremely ill and has all kind of medical complications; she is now in an ICU. We told the doctors to do everything possible to extend her life even though she suffers greatly. She herself has given instructions to resuscita ....


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Expand Article #355 Prison discharge during Yom Tov
Q. If someone has a release date from jail which will fall on Yom Tov, what does the person have to do when the government will not change the date? The only way to leave the institution is by bus. Does the frum Yid have a choice?

S ....


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Expand Article #354 Blowing the Shofar, without a Minyan
Q. In our small weekday minyan we have a problem getting someone to blow the Shofar daily…
If we could not make minyan on that day, do we still blow the shofar?

A. Whether Tekias Shofor during Elul requires a Minyan or no, ....


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Expand Article #353 Blowing Shofar by Mincha during Elul
Q. In our small weekday minyan we have a problem getting someone to blow the Shofar daily…
If we could not find someone in the morning can we blow by mincha?

A. When the Tzibur did not blow the Shofar after Shacharis, Igrois ....


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Expand Article #352 A minor blowing Shofar during Elul
Q. Dear Rabbi, In our small weekday minyan we have a problem getting someone to blow the Shofar daily. Can a youngster who is not bar mitzvah blow for us?

A. Nitey Gavriel (Rosh Hashono 4: 8) writes that if no other Baal Tokea is ....


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Expand Article #351 Pushing and striking others in a simcha
Q. In certain cities, brushing close to people, even pushing, takes place at simchas, by talks, in shules. There is not an apology, but in any case it is disturbing and hurts frailer people. Is a Yid oiver by doing this, and what?

A ....


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Expand Article #350 Writing Hashem's name in English
Q. Recently I had an email discussion about how to write Hashem's name in English. They felt that G-d hyphenating was not necessary as they stated was only a generic way of referring to Hashem and not a name of Hashem. I have always been led to bel ....


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Expand Article #349 Mental imaging of our needs before davening
Q. In book Otzerot Hatfila of Tzvi Nishri volume number 2, page 989, "Moshe Rabeinu zier le atzmo et bakashto".... per Rabbi Eliahu Lapian. So we should be imaging by our self our tefilah needs in order to get it answered. More about this in page ....


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