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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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#458 Priority of Avelim Before the Amud
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Q. When an ovel during shiva davens in shul, and there are other avelim on later stages of mourning, (such as shloishim) does he have priority before the others to daven before the omud?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is ....
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Posted 1/23/2014 3:41 PM |
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#457 Does An Ovel During Shivah Lead Tefilah in Shul?
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Q. An ovel during shiva that doesn't have a minyan at home and comes to Shul, should he daven for the Amud?
A. It is a mitzvah to hold daily services in the house of the deceased for it gives fulfillment to the soul of the depar ....
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Posted 1/23/2014 3:40 PM |
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#456 Esrog and Olives, Part II
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Q. In regards to the recent teshuvo #451 on the brocho recited on the peel of an esrog that was turned into some kind of jam. It isn't clear from the answer what brocho you recite on the jam.
Also on # 452 I have two doubts Does Rav ....
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Posted 1/23/2014 2:06 PM |
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#455 Should I Recite Shecheheyanu on a Esrog?
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Q. If you eat the shell of an esrog on tu bishvat, do you have to make sheheyanu?
A. Mishna Berura (225: 16) writes that you do not recite Sheheheyonu on eating an esrog as it does not change from year to year even during the winter ....
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Posted 1/15/2014 4:49 PM |
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#454 The Order of Eating Fruits
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Q. Do you have to eat the fruits on the order of the pasuk or is it enough just to make the bracha on the olives or whatever else is first?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit"a opinion is that the order implied in the posuk is only for ....
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Posted 1/15/2014 4:46 PM |
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#453 Fruits from Israel on Tu Bishvat
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Q. Is it very important to eat fruits of Eretz Yisrael on Tu Bishvat, since you have to separate truma umaaser, and not everyone is familiar to do it correctly?
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Posted 1/15/2014 4:45 PM |
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#452 Should We Eat Olives?
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Q. Is there a problem eating olives since they are supposed to make you forget?
A. Talmud (Horayos 13b) teaches that five things cause forgetting the Torah one has learned; one of them is eating olives regularly.
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Posted 1/15/2014 4:43 PM |
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#451 What Brocho on Esrog Peels?
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Q. What bracha do you make on the peel of an esrog that was turned into some kind of jam, if you can still recognize the peel?
A. Mishna Berura (202: 19) cites Mogen Avrohom that on unripe small fruits that are bitter and inedib ....
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Posted 1/15/2014 4:40 PM |
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#450 Cutting Branches from a Fruit Tree
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Q. When we collect the cherries, (of a fruit tree) since some of them are very high up, is it permitted to cut a complete branch?
A. Many Poskim maintain that the prohibition (see previous question) applies only to cutting down the ....
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Posted 1/10/2014 12:46 PM |
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