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#220 Wearing a rain coat that changes in the rain on Shabbos
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Q. My daughter has a grey rain coat that when it gets wet in the rain, has a pattern of black flowers that become visible, and goes away when it dries. Can this be worn on Shabbos? Are the flowers becoming visible considered painting or dyeing?
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Posted 9/21/2012 4:14 PM |
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#219 Taking blood tests on a fast.
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Q. Is it permitted to take a blood test on a day of fasting (some blood tests require fasting) like Tzom Gedalia, as it is similar to bloodletting, which we learned is not allowed when fasting?
A. Indeed the Talmud mentions not to d ....
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Posted 9/21/2012 1:22 PM |
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#218 Making a Shecheyanu on esrog jam
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Q Can you make Shecheyanu on jam made from Ethrogim on the second night (of Rosh Hashonoh)?
A. The Tur and Bais Yosef (O.H. 583) quote from Talmud Kerissos (6a) that one should eat on Rosh Hashonoh esrogim as a good siman. (In our t ....
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Posted 9/14/2012 1:08 PM |
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Posted 9/14/2012 1:04 PM |
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#216 Using honey substitutes on Rosh Hashonoh.
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Q. Someone that has an allergy reaction to pollen and was advised to stay away from bee honey, should he use date honey or maple syrup (on Rosh Hashanah)?
A. Throughout the Torah, honey by and large refers to date honey (see Rashi V ....
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Posted 9/14/2012 12:57 PM |
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#215 Using salt and honey on Challah on Rosh Hashanah
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Q. On Rosh Hashanah night do you put salt on the chala together with the honey? If yes which is first?
A. There are a number of different minhoggim.
a) Immersing the chala slice in salt and then same side in honey (Kaf Hac ....
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Posted 9/7/2012 2:16 PM |
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#214 Wearing a Kippah when one is not Shomer Shabbos
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Q. I am not shomer shabbos. Should I wear a kippah during the week when not in shul?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit"a pointed out, that you might not be a shomer shabbos yet, but you are striving constantly to come closer to Hashem an ....
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Posted 9/2/2012 10:39 PM |
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#213 Eating nuts and seeds on Rosh Hashana
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Q. I know you can't eat nuts on Rosh Hashana, but can you eat seeds - like sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds?
A. There are a number of reasons mentioned for not eating nuts on Rosh Hashono; a) Egoz, usually understood as walnuts, ca ....
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Posted 9/2/2012 10:36 PM |
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Posted 9/2/2012 10:33 PM |
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#211 Multitasking Siyumim
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Q. If I were to finish a Masechta, I might make a siyum. If I were to review that Masechta, I might make a siyum again.
What if I were to review the Masechta while I was still learning it? For example, if every day I reviewed the pre ....
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Posted 8/30/2012 5:16 PM |
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Posted 8/24/2012 2:44 PM |
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#209 Sleeping with one's feet facing the door.
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Q. My baby's crib is facing the doorway to his room, and I believe there is a preference which way to sleep, but I do not recall if it is head towards the door or feet towards the door.
A. There is indeed a persistent folklore that o ....
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Posted 8/24/2012 12:38 PM |
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Posted 8/23/2012 4:49 PM |
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Posted 8/23/2012 4:44 PM |
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Posted 7/27/2012 4:19 PM |
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#205 Dancing a Rikud onShabbos Chazon
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Q. In a shul were every Shabbos eve after Kabbolas Shabbos and Maariv, there is a rikud, and some say that on this Shabbos which coincides with Tisha Beav it should not be done, would that not be aveluth befarchesia if we omit it, as we always do i ....
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Posted 7/27/2012 4:17 PM |
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Posted 7/27/2012 1:03 PM |
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Posted 7/25/2012 4:49 PM |
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#202 - Exercising during the nine days
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Q. Someone who exercises every day may he continue to do so during the nine days? Such as using treadmill elliptic etc.
A. There is no prohibition on jogging or performing physical exercises per se during the nine days. However, doin ....
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Posted 7/25/2012 4:45 PM |
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