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Posted 5/17/2013 12:35 PM |
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Posted 5/17/2013 12:30 PM |
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#295 Tefilin dropped off by a Sofer but not returned
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Q. I sent my Tefillin to a Sofer Stam in Toronto for checking almost a year ago. I have called 2x since sending it and have yet to speak to him, and only to his wife. I have not heard from him, and I miss my tefillin very much. I cannot manage to p ....
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Posted 5/17/2013 12:13 PM |
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#294 Newspapers delivered to a Jewish area on Shabbos
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Q. Is a newspaper delivered to North York on Shabbos Muktzah?
A. Presumably Gentiles printed the newspaper after the onset of Shabbos. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit"a opinion is that it is not considered nolad or something new created ....
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Posted 5/10/2013 4:29 PM |
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#293 Using a plastic tablecloth cut on Shabbos
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Q. Is a plastic tablecloth which was cut from a roll on Shabbos (by a non Jew) muktzah?
A. It is prohibited to derive benefit from melochos done on Shabbos by a gentile, even if he was not instructed to do them, but he carried them o ....
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Posted 5/10/2013 4:27 PM |
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Posted 5/10/2013 4:24 PM |
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#291 lighting candles early on Shavuos night
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Q. When lighting the Yom Tov candles on the first night of Shavuoth do I have to wait till nightfall if I didn't count sefirah?
A. Piskey Teshuvos (O.H. 494, 4) rules that women should wait to light candles on the eve of Shavuos unt ....
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Posted 5/10/2013 4:12 PM |
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Posted 5/10/2013 4:10 PM |
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#289 Reading Parshas Bamidvar before Shavuos
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Q. I just read in an authoritative Yom Tov sefer and luach that Parshat Bamidvar is always before Shavuoth, wasn't last year Nasso before?
A. This sefer was probably quoting Shulchan Oruch (O.H. 428, 4) that very emphatically rules ....
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Posted 5/10/2013 4:06 PM |
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#288 Making the Bracho on seeing a tree in bloom in Sivan
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Q. We have some fruit trees in our back yard that just now began to bloom… can the brocho still be made this Shabbat as it is already Sivan?
A. This year, due to the earliness of Pesach, the blooming of trees at this latitude occurr ....
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Posted 5/10/2013 4:02 PM |
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Posted 5/10/2013 3:47 PM |
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#286 Brocho on onions from schmaltz herring
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Q. Kevod Harav Shlit"a,
The halacha seems to point out that if one eats raw or even cooked Garlic or Onions, the bracha receited is "Shehakol", as it is not the usual way for most people to eat raw garlic and onions.
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Posted 5/9/2013 4:56 PM |
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#285 Unsealed meat or non-Mevushel wine left unattended at home
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Q. We have a babysitter who watches my child every day. She is Hindu. We have once or twice left an open bottle of non-mevushal wine out, and sometimes have unsealed meat in the fridge while she is here alone. In the past we have discarded the wine ....
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Posted 5/9/2013 3:48 PM |
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#284 Shaving for Shalom Bayis During Sefira
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Q. My husband grows a beard over s'fira (and the three weeks) as do many people. But I very much dislike it and find him unattractive when he does. Can I ask him to continue shaving during these times?
A. Some Poiskim permit cutting ....
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Posted 5/9/2013 3:42 PM |
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#283 Squeezing a lemon on Shabbos
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Q. One can squeeze a lemon onto fish or salad on Shabbos. Can one squeeze it into a liquid? Or if the slice of lemon is already in a liquid, such as water, can it be squeezed against the side of the pitcher with a spoon, thus flavouring the water?< ....
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Posted 5/9/2013 3:27 PM |
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#282 Covering the hair of an unmarried convert woman
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Q. Does an unmarried convert woman have to cover her hair?
A. As mentioned in response #238; Shulchan Oruch (E.H. 21, 2) rules that Jewish women should not go out with uncovered hair to public places, regardless if married or not. P ....
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Posted 5/3/2013 3:05 PM |
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Posted 4/25/2013 3:20 PM |
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#280 Fixing a Shaitl during the period of Sefiras Haomer
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Q. Can a woman fix, trim and set her shaitl during sefira?
A. Even though the prohibition of cutting ones hair during the period of Sefiras Haomer applies equally to women (based on Shulchan Oruch Y.D. 390, 5 – Pri Megodim 551, 13 – ....
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Posted 4/25/2013 3:18 PM |
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Posted 4/25/2013 3:17 PM |
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#278 Thinking Torah thoughts in front of an ervoh while driving
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Q. On a previous answer the Rov mentioned the importance of listening to Torah tapes while driving safely to keep the mitzvah of uvelechtecha baderech. I have concerns as we approach summer and there is so much immodesty in the streets, should you ....
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Posted 4/25/2013 2:04 PM |
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