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#232 Filtering Smartphones
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Q. I have an I phone for a few years witch I use for work and personal. I have on my iPhone installed K9 filter and no use of YouTube, and no access to the app store, all secure by a password witch I asked my wife to enter it and witch I don't know ....
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Posted 12/7/2012 2:19 AM |
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#231 Making Kiddush using non-kosher wine
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Q. Dear Rabbi,
My husband and I will be posted to an army base in Inuvik for 3 months beginning Jan 2013. We are not religious but we do perform the Kiddush ceremony every Friday night. Normally we use "kosher" wine for the Kiddush. Since ko ....
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Posted 12/7/2012 1:59 AM |
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#230 Kashering counter tops
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Q. We are planning to redo our kitchen. We would like to install counter tops that can easily be kashered for Pesach. Is that possible, or do counter tops of any material need covering for Pesach? If it is possible, what types are easier to kasher? ....
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Posted 12/7/2012 1:55 AM |
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Posted 12/7/2012 1:52 AM |
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#228 Eating Fleishigs after Eating Feta Cheese
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Q. What is the halacha regarding feta cheese? Is this considered a cheese that needs 6 hours before eating fleishigs?
A. Feta cheese is defined as a rich and creamy soft cheese originally from Greece, authentically made of whole she ....
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Posted 11/30/2012 12:54 PM |
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#227 Hiring a Badchan for a wedding.
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Q. Why do some people hire a badchan at weddings, isn't that prohibited?
A. The Tur (E.H. 65) defines the obligation to gladden a chosson and kallah as a "mitzvah gedola", (it is part of the mitzvah of veahavta lereiacha kemocha), a ....
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Posted 11/23/2012 2:49 AM |
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#226 Making jokes while teaching or giving a Drasha.
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Q. Is it proper for a frum teacher or Rav to make jokes in class or his drasha?
A. The Talmud (B'rachos 31a) mentions that: "It is prohibited for a person to fill his mouth with laughter in this world". Poiskim disagree whether this ....
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Posted 11/23/2012 2:46 AM |
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#225 Lighting more than 2 candles for Shabbos
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Q. Is there a mitzvah to light more than the two usual (Shabbat) candles, if yes is there a maximum?
A. Remoh (O.H. 263,1) posits that one may add three or four lights. Mishna Berura (ibid.) mentions that some light seven candles, s ....
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Posted 11/16/2012 2:27 PM |
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#224 Lighting only 2 Shabbos candles when traveling
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Q. A woman that usually lights many (Shabbos) candles (at home), when she travels, does she have to light all of them or only the basic two?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit"a opinion is that today most women when they travel or visit ....
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Posted 11/16/2012 2:24 PM |
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#223 Lighting an electric light for Shabbos
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Q. If (a woman) turned on (on Erev Shabbos) the electric light but then could not latter light the candles, as it became late. Does she now have to light one more candle?
A. Many Poskim rule that you comply with the mitzvah of hadlo ....
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Posted 11/16/2012 2:20 PM |
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#222 lighting only one candle for Shabbos
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Q. If a woman lit only one (Shabbat) candle instead of the customary two, does she now have to light in the future one more light?
A. Biur Halocho (263,1) quotes Pri Megodim's opinion that even if only one candle was forgotten or ne ....
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Posted 11/16/2012 2:17 PM |
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#221 Doing Melacha on Sunday before Havdolo.
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Q. If one goes to sleep before Shabbos is over and wakes up Sunday morning, must they Baruch Mavdil before doing any melacha?
A. Shulchan Oruch (O.H. 299, 10) rules no to do any melocho until one recites havdolo or says "Boruch hama ....
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Posted 11/16/2012 2:14 PM |
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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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