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Expand Article #38 - Pouring vinegar or any salad dressing containing vinegar and salt into salads.
Q- Is it permitted to pour vinegar or any salad dressing containing vinegar and salt into salads, avocado, cabbage, tomato, lettuce, peppers, onions, endives, anise, carrots, corn, etc on the Sabbath right before the meal?

Can you use le ....


Posted 10/29/2010 1:14 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article #37 - Wine made from grapes imported from Italy?
Q. Would it be OK to drink wine a friend is making from grapes imported from Italy?


A. The fact that the grapes are imported from Italy is not an issue in the kashruth of wine. The kashruth laws involving wine are concerned m ....


Posted 10/22/2010 12:46 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article #36 - Tolaim in Smoked Salmon with Hechsher
Q: Since there is a problem with worms in the pacific salmon fish, does that include the pacific salmon lox with the OU certification?

A: We consulted with Rabbi Y. Felder Vice-chairman of the COR and he advised the following: "The i ....


Posted 9/18/2010 11:14 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article #35 - Cutting down a fruit tree.
Q - I have a grape vine that I am allergic to can I destroy it? If so, should I get a non-Jew involved?

A - Darchei Teshuvah 116:51 writes that all fruit trees are included in the prohibition mentioned in Parshas Shoftim of cutting f ....


Posted 6/9/2010 12:00 AM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article #34 - Being Motzei a Brocho Achronoh with Berkas Hamazon.
Q. Dear Rabbi, If a person is unsure if he ate enough cake to require a Brocho Achronoh, can someone who needs to recite Berkas Hamazon be Motzei him?

A. Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit"a opinion is that Birkas Hamazon is Motzei Brocho Ach ....


Posted 5/22/2010 12:00 AM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article #33 - Are the Branches Decorating the Shul on Shavuos Muktzeh?
Q. Dear Rabbi, Are the branches decorating the Shul Muktzeh, if they fall down, or can you remove them on Yom Tov?

Decorative branches that were placed on the Shul before Yom Tov are not Muktze. See Mishna Berura (494 - 9) in the nam ....


Posted 5/18/2010 12:00 AM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article #32 - Drinking Coffee Shavuos Night
Q. Dear Rabbi, On Shavuoth night when we stay awake all night learning, if someone keeps on drinking coffee does he have to make a Brocho each time he drinks a cup or is one Brocho enough for all the night? How about Brocho Achronoh?

A. ....


Posted 5/18/2010 12:00 AM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article #31 - Can one buy fish, such as salmon or tilapia from Cosco or a fish market?
Q: Can one buy fish, such as salmon or tilapia from Cosco or a fish market?

A: Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit”a is of the opinion, that if the fish has its skin attached and you can see that it is of the kosher kind (it has scales), if the ma ....


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Expand Article #30 - Are the remainder of the pieces of matzoth eaten at the seder considered to be a used hefetz shel mi
Q: Dear Rabbi, After Pesach Seder are the remainder of the pieces of matzoth eaten at the seder considered to be a used hefetz shel mitzvah, that has to be disposed accordingly and not thrown in the garbage even if they are small pieces less than a ....


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Expand Article #29 - Naming a Jewish baby girl born from a non Jew.
Q. BS"D Dear Rabbi, Shalom, A friend asked me the following question. A Jewish woman who recently had a baby girl from a union with a non Jew. She wants to name her baby girl. What is the advised procedure? When announcing it should the name of her ....


Posted 1/29/2010 12:00 AM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article #28 - Using Maiser for Fundraising Events
Q:  1) There is a Hilula at my kehila to raise funds for the Jewish religious school my daughter goes to: Can I use maiser money to pay for the tickets to the Hilula? (there is diner and refreshments served). 2) There will be there a silent au ....


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Expand Article #27 - Are the new airport x-ray scanners problematic for women?
Q. Due to security measures, the airports are going to be putting in x-ray scanners that show people without their clothes. Is this going to be a problem for frum women?

A. Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit”a suggests that women should choose th ....


Posted 1/9/2010 12:00 AM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article #26 - Attending a Simcha after Shloshim.
Q. Good friends have invited me to a L'Chaim in honour of their son's engagement. It will be after my Shloshim observance for my Father. There will be no music and guests will be coming and going over a three hour period. Can I attend?


Posted 1/9/2010 12:00 AM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article #25 - Is there a deeper significance to the last word Itborach in the Ame Yehey Shemey Rabba line of the K
Q: Is there a deeper significance to the last word Itborach in the Ame Yehey Shemey Rabba line of the Kaddish?

A: The most important part of Kaddish is the congregation's response and central line: Yehai shmeh rabbah mevarach leolam ....


Posted 12/27/2009 12:00 AM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (1)


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Expand Article #24 - Can I cook pizza in Fleishig oven
Q: I would like to make Pizza, but I have only one oven in which I cook my fleishig food uncovered. Can I make the Pizza? How? Also, If I bake cakes in my fleishig oven, can I eat them with milchigs? Thank you.

A: Horav Shlo ....


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Expand Article #23 - Is it Permitted to use Diapers with Indicators that Change Colour When Wet on Shabbos?
Q. Both infant Huggies and Pampers (size N) have the "wet" line which will change color when the baby is wet. Is this also a problem on Shabbos as it seems from the post by Star K? Does it matter what age the child is. I beleive these are the only ....


Posted 11/30/2009 12:00 AM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article #22 - Lost Track of Ma'aser.
Q: I try to keep track of how much ma'aser money I owe. However I did lose track of some small amounts of money that I earned. How should I go about giving ma'aser for this money?

A: According to Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit"a, the main is ....


Posted 9/19/2009 12:00 AM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article #20 - Is a robin kosher?
Q: is a robin kosher? (from my son)

A: The common robin as in Turdus migratorius, also called the North American Robin in practise should be regarded as not kosher. The Torah names twenty-four types of b ....


Posted 7/26/2009 12:00 AM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article #21 - Salads prepared on fleishik equipment
Q: Salads prepared on fleishik equipment. Are they Permitted to be eaten with milk meals as they are botel b’sishim? Commercial markets in Los Angles selling food must meet Health Dept. sanitay requirerments. Thank you for you assistance.
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Posted 7/26/2009 12:00 AM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article #18 - Bypassing a Mitzvah
 Dear Rabbi, Thank you for your prompt answer, I’ve got another question. If on Shabbat somebody is walking to a family Kidush where hes presence is important, and pases by a small shul and is asked to join in to complete the Minyan, is he o ....


Posted 6/10/2009 12:00 AM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (1)



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