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#205 Dancing a Rikud onShabbos Chazon

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 ....

Posted 7/27/2012 4:17 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#204 Fasting when one has an illness that requires taking pills a couple times a day.

Q. As the ninth of AV is a nidcheh this year is a person who has an illness and is required to take many pills a couple times a day required to fast? A. Shulchan Aruch (O.C. 554:6) rules that an ailing person need not fast on Tisha B ....

Posted 7/27/2012 1:03 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#203 - Taking pills on Shabbos Chazon in order that it should be easier to fast

Q. May one take pills on Shabbos Chazon (either The Kollel's Tylenol/Advil or Kali Tzom), in order that it should be easier to fast on Tisha B'Av? 　 A. Some Poiskim maintain that when Tisha B'av coincides with Shabbat, one sho ....

Posted 7/25/2012 4:49 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (1)

#202 - Exercising during the nine days

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 ....

Posted 7/25/2012 4:45 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#201 - Wearing a freshly washed Sheital during the nine days.

Q. Can one wear a freshly washed Sheital if its not a new wig? A. Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit"a ruled that you can use a freshly washed and set wig for Shabbos Chazon, even if it coincides with Tisha B'av. Rabbi A. Bar ....

Posted 7/25/2012 4:41 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#200 - Washing Sheitals during the 9 days.

Q. Can I have my sheital washed and set in the 9 days? A) Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a and other Poiskim's opinion is that a woman's wig is considered a piece of clothing. As such it is subject to the restrictions of washing clot ....

Posted 7/25/2012 4:40 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#199 - Can one arriving late for a Siyum during the 9 days still eat Fleishigs?

Q. If you are late and only arrived (to a flaishig siyum on the nine days) after the siyum was done, can you still join and take part in the seudah? A. Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit"a ruled that even if you arrived after the siyum, if ....

Posted 7/22/2012 5:26 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#198 - Can one Dial-A-Siyum and then eat Fleishig?

Q. If you learned together (a tractate of the Talmud) with a group but now are on vacation somewhere else, can you join (the siyum fleishig banquet during the nine days) via telephone? A. Horav Shlomo Milller's Shlit"a ruled that ....

Posted 7/22/2012 5:24 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#197 - Two groups making a Siyum together

Q. Can two totally different groups that learned different masechtos join together in one large siyum, or is it like making mitzvos chavilos? A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlita opiniom is that we do not consider two siyumim done togeth ....

Posted 7/22/2012 5:21 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#196 - Who can join in a Fleishig Siyum during the 9 days?

Q. Can people who didn't learn join in a suyum and eat meat? A. Remoh (O.C. 551:10) rules that when someone finishes a tractate of the Talmud and makes a siyum, he can eat meat and drink wine on the nine days and the ones that belong ....

Posted 7/22/2012 5:20 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#195 - Can a group dividing up a Tractate make a Fleishig Siyum during the 9 days?

Q. Can a fleishig siyum be made if each one in the group learned only a few dafim leiluy nishmas a friend and then they joined for the siyum? A. The source for celebrating the conclusion of the study of a tractate of the Talmud is f ....

Posted 7/22/2012 5:18 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#194 - Signing the "waver of conditions" during the three weeks or nine days.

Q. On the process of buying a property, can someone sign the "waver of conditions" during the 3 weeks or the nine days? Can you sign up for a mortgage then? Does it make a difference if it is a residential or a commercial property? A ....

Posted 7/18/2012 2:03 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#193 - Correct Nusach for Bircat Hachodesh when Rosh Chodesh is on Eruv Shabbos.

Q) What is the correct way to say this Shabbat on Birchat Hachodesh, "Bayom Hashishi" or "Bayom Erev Shabbat Kodesh – Hava Alenu Letova" A) Most recorded and printed luchos and guides mention "Bayom Hashishi" (Luach Davar Beito, Lua ....

Posted 7/18/2012 1:59 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#192 - Giving presents during the three weeks.

Q. Can you give a Bar Mitzva or birthday present that was already purchased before the 3 weeks? Thanks. A. On a prior answer we wrote: "Shulchan Oruch (O.C.551: 17) rules that it is better to abstain from reciting the blessing of She ....

Posted 7/18/2012 1:55 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#191 - Buying a computer during the three weeks

Q. Is it permitted to buy a new laptop needed for work during the three weeks? A. Shulchan Oruch (O.C.551: 17) rules that it is better to abstain from reciting the blessing of Shechecheyanu during Bein Hametzarim (the three weeks). M ....

Posted 7/18/2012 1:52 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#190 - Fasting while in jail.

Q. What is the rabbinic law regarding fasting while in jail? The issue is the depression of being in such a place. A. Horav Shlomo Miller Shilt"a indicated that in need, depression or illness, on Shiva Asar Betamuz, this year as it ....

Posted 7/9/2012 12:07 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#189 - Playing Torah tapes near an open bathroom or chamber pot.

Q. If a Torah tape sometimes remains playing when the patient is already sleeping, is this permitted if in the room there is a full potty or the bathroom door is open, and no one else is listening? If the patient has a computer table ....

Posted 7/6/2012 3:20 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#188 - In case of need, can one be Yozte his Tefilos through listening to a tape?

Q. An elderly patient who wants to daven but because of his age finds it difficult to read, can you play a tape and he be yotze by listening to it? A. Although Poiskim disagree on the use of a microphone or a live radio transmission ....

Posted 7/6/2012 3:13 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#187 - Mitzvah of Shiluach Hakan on a nest found outside one's home

Q. Is there an issue when one finds a bird's nest outside one's home in regards to the Mitzvah of Shiluach Hakan? A. The Talmud (Chulin 138b) derives from the verse (Bamidbar 22:6) "If a bird's nest chances before you on the road, o ....

Posted 7/5/2012 11:11 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

#186 - Destroying/removing a bird's nest

Q. Are there any halachic issues with destroying/removing a bird's nest that has appeared in a light fixture outside one's home? A. The Talmud (Baba Metzia 32a,b) quotes opinions if tzaar baaley chaim or the affliction caused to anim ....

Posted 7/5/2012 11:00 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)

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