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# 4464 Eye Opener Shailah
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Q. Sometimes I forget to say the shema until I'm in bed with my head uncovered. So I cover myself with the blanket and say it. Do I still need to cover my eyes with my hands since the blanket is covering them?
A. Our Rabbonim maintai ....
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Posted 9/28/2023 11:58 PM |
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# 4463 Bless the Brake?
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Q. Kvod Harav. In our shul on Yom Kippur we take a brake after Musaf for two hours and many go home to rest. When they come back and wear the Ta’alis again, do they have to make a new bracha
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that ....
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Posted 9/28/2023 11:56 PM |
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# 4462 Meditate This Well
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Q. Kvod Harav. Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan in his book Jewish Meditation, describes a method for doing Teshuva by applying the not so commonly used methods of meditation. Does the Rav recommend it?
What is Horav Miller Shlit’a say about it?
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Posted 9/27/2023 10:50 PM |
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# 4461 Feast of Reason
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Q. Rov. Does the mitzva of eating on Erev Yom Kippur mean just eating one seuda in the morning and then another before the fast begins or the Seuda Hamafsekes, or does one have to eat the complete day? If yes, does one have to eat a Kezais each t ....
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Posted 9/24/2023 5:11 PM |
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# 4460 Safe Light Saves
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Q. Does one have to make Teshuva during Yom Kippur for a sin commonly committed, namely leaving the light on when not needed, as when someone leaves home during the day and no one stays there, since one transgresses on the prohibition of Ba’al Tas ....
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Posted 9/21/2023 11:55 PM |
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# 4459 Make Your Mouth Water?
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Q. Can someone suffering from severe dry mouth, just take some water on Tzom Gedalia place it in his mouth, swivel it and then just spit it out?
A. Oruch Hashulchan (O.H. 567: 3) permits washing one’s mouth in the minor days of Taa ....
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Posted 9/21/2023 11:53 PM |
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# 4458 Eat While You Can
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Q. Dear Rov, as you know, due to my severe illness I’m unable to fast on Yom Kippur. Do I still comply with the mitzva of eating on Erev Yom Kippur?
A. Nitei Gavriel (p.22 – 15: 8) quotes Sdei Chemed that this are two separate mitzvos ....
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Posted 9/21/2023 11:51 PM |
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# 4457 Safe Travels
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Q. I am able to daven on Yom Kippur in a yeshiva where there will be hundreds of Bnei Torah and I will come b’n from the asara rishonim (first ten), and the davening is extremely beautiful etc. However to get there i will have to travel on Erev ....
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Posted 9/21/2023 11:49 PM |
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# 4456 Have Stars in Your Eyes?
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Q. Hi. My minhag is to keep shabbos until 72 minutes after shkia. However often I go to places for Shabbos where there are at least 3 stars visible by 45 minutes after shkia. Can I start doing melacha immediately upon seeing 3 stars even though i ....
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Posted 9/21/2023 11:47 PM |
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# 4455 Why Wi-Fi?
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Q. I have a secular Jewish tenant who uses my WiFi. Should I be turning it off on Yomtov and Shabbos?
A. Providing your WiFi is not any different than using the electricity you supply to your tenant. It is the tenants responsibility ....
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Posted 9/21/2023 11:46 PM |
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# 4454 First In - First Win
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Q. Would the mitzvah of being the very first person in shul override going elsewhere to answer brachos or kaddishes? Is there a difference between Yom Kippur and other days.
A. Poskim write that it seems from most of the Rishonim ....
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Posted 9/21/2023 11:43 PM |
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# 4453 Make a Stand
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Q. A person is davening in such a way that to open the Aron Kodesh, one must walk in front of him.
What should be done on Rosh Hashana or Yom Kippur when it needs to be opened numerous times?
A. He could use his shtender as ....
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Posted 9/21/2023 11:41 PM |
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# 4452 Eat Much but Not Fast
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Q. Dear Rov. My family tradition is to fast on the day of the Yohrzait of parents, and I have done so for my fathers Yohrzait. This year we will commemorating my mothers Yohrzait on Erev Yom Kippur, can I fast on that day?
A. Horav S ....
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Posted 9/21/2023 11:37 PM |
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# 4451 Not a Drinking Problem
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Q. Rov. If someone has to take pills on Tzom Gedaliya with water, can he be given an aliya on that day.
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that he may be given an aliya if he consumed the minimum water, just enough to swall ....
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Posted 9/21/2023 11:35 PM |
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# 4450 Suit Yourself
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Q. Dear Rabbi. Someone who blows the Shofar in shul and therefore wears a new suit on the second day, to be certain on the shecheyanu bracha. Since this year we won’t blow the first day (Shabbat), should he keep his minhag (tradition), since after ....
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Posted 9/21/2023 11:32 PM |
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# 4449 Profess the Confess?
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Q. An aged person that can’t speak and recite the Viduy (confession for sins done), listen to someone else saying it and comply as ‘Shomea Keone’ or one that listens is like he has said it also, as is done with kiddush. Is that recommended and help ....
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Posted 9/18/2023 3:49 PM |
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# 4448 Don’t Judge by the Shoes
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Q. A patient who has lost both feet and seats in wheelchair using artificial feet with regular leather shoes. Can he on Yom Kippur join the Beith Haknesseth with those shoes?
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A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit'a opinion is that it is be ....
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Posted 9/15/2023 12:36 AM |
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# 4447 Near and Far Shofar
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Q. A group of neighbour women with small children decided to join together in one of the houses to daven together on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur and share the cost of a common helper to take care of the children. They want to know if one of them ....
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Posted 9/15/2023 12:33 AM |
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# 4446 An Early Bath
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Q. How early can someone immerse in a mikva on Erev Rosh Hashana?
A. Kovetz Halochos (p. 50) maintains it can be done an hour before Chatzos (midday).
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, ....
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Posted 9/15/2023 12:31 AM |
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# 4445 The Long View
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Q. Our shul was given as a gift a beautiful long Shofar by a great supporter of our institution. Should we replace our regular Shofar.
A. The long twisted shofar made usually from the African Kudu antelope, is commonly used by Yemeni ....
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Posted 9/15/2023 12:29 AM |
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