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# 4404 Dancing Out of Step!
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Q. I went to a concert in the park last week, There were a lot of Jewish people there. Two obviously Frum ladies got up to dance. Isn't this a problem of mixed dancing? What if I just sat in my chair and sort of danced?
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Posted 8/25/2023 1:28 PM |
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# 4403 Don’t Take a Walk?
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Q. If I am in a small town for Shabbos that doesn't have an Eruv, can I walk around on Shabbos, as long as I don't wander into the country where there are no homes?
A. Shulchan Aruch (O.H.) rules that one may walk outside the last hom ....
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Posted 8/25/2023 1:25 PM |
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# 4402 A Piece of Cake
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Q. I believe it is a minhag to eat mezzonos at a kiddush, especially if you're not drinking the kiddush, before eating other food. However, I'm sensitive to grape juice, wine and alcohol so I rarely drink at the shul kiddush.
I'm al ....
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Posted 8/25/2023 1:22 PM |
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# 4401 Blowing the Blow?
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Q. I was training in our large Beth Haknesseth to blow the shofar. Then someone apparently a Rabbi, who noticed the voices (open windows) came in from the street and told me that it is incorrect to learn how to blow the shofar ....
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Posted 8/21/2023 4:40 PM |
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# 4400 A Woman Among Women
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Q. Kvod Horav I’m a woman that usually makes an effort to attend shul during Shabbos and Yom Tov. Is it important for me to go to shul during weekdays of Elul to hear the daily blowing of the shofar?
A. Poskim mention that there is in ....
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Posted 8/18/2023 1:35 PM |
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# 4399 Pray is on the Way
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Q. At what point specifically where should we say Tefilas Haderech on leaving Toronto to New York?
A. On question 920 we were asked: When I drive out of Toronto, to the north, west or east, at what points specifically do I need to sa ....
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Posted 8/18/2023 1:32 PM |
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# 4398 A Unique Seder
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Q. Should we join the Seder Yom Kippur Kattan on Erev Rosh Chodesh Elul, when we don’t do so the rest of the year?
A. It is tradition for many to do so to reflect on the importance of the occasion at this crucial time of the year. Som ....
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Posted 8/18/2023 1:29 PM |
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# 4397 The Beauty is on Sound of the Blower
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Q. I noticed that our shul bought a very beautiful and expensive Shofar and they glued a label on it with the name of the donor, is that OK?
A. on question 3315 we presented the following question:
“My father bought me an Isra ....
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Posted 8/18/2023 1:26 PM |
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# 4396 Lost and Found Again?
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Q. Dear Rabbi. If someone walks in the street during Shabbat where most people are non-Jewish and he sees a golden bracelet laying in the side walk, (there is an Eruv) can he pick it up and keep it?
A. On questuon 3498 we mentioned ....
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Posted 8/18/2023 1:22 PM |
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# 4395 Don’t Swim for It!
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Q. When while swimming in a lake one urinates, can he say Asher Yatzar? Does he have to wait? How long? (his head is covered by a diving mask).
Horav Hirschman and Horav Pam Shlit”a mentioned that when swimming in deep water one should ....
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Posted 8/18/2023 1:17 PM |
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# 4394 Swim For It?
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Q. Is there a mitzva for someone to wear Tzitzis when swimming in a lake or a pool? The Tzitzis will not be touching his body as his swimming pants are not short.
A. On question 2389 we were asked:
“We enjoy warm climate d ....
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Posted 8/18/2023 1:14 PM |
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# 4393 A Difference of Opinions
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Q. Re- questions above (4383 - 4384) on a six year old being part of a minyan in order to recite kaddish. Re - the recent question of using a katan for minyan, doesn’t the Mishna Berura say that the kaddish after Aleinu cannot be said even when ....
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Posted 8/18/2023 1:10 PM |
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# 4392 Shofar So Good?
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Q. On questions above, you mentioned that when davening without a minyan during Elul:
“Some interestingly recommend to obtain a shofar and to blow at least a Tekiah voice, which may no be that difficult to do.” Is that really required?
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Posted 8/18/2023 1:07 PM |
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# 4391 Don’t Blow the Blow
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Q. Should someone who has to travel for business during Elul and will on some days be unable to daven with a minyan, see and hear the shofar blowing in the morning via zoom?
A. On a similar question (3872) we were asked: “ ....
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Posted 8/13/2023 7:18 PM |
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# 4390 First and Foremost
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Q. Why is it better to be the first to be judged?
A. The Talmud (Rosh Hashana 8b) teaches that a king is to be the first to be judged during the 'Yemei Hadin.' The reason given is that it is for the great benefit of the leader of the ....
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Posted 8/11/2023 1:35 PM |
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# 4389 At Your Earliest Convenience
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Q. See question above. How soon should a person engage in the above? Should one do it before Elul begins?
A. The sooner the better it is. Since as our Sages explain the Poskim stress that the greatest merit is given to the one that ca ....
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Posted 8/11/2023 1:30 PM |
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# 4388 A Hit List
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Q. Kvod Horav, as we are approaching very fast Elul, what is most important for one to do?
A. Last year we mentioned a question sent by a busy accountant. "Should a person before the Yemei Hadin create a list of all items that he thin ....
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Posted 8/11/2023 1:28 PM |
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# 4387 Runs In the Family
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Q. When there is a contradiction between one’s own family traditions and the shul and community one attends and belongs to. What tradition should one follow?
A. The principle of a family is most fundamental to our Torah and Ju ....
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Posted 8/11/2023 1:23 PM |
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# 4386 The Fifty Chance
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Q. Is a period of Fifty Years or in general that amount very relevant and significant in Judaism?
A. Talmud Rosh Hashana (21b) teaches that fifty are the Gates of Understanding that were created in the Universe, forty nine were give ....
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Posted 8/11/2023 1:17 PM |
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# 4385 Blow Away Blow?
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Q. I see in the Luach that this coming Rosh Hashana is going to be on Shabbat, and there will be no Shofar blowing. Isn’t that uncommon and is it a bad omen for the next year?
A. On question 2852 regarding; “How often does Rosh Hashana ....
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Posted 8/11/2023 1:12 PM |
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