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# 4118 How Can You Help
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Q. A person who is machmir not to carry even when there is an Eruv, should he make an exception to bring food to a sick home bound neighbor or rather let the neighbor fend for himself?
A. The best choice is to ask someone that does ca ....
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Posted 2/16/2023 10:56 PM |
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# 4117 Speak for Yourself
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Q. Rav, If someone gets an aliyah at a shul with a different Nusach (tradition of pronunciation) than his, which version of the bracha should he say? For example, a Sephardi would add "et Torato" in the bracha after the aliyah. Is that appropriate ....
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Posted 2/16/2023 10:49 PM |
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# 4116 The Doctor's Doctor
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Q. When in need for saving a life of a sick person during Shabbos, and one has an equal choice of similar doctors to call, yet one is Jewish but not Frum and the other is a Gentile, which one should one call.
A. Although some Poskim ma ....
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Posted 2/16/2023 10:47 PM |
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# 4115 A Matter of Life and Death
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Q. See prior question. We had recently a case of a terrible car accident in our city and besides 911, Hatzalah was also called since they are much faster. Sadly there was already a fatal casualty and we were debating when calling Hatzalah if we hav ....
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Posted 2/16/2023 10:45 PM |
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# 4114 Cohen Can Save a Life
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Q. Is a Cohen permitted to join Hatzalah?
A. See Bikur Cholim (p. 17) and others that it is allowed.
Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit”a opinion is similar.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Ah ....
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Posted 2/16/2023 10:37 PM |
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# 4113 Cutting the Water Off
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Q. Is condensed steam water dripping from an air conditioner Muktza on Shabbos?
A. See question 565 regarding a Mikvah with water that formed and dripped directly from an air conditioner, if it is considered Maim ‘Sheuvim.
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Posted 2/16/2023 10:34 PM |
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# 4112 A Cut Ice Kiddush
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Q. Dear rabbi, this question may seem strange, but it is actually needed. At the Shabbath kiddush in shul we have young families with children attending. Many of them like during the deep freeze days to go outside and brake icicles hanging from t ....
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Posted 2/16/2023 10:32 PM |
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# 4111 Clean as Fresh Snow
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Q. Someone walking to shul on snow during Shabbos had to adjust his boots. As he was also learning Torah while walking, he wanted to clean his hands by using the snow. Is that permitted?
A. On question 394 regarding shoveling snow on ....
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Posted 2/16/2023 10:29 PM |
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# 4110 Geeks Bearing Gifts?
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On question above, since the Frum tenants in the building do not want to appear as being antagonistic to the united group of other residents seeking collaboration and unity for the benefit of all during this Valentine party, can they just send gifts ....
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Posted 2/16/2023 10:27 PM |
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# 4109 A Free Ride but No Lift
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Q. A person who was Mekabel Shabbos early by saying it with his mouth and then while walking in the street was offered a ride and forgetfully accepted and entered the car, what should he do now?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinio ....
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Posted 2/16/2023 10:24 PM |
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# 4108 Is this a Yom Tov? Really?
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Q.Can one join a building Valentine party to which some of the prospective Baalei Teshuva of our Kiruv group belong in order to be Mekarev them?
A. On question # 3563 we were asked the following; “I’m a Frum father living in a buil ....
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Posted 2/12/2023 5:08 PM |
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# 4107 Let the Good Times Already Begin!
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Q. Is there a purpose for someone that requires a delicate medical intervention to wait until Chodesh Adar?
Can it be done as needed after Tu Bishvat?
A. On question 1634 we mentioned that Adar is a time when good mazal prevails ....
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Posted 2/9/2023 11:12 PM |
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# 4106 The Torah Honoring our Kedoshim
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Q. Recently someone donated a Sefer Torah in honor of the Kedoshim of the Holocaust. Before giving it to the shul he attends, the terror attack in Neve Yaakov on the Shabbos night (Friday Jan. 27) Parshas Bo occurred, and he lost there a dear friend ....
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Posted 2/9/2023 11:08 PM |
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# 4105 The Labor of your Fruits
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Q. A Kiruv organization that has an established well attended and successful shiur on Monday nights want to make a Tu Bishvat special party and Seuda on Monday night (year 2023) and make a Seder on eating the fruits that usually has a great response. ....
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Posted 2/9/2023 10:56 PM |
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# 4104 Enjoy your Meal
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Q. Is there a mitzva to make a Seuda or special meal on Tu Bishvat when you eat the fruits of trees?
A. The common accepted minhag is to increase the amount of tree fruits one usually eats on Tu BiShevat the Rosh Hashana of trees.
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Posted 2/9/2023 10:46 PM |
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# 4103 A Full Day
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Q. Does one need to keep Shabbos until 77 minutes after Shkia due to Tosefes Shabbos? or is 72 enough?
A. Horav Dovid Pam Shlit’a and Horav Aharon Miller Shlit’a maintain that the few minutes of the Tosefes Shabbos are added to the 72 ....
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Posted 2/9/2023 10:43 PM |
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# 4102 Live a Full Life
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Q. Dear Rabbi thank you for the class. During the class you touched the subject of euthanasia. This left me seriously thinking. As you know, the doctors at the critical care in the hospital tried to make me sign a DNR when my husband was fighting f ....
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Posted 2/9/2023 10:41 PM |
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# 4101 Curtain Lecture?
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Q. See questions above. I have often wondered when being in a similar situation of having to enter or exit a home or hall and women are present at the entrance, if I’m holding on to my coat that can be placed over my hand bellow the elbow, and it b ....
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Posted 2/9/2023 10:39 PM |
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# 4100 Watch Where You Go
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Q. In the future how should he avoid walking between women in a similar case? How severe is that walking between women prohibition?
A. On question 3755 regarding seating in a full plane between two women, we wrote: “The source for this ....
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Posted 2/9/2023 10:37 PM |
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#4099 Talk the Walk
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- Q. See question 4092 - Regarding the unfortunate incident of being arrested, does the Yungerman need to apologize for putting his hand on the child without the mother’s permission? In the future how should he avoid walking between women in a simil ....
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Posted 2/9/2023 10:34 PM |
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