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# 1998 Do I Have to Answer That?
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Q. On a prior question (1985) you mentioned that it is not obligatory to answer amen on hearing the bracha of a woman. Is that true for all brachot women say?
A. Mishna Berura (124: 47) indeed mentions only a brocho recited by a wom ....
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Posted 12/31/2018 12:49 PM |
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# 1997 An Important Date
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Q. If one eats dates and an apple (a shiur of both) and nothing else, can the after-bracha for the dates cover the apple thus no borei nefashos would be required?
A. Shulchan Aruch (208: 13) rules that if one recites the bracha ac ....
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Posted 12/28/2018 1:52 PM |
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# 1996 A Bitter Pill To Swallow
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Q. I have to take a pill after meals preferable with milk or other pareve non-acidic drink because of my sensitive stomach. I usually take one after shaleshudes, before benching. Sometimes I forget and remember only after benching. Can I take the p ....
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Posted 12/27/2018 10:46 PM |
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# 1995 Made to Order
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Q. Shalom Aleichem
What comes first in limud haTorah, if one is behind in a mishnayos commitment for a shloshim or shanyim mikrah vechad targum?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that shanyim mikroh veechod targum has ....
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Posted 12/27/2018 3:55 PM |
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# 1994 Don't Free Yourself
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Q. Considering that it is better to spend money on a mitzvah than to get it for free, is it better for one to have his own Shabbos seuda (even if he is sitting by himself) than to join someone's else seuda (for free)?
A. Horav Shlo ....
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Posted 12/27/2018 2:53 PM |
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# 1993 No Yale Veyavo?
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Q. Can one use a Yale T-shirt that has the emblem of the university bearing the words Urim Vetuim written in Hebrew stamped on the front, when you entering a bathroom?
A. On question 973 regarding a medallion with letters of psukim, we ....
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Posted 12/26/2018 10:56 PM |
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# 1992 A Hundred Brochos to My Daughter
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Q. My daughter wants to know if she is obligated like men to make 100 Brachos per day. Even though she davens Shacharis and Mincha daily, she does not daven Arvis and does not know of many righteous women that do so either (or did so in previous ....
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Posted 12/26/2018 10:54 PM |
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# 1991 No Wash and Wear...Ever?
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Q. Someone removed in Shabbos a stain on his jacket by rubbing it with a wet towel, he did this intentionally because of being ashamed of having a stain on his clothing. Since he did a melacha bemezid (intentionally doing prohibited work) on Shab ....
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Posted 12/26/2018 10:41 PM |
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# 1990 Need a Silent Partner
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Q. If I have a choice to take as a partner in a business a Jewish non-believer (apikores) investor or a religious catholic one, which one should I choose?
A. See question above. The Rema (O.H. 156: 1), quoted mentions that indeed some a ....
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Posted 12/26/2018 10:28 PM |
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# 1989 Is There a Jewish Doctor in the House?
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Q. If I have a choice to be treated by a Jewish non-believer (apikores) medic or a religious Catholic one, which one should I choose?
A. Talmud Avoda Zara (27b) considers the permissibility of being cured by an idolater medic.
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Posted 12/26/2018 3:42 PM |
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# 1988 Bring Up-To-Date?
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Q. Why do the ones that keep Nittel do so on the Goishe date and not in the Jewish one as we do with everything else?
A. Siach Sarfei Kodesh (p. 192) relates that when the last Lubavitcher Rebbe zt'l was sitting shiva, the Satma ....
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Posted 12/25/2018 12:47 PM |
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# 1987 Totally Immersed in Nittel Nacht
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Q. I heard that some great Chasidishe Rebbes would not permit women to go to the mikva on nittel night. Is that true?
A. Responsa Vedorashto Vechokarto (Y.D. 15 note) quotes Daas Hak'dosho (7: 17) in the name of the Gaon of Munkatch zt ....
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Posted 12/25/2018 12:28 PM |
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# 1986 Tell the Intel of Nittel
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Q. Someone that has the minhag not to learn Torah on nittel nacht, is he allowed to learn the halochos of nittel nacht written in seforim like Nitei Gavriel?
A. There is indeed in Nitei Gavriel and other seforim ample material regard ....
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Posted 12/24/2018 3:06 PM |
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# 1985 Kadd-ishah?
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Q. You mentioned (on question 1979) that women should not recite kaddish in the women's section behind the mechitza. What happens if a woman does recite and you hear her. Do you have to answer Yehei Shmei Rabba? How about answering amen when a woma ....
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Posted 12/23/2018 1:48 PM |
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# 1984 The Party Line
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Q. Can I join an office New Year party if I seat together with other frum co-workers and we are served kosher food and kosher wine? Usually a sizable bonus is given to the ones who attend.
A. On question 694 in regards to attending at le ....
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Posted 12/21/2018 3:00 PM |
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# 1983 Let There Be Light
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Q. The Talmud teaches (Pesachim 2a) that a person should go out on his way bechi tov when it is day. Should then someone avoid going to the hashkama minyan especially on Shabbath early morning when he has to walk and it is still night, and it is ....
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Posted 12/20/2018 11:01 PM |
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# 1982 Take it With a Pinch of Salt
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Q. I seem to remember that I learned in the gemora that you are supposed to eat a bit of salt after having finished eating any meal. Since salt seems to be unhealthy these days, does the above still apply?
A. Indeed the Talmud (Broch ....
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Posted 12/20/2018 10:33 PM |
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# 1981 Brocho Pursuit of Fruit
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Q. Re question (1980) above on one that ate mezonos and also fruits and a drink and then made "al hamichya" but not "bore nefashot," that the Rov ruled he can still take another drink without reciting a "shehakol" bracha. Would the same apply to som ....
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Posted 12/17/2018 1:38 PM |
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# 1980 Don't Make me Say it Again
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Q. I ate mezonos and also fruits and a drink. If I made "al hamichya" but not "bore nefashot," can I still take another drink without reciting a "shehakol" bracha?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that even after reciting al ....
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Posted 12/16/2018 10:19 PM |
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# 1979 Can't Say For Sure
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Q. Does your minyan have a women's section and accommodate women who say kaddish?
I work at ... (nearby) and have yahrzeit Thursday evening and would like to say kaddish at the shul if acceptable.
(similar q.) Can I say the kaddish qui ....
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Posted 12/16/2018 9:53 PM |
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