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# 4280 Right On Time
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Q. Hello, I like to do Shnaim Mikreh V'achad Targum early in the week. I live in Toronto and this week I had just about finished NASO when I realized its still Shavuot on Shabbat, so Naso won't be read until the next week.
Do I reall ....
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Posted 6/2/2023 1:21 PM |
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# 4279 A Meal Ticket?
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Q. Does one need to wash hands and eat bread for a Pidyon Haben Seuda? Or can just eat
Mezonos? Does it override learning Torah?
A. Poskim rule that indeed the Pidyon Haben meal is a Seudas Mitzva (Rema – Shulchan Aruch 551: ....
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Posted 6/2/2023 1:07 PM |
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# 4278 The Fastest Longest Fast
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Q. Is it correct that attending a Pidyon Haben is equivalent 84 days of fasting? Why?
A. Sdei Chemed mentions that their may not even be a source for the above, besides that it equals one of the longest series of days of fasting (Sho ....
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Posted 6/2/2023 10:45 AM |
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# 4277 Dancing to Another Tune?
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Q. In my Yeshiva there is dancing on Motzoei Shavuos after Neilas Hachag before Maariv. It starts well after the Z’man. Is it correct to say Hamavdil before dancing or unnecessary?
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Posted 6/2/2023 10:22 AM |
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# 4276 It was a Good Blessing
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Q. If one made an Eruv Tavshilin, is he obligated to do some Melacha (work) on Friday to avoid a Bracha L’vatala (an unnecessary blessing for the Eruv)?
If a person is hospitalized on Yom Tov does he need to figure out a way to do Melacha ....
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Posted 5/31/2023 5:33 PM |
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# 4275 A Shailah that Speaks for Itself
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Q. Dear Rabbi. I’m in the process of conversion and I try very diligently to learn as much as possible all the Mitzvot and precepts of the Torah and to keep as much as I can and should, so I will be well prepared and ready at the time of the co ....
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Posted 5/28/2023 10:23 PM |
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# 4274 A Bird in Hand is Worth ...
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Q. Rov we share a neighbor that has in his back yard during the summer chickens that the kids love to play with. They have inside the fenced enclosure were they stay, also a small cubicle where they nest, lay eggs and are protected from pray ani ....
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Posted 5/28/2023 2:27 PM |
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# 4273 Read Between the Lines?
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Q. In our shul we read Megilat Ruth as well as others Megilot from one written on a Klaf (parchment), that resembles a small Sefer Torah. The only one that knows how to read that type of Megila will not be able to attend our shul on Shabbat when ....
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Posted 5/24/2023 10:47 PM |
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# 4272 Virtual Reality
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Q. See question above. We have in our family room and dining room a very large screen that serves as a virtual picture frame. It changes according to the times we program it, into different scenes, images of our dear family members, and pictures ....
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Posted 5/24/2023 10:44 PM |
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# 4271 Get Real?
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Q. We have always used fresh branches and flowers to decorate the shul and home during Shavuot. These days plastic flowers and branches are more attractive, stay looking fresh, they don’t need water containers and are more economic since the stay p ....
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Posted 5/24/2023 10:41 PM |
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# 4270 Coffee Talk?
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Q. Blessings Kvod Harav. Can one, who suffers from acid stomach difficulties when drinking coffee, take pills to stay awake during the learning night of Shavuos?
Chag Sameach.
A. On question 3226 regarding if one who is ....
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Posted 5/24/2023 10:38 PM |
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# 4269 Women of Letters
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Q. Are women supposed to be present in shul during the reading of the Ten Commandments
on Shavuos, since after all the were present at the giving of the Torah and also answered ‘Naase Venishma”
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a ....
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Posted 5/24/2023 10:34 PM |
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# 4268 Best Medicine
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Q. Shalom Rav. In our well populated shul, as they do in many others, they sell the Aliyos of Yom Tov to the highest bidder. One of the most expensive ones is the Aliya of the Ten Commandments since it is known that the one who gets it will be s ....
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Posted 5/24/2023 10:32 PM |
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# 4267 Begin with a Good Note
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Q. I always wondered, since on Shavuos one is to start the Yom Tov only at the time of when the stars show and true night begins, so the Seven Weeks will be complete. If so how does one comply with the mitzva of Tosefes Yom Tov or adding some ti ....
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Posted 5/24/2023 10:30 PM |
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# 4266 End with a Good Note
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Q. Dear Rov I received on the email a film of a Siyum on Talmud Sota, that was done by a group of apparently very Frum women. They did the Siyum reciting the words that men would do then. Is that correct?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Sh ....
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Posted 5/24/2023 10:28 PM |
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# 4265 A Honest Day Pay?
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Q. I was going to a Vasikin minyan and the Rabbi was paying me through a yungerman (young man) who was giving me the money. The Rabbi was hospitalized and the yungerman tells me to give back the last few payments because he was actually giving fr ....
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Posted 5/24/2023 10:23 PM |
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# 4264 Give me a Break
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Q. If someone learning in a Beis Medreh many hours, needs to take a break and sleep some time. In order to avoid loosing too much time, can he just fall asleep on his Shtender, which is permitted in a Beis Hamedresh, or is it better to go to the p ....
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Posted 5/21/2023 3:41 PM |
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# 4263 Does This Add Up?
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Q. Someone that davens in a minyan where Mincha is before the Plag and Maariv after, should he have special intention not to comply with the mitzva of Kerias Shema at Maariv, since he may transgress on the prohibition of Ba’al Tosif, or adding the ....
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Posted 5/18/2023 11:27 PM |
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# 4262 Not For the Birds?
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Q. Shalom Rabenu. A couple that has been married for years and has not been able to have children wants to know if they should comply with the mitzva of Shiluach Haken, as they heard that it is a Segula or help to conceive?
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Posted 5/18/2023 11:26 PM |
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# 4261 Conscience Clean
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Q. Dear Rov; After one has put on tefilin and has touched the upper arm, that you once mentioned one has to wash his hands, can he meantime for reciting the blessing just clean his hand with the Taalis?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit ....
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Posted 5/18/2023 11:23 PM |
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