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Expand Article # 3961 Take Good Care of All
Q. Kvod Horav. I often visit sick people in a nearby hospital to my office, and after talking and comforting them I recite a Tefila as required. Frequently, there are more than one patient in the room and usually it is not Jewish. Do I have to go ....


Posted 11/3/2022 10:19 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3960 Pull Up that Chair
Q. See question above. Can one sit during Shabbat on a electric vibrator and massage chair when it is disconnected? One can see the controls on the side of the chair, is it permitted?

A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that as ....


Posted 11/3/2022 10:17 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3959 Careful How you Walk
Q. Can a Senior use during Shabbat in need an electric walker that is not turned on and just works as a regular non-electric walker?

A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that since it may be difficult from a distance to see if ....


Posted 11/3/2022 10:16 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3958 What's in a Name?
Q. A religious director of a kosher food company, calls the women working as supervisors Mashgachas. One of these women was very insulted for being called that name. What is really their correct title to name them?

A. Horav Shlomo Mill ....


Posted 11/3/2022 10:11 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3957 The Real Shtick or Treat
Q. Dear Rabbi; (Translated from Spanish). You may remember me. I'm a covert and my family originates from the State of Campeche, on the Yucatan Peninsula. In Mexico there is no Halloween celebration, rather as you well know, the Three Days of t ....


Posted 11/2/2022 3:15 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3956 Shtick or Treat
Q. Hi Dear Rabbi. A person who is a partner and in charge of a number of large apartment buildings in which there are also some tenants who are Jewish, should he permit as is customary for the Super to give or to place trays of candies for the ch ....


Posted 11/1/2022 4:10 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3955 The Beginning of the End
Q. We just finished learning Maseches Kesuvos in our Daf Hayomi shiur. What is the best way to end the Maseches. Should one learn it completely until the end and then have to do the Siyum Seuda and celebrate on that very occasion.

....


Posted 10/27/2022 10:57 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3954 The Law of the Tablets
Q. Dear Rabbi. Thanks so much for answering all the various and interesting questions, quoting such great Halacha authorities. It is a great service for all.

I wonder if it is correct or even best to learn directly from a movable comp ....


Posted 10/27/2022 10:53 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3953 Bless the Ring
Q. What bracha does one make on onion rings?

A. Onion rings generally consist of a cross-sectional "ring" of onion dipped in batter or bread crumbs and then deep fried.

Vessen Brocho and the Laws of Brochos (p. 375) rule t ....


Posted 10/27/2022 10:50 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3952 Building the Future?
Q. Dear Rov. I'm always very Medakdek (careful) to build our Suka myself, since I know it is a big mitzva. Should I also disassemble it also on my own, as taking it apart and saving it for next year can already be considered part of the future buil ....


Posted 10/27/2022 10:48 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3951 At Your Disposal
Q. Can one dispose of the small cardboard boxes in which the Esrogim are packed when one acquires them and also the long plastic carriers one uses for carrying the Lulav, by just throwing the into the waste cans?

A. Although these cont ....


Posted 10/27/2022 10:46 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3950 Lest We Forget
Q. In some shuls they have the minhag to sing and dance during Simchas Torah "Mechayei Mesim Ato... - Mashiv Haruach" (the blessing we begin to recite on Shemini Atzeres, asking for rains) 90 times.

This is done to become accustomed ....


Posted 10/27/2022 10:45 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3949 Give This Shailah a Shake
Q. Does a plastic salt or peper shaker with a metal cap require Tevila? With a Bracha?

A. Stark K guidelines requires Tevila without a brocho.
Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is similar.

Rabbi A. Bartfeld as ....


Posted 10/27/2022 10:41 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3948 The Shakers Blessings
Q. See question above. Why does Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a require a blessing when immersing a pepper shaker, even when one does not eat directly from it and avoids a brocho from a water pitcher for the same reason, namely that one does not dri ....


Posted 10/27/2022 10:40 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3947 No Plug on this Jug
Q. (See question above). Can they all be placed inside a new glass water pitcher that also needs Tevila?

A. Although one does not drink directly from the pitcher but from the cup or glass one pours the water into, Poskim mention it req ....


Posted 10/27/2022 10:38 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3946 Don't Cap it All
Q. (See question above). When taking them to the Mikva, do I have to unscrew the metal cap before I Tovel them?

A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that you should, since the water will likely not penetrate through the small h ....


Posted 10/27/2022 10:35 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3945 Salt and Pepper
Q. Dear Rov. I have a new bunch of small glass salt and pepper shakers that we will use when we have a large amount of guest. Do I have to immerse these small salt shakers in a Mikva before using them?

A. Poskim write that salt shakers ....


Posted 10/27/2022 10:34 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3944 Don't Hang in There
Q. I have another Mezuza question. I have seen times that people of different religions
hang symbols of their religion on the front of their cars. Is it correct to hang a Mezuza there?

A. Talmud (Brochos 24a) and Shulchan Aruch ....


Posted 10/27/2022 10:32 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3943 Hang on to the Mezuza?
Q. A group of women students are renting an apartment together. Can they place a Mezuza themselves and say a bracha?

A. Yeshuos Malko (H. Mezuza 5: 10) maintains that even though women are liable to comply with this mitzva, they are ....


Posted 10/27/2022 10:30 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3942 Tons of Doubts on Croutons
Q. Does one make a separate bracha on croutons eaten in a vegetable salad?
What bracha does one make?
What if the croutons are smaller than normal, does it make a difference?

A. Pische Halacha (p. 366) maintains that one r ....


Posted 10/23/2022 4:43 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)



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