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Expand Article # 3903 Choosing the Rosh Hashana Best
- Q. Dear Rabbi; I have an option of davening in a shul where they have an excellent Baal Tokea, (Blower of the Shofar) that follows all the dikdukim, halachos and kavanot (Halacha details and intentions) of the mitzva of Shofar.

I ....


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Expand Article # 3902 A Real Sound Problem
Q. As we spoke by phone, I blow the Shofar for a large group of members of a retirement home that tries to serve the religious needs of a mixed group where only about 20% are orthodox. In the floors where the patients are bed bound and they don't at ....


Posted 9/22/2022 10:32 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3901 Late Disposal of Sins?
Q. Due to the length of the davening during Rosh Hashana, the time needed for a seuda with family and guest and the long walk to the water source, is it possible to recite Tashlich immediately after Musaf or even better at night after the seuda?< ....


Posted 9/22/2022 10:28 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3900 Go With the Crowd?
Q. When someone is blowing Shofar for a patient at a retirement home, is it preferable to gather a minyan for this mitzva?

A. Although in general it is better to perform a mitzva 'Berov Am' or with a significant group of participants, ....


Posted 9/22/2022 10:22 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3899 Let's Get a Real Sharp Mind!
Q. Dear Rabbi. Can people who much enjoy eating jalapeno (chili) peppers, can they add them to the list of fruits and vegetables one eats on Rosh Hashana and says a Yehi Ratzon on them? I this case it may be appropriate to bless us with having a ....


Posted 9/22/2022 10:20 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3898 Hazoom Es Hakol?
Q. Can a patient in the hospital during Selichot, zoom a minyan and repeat with them the Thirteen Midot usually said only with a Minyan present?

A. Usually, any Zoom contact does not contribute to mitzvos that require a minyan. On que ....


Posted 9/22/2022 10:18 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3897 Strange Sounds
Q. I have recently heard a Baal Tokea before blowing the Shofar during Elul, blow air into the Shofar without making a sound, (I have seen something similar some years ago). Is that necessary or even recommended?

A. Poskim don't mentio ....


Posted 9/22/2022 10:15 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3896 Not Over One's Head
Q. Since one is to blow the Shofar when the wide opening is facing up, if in a particular case it faces sideways, does the Baal Tokea have to incline his head to comply with the above.

A. Indeed Poskim mention that the wide opening ....


Posted 9/22/2022 10:13 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3895 Doing Too Much?
Q. Kvod Harav, I heard that there may be an issue when davening Maariv before the Z'man (night) since one has to repeat the Shema after it becomes proper night, one may transgress the prohibition of Baal Tosif or adding to the mitzvos?



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Expand Article # 3894 Let's Give Him a Hand
Q. Can someone who has an artificial hand blow Shofar on Rosh Hashana holding on to the Shofar with that hand.

A. On question 2928 regarding the use of a prosthetic electronic arm hand on Shabbos we wrote:
“Horav Shlomo Miller's ....


Posted 9/22/2022 10:08 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3893 Free Night Delivery
Q. My Dear Rov Shlit'a. As you well know I'm trying to be the very best Baal Tokea possible in all ways. I would like to know if I can bring the Shofar to shul on the first night Rosh Hashana after the Shekia (I daven Mincha early). I heard that s ....


Posted 9/20/2022 9:36 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3892 In Heaven's Name
Q. Kevod Horav. Is it correct that on Rosh Hashana night meal, when we eat the special symbolic foods and recite the customary 'Yehi Ratzons', if one has the minhag to say them with Hashem's name, can one have his very young children also repeat t ....


Posted 9/15/2022 10:22 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3891 Don't Blow it!
Q. Dear Rabbi. An aged patient in an old age home, that constantly wear diapers and is most of the time wet. can one blow shofar for him when in such a condition?

A. On question 2835 regarding someone who is in the bathroom and hears th ....


Posted 9/15/2022 10:20 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3890 Shofar Not So Good
Q. Can one use on Rosh Hashana a Shofar that belongs to a friend without permission these days?

A. On question 2662 we wrote: While blowing with a Shofar without permission from the owner may be questionable even bedieved (after the fa ....


Posted 9/15/2022 10:18 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3889 Memorial Tribute
Q. Can one attend a memorial ceremony done in an Orthodox shul in memory and honor of Queen Elizabeth II?

A. As mentioned above, it is proper to pray and be active in undertakings and initiatives for the welfare of the State one is livi ....


Posted 9/15/2022 10:14 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3888 Hashem Save the Queen
Q. See question above. Is it correct to recite in shul the Tefila composed by the Chief Rabbi of Great Britain Rav Mirvis on the death of the queen?

A. I did show Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit'a the Tefila composed by Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis a ....


Posted 9/15/2022 10:13 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3887 Patriot's Pray?
Q. Why is it that in our days few Minyanim pray for the peace and welfare of the land we are in, when it was customary to recite such a Tefila on Shabbat in the past?

A. Seforim mention different opinions regarding the Prayer for Shalo ....


Posted 9/15/2022 10:12 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3886 Cover All Bases
Q. What kind of Schach cover for a Suka is best. Hollow single bamboo poles, Badatz Schach mats, or pine branches?

A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that pine branches are best, since they are placed following the way they gr ....


Posted 9/15/2022 10:11 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3885 No Free Ride?
Q. I have been a Baal Tefilah for many years during Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur for free. I recently heard that it may be better to be paid something for the service, is that true?

A. There seems to be some contradiction in the Poskim ....


Posted 9/15/2022 10:09 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3884 The Future is Here
Q. On question 1828 the Rov quoted Baaley Mussar and others who argue that if the Ben Sore Umore is executed on account of what he will do in the future, and if this applies to future wrongdoings it surely should hold true for mitzvos to be done i ....


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