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# 4095 A Late Shabbos
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Q. The Mishna Berura says not to do Melacha 30 or 20 minutes before sundown. May one refrain from Melacha without formally accepting Shabbos in case something comes up, and when should one make the formal acceptance?
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Posted 2/2/2023 10:15 PM |
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# 4093 Getting Away with Murder?
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Q. I’m a Frum medical student and one of the fundamental steps that allows a doctor to expand their expertise and graduate is completing an internship or residency program in a hospital and that involves examining patients and making treatment reco ....
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Posted 2/2/2023 10:10 PM |
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# 4092 False Alarm
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Q. There was a very unfortunate incident where a very Choshuve Ben Torah, an extremely close personal acquaintance of mine, needed to walk between two women. He gently placed his arm on the shoulder of a 9 year old Frum boy and asked him to walk t ....
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Posted 2/2/2023 10:08 PM |
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# 4091 Queer Beer
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Q. Can one that has the Minhag of drinking beer on Tu Bishvat comply comply by drinking some barley vodka?
A. The minhag of drinking beer on Tu Bishvat is based on the fact that we eat fruits of the seven species (Shivas Haminim, Devar ....
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Posted 2/2/2023 10:06 PM |
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# 4090 Forbidden Fruits
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Q. See question above. Is that permitted during this year after Shmita?
A. The holiness of the produce of fruits grown in Eretz Yisroel has numerous Halacha implications. For example, produce that has Kedushas Shevi’is may be eaten onl ....
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Posted 2/2/2023 10:04 PM |
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# 4089 Labor of One's Fruits
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Q. I have a family member that is coming from Eretz Yisroel this week before Tu Bishvat.
(The new year for fruits of trees). I have two questions.
1) Since there is an important Minhag and tradition for many to eat a number of fr ....
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Posted 2/2/2023 10:02 PM |
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# 4088 Safe Torah Secrets
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Q. Dear Rabbi; I’am divorced and talking to and thinking about going out with a Talmid of Rav Chaim Epstein and told him that I like to go to Breslov shiurim. He suggested that I ask Rabbi Bartfeld to ask Rabbi Miller if it's appropriate for someo ....
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Posted 2/2/2023 9:58 PM |
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# 4087 Bottle Down
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Q. One who is a Rebbi in a Yeshiva and needs to make Kiddush for the Bachurim but the only bottle of grape juice is closed, should he hint to the Bachurim to open it, or simply sit there until someone will open it? To make Kiddush on the challas wi ....
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Posted 2/2/2023 9:56 PM |
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# 4086 Who is on the Phone?
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Q. Good evening. I was just at a conference where I heard Rav Shlomo Miller shlit’a answer questions about Halacha in business, and it seemed that he gave a P'sak that it was OK to phone a mincha minyan, if the balabos is unhappy if it takes too lon ....
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Posted 1/30/2023 6:40 PM |
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# 4085 A Hat Trick
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Q. May one wear a winter hood and on top of it a black hat during Shabbos?
A. If they fit well and there is no concern that one may remove them, they could be worn when needed due to the prevailing cold climate during Shabbos, even when ....
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Posted 1/26/2023 10:37 PM |
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# 4084 A Marriage of Convenience?
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Q. Dear Rabbi. Should one avoid marrying a woman whose siblings are not Frum, if she is the right person and has all the qualities one needs and wants?
A. Talmud (Baba Basra 110a) teaches that before one gets married, he should check o ....
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Posted 1/26/2023 10:33 PM |
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# 4083 Be Up to Date
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Q. See question 4074 above. If Rosh Chodesh Shvat is so important and auspicious, should one make an effort to do a wedding or a Vort on that day?
A. Some Poskim maintain that one should avoid getting married on the first, third and fi ....
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Posted 1/26/2023 10:31 PM |
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# 4082 All Dressed Up
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Q. K’vod Horav. Someone who when he davens in shul almost always wears a suit and a tie as well as shoes. When he davens at home does he have to do all the above?
A. on question 3625 regarding davening without shoes on where there is ....
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Posted 1/26/2023 10:27 PM |
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# 4081 In Deep Water
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Q. See question 4073 above. If one is using the water that was warmed before Shabbat, was kept warm in an insulated tank, has no connection to any fresh water and comes down simply by gravity, as described above, and he wants to use it for ‘Tisha Ka ....
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Posted 1/26/2023 10:24 PM |
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# 4080 Uncharted Waters?
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Q. On question 4060 the Rov mentioned that one has to avoid drinking water during the beginning of the Tekufa only for one hour. Yet, I’m aware that for those who keep that tradition, the prohibition stays on even after. What is correct?
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Posted 1/26/2023 10:17 PM |
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# 4079 Lots of Brochos on a New Shul
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Q. When a new shul is inaugurated, is it correct to recite the brocho of ‘Hatov Vehameitiv,’ as is customary when a sheared item is acquired and there is great joy and pleasure for many?
A. Mishna Berura (223: 11) rules that when a new ....
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Posted 1/26/2023 10:15 PM |
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# 4078 Watch Your Seat
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Q. Dear Rov Shlit’a. I’m a member of a Bikur Cholim group and B’H I visit a number of the ill every week. I heard that when someone visits a sick person one should should avoid sitting at or near the bottom end of the bed is that true?
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Posted 1/26/2023 10:11 PM |
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# 4077 A Real Hard Question
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Q. Why does the Torah use three different expressions for the hardening of Pharoh’s heart in Parshas Vaeira?
A. The hardening of Pharaoh’s heart is referred to no less than twenty times in the course of the story of the Exodus. Sometim ....
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Posted 1/26/2023 10:08 PM |
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# 4076 Lost ithe Wash?
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Q. HoRav Miller mentioned that Erev Yom Kippur there is a possible obligation to immerse in a Mikva. If one would find it extremely uncomfortable to do so due to Tznius reasons such as a person who was not brought up with the idea of going to the ....
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Posted 1/26/2023 10:06 PM |
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# 4075 A Delete Shailah
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Q. Is it permitted to flush a toilet on Shabbos if a paper such as a receipt fell inside or is it Mochaik (erasing)? In need, can one use the left cover of the roll or other printed paper material as toilet paper? Does it matter which side one use ....
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Posted 1/26/2023 10:04 PM |
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