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# 3822 Above Suspicion
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Q. We have a well attended Kiruv Torah Shiur once a week. Part of the success of the group possibly is due to the delicious food served. During the summer we often make a very attractive BBQ.
Can we during the Nine Days offer Deliciou ....
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Posted 8/4/2022 10:23 PM |
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# 3821 Dancing by the Moonlight?
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Q. Is it better to wait until after Tisha Beav for saying Kiddush Levana? Is it permitted then immediately?
A. Remah (O.H. 426: 2) rules that Kiddush Levana should be recited after Tisha Beav. On question 2499 in regards to dancing on K ....
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Posted 8/4/2022 10:21 PM |
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# 3820 A Flower of a Shailah
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Q. Recently you quoted question 3260 regarding one that buys flowers for home every Friday Lik’vod (in honor of) Shabbos, if he should also do so for Shabbos Chazon, (Shabbos before Tisha Beav), and mentioned that "Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opi ....
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Posted 8/4/2022 10:19 PM |
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# 3819 Going Home
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Q. Someone who is driving on the field roads for the day just to get away from home, does he have to say Tefilas Haderech? After all it is mentioned in it: 'Vesagienu Limechoz Cheftzeinu' or make us reach the desired location, and in this case it i ....
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Posted 7/31/2022 2:31 PM |
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# 3818 Wig In?
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Q. A woman that has a few shaitels (wigs) she washes every week, can she use a washed shaitel for Shabbos Chazon?
On question 201 regarding if one can wear a freshly washed Sheitel during the nine days, if its not a new wig; we ....
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Posted 7/28/2022 10:47 PM |
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# 3817 Draw the Line on the Nine
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Q. This year (82) Rosh Chodesh Av falls on Friday, can youngsters still go swimming in the lake before Shabbat?
A. If those children are of the age that they understand the meaning and prohibitions of the Nine Days, they should not do t ....
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Posted 7/28/2022 10:46 PM |
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# 3816 Clouded Nine?
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Q. This year (82) Rosh Chodesh Av falls on Friday and the prohibitions that apply to the Nine Days such as eating meat begin on Thursday night. If one davened Maariv by an early after Plag Minyan (and already said Yaaleh Veyavo mentioning Rosh Chod ....
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Posted 7/28/2022 10:44 PM |
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# 3815 The Greater the Better?
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Q. When a great-grandfather contradicts the opinion of a grandfather, who should the grandson listen to? Should one give greater honour to his great-grandfather over his grandfather as when giving an Aliya or similar?
A. On question 8 ....
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Posted 7/28/2022 10:42 PM |
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# 3814 Wisdom on Words
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Q. When one receives invitations for weddings or Bar Mitzvas and there are Psukim written on them, which is the correct way to dispose of them? Can they be just be thrown in the garbage?
A. On question 552 regarding articles of Torah in ....
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Posted 7/28/2022 10:36 PM |
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# 3813 Learning when to Swim
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Q. Can one who goes to the mikva daily before davening or at least before Shabbos, do so by going for a swim in a lake next to him during the Nine Days? Is there a concern of Ma'aras Ayin. (people watching may think that one is going for a prohibit ....
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Posted 7/28/2022 10:33 PM |
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# 3812 Planting a Seed of Doubt?
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Q. See question above. If one planted seeds for plants that produce flowers before the Nine Days assuming reasonably that by Rosh Chodesh Av the seeds would have already grown roots and the plant plant would have begin to emerge. However, due to a l ....
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Posted 7/28/2022 10:31 PM |
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# 3811 Delicate Flowers
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Q. I visit weekly a seriously sick patient in hospital. To convey some cheer, I usually bring some flowers. Can that be done during the Nine Days?
A. On question 3266 regarding bringing flowers to a nonreligious grandmother for her birt ....
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Posted 7/28/2022 10:29 PM |
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# 3810 A Jewel of a Shaila
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Q. Dear Rov; are women allowed to wear expensive jewellery when attending a Brith Milah during the Nine Days? Are they also allowed to lend such jewellery to other women.
A. Both acts are permitted.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as rev ....
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Posted 7/28/2022 10:27 PM |
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# 3809 Beware of the Weeks of not Bearing Gifts?
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Q. Can one visit a friend on Shabbat during the Nine Days? Can one bring a wine bottle as a present? Can one bring flowers to an ill person?
A. On question 3260 regarding one that buys flowers for home every Friday Lik’vod (in honor of ....
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Posted 7/28/2022 10:25 PM |
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# 3808 Elevating Shailah?
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Q. I have a question about the use of the elevator during Shabbat and the Chagim according to the Halacha.
I have a daughter with Downs Sindrome whose vision has failed lately.
She is not able to see the steps in the ....
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Posted 7/28/2022 10:23 PM |
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# 3807 Going Public on Dirty Linen?
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Q. If guest visit during the Nine Days as is common since it is vacation time, can one change the linen of the bed for them with clean washed sheets?
A. Remah (O.H. 551: 3) rules that we follow the opinion that washing and wearing clea ....
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Posted 7/26/2022 5:16 PM |
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# 3806 The Greatest Mitzva?
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Q. If one has the option to attend a wedding and comply with the very great mitzva of Simchas Chosson Vekalah or visiting a sick person that is being cared by others, but it is a very sad and even disgusting sight, that creates feelings pf pain.
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Posted 7/24/2022 5:40 PM |
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# 3805 One for Two?
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Q. Can you ask Rav Shlomo Shlit'a if someone was Mekabel (accepts) to say a Perek Tehilim for two people, do they have to say it twice or can they say it once and have kavanah it’s for both.
Thank you!
A. Horav Dovid Pam, Hor ....
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Posted 7/21/2022 10:49 PM |
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# 3804 A Pearl of Wisdom
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Q. If I meet Professor Jordan B. Peterson, do I make a Brocho of SheNosan MeiChochmaso L'vosor Vodom?
A. Shulchan Aruch (O.H. 224: 7) base on Talmud (Brochos 58a) rules that when seeing a brilliant non-Jewish secular scholar one recite ....
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Posted 7/21/2022 10:47 PM |
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# 3803 Curtain Lecture?
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Q. See question above. If one is staying in a hotel or a guest room, where it may be impossible to completely darken the room or it is Shabbat and the light was left on, and a separating Mechitza or curtain can not be placed, what can one do?
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Posted 7/21/2022 10:46 PM |
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