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# 3742 Getting a Green Grave?
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Q. Why would the Chevra Kadisha Society in Toronto refuse to prepare an orthodox woman because she is having an Eco Burial, but in the USA Eco Burials are allowed for Orthodox Jews and the Chevra Kadisha Org. will prepare Jews. It looks like Blackm ....
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Posted 6/16/2022 10:27 PM |
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# 3741 Music to Our Ears
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Q. I visit residents at a religious Jewish Home for the Aged. A counselor there, hearing that I was an accomplished musician and hearing me play for the residents, encouraged me to come play for the residents during Hallel on Rosh Chodesh, telling m ....
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Posted 6/16/2022 10:25 PM |
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# 3740 Right Pearly Whites
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Q. Is it permitted to use toothpaste or teeth whitening agents that contain glycerin?
A. Horav Tzvi Tsvi Heber Shlit'a (Director, Community Kosher - COR Kashruth Council of Canada), answered: "that Colgate, Crest and Sensodyne in Canad ....
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Posted 6/12/2022 5:43 PM |
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# 3739 Davening by the Kevarim of Tzadikim
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Q. See question above. Can one visit the Kevarim of Tzadikim then? How about on Shabbos?
A. On Erev Shabbos the answer is that it is permitted, however on Shabbos and Yom Tov it is not.
The Arizal (Shaar Hayichudim) argue ....
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Posted 6/9/2022 10:57 PM |
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# 3738 Rise by the Grave
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Q. Somebody recently told me that there is a minhag one should not visit a cemetery after Chatzos (noon) on Erev Shabbos. Is this a common practice?
A. Nitei Gavriel (Avelus 2: 82: 11), Gesher Hachaim (32: 5), Kitzur Shulchan Aruch (18 ....
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Posted 6/9/2022 10:55 PM |
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# 3737 Don't Lose Sleep Over This
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Q. Regarding the brocho on the Torah when someone sleeps during the day, as it was discussed dealing with learning Shavuos night. How come we can sleep during the day, taking a nap and the continue learning Torah without making a new brocho. is that ....
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Posted 6/9/2022 10:53 PM |
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# 3736 Gifts from Above
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Q. Dear Rabbi. As we spoke before Shabbos and Yom Tov, there was an idea in our shul for someone to donate a small Sefer Torah and do the Hachnasat Sefer Torah ceremony on first day Shavuot. The Rabbi mentioned that he would consult with Rabbi Mill ....
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Posted 6/9/2022 10:51 PM |
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# 3735 Need a Hand to Sleep?
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Q. One that sleeps on Shavuos night leaning on his hand, does he say Hamapil?
A. On question 2688 regarding if someone goes to sleep for a short time on the night of Shavuos should he recite the brocho of Hamapil, we answered: "Shaar ....
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Posted 6/9/2022 10:47 PM |
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# 3734 A Holy Encounter
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Q. Someone mentioned on a recent speech that the Sh'lah Hakadosh was a reincarnation of Ruth Hamoavia. Can that really be true?
A. Interestingly we find in Sefer Hadoros (5389) something similar. Not a reincarnation, but rather that th ....
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Posted 6/9/2022 10:46 PM |
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# 3733 Bless Your Goodbye?
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Q. Dear Rov Shlit'a: On the second day Shavuot the Tefila was very long due to the reading of Ruth and Izkor. If someone had guest waiting for him to come home, (and that may create an issue of Shalom Bait) can he leave the shul before the repetit ....
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Posted 6/9/2022 10:43 PM |
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# 3732 Cite but be Polite
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Q. If the Rav of the shul or yeshiva made a mistake and started saying Tachanun on a day of no Tachanun, should one pretend to say it to avoid embarrassing him?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that one should not directly co ....
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Posted 6/9/2022 10:41 PM |
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# 3731 The Torah of Life
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Q. I'm a member of a Zoom Daf group. Our teacher is a Talmid Chacham that has l'a undergone recently a serious operation and is now hospitalized for an extended time. A few days after the operation he called us and asked us to resume the shiur by ....
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Posted 6/7/2022 5:12 PM |
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# 3730 Blessed Dreams
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- Q. If I'm just going to lay on my arm and sleep for a short time on the night of Shavuos, do I say the brocho of Hamapil?
A. On a similar question (2688) we wrote: "Shaarei Teshuva, Birkei Yosef (O.H. 229: 2) and others maintain that ....
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Posted 6/2/2022 11:18 PM |
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# 3729 The Day That Made Us Special
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Q. I'm planing to make a siyum before Shavuos, is doing it on Yom Hameyuchas a desired day to celebrate with a Siyum?
A. Yom Hameyuchas is a day of distinction, it is the second day of Sivan and the forty-sixth day of the Omer. It is a ....
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Posted 6/2/2022 11:15 PM |
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# 3728 Special Times
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Q. Since this year (82-22) Erev Shavuot is Shabbat, which is the correct way to daven Mincha and eat Shaleshudos?
A. One should not eat a meal before sunset on Erev Shavuos at the time when normally we have Sholosh Seudos There are tho ....
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Posted 6/2/2022 11:08 PM |
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# 3727 Wake Up and Smell the Coffee
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Q. Dear Rov. On the first night of Shavuot the meal usually finishes very late. Someone went to sleep and woke up early to daven with the Netz (sunrise) Minyan, if on the night meal one ate meat, can he drink a coffee with milk before da ....
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Posted 6/2/2022 11:04 PM |
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# 3726 Drop Everything
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Q. See question above. Do you also place some drops of the Havdallah on the eyes, if you make Havdallah on beer or tea?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that since those drinks can be used used for Havdalah since they are con ....
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Posted 6/2/2022 10:56 PM |
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# 3725 Eyes on the Wines
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Q. Dear Rabbi.What is the source for putting some of the Havdallah wine on eyes and in pockets?
A. Remah (O.H. 296: 1) mentions that it is tradition to (slightly) wash one's eyes with the wine of Havdalah as it is considered 'Chivuv Mit ....
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Posted 6/2/2022 10:47 PM |
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# 3724 Milk It for All its Worth
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Q. In our Bet Midrash we learn the whole first night of Shavuos, then we daven with the Netz (sunrise) and after davening a Kiddush is offered and cheese danishes and cakes are served. Do we comply with the minhag of eating a milchik meal with just ....
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Posted 6/2/2022 10:36 PM |
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# 3723 Crying Over Spilled Milk
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Q. Can someone who is allergic to milk products comply with the tradition of eating a milk-meal on Shavuot, if that person cooks a Pareve food or warms some bread inside an oven used for milk foods? After all we consider such foods as 'Milchik' and ....
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Posted 6/2/2022 10:35 PM |
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