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Expand Article # 3812 Planting a Seed of Doubt?
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 ....


Posted 7/28/2022 10:31 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3811 Delicate Flowers
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 ....


Posted 7/28/2022 10:29 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3810 A Jewel of a Shaila
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 ....


Posted 7/28/2022 10:27 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3809 Beware of the Weeks of not Bearing Gifts?
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 ....


Posted 7/28/2022 10:25 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3808 Elevating Shailah?
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 ....


Posted 7/28/2022 10:23 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3807 Going Public on Dirty Linen?
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 ....


Posted 7/26/2022 5:16 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3806 The Greatest Mitzva?
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.


Posted 7/24/2022 5:40 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3805 One for Two?
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 ....


Posted 7/21/2022 10:49 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3804 A Pearl of Wisdom
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 ....


Posted 7/21/2022 10:47 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3803 Curtain Lecture?
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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Expand Article # 3802 See the Light?
Q. Is it proper to have marital relations in a bedroom that has an electric clock next to the bed that has light?

A. Following the Halacha that as a matter of modesty and privacy, marital relations should take place only on a dark room ....


Posted 7/21/2022 10:45 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3801 All Hands on Deck
Q. Can one fix or replace a deck that will be used for the Suka and may also be dangerous in its current condition, during the Three Weeks?

A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that one may fix it when necessary. However. when ....


Posted 7/21/2022 10:44 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3800 If there's Life there's Hope
Q. Dear Rabbi, does a responsible doctor have to inform his patient that he is terminally ill and incurable?

A. A doctor should take into account a number of facts before he discloses to the patient or his family his findings. F ....


Posted 7/21/2022 10:40 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3799 Paper Over?
Q. Kvod Harav, is one allowed to repair during the three weeks wall paper that fell of a wall, by just gluing it back to the wall
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A. Kovetz Halochos (5: 19) quotes Igros Moshe (O.H. 3: 82) regarding placing new wall paper during the Ni ....


Posted 7/21/2022 10:37 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3798 Fear No Colours
Q. Is there an especial colour for the animals one offers as Korbanot?

A. Besides the Red Heifer that had to be red, there were no specific conditions as to what colour the sacrifices had to be. Although, the two goats that were broug ....


Posted 7/21/2022 10:36 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3797 A Battle of Wills?
Q. The Gemoro says in Shabbos one should not treat one son different among his sons. Is it proper or not proper to leave in a will a double portion to a Bechor, (first born). On one hand we see that when there is no will the bechor gets a double po ....


Posted 7/21/2022 10:34 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (1)


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Expand Article # 3796 If there's a Will, there's a Way
Q. Is it possible, for someone following Halacha to write a will, that will distribute his assets after his death in a different way that the Torah dictates?

A. On question 1912 addressing the question if a secular will written by an ....


Posted 7/21/2022 10:32 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3795 All Intents and Purposes
    Q. Since the Kavana and intention of putting on Tefilin is that we should learn Torah, why is that not mentioned at all in the Yehi Ratzon or any Tefilah in the common Sidurim said before putting them on?

A. Indeed, Mishn ....


Posted 7/17/2022 3:54 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3794 Pray Together Stay Together?
Q. A person who Davens Vasikin in a place where they struggle for a minyan, when there is no minyan should he daven beyechidus (no minyan) by the Netz (sunrise) or delay his Shemoneh Esrei a number of minutes past the Netz until the others will com ....


Posted 7/14/2022 10:38 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3793 Hot Check
    Q. What temperature does a cheres (clay) Matza oven need to be in order to burn up the left over dough that was not baked before 18 minutes?

A. Horav Aharon Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that whatever temperature burns pro ....


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