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# 3652 Decline to Recline?
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Q. If a woman at the Sedder chooses to recline while eating Matza or drinking the four cups as mendo, can she do so?
A. Shulchan Aruch (O.H. 472: 4) and other Poskim rule that although women do not have to recline while drinking the four ....
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Posted 4/20/2022 4:00 PM |
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# 3651 Have A Gut'n Moed
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Q. This morning first day Chol Hamoed (Pesach) by mistake I davened for Shacharis the Yom Tov Shemone Ezrei. I was told that I have to repeat and say the weekday one and add Yaale Veyovo. I wonder why is that so? After all Chol Hamoed is also a part ....
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Posted 4/18/2022 9:56 PM |
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# 3650 Something to Lean On
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Q. If one is sitting in a regular chair that does not have armrests, how can then reclining be done at the Seder?
A. Horav Shlomo Millers Shlit'a opinion is that, if one can't recline on a neighboring chair, he may sit a bit sideways ....
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Posted 4/15/2022 1:24 PM |
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# 3649 Tzedaka Matza?
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Q. Due to the very high price of Matza this year some Tzedaka institutions offer subsidized Matza for the ones in need that can't afford them. If one was offered by a friend some leftovers that he bought at a special discount, can he accepted them ....
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Posted 4/15/2022 1:22 PM |
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# 3648 It's In Our Hands
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Q. The reason given for the need of Urchatz or washing hands at the beginning of the Seder is to be able to eat the Karpas that are wet vegetables soaked in salt water, and thus require Netilat Yadaim (Shulchan Aruch O.H. 158: 4).
Thi ....
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Posted 4/15/2022 1:19 PM |
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# 3647 Accounting for Taste
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Q. For one that has the option, of eating oat Matzos or the regular wheat Matzos, and he likes the flavor of the oat matzos, can he eat them just as regular wheat Matzos?
A. Horav Shlomo Millers Shlit'a opinion is that for one who do ....
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Posted 4/15/2022 1:14 PM |
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# 3646 Melted Matza
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Q. Have a Happy Yom Tov Rabbi. If my aged father has difficulty in eating Matza, and he has to make it soft by soaking it in water.
A. On question 3100 regarding a similar case we wrote: "The Rov added that if the Matza is to be dampen ....
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Posted 4/15/2022 1:11 PM |
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# 3645 Up to Date
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Q. What date should someone write on the sell of Chometz when it was done after the Shekia (sunset)?
Should one use the non Jewish date?
A. In principle the commonly used document for the sale of Chometz is just a letter nominat ....
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Posted 4/15/2022 1:09 PM |
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# 3644 Cut Out the Uncut?
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Q. Shalom, Can I bring a Jewish guest to a Pesach Seder if he never had a Bris?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that it is permitted specially if the purpose is Kiruv. However, he should not eat the Afikomen that represe ....
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Posted 4/15/2022 1:07 PM |
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# 3643 Call In Sick
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Q. See question above. Does one have to actually wait until one gets sick in order to consume medicine made of Kitniyos, or can one take it as a preventive means to avoid getting ill.
A. Horav Shlomo Millers Shlit'a opinion is that one ....
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Posted 4/15/2022 1:04 PM |
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# 3642 Know Your Beans
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Q. I'm sensitive to carbohydrates including sugar. One year, when I ate all the matzoh and drank all the Grapevine juice, I got so sick that I couldn't make it through the seder. I have since learned that I can dilute the grape juice and eat le ....
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Posted 4/15/2022 1:01 PM |
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# 3641 Lean Times?
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Q. What is the source for reclining while eating the Seder anyway?
A. Rambam (Chometz Umatza 7: 6,7) writes that since our Sages teach us that in every generation one has to see himself as if he actually has been saved from Mitzrayim, t ....
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Posted 4/15/2022 12:57 PM |
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# 3640 A Cut About the Rest
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Q. Rabbi. at my age I'm uncomfortable reclining can I drink the Kosos (wine cups) and eat the Matza without?
A. Horav Shlomo Millers Shlit'a opinion is that one does not have to recline if that is truly uncomfortable. However is one ....
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Posted 4/15/2022 12:54 PM |
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# 3639 Call it a Roll?
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Q. I work on a Shemurah Matza factory and we use a hand metal roller to punch the holes in the flattened dough round pieces. We recently acquired a new one. Does it need Tevila?
What happens if it wasn't done, does that affect the matzos? ....
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Posted 4/10/2022 5:54 PM |
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# 3638 Alone and Happy?
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Q. I will be traveling at very early hours on Erev Pesach and likely be davening Shacharis on the road. I'm a Bechor, can I just make a Siyum by myself on a Gemara I learned and eat then?
A. See question 531 that Horav Shlomo Miller ....
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Posted 4/7/2022 10:39 PM |
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# 3637 Searched and Saved?
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Q. We thank Hashem for saving us from a recent accident that severely damaged our car. The car was removed by authorities into an impound car crash area and our insurance company is taking care of it. Since we have children it is likely that there i ....
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Posted 4/7/2022 10:36 PM |
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# 3636 An Early Sale
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Q. Dear Rov; One that has a basement or a garage one does not want to clean for Pesach and it will be closed completely, does he have to sell in a Mechira Mukdemes (Selling it to a Gentile, the day before Erev Pesach)?
A. Mishna Berura ....
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Posted 4/7/2022 10:33 PM |
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# 3635 Travel First Aid Kit
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Q. Given the very high number of flight cancellations and delays in our days, if our family has to travel by plane on Erev Pesach, should we take matzos and maror and other Seder items with us in case we get stranded?
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Posted 4/7/2022 10:30 PM |
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# 3634 Law In one's Daughter
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Q. Is there a mitzva of Sippur Yetzias Mitzraim to a daughter?
A. Magen Avrohom (O.H. 471: 7), Mishne Berura (13), Aruch Hashulchan (472: 15) and others maintain it does.
Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is similar.
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Posted 4/7/2022 10:28 PM |
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# 3633 Enough on One Plate
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Q. In the situation above is there a need to provide a different Seder plate for the son?
A. Horav Dovid Pam and Horav Aharon Miller Shlit'a maintain that one plate at the center of the table suffices.
Horav Shlomo Miller's ....
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Posted 4/7/2022 10:26 PM |
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