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# 3572 Get a Hand on This
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Q. See question above. I remember once by the Seuda of Purim that a guest walked in carrying a Megila and a Rabbi told him to put it away, since if he or others touch it after they washed hands for the Seuda, they will have to wash again. Is that ....
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Posted 2/24/2022 11:50 PM |
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# 3571 Hands Off?
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Q. Dear Rov, I heard that you are not allowed to touch a Megila without first washing hands, is that really true?
A. Shulchan Aruch (147: 1) rules that one should not touch a Sefer Torah with his bare hands. Remah (ibid) adds that there ....
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Posted 2/24/2022 11:33 PM |
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# 3570 A Sweet Pill
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Q. (See questions above). If one takes one pill to remove the pain, and another one to make one fill better, as an elixir (recommended by the doctor), is that permitted also in Shabbat?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that ....
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Posted 2/24/2022 11:31 PM |
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# 3569 No Short Cuts?
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Q. See question above. Can one cut the pill in half with a knife? If exact measurement is needed, can it be cut with a pill cutter?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that a pill cutter cannot be used on Shabbos.
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Posted 2/24/2022 11:28 PM |
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# 3568 The Law of the Tablets
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Q. I know that someone who is sick enough to have to lay in bed can take take pills for pain during Shabbat . If one has difficulty in swallowing the pills can they be dissolved in a liquid?
A. Shulchan Aruch (O. H. 321: 12) rules th ....
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Posted 2/24/2022 11:26 PM |
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# 3567 Know Your Foe
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Q. K'vod Harav. So much was said and expressed in drashot and lectures again and again last week on being careful with the cell phones and the internet with the children and spouses. How important is it for one that does not know much about how th ....
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Posted 2/20/2022 9:32 PM |
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# 3566 Net Results
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Q. I have been listening during the last week to all the very negative issues and problems that can happen when using internet dependent groups such as Whats App. I wonder, we have such a group that engages in helping elderly and ill people by using ....
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Posted 2/17/2022 10:33 PM |
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# 3565 A Women Talk?
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Q. When using my smart phone, I often speak to it asking for all kinds of information. I usually address Siri. Is there any Tzenius problems or issues in talking to these electronic voice women on the phone?
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Posted 2/17/2022 10:30 PM |
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# 3564 Groundhog Hogwash
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Q. We have in our neighborhood a Groundhog Day celebration done for kids, that looks like lots of fun. Can our children attend?
A. Groundhog Day, in the United States and Canada, day (February 2) on which the emergence of the groundh ....
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Posted 2/17/2022 10:27 PM |
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# 3563 The Disease to Please?
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Q. I'm a Frum father living in a building where most of the neighbors are Jewish some Frum and some not so much. All neighbors joined a WhatsApp link and it has so far worked nicely to unite the neighbors and solve common building issues.
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Posted 2/17/2022 10:25 PM |
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# 3562 Under Protest
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Q. I'm an active Rabbi of a Toronto congregation and I keep on wondering why the leading Rabbanim or Torah organizations have not expressed publicly the Torah view on the Trucker's protest so prevalent in Canada and what position should Torah follo ....
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Posted 2/17/2022 10:23 PM |
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# 3561 Seasons Greetings
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Q. Rov. Another question for a Happy Purim Katan. Is it true that the spirit of the great Purim also rests on the small one? Should one great another on Purim Kattan with the blessing of a "Frailechn Purim"?
A, Nitei Gavriel (Purim 16: ....
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Posted 2/17/2022 10:20 PM |
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# 3560 A Real Feast
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Q. If a group of friends makes a Seudas Purim Koton is it considered a Seudas Mitzva that one invited should attend?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that if the participants say Divrei Torah and sing songs of prize to Hashem ....
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Posted 2/17/2022 10:18 PM |
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# 3559 Trim Purim?
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Q. Happy Purim Rov. If someone does not usually wash and eat bread during weekdays, should he do so on Purim Katan? Should one also eat meat and drink wine?
A. Rema (O.H. 697: 1) writes that our minhag is to augment (Leharbos) on the m ....
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Posted 2/17/2022 10:16 PM |
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# 3558 Early Fasting?
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Q. I have Yohrzait on Purim Katan for my mother A'H. The minhag of our family is to fast on a Yohrzait for parents, but on this occasion I was told I should not fast. Would it be correct then to fast the on Taanit Esther, the day before, since it i ....
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Posted 2/14/2022 4:28 PM |
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# 3557 Face the Change
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Q. On question 3545 the Rov dealt in an outstanding way with the new wave of most unusual and shailes we can't even imagine and now are actually possible or soon to be so. I was present at the seminar in which the dangers of the internet were expose ....
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Posted 2/13/2022 4:44 PM |
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# 3556 Special Delivery
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Q. Is it permitted or even recommended for a husband to be present when his child is born to provide support and encouragement to his wife during a difficult labor?
A. Minchas Yitzchok (8: 30) recommends that the husband should not be ....
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Posted 2/11/2022 12:54 PM |
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# 3555 An Early Kiddush
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Q. Nice to talk with you, can you please let me know what is the earliest you can do Kiddush Levana. Thx.
A. On question 3279 regarding Kiddush Levana with a minyan after Tisha BAv ends, but before 72 (minutes after sunset, which is t ....
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Posted 2/11/2022 12:51 PM |
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# 3554 Only Men Must Not Forget?
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Q. Is it true that women don't have to be concerned with doing things that can cause forgetfulness (Kosho Leshikcho), such as eating olives, observing the face of the dead, reading a matzeiva or eating leftovers from animal food, since they are not ....
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Posted 2/11/2022 12:48 PM |
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# 3553 Becoming Possessed?
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Q. Kvod Horav I recently heard something that I found very disturbing. I was told that the 'Neshama Yeseira' or added soul that one acquires during Shabbat, can actually be the soul of another once living being such as a Tzadik or a forefather tha ....
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Posted 2/11/2022 12:44 PM |
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