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Expand Article # 3452 See the Light?
Q. I'm a physician (single) who had to assist on the operation of a patient on a Chanuka night and could not be at home for lighting the candles. I did see a lighted Menorah in the office of a colleague, and said the Bracha of Sheassa Nissim as re ....


Posted 12/2/2021 11:16 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3451 Have Torah, Will Travel
Q. The Mishna Taanis 1:3 says that it took those that lived on the farthest borders of Israel took 15 days to travel to Yerushalaim. Males that lived in Israel are obligated in aliyah l'regel 3 times a year.

Practically, does this ....


Posted 12/2/2021 11:04 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3450 Enlightening the Lightening
Q. Hi. I hope I have the right number. I have a question for a Rabbi. I live in Toronto and I will have to leave my house on Sunday before Chanukah lighting. I will be going to see an event that I have tickets for. I would be home around 10 pm or ....


Posted 12/2/2021 10:50 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article #3449 Juice Back
Q. How much water can be added to grape juice before becoming Shehakol? If I am eating by someone Shabbos day and they add too much water, I am not being yotzi kiddush - does that mean I have to walk out? (They are running out of grape juice and t ....


Posted 12/2/2021 10:42 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3448 On Time?
Q. Where does a yeshiva Bachur light Thursday night when leaving yeshiva for an off Shabbos on Thursday night at 10 pm?

A. Horav Aharon's Miller Shlit'a opinion is that he still lights in the Yeshiva.

Rabbi A. Ba ....


Posted 12/2/2021 10:38 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3447 Thanks A Lot
Q. Is Hakaras HaTov(recognizing and thanking for a favor received) a mitzvah in the Torah?

Last year Chanukah we provided my sons Rebbe with Chanukah Gelt, with a nice hand written card, and we didn't get any response of Thank you. ....


Posted 12/2/2021 10:23 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3446 Enlightening the Converted
Q. May a Gentile studying for conversion light a Menorah with Brochos? May one benefit from his candles?

A. On question 639 regarding someone who is preparing himself to become a Ger (convert) and is already enrolled in a learning ....


Posted 12/2/2021 10:15 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3445 Lip Service?
Q. Why is it correct to say in Shemone Essreh three times a day "Ki Becha Batachnu" or "Because we trust in You," when we know that it is not necessarily always true?

A. On a very similar question (831) regarding why do we say ever ....


Posted 11/29/2021 3:46 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3444 Clean One's Act
Q. Is it correct for Frum people to leave a discarded toilet for street collection sometimes for more than a week, when the neighbors are people who often learn Torah and also say words of Tefila as they walk in the street where that toilet is?


Posted 11/25/2021 11:08 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3443 The Correct Question
Q. In Ta'anis Daf 4a R' Shmuel bar Nachmani says that three people asked Hashem shelo kahogen (incorrectly) and He replied twice kahogen and once shelo kahogen. This seems to imply that we must be "careful what we wish for" lest Hashem respond wit ....


Posted 11/25/2021 10:51 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3442 The Black Sea?
Q. (See questions above) Can one make the Bracha on the sea when seeing it from a plane while traveling at night?

A. Halichos Shlomo (23: 26) maintains that if one sees enough as when the moon shines strongly on it and awakens feel ....


Posted 11/25/2021 10:42 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3441 High Seas?
Q. Can one recite say 'Ose Maase Bereishit' when looking at the sea from the great altitude of a flight at the time one cannot see any details, just a great blue surface ?

A. Although it is preferable to recite the Brocho at the be ....


Posted 11/25/2021 10:34 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3440 A Plane Answer
Q. If one saw the sea from the plane at the beginning of the trip and did not make the Bracha of 'Ose Maase Bereishit' at the time, can he say it latter during the same flight?

A. Betzel Hachochmo (5: 27) rules that all brochos rec ....


Posted 11/25/2021 10:26 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3439 Falling for the Falls
Q. See question above. Does the same apply to seeing the Lake Ontario and the rivers close to Niagara Falls?

A. On question 3288 regarding Brocho does one say if any when seeing first time Niagara Falls, we wrote:
"Horav Shlomo Mi ....


Posted 11/25/2021 10:21 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3438 The Lacking of the Lakes
Q. See question above Q G-d willing, I am planning a trip to Toronto in the near future. Since I will be traveling over the Mediterranean Sea, the Atlantic Ocean, and will ostensibly see Lake Ontario while in Toronto, do I make a separate Brocho up ....


Posted 11/25/2021 10:11 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3437 From Sea to Shining Sea
Q. G-d willing, I am planning a trip to Toronto in the near future. Since I will be traveling over the Mediterranean Sea, the Atlantic Ocean, (and will ostensibly see Lake Ontario while in Toronto), do I make a separate Brocho upon seeing each bod ....


Posted 11/25/2021 10:02 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3436 Don't Ask Alexa
Q. Can one use a computer that follows Alexa or Siri type of vocal instructions do melachot (prohibited works) on Shabbat, if it is programmed to only randomly follow up instructions 50% of the time? Since this scenario is definitely not a Pesik R ....


Posted 11/22/2021 4:01 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3435 Sorry for the Sorrow
Q. Can someone observing Avelus during Shloshim (the first Thirty Days) attend during Shabbos a Sheva Brochos meal of a family member in a shul, to which he also contributed?

A. See Shulchan Aruch (Y.D. 391: 2) that one should not at ....


Posted 11/19/2021 9:36 AM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3434 A Reflection on Sadness
Q. See question above. Can an Avel during Shloshim (the thirty days after the beginning of mourning for a dear one) attend a Melave Malka (meal at the end of Shabbos), in which singing the Zemiros and happy chants of that particular meal if he is ....


Posted 11/19/2021 9:33 AM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3433 A Gut'n Shabbos!
Q. Can an Avel during Shiva who is used to invite a large group of guest on Friday night, while singing and enjoying great food, for the purpose of Kiruv and bringing people close to Judaism, continue to do so while he is in mourning?



Posted 11/19/2021 9:29 AM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)



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