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# 3671 Talks to Hear Own Voice
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Q. Regarding question 3658 above, the Rov mentioned that for Sefirath Haomer counting with body signals and even with objects moved by brainwaves is not valid since actual sound waves are needed. How about then using electronic voice vibrators or me ....
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Posted 4/26/2022 10:11 AM |
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#3670 Right from the Beginning
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Q. Can a Bar Mitzva boy that following family tradition puts on Tefilin thirty days before his Bar Mitzva and that falls in Chol Hamoed Pesach, put them on then without a brocho?
A. On a similar question (1033) as follows:. "Following ....
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Posted 4/23/2022 11:06 PM |
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# 3659 Pesach's Last Day Kneidlach Emergency
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Q. This year when the last day of Pesach is Shabbos and eating Kneidlach on that day is a very important tradition in our family. Since we don't eat Gebrochts (Matza dipped in water or matza flour baked, as Kneidlach are), the whole Yom Tov and w ....
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Posted 4/21/2022 2:29 PM |
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# 3658 Count Codes Count?
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Q. Can an elderly and mute person count Sefira by blinking his eyes to signal how many days it is today?
Can a Paraplegic patient that can move his wheelchair using only his brainwaves, use those same waves to count Sefira by moving an object ....
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Posted 4/21/2022 2:03 PM |
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# 3657 Where Are my Children?
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Q. Regarding a complete family with children that converted to Judaism, how does the father comply with the mitzva of 'Vehigadeta Levincha - telling the story of Pesach to his children? (When they convert Halacha rules that they cease being his chil ....
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Posted 4/21/2022 1:19 PM |
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# 3656 The Taste of Things Gone
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Q. This year we ended the Sedorim very late, almost at 5.00 AM. To keep awake can one drink coffee after eating the Afikomen.
Can one use mouthwash after eating the Afikomen?
Kovetz Halochos p. 458 maintains that alth ....
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Posted 4/20/2022 10:50 PM |
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# 3655 Weighing One's Options
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Q. If one is allowed to use a scale for weighing the Matza, does the scale require Tevila in the Mikva?
Some scales offered on line use only a hook or a clip to hold the piece of Matza or Maror, does that make a difference?
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Posted 4/20/2022 10:47 PM |
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# 3654 The Scale of Things
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Q. Is it permissible to keep a mechanical (non-digital) food scale next to the table on the Seder night to measure the appropriate amounts of Matzah and Maror for all those present?
A. Shulchan Aruch 306: 7 rules that our Sages f ....
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Posted 4/20/2022 10:46 PM |
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# 3653 Stands to Reason
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(See question 3652 above) Q. A housewife during the busy serving of the Sedder drank one of the four cups of wine while she was standing did she comply or does she have to drink another cup?
A. Although Shulchan Aruch (O.H. 472: 4) a ....
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Posted 4/20/2022 10:45 PM |
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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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