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Real Happy Birthday# 3535
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Q. Is a celebration of a seventy year birthday a Seudas Mitzva that one should attend when invited?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that it is a Seudas Hodayah or a meal of thanksgiving that is given to recognize the good ....
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Posted 1/28/2022 12:18 AM |
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# 3534 In Deep Water
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Q. Shalom Aleichem Rav Bartfeld; Families in Thornhill recently received notice that WAMCO, a company retained by the city of Vaughan, is going to replace mechanical water meters with digital water meters. (See https://www.vaughan.ca/services/resi ....
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Posted 1/28/2022 12:17 AM |
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# 3533 A Bad Egg?
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Q. Is a chicken egg that is missing the yolk and the inside is totally white kosher?
A. P'ri Chodosh (Y.D. 86: 1) rules that the egg should not be eaten. However, if it was mixed with others one can be lenient.
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Posted 1/28/2022 12:15 AM |
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# 3532 identity Unknown
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Q. Hi Rabi, I have a half brother of my father that we don't know if he is still living or not. Due to what would be his age, the most probable answer is that he was niftar (would have been over 120). He used to live in Cuba, and he remained there ....
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Posted 1/28/2022 12:13 AM |
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# 3531 Be in Tune with the Tune
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Q. One of the famous 10 Nigunim composed by the Baal HaTanya is a very simple melody with words. However, the words are two halves of two seemingly unrelated Pesukim:
K'ayyol Taarog Al Afikei Moyim (Tehilim 42:2)
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Posted 1/28/2022 12:07 AM |
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# 3530 Grab a Chair?
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Q. On question 3523 regarding if one is allowed to seat on the chair of an Eishes Chover, we wrote: "Shaarei Tzion quoting Horav Chaim Kanievsky Shlit'a (Hilchos Eishes Chover 17 p. 278) rules that another woman should not seat in that chair.
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Posted 1/28/2022 12:05 AM |
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# 3529 A Clone Alone?
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Q. Re- question 3527 above. Since parties as very interested in the cloning of race wining horses and animals of endangered species in danger of extinction, could someone clone a Parah Aduma? Does a cloned animal maintain all the Halachot of a regul ....
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Posted 1/28/2022 12:04 AM |
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# 3528 Poor Like a Cat
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Q. Hi Rabbi Bartfeld, I hope you and your family are doing well. I am coming to you with a shaila.
I’ve had my cat for close to 12 years, ever since she was a baby. I love her deeply.
On December 24, 2021, the cat had sever ....
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Posted 1/27/2022 11:52 PM |
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# 3527 A Double Talk
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Q Our grandmother Tihayi is very attached to an oldish pet dog whose life is ending. Can one clone that pet to provide her the continuation of a most needed support that seems essential for her will to stay alive.. (Although, dog cloning is extreme ....
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Posted 1/27/2022 2:52 PM |
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# 3526 Not so Fast II
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Q. On question 3515 above in regard to fasting on Tu Bishvat, could the one keeping a Yohrzait Taanis fast next day?
A. Shulchan Aruch (O. H. 568: 9) rules that if the day of Yohrzait for one's father fell on Shabbos or Rosh Chodesh, t ....
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Posted 1/23/2022 4:37 PM |
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# 3525 Always Remember
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Q. On the Six Zechirot we are to remember every day, mentioned at the end of Tefilat Shacharit, the second one reads: 'But beware and watch yourself very well, lest you forget the things that your eyes saw and lest these things depart from your hea ....
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Posted 1/20/2022 10:48 PM |
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# 3524 A Slip of the Pen
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Q. Can one use or even keep a cheap common plastic pen left abandoned in a Yeshiva or shul?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that, if it looks abandoned and does not have any specific siman or identifying mark on it, in need o ....
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Posted 1/20/2022 10:46 PM |
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# 3523 Honor Check
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Q. Is one allowed to seat on the chair of an Eishes Chover?
A. Shaarei Tzion quoting Horav Chaim Kanievsky Shlit'a (Hilchos Eishes Chover 17 p. 278) rules that another woman should not seat in that chair.
A story that illu ....
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Posted 1/20/2022 10:43 PM |
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# 3522 A Self Made Woman?
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Q. I was close to a big Talmid Chochom who was recently niftar. When there was a medical issue (or other issue) in the family, I used to go ask him for a bracha, as the Gemara says "Yeileich Aitzel Chochom". Is there an inyan for me to now go his wi ....
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Posted 1/20/2022 10:41 PM |
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# 3521 Greetings and Consolations
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Q. I will be attending a Shacharis minyan at an Ovel's house, but I have to leave before the end of davening. Can I be Menachem (console) the mourner before davening?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that one should avoid doing so ....
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Posted 1/20/2022 10:39 PM |
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# 3520 The Waters Power
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Q. On question 3496 regarding Kashering a set of expensive dishes that were used many years ago for Pesach, but we it is not known whether they are Fleishig or Milchig, if it is possible to use them; we wrote: "Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opini ....
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Posted 1/20/2022 10:30 PM |
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# 3519 In Tune with the Tune?
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Q. There is a melody in Chabad Chassidus supposedly composed by the first Rebbe that has 4 parts. It is sung on special occasions. I have heard that the Tzemach Tzedek said that it should only be sung on special occasions and that singing it at other ....
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Posted 1/20/2022 10:28 PM |
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# 3518 Hatzlacha on the Bracha
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Q. Is there a Machlokes about whether the brocho on papaya is HoEitz or HoAdomo?
What brocho do you make on okra"
A. 1) On question 1094 regarding the Brocho on papaya we wrote: "The Papaya looks like a tree, it may grow te ....
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Posted 1/20/2022 10:26 PM |
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# 3517 Lick Your Spots?
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Q. Can one lick with his tongue a stain on his jacket on Shabbos to remove it? How about if it is a piece of food that is still edible?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that it should not be done since one will also be cl ....
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Posted 1/20/2022 12:46 PM |
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Posted 1/19/2022 4:30 PM |
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