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# 3432 Very Last Payment?
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Q. Someone receives the benefits and compensation from a spouses life insurance policy. Does one have to give Maaser on those monies received? Can one discount the payments and other costs involved in acquiring and maintaining the policy?
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Posted 11/19/2021 9:24 AM |
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# 3431 Be Right On the Money
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Q. Is it correct for the Gabaim in charge of a Pushka or Tzedaka collection box place a sign on it that they don't accept pennies or Tzedaka Vouchers?
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Posted 11/19/2021 9:21 AM |
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# 3430 A Glance on Stealing
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Q. A Shul from where books are taken outside the shul without permission and often not returned, can they place a sign that whoever takes out a sefer without the permission of the Gabaim transgresses the prohibition of stealing and his Torah learni ....
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Posted 11/18/2021 10:30 PM |
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# 3429 Bowl Out?
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Q. Can I join a Jewish but not religious bowling team group, if I don't attend their nice party at the end of the season with DJ and cash prizes?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that it is better to avoid this type of ....
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Posted 11/18/2021 10:15 PM |
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# 3428 Minds on the Meeting
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Q. I am part of a recovery group that meets on Saturdays. I obviously cannot attend but they record the meeting. Would it be a problem to watch on another day, knowing that it was recorded on Shabbos? Kol Tuv.
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Posted 11/18/2021 10:06 PM |
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# 3427 Cut a Brake
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Q.Parents who live in a remote community gave birth to a healthy baby boy. There are only two Mohalim available. The first Mohel is not Shomer Shabbos but available to do the bris on the 8th day. The second mohel is Shomer Shabbos but is not avail ....
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Posted 11/15/2021 4:01 PM |
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# 3426 What Makes All the Difference?
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Q. If it was such a great and unique achievement for Avraham Avinu to keep mitzvos, how come that Rachel and Leah who grew on Lavan's house were able to do the same when they were so young?
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Posted 11/15/2021 3:40 PM |
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# 3425 Good as Gold?
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Q. I someone has teeth gold crowns should he avoid being chosen as a Baal Tokea during Rosh Hashana?
A. On question 2863, regarding women wearing gold jewelry on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, we wrote: "Ritva (Rosh Hashana 26b) ....
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Posted 11/11/2021 2:52 PM |
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# 3424 Out of Condition?
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Q. See question above. What if when davening Maariv in shul, as often happens, the Shema is read fast and one may not be careful or able to pronounce all the words properly as is required at least on the onset. Can he then have in mind the condi ....
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Posted 11/11/2021 12:02 PM |
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# 3423 Beyond Doubt
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Q. If one davens Maariv right after the Shekia, (sunset, at that time the arrival of night is still in doubt) can he make a T'nai (conditional statement) that he only wants to be yotze (comply) with Shema he is saying now, only if he forgets to ....
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Posted 11/11/2021 12:00 PM |
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# 3422 Is Someone Listening?
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Q. Since Y'kum Purkan was meant as a prayer to be recited by the Chazan, and according to our Minhag, when in Shul only the Chazan says it aloud, does one refrain from saying it if there is no Minyan?
A. Most Sidurim instruct tha ....
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Posted 11/11/2021 11:31 AM |
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# 3421 Give Ta'am to the Ta'amim
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Q. Can the Hebrew portions of Kedusha in Uva L'Tziyon be recited without a Minyan? In the absence of a Minyan, must they be recited with the cantillation notes? (Ta'amim). Is this true also for women saying it at home (since we didn't know for s ....
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Posted 11/11/2021 11:23 AM |
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# 3420 First to Order
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Q. Thank you for explaining to me that it's OK to be in the Tefillin for the daf in the morning. I was wondering, if I wake up late and I can either make the Zman (time) for davening of Magen Avraham, or attend our Daf Yomi shiur. Should I attend ....
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Posted 11/11/2021 11:16 AM |
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# 3419 Tzedaka Begins at Home
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Q. See question above. Can she give a portion of her Maaser money to her married sister, or to a sister in law? Can she accept maaser from them?
A. Tzedaka is to be given with priority to family members.
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Posted 11/11/2021 11:09 AM |
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# 3418 Like the Baby Sleep?
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Q. My married daughters are Kolel wives. Two questions: 1) When one shops with her infant child sleeping in the stroller, often she places food items in the stroller below the sleeping child. Is this a problem?
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Posted 11/11/2021 11:00 AM |
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# 3417 Come to the Rescue
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Q. Since you are not allowed to touch a Gosses (a patient close to a certain death), lest you speed his death, should one refrain the health practitioners such as nurses from moving or giving treatment that may shorten the life of the Gosses?
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Posted 11/5/2021 1:18 PM |
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# 3416 An Answer to the Nature's Call
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Q. Hello Rav, I'm wondering if someone would say the Asher Yatzar Bracha in the morning along with the other morning berachot, even if one did not need to use the washroom yet. One example might be if a person woke up in the middle of the night, ....
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Posted 11/4/2021 5:32 PM |
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# 3415 Take Another Seat
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Q. An individual during the time of Avelus and as part of it, has to undergo Shinui Makom or the change of one's everyday established place in shul to a different unusual one. Can an Avel when he needs his original place, because after a fall ....
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Posted 11/4/2021 5:20 PM |
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# 3414 Is It Time to Call it a Day?
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Q. Can one apply in case of need the principle of Miktzas Hayom Kekulo, or part of the day counts as the whole day, to end shiva to the night of the seventh day, before davening in the morning as it is usually done? It will make a difference to ....
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Posted 11/4/2021 5:08 PM |
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# 3413 Saving a Life
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Q. Can one restrain the body of a terminally ill unconscious patient from getting I.V. fluids, when the doctors maintain that the temporary live will be extended if this is done?
A. On question 356 regarding an elderly terminally il ....
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Posted 11/4/2021 5:00 PM |
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