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# 3718 Giving Plastic Flowers?
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Q. Kevod Harav. We always used in our Shul plant decorations for Shavuot. Some board members suggested to change to plastic ones not only for the monetary savings since they can be reused, but also because it keeps the place clean. Is that permitte ....
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Posted 5/29/2022 5:57 PM |
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# 3717 Planting Decorations
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Q. Before Shavuos can one place plant and leaf decorations on the Aron Hakodesh?
Will they then have to be disposed as mitzva objects like the Hoshanos and Lulabim?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that it depends on t ....
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Posted 5/29/2022 5:54 PM |
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# 3716 Days of Separation?
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Q. For one that usually keeps the Minhag to abstain from marital relations during the 'Shloshes Yemei Hagbalah' (the historical Three Days of Separation prior to Shavuos), have relations this year on Shabbos Erev Yom Tov? (not the Tevila night).
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Posted 5/29/2022 5:47 PM |
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# 3715 Eyes on the Snake
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Q. I met a snake on the sidewalk. Should I grant it the right-of-way, or should I dispatch it safely to death with my heel?
A. Common sense would indicate that it depends on the case and the type of snake. If it is a dangerous reptile ....
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Posted 5/29/2022 5:43 PM |
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# 3714 Torah for All
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Q. Dear Rabbi can our Women Torah Learning Group that meets almost every day for different Shiurim. also learn the night of Shavuot? We would like to join our husbands and children for the early Shavuot minyan. and then eat together the early Yom ....
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Posted 5/27/2022 6:00 PM |
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# 3713 A Victory Day
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Q. Dear Rov Shlit'a is there a problem celebrating Victoria Day by going to a park and watching the fireworks, because of; 'Lo Telchu Bechukot Hagoyim,' (following the traditions of the nations)?
A. Victoria Day is not a religious ....
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Posted 5/23/2022 6:34 PM |
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# 3712 Knowledge on the Tree
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Q. Kvod Horav. As it happened to various of our neighbors after the severe storm last Shabbos some of our trees fell. One fallen tree was blocking the entry to our front yard and home, since we are surrounded by bushes.
We could not go to ....
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Posted 5/23/2022 6:33 PM |
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# 3711 Flawed Tefilas Geshem
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Q. Last Shabbat I was walking to Shul to learn a shiur and daven an early Mincha Gedola. Then the totally unexpected wildest storm struck and when I arrived in Shul I was totally soaked even my underclothes were wet. I was debating if I can stay, ....
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Posted 5/23/2022 6:30 PM |
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# 3710 Who Are You, My Son?
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Q. As we spoke by phone, I was wondering if one of my children does not look at all like his siblings but rather is very similar to a neighbor. do I have to be concerned? Should I do a DNA testing on him?
A. Maharsham (3: 160) rules th ....
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Posted 5/22/2022 6:07 PM |
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# 3709 Have to Get Married
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Q. I'm to be married B'H after Shavuos. Can I get my required marriage license during Sefira days?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that it is permitted.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Dovid Pam, Horav A ....
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Posted 5/20/2022 1:06 PM |
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# 3708 Light The Fires!
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Q. What is the source of people lighting bonfires on Lag Baomer?
A. Sefer Ranu LeYaakov (p. 214) mentions echoing Chassam Soffer, that the source for this very widespread tradition, is the pasuk "Eish Das Lamo' (Devarim 33: 2) that we ....
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Posted 5/19/2022 4:26 PM |
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# 3707 Fit to Light the Candle?
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Q. We have a minhag in our shul that we make a seuda on Lag Baomer and we lite 33 candles, and we honored different people to light. Our shul has B'H grown a lot in the last years and the new board wants to sell the lightning of the candles for mu ....
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Posted 5/19/2022 4:22 PM |
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# 3706 A Happy Yohrzait?
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Q. Kevod Harav. Why is the Yohrzait of Moshe Rabbenu, the Seventh of Adar considered a day of mourning and is kept as the day dedicated for the Chevra Kadisha, while Lag Baomer which is the day we commemorate the Yohrzait of Rabi Shimon Bar Yocha ....
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Posted 5/19/2022 4:17 PM |
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# 3705 Feeling the Burn
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Q. Our Shul saves the Schach, Arovos and Lulavim of Sukos to be used as fire material for the Lag Baomer bonfire. As it is indicated that once a mitzva was done with an object, it should be preserved to be used for another mitzva.
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Posted 5/19/2022 4:08 PM |
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# 3704 Let the Party Begin
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Q. How early can one begin this year (82 -22) when Lag Baomer is Thursday the Simcha by the fireside on Wednesday evening?
A. On a similar question (2189) regarding when one make a Lag Baomer party (with a siyum) on Wednesday night, ....
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Posted 5/17/2022 4:07 PM |
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# 3703 Hide and Seek?
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Q. See question (3702) above. Is one even supposed to watch a lunar eclipse?
A. On question 1419 regarding if one can tell other people about a solar eclipse. we wrote: "On the introduction to Chidushei Hagranat (p. 14- relating the ....
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Posted 5/17/2022 2:38 PM |
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# 3702 A Mask on the Moon
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Q. Dear Rabbi. Since we are going to experience tonight (Sunday May 15 2022) a full lunar eclipse we were wondering if we say a Bracha as we do for other unusual or impacting natural phenomena like lightning or earthquakes reciting 'Ose Ma'ase Be ....
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Posted 5/17/2022 2:33 PM |
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# 3701 Fit and Trim
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Q. Can a woman trim her eyebrows and shave or pluck hairs from her face during Sefirah days, so she will not become unpleasant to her husband?
A. Poskim indeed permit the above when one is dealing with maintaining pleasant family re ....
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Posted 5/15/2022 11:01 PM |
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# 3700 Food for Thought
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Q. A Jewish organization is having a golf day. Can I volunteer, even if the food is not cor supervised, if I do something non-food related?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that you should not attend since others may incorre ....
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Posted 5/13/2022 12:18 AM |
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# 3699 Out of Your Tree?
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Q. Until when can one recite the Birchat Hailanot (Blessing on the blooming trees)?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that it can be recited until the buds turn into an edible fruit.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised ....
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Posted 5/13/2022 12:16 AM |
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