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Expand Article # 3497 Testing the Test
Q. Can one take a Covid test on Shabbat that involves the changing of color of the test paper?

A. On questio 23 regarding diapers with indicators that change color when wet, we wrote; Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit'”a is of the opinion that ....


Posted 1/6/2022 10:42 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3496 Dish Out the Dishes?
Q.  After the recent Petirah of our grandparents when their house was sold we began retrieving their left over belongings. We collected a set of expensive dishes that they used many years ago for Pesach, but we could not remember whether t ....


Posted 1/6/2022 10:39 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3495 A Kashi on the Sushi
Q. What is Horav Miller's latest opinion on the bracha on sushi?

A. On question 367 we wrote: The popular kosher Sushi we most commonly consume consists of cooked vinegared rice sushi-meshi combined with other ingredients, usually raw ....


Posted 1/6/2022 10:36 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3494 Happy New Year?
Q. Can one who usually greets first his Non- Jewish neighbors every morning, do so during this time of the year with 'Have a Good Year' or 'Happy Holidays'?

A. On question 695 in regard to responding to a “Happy New Year” greeting, ....


Posted 12/31/2021 1:23 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3493 Same Name Again?
Q. Our daughter, who is having a difficult time finding the proper shiduch, was B'H able to connect recently with a promising candidate. But now a new issue appeared. The name of the mother of the proposed chosson, is the same as hers. Can she now ....


Posted 12/31/2021 1:19 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3492 New Mazal Appraisal
Q.  Our family is very worried about finding the right Shiduch for our daughter, who has been going out for years without success. Is it proper to do a Shinui Hashem or change of name, as we commonly do for, Chas Veshalom, a seriously sick person. ....


Posted 12/31/2021 1:15 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3491 Did He Really Say That!
Q. I have often wondered, the word 'Mesukan,' written in Hebrew, is said on the praises to the Torah, in the Bracha after Kerias Shema every morning. There it is written with a Tav and means fixed or established. If your pronunciation is Sefardi, ....


Posted 12/31/2021 1:12 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3490 Forgot the Name
Q. Someone was asked to deliver a shiur he usually teaches daily, in the name of a sick person for his Refuah Shleima. He did remember that he was asked but couldn't remember the proper Hebrew name given to him, only the family name which he did men ....


Posted 12/31/2021 1:10 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3489 Change the Name and Still the Same?
Q. If someone had to have a name added because of a severe Covid infection, and B'H survived and the added name was kept, does one have to change the name written in the Kesuva and write a new one?

A. Most Poskim maintain that no chang ....


Posted 12/31/2021 1:07 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3488 No Party to this Party
Q. I'm a patient of a great and noble surgeon, who has practically saved my life on a number of occasions. As the Holiday season approaches, his staff and patients, plan to make for him a well attended Christmas party that include a Christmas tree, ....


Posted 12/31/2021 1:04 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3487 Strike a Match
Q.  We own a company that deals with recruiting and employment contacts. We would like to expand to other fields of establishing contacts, since in essence, we already have the infrastructure and computing services to do so.
Is it permitted ....


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Expand Article # 3486 Off or On Vacation?
Q. Is it proper for someone that has the option of taking his vacations during another time of year, to take them now during the week of Christmas and New Year?

A. Some Poskim address this shaila, and maintain that if there is an opti ....


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Expand Article # 3485 Nitel Intel
Q. This year Dec 25 falls on Shabbos, so Nitel will coincide with Leil Shabbos or Friday night. For some of us who carefully keep the Chassidic tradition of not learning Torah during Nitel night, does it apply also on Shabbos?

A. Nitei ....


Posted 12/31/2021 12:59 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3484 Speak from Experience
Q. Our shul is starting a 'Kiruv" outreach program for neighbors who may want to join and become Frum. They are planing to hire a well remunerated professional 'Mekarev' to do the work. They ended with the two best candidates, that as far as the qua ....


Posted 12/26/2021 3:14 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3483 A False Alarm?
Q. Can one program his cell phone to vibrate or turn on its light for a short time in order to wake him up on Shabbat morning?

A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that if the cell phone is not placed next to him and there is no ....


Posted 12/23/2021 11:13 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3482 Don't Brake Down
Q. 3) See questions above. When the Kesuva fell and the frame was damaged, the whole family became very upset. Should they be concerned that the occurrence of the Kesuva falling and the glass of the frame breaking, is an unfavorable and grim Siman ....


Posted 12/23/2021 11:08 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3481 Hanging on the Balance
Q. 2) See question 3480 above. If one could move it, could they have hanged up the frame on the hook still attached to the wall?

A. According to several Poskim it is permitted to rehang a picture that fell on Shabbat as long as the p ....


Posted 12/23/2021 11:01 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3480 The Breaking News
Q. Last Shabbat a sad thing happened to a close friend of mine. He has B'H a large and happy family with many children. He invited to his home a group of guests to join him for the Shabbat meal. One of them accidentally bumped against a prominent fr ....


Posted 12/23/2021 10:54 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3479 Come In On Top?
Q. I have seen people when they take off their Taalis and Tefilin, place the Taalis over the Tefilin since after all it is removed last. Besides, next day one is going to put on the Taalis first, and it should be at hand first so not to transgress o ....


Posted 12/23/2021 10:39 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 3478 From Sea to Shining Sea II
Q. On question 3437 regarding the proper bracha for seeing the sea when traveling by plane, you wrote: "Mishna Berura (2) debates and quotes opinions if the Yam Hagadol is indeed the Mediterranean Sea and is so named because of the importance of ....


Posted 12/23/2021 10:30 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)



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