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# 3073 Smell the Shalach Manos?
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Q. I have a dear friend that is in hospital and is being fed intravenously as he can't digest any food. I would like to send him Shalach Manot to rise his spirits this Purim. He complained to me that he dislikes the smell in his multiple people ro ....
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Posted 3/5/2021 1:04 AM |
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# 3072 What a Place!
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Q. Dear Rabbi I'm a Shaliach that collects for an important Torah institution and I visit Mexico City usually once a year. I read recently and also checked it out, that the downtown of that city is full of buried corpses. I'm a Cohen and I do visit ....
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Posted 3/2/2021 10:21 PM |
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# 3071 That's a Shame
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Q. One went to a shul to wish mazel tov to a Rav for a simcha. One planned to stay only a short while at the kiddush, since one has a guest in his house who is waiting for him. However, as one prepares to leave, the Rav gets up to speak, and one fee ....
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Posted 3/2/2021 10:15 PM |
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# 3070 Directions for the Phone Directory
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Q. Is a phone book muktze during Shabbos? Could it be used then by youngsters to keep the score on games played, (by turning the numbered pages to the desired number), such as Scrabble?
A. In principle a phone book is muktza since it is ....
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Posted 3/2/2021 10:08 PM |
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# 3069 An Eye on Your Apple
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Q. If someone recited Haetz bracha on an apple or any other fruit and there was apple sauce in front of him but he did not have in mind to include it, does he have to say a Shahakol bracha on it?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion ....
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Posted 3/2/2021 10:00 PM |
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# 3068 Checking the Bags
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Q. I was wondering, when I open my Tefilin bag, as all others I recall seeing, the zipper opens from right to left. The Tefilin Shel Rosh (head Tefilin) are placed on the right and since the Shel Yad (hand Tefilin), which we put on first are on the ....
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Posted 3/2/2021 9:51 PM |
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# 3067 The Robot and the Monkey
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Q. In hospitals that already use robots for carrying and delivering meals for the patients, can one place Shalach Manot to be delivered by them to the sick?
A. Chashukei Chemed (Megila 7a) quotes a story of A Rov that complained to the ....
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Posted 2/28/2021 12:11 PM |
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# 3066 The Customs of Costumes
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Q. Can one wear a Purim costume when davening?
A. Shulachan Aruch requires that one davening the Amida, to be dressed properly as if he would be standing facing a king.
Therefore, Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion ....
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Posted 2/28/2021 12:07 PM |
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# 3065 Don't Just Grab a Garb
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Q. Is it correct for children to wear on Purim a costume that resembles King Achasverosh or Haman, who were evil people?
A. See question 3064 above regarding the sources and reasons for wearing attires and disguises on Purim.
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Posted 2/28/2021 12:03 PM |
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# 3064 Face the Mask
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Q. If one wears for Covid protection a mask, would that qualify as 'Partzufin' on Purim, or does one have to wear an additional mask?
A. On question 1279 regarding Rema's ruling (695: 2) that you have to wear Shabbos clothing on Purim ....
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Posted 2/25/2021 10:27 PM |
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# 3063 The Whole Halel Megila?
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Q. There are in our days a significant amount of people who due to the pandemic restrictions, will be unable to hear the Megillah reading from a proper manuscript this year, either because they are hospitalized and the ones who can read for them ar ....
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Posted 2/25/2021 10:19 PM |
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# 3062 The Propitious Purim Poor
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Q. If one is approached during Purim by people collecting for matonos laevyonim for the local needy and also for the Aniyei or poor of Eretz Yisroel, what should he choose?
A. Rambam (H. Matonos Aniyim 7: 13) based on Sifri (Devarim 15 ....
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Posted 2/25/2021 10:08 PM |
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# 3061 Amount to Something
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Q. What are the correct amounts for machatzit hashekel and matonos laevyonim this year?
A. On question 1024 and 2572 we wrote: Rema (O.H. 694: 1) rules that we donate besides Matonos Laevyonim, also Machatzis Hashekel, but the amounts ....
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Posted 2/25/2021 10:00 PM |
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# 3060 New Ways of Giving
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Q. Can one comply with the mitzva of Matonos Loevyonim (giving to the poor) during Purim when the receiving pauper uses a mobile credit card reader terminal and one offers to him a credit card that will be charged immediately?
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Posted 2/25/2021 9:52 PM |
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# 3059 A Gift on Time
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Q. Shalom Rav, Purim this year will be a rush no doubt.
Would it be OK to put A shaloch manos by someone’s door after Shabbos already comes in, right? [If the items are not muksa and can be used/eaten on Shabbos? ]
Can we drop off a bunch ....
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Posted 2/25/2021 9:42 PM |
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# 3058 A Drinking Problem?
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Q. I'm a Yeshiva Bachur (after high school), staying in the Yeshiva for Purim. If my mother asked me not to drink any alcohol during the Purim seuda, do I have to listen to her?
A. Halichos Shlomo (19: 25) maintains that one should ....
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Posted 2/22/2021 10:46 PM |
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# 3057 A Child Bonus
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Q. Can one give on Purim a few dollars as matanot laevyonim (gifts to the needy), to a child from a family that lost their jobs during the Covid pandemic? Does one have to inform the parents? Is it proper to do so?
A. Aruch Hasulchan (6 ....
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Posted 2/22/2021 10:42 PM |
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# 3056 Change One's Tune
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Q. Kvod Harav, In the Shul where I daven (and several other places), during the Chazaras Hashatz sometimes there are people who sing along the words of Shmonei Eisrei along with the Chazan. When I am Davening for the Amud, I find this very disturbing ....
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Posted 2/22/2021 11:49 AM |
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# 3055 The Real Spirit of Purim
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Q. I heard that Horav Miller advised this year due to the recommended health restrictions to avoid making large Purim seudos and parties. How about inviting people that don't have where to eat their seuda and would end up eating it alone?
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Posted 2/21/2021 9:57 PM |
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# 3054 First Come First Served?
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Q. See above question (3053). Which of the two mitzvos mentioned (gifts to the poor and shalach manos) should one do first on Purim?
A. Although the posuk mentions Mishloach Manos before Matonos Laevyonim, (Esther ). Shulchan Aruch pres ....
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Posted 2/21/2021 9:51 PM |
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