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# 3337 Resolving the Promises
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Q. Can Hatotras Nedarim be done for a patient in a hospital using a cellphone? Can that be done for the benefit of a wife too?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that in need it can be done for both. See similar ruling in Piske ....
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Posted 9/2/2021 10:59 PM |
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# 3336 Standing Firm?
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Q. Can someone who has difficulty standing, lean on a shtender during Hatoras Nedarim?
A. Hatoras Nedorim should be done on the onset by the requester standing free (Shach Y.D. 228: 9) and not leaning on anything that if removed would c ....
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Posted 9/2/2021 10:57 PM |
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# 3335 Supporting the Spouse
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Q. Which is the best way for someone who's wife asked him to be her Shaliach (agent) and represent her at the Hatarat Nedarim (absolution of oaths and promises ceremony) done on Erev Rosh Hashana. Is it repeated for her? How? Can it be done also f ....
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Posted 9/2/2021 10:55 PM |
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# 3334 Earning One's Bread
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Q. A lady in Eretz Yisroel that forgot to take off Challah and it's Leil Sukkos (night of Sukkos) and other bread is not available is there any eitza - (solution to eat the bread)?
A. It is proscribed to eat from bread from which Challa ....
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Posted 9/2/2021 10:50 PM |
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# 3333 A Meal of Trust in Our Father
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Q. If on Erev Yom Kippur a person has literally no appetite, as is common in my personal experience especially in the last hours before the fast when I start to become extremely unwell due to anxiety over the Yom HaKodosh when the whole year is be ....
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Posted 8/31/2021 5:48 PM |
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# 3332 The Giving Answer
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Q. Hello Rabbi Bartfeld my name is .... I have Maiser money, and my sister is making a bris and they can use the money. Can I allocate my Maiser money toward the bris expenses?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that you may ....
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Posted 8/31/2021 4:46 PM |
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# 3331 The Right Side of the Blanket
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Q. Re- question 3330 above. Can I cover myself with a blanket while blowing the shofar to minimize the sound and not to bother the other patients in the room? I will try to blow while turning my head down ans having the shofar face sideways so it ....
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Posted 8/27/2021 11:12 AM |
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# 3330 The Brief on Brief
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Q. I'm going to blow Shofar for a relative of mine in hospital that cannot be moved from his bed. Since there are other non-Jewish patients on that room, the administration from past years experience is reluctant to permit blowing the shofar on the ....
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Posted 8/27/2021 11:06 AM |
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# 3329 Forgive and Forfeit?
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Q. Someone was insulted by a 'friend' and answered back with a similar insult. As the Yemei Hadin approach and the provoking offender does not seem to be interested in asking 'Mechila' or saying he is sorry. Does the offended have to ask forgivenes ....
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Posted 8/26/2021 10:52 PM |
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# 3328 Don't Give Up
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Q. Someone who has been a Baal Tokea for many years but now due to age and health issues finds it a bit difficult to continue. should he still make an effort to be the Baal Tokea if he can still do it well?
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Posted 8/26/2021 10:49 PM |
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# 3327 Sweet and Sour?
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Q. Can someone consume mayonnaise on Rosh Hashana since it usually contains vinegar and we are to abstain from bitter foods on that holiday?
A. On question 115 we wrote:The Minhag not to eat bitter or sour foods as a Siman or symbol for ....
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Posted 8/26/2021 10:44 PM |
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# 3326 The Rules of The Bending
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Q. After having read your answer (3322) regarding all the possible Halacha difficulties and problems in buying a Kosher Shofar these days, I went to buy a Shofar at a respectable Judaica store owned by honest frum people who I fully trust. I did ask ....
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Posted 8/26/2021 10:38 PM |
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# 3325 A Matter of Record
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Q. When someone is blowing Shofar in a hospital and there are cameras with recording machines on, is it correct to do there Tekias Shofar?
A. On question 3245 we mentioned that in our times it is common to have security cameras outside ....
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Posted 8/26/2021 10:35 PM |
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# 3324 Care To Join Us?
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Q. See question 3323 above. Someone is walking to his shul on Rosh Hashana or Yom Kippur and as he goes by an outdoor minyan or even a regular small minyan, they ask him to come in and complete the minyan; Does he have to join them?
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Posted 8/26/2021 10:29 PM |
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# 3323 Not Sacrificing For Others?
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Q. If one has the choice to daven B'rov Am (large group of attendants) in a yeshiva or to help out a struggling minyan (where it is questionable if there are even ten davening), which is better?
A. On question 3319 regardi ....
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Posted 8/26/2021 10:25 PM |
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# 3322 Let The Concerned Care?
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Q. Is it correct to announce in shul this Shabbos - Parshas Ki Seitze that we are going to read the Parsha of Amalek, so people can pay attention and have in mind to comply with this Biblical mitzva. This is needed since this coming year has an e ....
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Posted 8/20/2021 5:18 PM |
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# 3321 Grab the Shailos of the Horns
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Q. If one buys a new Shofar does it need a certificate of Kashrut?
A. I quote from HaSofer.com:
"The only way you can be sure that you are buying a kosher shofar is if it has a hechsher, certification certificate, physicall ....
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Posted 8/19/2021 11:14 PM |
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# 3320 Don't Blow It
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Q. Can I use a very old shofar that has been in our shul for many years. Do I have to be concerned that it may not be kasher anymore?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit”a opinion is that you should bring it to a competent Rov and have ....
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Posted 8/19/2021 11:11 PM |
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# 3319 Sacrificing for Others
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Q. I would like to thank the Rabbi for setting up this shailes network that gives an accurate Halacha answer from Gedolim like Horav Miller Shlit'a to important shailes and also provides complete anonymity for the people asking them. Yasher Kochache ....
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Posted 8/19/2021 11:07 PM |
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# 3318 Not a Good Sign?
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Q. Hello Rav, I am Baal Teshuva. I was told that since my grandparents have no frum descendants aside from me, that I should say Kaddish For them on their Yarhtzeit as long as my parents (who are alive) are okay with it. My question is: why would my ....
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Posted 8/19/2021 11:04 PM |
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