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6114 - Roll for Cover
Q On Sukot, we use a roll of a plastic sheet as a shlack to cover the suka when raining. Does the width of the roll count for the tefach (10 cm.) needed to be spread out before Yom Tov?...
6113 - Rise a Shailah
Q. Can one eat rice cakes out of the Sukkah?...
6112 - Heavenly Smell?
Q. Is it permitted to use as schach for the suka, flowers that have a good smell?...
6111 - Hashem’s Gift to Women!
Q. Since eating on Erev Yom Kippur is a mitzva that is time sensitive, should the wife join her husband also at the late supper? (See question 1861 above.)...
6110 – Good Food for The Good Yom Tov?
Added to above question,...
6109 - Good Yom Tov Is Good
Dear Rabbi what blessing do we tell the people in shul after davening besides have a good year; do we say “Good Yom Tov?”...
6108. More Never Say Neder!
Thank so much for your answer. As I always understood, there are more meanings and reasons for Kol Nidrei, such as more Holy feeling and great holy Kavanot?...
6107 . Never Say Neder!
Kvod Horav, what is the real meaning of Kol Nidrei in our days, since we already recited Hatarat Nedarin before?...
6106. Chickening Out Of Kapores
Dear Rabbi, we ordered on line a live chicken this year to do Kaparot, which we never have done before. However, the chicken did not make it until we needed it; can we do Kaparot with the dead chicken...
6105. Dear Rabbi long life.
What is the real meaning and need of Kol Nidrei? Don’t we do anyway Hatarat Nedarim in our minyan?...
6104 – Real Kiddush for The Most Kaddosh Day?
Shana Tova Dear Rabbi. As the Rabbi knows do to my medical condition, as the Rabbi himself ruled, I should not fast even on Yom Kippur. I’m wondering if I have to eat, do I have to recite a Kiddush as...
6103 – More Complete Teshuva!
Q. Do the old mezuzah cases and mezuzah wrappings be treated as sacred material and require genizah, interment, after their use.?...
6102 – Complete Teshuva?
Q. Should the nails, screws and tape previously used to affix the mezuzos be discarded? If still working should they be saved and reused? Is it better to get new nails and tapes?...
6101 - The Reuse Use! - See question above
Q. When removing the old mezuzah cases, should they be reused or is it better to get new ones that are nicer?...
6100 - Removing Mezuzos when Moving II
Q. Re- removing a mezuza at the end of a tenancy. If it is a large Jewish owned rental building, but the tenants are not necessarily all Jewish (the majority is) or religious, do I take my Mezuzohs wi...
6099 – The Lengthy Long View
Q. Why do we not see in our synagogues the blowing of the long shofar, that seems to be more beautiful than the customary short ones? What is the source of those nice shofars?...
6098 - Not a Nice Noise?
Q. My dearest Rabbi and friend. As you well know I go to blow shofar to some of my neighbors who are elderly and unable to come to shul. Yet a number of his great young grandchildren are also present ...
6097– Blow Your Own Horn?
Q. Is it a greater mitzva for one to blow the Shofar himself, when one is well trained and knowledgeable in the Halachot, than just to hear it from someone else?...
6096 – An Invitation. - Respected Rabbanim
Tashlich, On our private property which is for residents only, there a beautiful pond with a waterfall that abounds with fish and flora. It is a very fragile ecosystem....
6095 - Who Blew It?
Q. Hon. Rabbi We have a debate in our shul if we should maintain our elderly shofar blower for many years with a younger more crafty and capable one. What is the correct thing to do on the days that p...