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Halachic questions answered by Hagaon Rav Shlomo Miller Shlit'a
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6169 - More Real Halacha of a Computer Brain. Really? -
Q. Hon. Rabbi. See question above: What about fulfilling positive mitzvot through brain-computer interface? For example, can one use BCI to lift the arba minim or even to give a ring to a woman in ord...
6168– A Real Halacha Computer Brain? -
Q. Hon. Rabbi. Due to my father’s difficult health paralysis condition, reading on line, I became aware that new technology, known as brain-computer interface or BCI, enables users to interact with co...
6167– The Kosher Fancy Animals? -
Q. Dear Rov Shlit’a. Is it true that animals that are born attached to each other or have an extra head are Kasher?...
6166 – The Wedding Shema?
Q. Rabeinu Shlit’a. As the Rabbi knows, I’m getting married next week. Are there any halachic opinions that nowadays a chassan is exempt from saying Shema after the wedding?...
6165 – A Bracha When Spitting?
Q. Dear Rov Shlit’a. Does one recite a bracha when just tasting food? If one decides to taste food and immediately spit it out, even if it is good, does he make a bracha? How about if one decides to e...
6164 – The Real Bracha for Giving Tzedaka!
Q. See question above. Rabbi Is that really the answer? How about if someone normally, even for very important mitzvot, always recites a blessing?...
6163 – The Blessing of Giving Tzedaka?
Q. Rabbi Shlit”a. I always wondered; most mitzvah acts we do are preceded by a blessing. I always wondered why when we give Tzedaka, we don’t recite a bracha; after all it is a most important mitzva?...
6162 – Once a Ger, Always a Ger?
Q. Dear Rabbenu Shlit’a. We have in our shul a few people that have been part of our minyan for many years. They are proper converts who underwent proper Gerut by the Rabbanut in Israel. Yet lately a ...
6161 – More Animal Shailos!
Q. Dear Rov Shlit’a. I read an article that in Verona, two chicks were born which were attached at the side. It appears that they came from two different egg yolks. They had two heads, two necks, four...
6160 – An Animal Shailah? -
Q. Kvod Horav, I realize that on the over 6000 questions that you have answered with the help of very important Poskim, you have addressed many unusual and new Shailot. I have some that you would like...
6159 - Sarah Imenu Life Length
Q. Dear Rabbi, since the Parsha this week begins with the length of Sarah Imenu’s life (127 years), quoting the numbers separately, is there a reason why and a meaning to those number of years?...
6158 – Strip the Holy Strap? -
(See Question 6152 above) - Q. Dear Rabbi, I recently sent a question regarding new retzuos for my tefillin when on the original ones, the leather is quite stiff and the edges are sharp against my arm...
6157 – The Best Gift of the Guest?
Q. How about if the guest to his home wants to pay or give a great gift to his host, does he still comply with the mitzva? On the one hand, the hosts get clear monetary benefit from hosting. However, ...
6156 – The Best Guest Guess!
Q. Does someone who owns a Hotel or a bed-and-breakfast (tzimmer) fulfill the mitzvah of Hachnasat Orchim when their guests pay them?...
6155 - Honor the Guest?
Q. Kvod Rabbenu Shlit’a. I have a number of questions concerning Hachnasat Orchim, or the mitzva of inviting guest for Shabbat, that is the prevalent in this week’s Parsha of Vaera....
6154 - Promote the Vote! -
See question above. As Horav Shlomo Miller Shlita recommended that all help and proper advice should be given to promote the correct voting, I’m sending you the following instructions....
6153 - Note the Vort on the Vote!
Q. My Dear Rov Shlit’a. I’m traveling outside of Canada. I know as the Rov has mentioned in Shiurim and Shul announcements, and also written on signs that it is a mitzva and obligation to vote for the...
6152 -That Flat Strap?
Q. Dear Rabbi, I have an interesting shaila. I recently purchased new retzuos for my tefillin and as one would expect, the leather is quite stiff and the edges are sharp against my arm. Is it permissi...
6151 -With Real Music? -
Q. See questions above. Is instrumental music permitted during Sheva Brachot in Yerushalaim?...
6150 – Then Why Not? -
Q. See questions above. Why was the above prohibition instituted at that time?...