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6135 – A Dangerous Range Ponder!
Q. See question above. How about if besides the electricity loss, there could be also a danger of fire for the house?...
6134 – The Range Ponder -
Q. Dear Rabbi and Neighbor. What can one do if an electrical stove was left on by mistake on its highest setting on Shabbat\. Can one in some unusual way turn it down?...
6133 – Keep on Crumpling?
Q. See question above. How about permission to crumple an aluminum container that one does not need and is discarding it, and also much needs room in the disposal container?...
6132 – Uncrumple the Crumple?
Q. Kvod Horav Shlit’a. As the Rov is aware I live in an old age home and this question is necessary for me. Is it permitted to restore a crumpled aluminum plate or container to be able to reuse it dur...
6131 – Torah Eternally and Constantly Forever
Q. Kvod Horav, long life. I saw on line recently that there is such a real concept that there should be a 24-hours a Day Non-stop Learning Torah in Yerushalayim, and not a minute where and when the So...
6130 - OY! What a Toy!
Q. Kevod Harav, is there such a thing as a kosher sound system that could be used in Shabbat?...
6129 – The Special Shabbos Mobile Choices
Q. In the above case, is it better if a person drives himself in a wheel chair or if he instead uses a walker, which he must in some parts of the walk actually carry, like the beginning or end of the ...
6128 – The Will of The Wheel Chair? -
Q. Can someone who does not carry any objects during Shabbos even where there is a functional kosher proper Eruv use a wheel chair to be driven or drive himself during Shabbos?...
6127 – Eating on Thanksgiving?
Q. Estimado Rabino. Can we eat as our neighbors do on Thanksgiving their traditional foods of the day which include roast turkey and seasonal produce, such as pumpkin, corn ears and pecan nuts....
6126 – Taking from Thanksgiving?
See question above. Q. What is the origin of this Thanksgiving day, and why should it matter for Frum people?...
6125 - Thanks But No Thanks
Q. Hon. Rabbi. How should Frum religious people react to the day of Thanksgiving?...
6124 Bind The Isru Chag
Q, Rabbi. Does one have to keep Isru Chag in our difficult times?...
6123 Can a Canadian Can be a Can or Can’t?
See question above. Q, Dear Rabbi, could you consult with Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit”a that since we now abode in a very cold city in Northern Canada and we sometimes place a lot of compact Kosher Scha...
6122 Real Rain Rabbinical Reasoning!
Q. Dear Rabbi, greetings. I live now in Manchester, UK, which is known for a really rainy weather, and Sukkot often requires a lot of covering and uncovering of the Sukkah with a waterproof cover. I h...
6121 An International Sukkah?
Q, Can one invite Non-Jewish guest to the Sukkah? I heard in a class that there is either a prohibition or at least an inyan (issue) not to have a non-Jew in the sukkah....
6120 A Dear Shailah?
Q, Dear Rabbi, can one have relations with his wife in a Sukkah?...
6119 Moving along with the Suka?
Q. Rabbi. I often visit people and eat with them in their Sukkah Often also their Sukahd is made of canvas sheets that move with the strong winds common in our Northern Canada town. Do we comply?...
6118 Don’t Rain Out in the Real Rain?
Q. If one has a plastic cover over the schach when it rains, is it better to eat in the Sukkah or in the house? Thanks....
6117 Rain Check
Q. If it rains during Sukkos, if one is wearing a large protective hat and raincoat that covers him and the food too, is he allowed to be machmir (stringent), if he doesn’t mind to sit and eat in the ...
6116 Under The Table
Q, One more question. I also heard on the shiur that one should avoid seating in a Sukkah that has a table that is higher than one meter; is that correct?...