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#5897- Honour Our Mothers Today? Part 1
(Question in ShuI shiur.) Is it permitted and recommended to celebrate Mothers Day?...
#5896 – Going to the Source!
Someone who was balding, did a procedure in Europe where they transplant hair. He now has what seems to be regular hair growing where he was completely bald before. The question is since we know that ...
#5895 - Lag Baomer “Huevos Haminados”
Estimado Rabino. We have a very unusual tradition in our old age family in Mexico, namely we prepare on Lag Baomer huevos Haminados, meaning eggs roasted in onion skins for a long time. I have not se...
#5894 - Shave First and Then Join the Party?
Dearest Rabbi. As the Rabbi knows, Baruch Hashem! I’m attending the first wedding of my very first greatest granddaughter this year on Lag Baomer night. Since I really want to look great for that mo...
#5893 - Now! Join the Party?
Dear Rov, Long Life. I have a number of questions regarding Lag Baomer. 1) Can one join a Lag Baomer party offered by our neighbors on their backyard, done with an open fire and music with guitars t...
#5892 – Where can my Yom Tov Real Party be?
- See question above. Q. Can the Shavuoth party meal of milk sources on Lag Baomer be done in our Shul party room?...
#5891 - Milking Lag Baomer More Dry?
- See question above.- Q. What is the reason for eating a meal of milk sources on Lag Baomer?...
#5890 - Milking Lag Baomer Dry?
Dear Rabbi Shlit’a. I heard that there is a minhag (tradition) to eat a meal of milk sources on Lag Baomer, is that true?...
#5889 - Hartzige Music During Sefira?
Hon. Rabbi, Can one during the Sefira days just sing a song for himself as some do when working or traveling?...
#5888 - Keep On Line!
Hon, Rabbi. Can someone who lost his mother and leads the praying services every day, should also do so on Pesach Sheni or is it similar to another Yom Tov and should avoid it?...
#5887 – - Really! Another Pesach, Another Seder?
See question above Q. What are the traditions that one should keep on this year (2026) on Pesach Sheni (second Pesach) that is also on Erev Shabbat?...
#5886 – One More Pesach – Now More Simcha?
- See question above. Q. I have another question to add. I heard on the comments of a shiur that there is also a mitzva of Simja or joy on Pesach Sheni. Is that correct?...
#5885 – Open the Doors for One More Pesach?
Rabbi. Thanks again for answering and clarifying the different traditions and practices we observe and have in our many communities. I recently noticed a sign in a Shul I visited for a Brit Mila part...
#5884 – Behab Should be Beahaba!
Kvod Rabbenu Shlit’a . I heard on a recent shiur that in the next weeks we are going to commemorate three different days for some to fast or recite special prayers named as Behab. What exactly is it ...
#5883 - - Q. 4219 The Family Tree?
Is it better to wait to recite the blessing on the new fruit of the blooming trees on Shabbos with all the family present and with more people?...
#5882 – The Fruit of The Blessed Tree!
Dear Rabbi. I see that many of my more religious neighbors make a great effort to find a fruit tree that is budding now and recite the proper blessing. Why is that so important?....
#5881 – The Moon Flew Over the Trees
As in other years, our fruit trees start already budding during these days. Since we have guests that we invite for Friday night and they don’t usually have access to proper budding trees, can they re...
#5880 Can this Also Count?
Dear Rabbeinu Shlit"a, Would that be ok to tell someone, for example, that today is chessed shebechessed חסד שבחסד and from that he can understand that this is the first day of Sephirah without menti...
#5879 – Count When You Can?
Moreinu Horav Shlit’a. Can I join during Sefira the Sheva Brochos of a great and close friend when it is during my permitted time, but not his. He isn’t very religious?...
#5878 – A Bed Cover?
Dear Rabbi. If one is already an elder, can he count Sefira with the bracha when already in bed, if he forgot to count before, and it is difficult for him now to get out of bed?...