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# 3435 Sorry for the Sorrow
Can someone observing Avelus during Shloshim (the first Thirty Days) attend during Shabbos a Sheva Brochos meal of a family member in a shul, to which he also contributed?...
# 3434 A Reflection on Sadness
See question above. Can an Avel during Shloshim (the thirty days after the beginning of mourning for a dear one) attend a Melave Malka (meal at the end of Shabbos), in which singing the Zemiros and ha...
# 3433 A Gut'n Shabbos!
Can an Avel during Shiva who is used to invite a large group of guest on Friday night, while singing and enjoying great food, for the purpose of Kiruv and bringing people close to Judaism, continue t...
# 3432 Very Last Payment?
Someone receives the benefits and compensation from a spouses life insurance policy. Does one have to give Maaser on those monies received? Can one discount the payments and other costs involved in ac...
# 3431 Be Right On the Money
Is it correct for the Gabaim in charge of a Pushka or Tzedaka collection box place a sign on it that they don’t accept pennies or Tzedaka Vouchers?...
# 3430 A Glance on Stealing
A Shul from where books are taken outside the shul without permission and often not returned, can they place a sign that whoever takes out a sefer without the permission of the Gabaim transgresses the...
# 3429 Bowl Out?
Can I join a Jewish but not religious bowling team group, if I don’t attend their nice party at the end of the season with DJ and cash prizes?...
# 3428 Minds on the Meeting
I am part of a recovery group that meets on Saturdays. I obviously cannot attend but they record the meeting. Would it be a problem to watch on another day, knowing that it was recorded on Shabbos? K...
# 3427 Cut a Brake
Parents who live in a remote community gave birth to a healthy baby boy. There are only two Mohalim available. The first Mohel is not Shomer Shabbos but available to do the bris on the 8th day. The se...
# 3426 What Makes All the Difference?
If it was such a great and unique achievement for Avraham Avinu to keep mitzvos, how come that Rachel and Leah who grew on Lavan’s house were able to do the same when they were so young?...
# 3425 Good as Gold?
I someone has teeth gold crowns should he avoid being chosen as a Baal Tokea during Rosh Hashana?...
# 3424 Out of Condition?
See question above. What if when davening Maariv in shul, as often happens, the Shema is read fast and one may not be careful or able to pronounce all the words properly as is required at least on the...
# 3423 Beyond Doubt
If one davens Maariv right after the Shekia, (sunset, at that time the arrival of night is still in doubt) can he make a T’nai (conditional statement) that he only wants to be yotze (comply) with...
# 3422 Is Someone Listening?
Since Y’kum Purkan was meant as a prayer to be recited by the Chazan, and according to our Minhag, when in Shul only the Chazan says it aloud, does one refrain from saying it if there is no Minya...
# 3421 Give Ta'am to the Ta'amim
Can the Hebrew portions of Kedusha in Uva L’Tziyon be recited without a Minyan? In the absence of a Minyan, must they be recited with the cantillation notes? (Ta’amim). Is this true also for...
# 3420 First to Order
Thank you for explaining to me that it’s OK to be in the Tefillin for the daf in the morning. I was wondering, if I wake up late and I can either make the Zman (time) for davening of Magen Avraha...
# 3419 Tzedaka Begins at Home
See question above. Can she give a portion of her Maaser money to her married sister, or to a sister in law? Can she accept maaser from them?...
# 3418 Like the Baby Sleep?
My married daughters are Kolel wives. Two questions: 1) When one shops with her infant child sleeping in the stroller, often she places food items in the stroller below the sleeping child. Is this a p...
# 3417 Come to the Rescue
Since you are not allowed to touch a Gosses (a patient close to a certain death), lest you speed his death, should one refrain the health practitioners such as nurses from moving or giving treatment t...
# 3416 An Answer to the Nature's Call
Hello Rav, I’m wondering if someone would say the Asher Yatzar Bracha in the morning along with the other morning berachot, even if one did not need to use the washroom yet. One example might be ...