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# 3335 Supporting the Spouse
Which is the best way for someone who’s wife asked him to be her Shaliach (agent) and represent her at the Hatarat Nedarim (absolution of oaths and promises ceremony) done on Erev Rosh Hashana. I...
# 3334 Earning One's Bread
A lady in Eretz Yisroel that forgot to take off Challah and it’s Leil Sukkos (night of Sukkos) and other bread is not available is there any eitza - (solution to eat the bread)?...
# 3333 A Meal of Trust in Our Father
If on Erev Yom Kippur a person has literally no appetite, as is common in my personal experience especially in the last hours before the fast when I start to become extremely unwell due to anxiety ove...
# 3332 The Giving Answer
Hello Rabbi Bartfeld my name is .... I have Maiser money, and my sister is making a bris and they can use the money. Can I allocate my Maiser money toward the bris expenses?...
# 3331 The Right Side of the Blanket
Re- question 3330 above. Can I cover myself with a blanket while blowing the shofar to minimize the sound and not to bother the other patients in the room? I will try to blow while turning my head dow...
# 3330 The Brief on Brief
I’m going to blow Shofar for a relative of mine in hospital that cannot be moved from his bed. Since there are other non-Jewish patients on that room, the administration from past years experienc...
# 3329 Forgive and Forfeit?
Someone was insulted by a ’friend’ and answered back with a similar insult. As the Yemei Hadin approach and the provoking offender does not seem to be interested in asking ’Mechila’...
# 3328 Don't Give Up
Someone who has been a Baal Tokea for many years but now due to age and health issues finds it a bit difficult to continue. should he still make an effort to be the Baal Tokea if he can still do it we...
# 3327 Sweet and Sour?
Can someone consume mayonnaise on Rosh Hashana since it usually contains vinegar and we are to abstain from bitter foods on that holiday?...
# 3326 The Rules of The Bending
After having read your answer (3322) regarding all the possible Halacha difficulties and problems in buying a Kosher Shofar these days, I went to buy a Shofar at a respectable Judaica store owned by h...
# 3325 A Matter of Record
When someone is blowing Shofar in a hospital and there are cameras with recording machines on, is it correct to do there Tekias Shofar?...
# 3324 Care To Join Us?
See question 3323 above. Someone is walking to his shul on Rosh Hashana or Yom Kippur and as he goes by an outdoor minyan or even a regular small minyan, they ask him to come in and complete the minya...
# 3323 Not Sacrificing For Others?
If one has the choice to daven B’rov Am (large group of attendants) in a yeshiva or to help out a struggling minyan (where it is questionable if there are even ten davening), which is better?...
# 3322 Let The Concerned Care?
Is it correct to announce in shul this Shabbos - Parshas Ki Seitze that we are going to read the Parsha of Amalek, so people can pay attention and have in mind to comply with this Biblical mitzva. Thi...
# 3321 Grab the Shailos of the Horns
If one buys a new Shofar does it need a certificate of Kashrut?...
# 3320 Don't Blow It
Can I use a very old shofar that has been in our shul for many years. Do I have to be concerned that it may not be kasher anymore?...
# 3319 Sacrificing for Others
I would like to thank the Rabbi for setting up this shailes network that gives an accurate Halacha answer from Gedolim like Horav Miller Shlit’a to important shailes and also provides complete an...
# 3318 Not a Good Sign?
Hello Rav, I am Baal Teshuva. I was told that since my grandparents have no frum descendants aside from me, that I should say Kaddish For them on their Yarhtzeit as long as my parents (who are alive) ...
# 3317 Your Wake up Call
Rav Shlomo Miller paskened that it is more important to be from the asara rishonim than to wake someone up for davening, as an alarm clock can be used. if the person says that the alarm clock is not s...
# 3316 Grilling the Grill
My family owns a cottage we use during the Summer months, and we often go away for several days or during weekends. We wonder if we leave on the outside garden a large BBQ grill, if we have to be conc...