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# 3295 A Clean Break
Someone traveling by plane can he face the bathroom wall or door while davening?...
# 3294 On Camera
Is it permitted to be an Uber driver if one has to drive women passengers at night in deserted streets. due to the prohibition of Yichud (seclusion) with individuals of the other gender? How about ...
# 3293 Cover Story
See question above. Can the same setting of a Mechitza made by people standing next to each other be used in the house of an Avel, where a minyan takes place, and some women present in the same living...
# 3292 What a Cover Up!
Some cemeteries in Latin American cities, due to zoning restrictions, are located on very poor and crime ridden neighborhoods. It is not unusual to find garbage or feces thrown over even relative high...
# 3291 True Undivided Love
Sefer Haikrim writes that true love is only when it is undivided and totally dedicated only to one entity. He thus explains the closeness and following of Hashem Echad, He is the only One with Veahavt...
# 3290 It's All About Love
Recently we learned in the parsha the greatest mitzva of loving Hashem mentioned in the Shema. How can one be commanded and compelled to love anything? After all love is fundamentally a feeling of th...
# 3289 The Lacking of the Lakes
My friend is visiting first time Canada and has never seen Lake Ontario, should he say a blessing on it?...
# 3288 Blessing the Forces of Nature
What Brocho does one say if any when seeing first time Niagara Falls?...
# 3287 Thanks in Advance?
Somebody traveled by plane on Motzei Shabbat on this last Tisha Beav that fell on Sunday. When should he have said the bracha of Hagomel?...
# 3286 Be in Safe Hands
Can one that disinfected his hands with the commonly used hand sanitizer that contains glycerin and ethanol touch food, without any concern of kashruth?...
# 3285 Good News for Good News
My daughter is finishing High School and plans to attend college and get a bachelor’s degree in journalism, and communications, since her dream is to become a reporter. Should we discourage her s...
# 3284 Step Into your Shoes
My mother was very careful not to let her children walk around the house while wearing only socks. Is there a source for such a minhag?...
# 3283 Don't Paint Yourself into a Corner
If someone has a pair of tefillin that have some scratches on the batim, which expose a lighter colour underneath, can he use a black marker to touch up the tefillin himself, or is he obligated to tak...
# 3282 First Things First
Q Hi. I am embarking on my teaching career at a frum girls’ school and I wish to be in lemudei kodesh. I have one offer to teach Chumash but unexpectedly received another offer to teach biology ...
# 3281 His Head Light Bulb Was Off?
I was attending some time ago a chupa and I witnessed something strange.The Shamash used a (presumably burnt out) light bulb as the glass keli (utensil) the Groom was to step on and brake at the end o...
# 3280 A Repeated Answer of One's Prayers
If one already davened and is in a shul where they are davening, should one say over Ashrei or Shema if it’s Tisha B’Av when we don’t learn or say Tehillim?...
# 3279 An Early Reach for the Moon
Can you say Kiddush Levana with a minyan after Tisha BAv ends, but before 72 (minutes after sunset, which is the opinion of Rabbenu Tam) if you are makpid (careful) to wait 72 for other things?...
# 3278 Sing Another Tune?
This year (5781) when Shabbos Chazon was Erev Tisha Beav, after benching on Shaleshudes before the Shekia (sunset), can one still sing Zemiros of Shabbos?...
# 3277 Up to Date
Can a dating couple wear Shabbos clothing when dating during the Nine Days?...
# 3276 A Happy Birthday?
Do the attendants to the shul say Mazal Tov to the Bar Mitzva boy or is it like all other salutations and greetings that are prohibited on Tisha Beav? Can he receive gifts then? I must mention th...