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#5857 – Giving Gain to Gone Gebrochts?
See question above. Kvod Rabenu Shlit’a. Where is the source in Halacha of not placing matza during Pesacha in liquids or eating gebrochts?...
#5856 – Know Your Kneidlach
Kvod Rabenu Shlit’a. We have a long time family minhag to eat Kneidlach during Pesach. What is the origin of that minhag, and how important is it?...
#5855 – Lean on a Clean Hotel Room?
Dearest Rabbi. I will be traveling to a hotel for Pesach arriving on Erev Pesach early in the morning. Since I don’t know if there is some chometz cakes or bars left in the room, and I also may arriv...
#5854 – Q. Selling Safely Some Shul Chometz!
Dear Rabbi, Is it correct for a new young and likely only temporary Rabbi from a shul to sell the Chamtez from the shul and that which he bought from the members and others, to the Gentile that always...
#5853 Drink Correctly!
See question above. What is the ideal way to distribute for others from the kiddush cup?...
#5852 Something to Amount?
Kvod Rabi Shlit”a. What is the correct amount of wine to drink for the above and in what span of time?...
#5851 A Golden Becher?
Kvod Rabi Shlit”a. Is there a preference to use a silver becher (cup) for the seder or kiddush when possible?...
#5850 The Watery Wine Way
Kvod Rabi Shlit”a. My father you well know, is organizing a very large Pesach Seder for our large family together. I have a number of questions that if permitted would make the Seder easier to prepar...
#5849 The Pesach Pet Project
Kvod Harav. I have a few pets in my house that usually need grain food. Can I feed my pets with Kitniyot (grains)? Should one sell his pet animal that can only eat kitniyos and feed it also food that...
#5848 – Really No Drinking! How Long?
Just One more question Rov. How long is the time of the prohibition for those who believe on it?...
#5847 – Sink The Drink?
. Dear Rabbi Shlit’a. I heard that tomorrow morning (Friday the 20th of March 2026, at 10.45 AM), is the beginning of the Tekufah of Nisan, the equinox known as the beginning of Spring. I heard that ...
#5846 - Q. Waste or Wasted Information?
Dear Rov Shlit’a I just happened to see a message on Frum Toronto about the special collection of waste for the residents of Vaughan, and that in order to help the Jewish Community prepare for Passov...
#5845 – A St. Patrick’s Shacharis Kiddush?
Querido Rabino. My kids want to go downtown with our not yet Frum neighbors to just watch the St. Patrick’s day parade, is that permitted?...
#5844 - Motzo Matza
Ask Vayikra 86 - Q. Dear Rabbi Shlit’a. Can I eat a “matzebray” made from regular machine square matzos fried with eggs, now less that thirty days before Pesach? It is very important for me and my s...
#5843 Divide and Survive?
See question above. Would it be recommended, since we have place for two minyanim to split the attendants into two groups, or does “Berov Am Hadrass Melech” – having one more numerous group take prec...
#5842 AI or OY VAI?
Dear Rov, As I already spoke to you; you are aware that in our Minyan we are trying to increase the number of members that join. We have a bit of a dilemma. We are trying to attract new young people ...
#5841 Always a Good Shabbos?
Hello Rav. I once heard that we are not suppose to greet each other with "Good Shabbos" once we have davened Mincha on Shabbat afternoon, possibly having to do with the death of Moshe/David/Yosef at ...
#5840 - Finders Keepers?
Shalom, Dear Rabbenu Shlit"a, A week ago, in a kosher supermarket I found an open envelope with no name nor any writing on it. Inside there were two twenty dollar bills. I asked the person who was ne...
#5839 An Embedded Miracle!
Kvod Rabbenu. We all heard the recent news that last Purim there was an incredible significant miracle. After an Iranian missile strike on a synagogue in Beit Shemesh, rescuers discovered shrapnel em...
#5838 - Thanks B”H – But No Thanks?
Dear Rabbi. As you well know my parents live near the Shaarei Shomayim synagogue in North York, which was hit by gunfire late Friday night. Since our family and grandchildren were invited that night ...