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# 3076 Eat One's Matza and Have It Too?
Someone that has a minhag not to eat matza thirty days before Pesach, can he eat then shemura matza left overs from last Pesach that were likely placed on a chometz table during the year and he would ...
# 3075 Shabbos Purim Seuda?
A Q. Someone was eating the Purim Seuda last Friday and drank wine and time went by fast, (he didn’t fall asleep). Then he realized that it was already Shabbos (he davened Mincha before the seud...
# 3074 Giving Trouble
Does one comply with Shalach Monos when giving chomentashn or cakes to a diabetic?...
# 3073 Smell the Shalach Manos?
I have a dear friend that is in hospital and is being fed intravenously as he can’t digest any food. I would like to send him Shalach Manot to rise his spirits this Purim. He complained to me tha...
# 3072 What a Place!
Dear Rabbi I’m a Shaliach that collects for an important Torah institution and I visit Mexico City usually once a year. I read recently and also checked it out, that the downtown of that city is ...
# 3071 That's a Shame
One went to a shul to wish mazel tov to a Rav for a simcha. One planned to stay only a short while at the kiddush, since one has a guest in his house who is waiting for him. However, as one prepares t...
# 3070 Directions for the Phone Directory
Is a phone book muktze during Shabbos? Could it be used then by youngsters to keep the score on games played, (by turning the numbered pages to the desired number), such as Scrabble?...
# 3069 An Eye on Your Apple
If someone recited Haetz bracha on an apple or any other fruit and there was apple sauce in front of him but he did not have in mind to include it, does he have to say a Shahakol bracha on it?...
# 3068 Checking the Bags
I was wondering, when I open my Tefilin bag, as all others I recall seeing, the zipper opens from right to left. The Tefilin Shel Rosh (head Tefilin) are placed on the right and since the Shel Yad (ha...
# 3067 The Robot and the Monkey
In hospitals that already use robots for carrying and delivering meals for the patients, can one place Shalach Manot to be delivered by them to the sick?...
# 3066 The Customs of Costumes
Can one wear a Purim costume when davening?...
# 3065 Don't Just Grab a Garb
Is it correct for children to wear on Purim a costume that resembles King Achasverosh or Haman, who were evil people?...
# 3064 Face the Mask
If one wears for Covid protection a mask, would that qualify as ’Partzufin’ on Purim, or does one have to wear an additional mask?...
# 3063 The Whole Halel Megila?
There are in our days a significant amount of people who due to the pandemic restrictions, will be unable to hear the Megillah reading from a proper manuscript this year, either because they are hospi...
# 3062 The Propitious Purim Poor
If one is approached during Purim by people collecting for matonos laevyonim for the local needy and also for the Aniyei or poor of Eretz Yisroel, what should he choose?...
# 3061 Amount to Something
What are the correct amounts for machatzit hashekel and matonos laevyonim this year?...
# 3060 New Ways of Giving
Can one comply with the mitzva of Matonos Loevyonim (giving to the poor) during Purim when the receiving pauper uses a mobile credit card reader terminal and one offers to him a credit card that will ...
# 3059 A Gift on Time
Shalom Rav, Purim this year will be a rush no doubt. Would it be OK to put A shaloch manos by someone’s door after Shabbos already comes in, right? [If the items are not muksa and can be used/eaten o...
# 3058 A Drinking Problem?
I’m a Yeshiva Bachur (after high school), staying in the Yeshiva for Purim. If my mother asked me not to drink any alcohol during the Purim seuda, do I have to listen to her?...
# 3057 A Child Bonus
Can one give on Purim a few dollars as matanot laevyonim (gifts to the needy), to a child from a family that lost their jobs during the Covid pandemic? Does one have to inform the parents? Is it prope...