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#5461 - Hashem Help Us!!! Our Cry on This Shabbos.
Dear Moreinu Horav, as you are familiar with our group of young bachurim studying in a Yeshiva High School, I was asked to send you this question. Our group has many family members in Israel, an...
#5460 - Fast or Feast?
Rabenu Shlit”a, Can I attend a wedding on this coming Monday (June 16. 2025) the 20th of Sivan? On question 1095 we wrote: “Q. I have a close friend that is getting married this Sunday, the 20 of...
#5459 Screening the Screens?
Is it permitted to place on the entrance to the shul area of davening, against a side wall on the back a large screen that contains all the information for davening times as well as shiurim and other ...
#5458 No Equal Rights? Really???
Is it true that there are opinions that the shiurim (amounts) for the eating of mitzvos and benching, are different for women than men?...
#5457 Devote to Vote?
Dear Rov. Elections in Lakewood N.J. are next week (April 10). I live in Toronto, do I have to make an effort to vote since I can if I try? What is HoRav Shlomo Miller opinion?...
#5456 No More Info Vaccum
Kevod Horav Shlit”a Can one stand on a vacuum cleaner that was left next to a bookcase, to reach a high sefer to learn on Shabbat, after all it is muktza?...
#5455 Expanding the Chupa?
Rabenu Hachasuv Shlit’a. Thanks for your answer on the chupa for the Sefer Torah. It is me again and we were all wondering, since the spring and summer days are here, if the same principle of open...
#5454 - A Motion to Permit a Motion Detector
Dear Rabbi, Is there an issue walking past a motion-sensor LED light that is always on but increases its brightness when you walk by it? It should be noted that it is possible to see and walk even whe...
#5453 – Torah Has Always The Great Beginning!
See above question. Since our shul’s large ladies group is very interested in starting a cycle of women shiurim and conferences, is this week Parshat Behaaloscha the right correct time?...
#5452 – An Important Parsha for Women?
Kevod Harav Shlit”a. I just overheard in a women’s Torah shiur that there are opinions in the Sifrei Kabbalah that this week’s Parshat Behaaloscha is especially significant and important to women, why...
#5451 - A Real True Kidush Hashem Blessed Sarifice!!!
Kevodo, This week we experienced a really great sign and message of Hashem. As recorded in YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem: “It was the bodies of two hostages which were recovered in a daring military op...
#5450 A Non - Blessed Death!
Dear Rabino, Larga Vida. In our community down south in the continent, we have a Cohen who was suffering from a very dangerous severe viral infection. He was warned by his doctors to stay home and not...
#5449 A Truly Great Beginning
In our great Shul, a great well to do member donated a beautiul Sefer Torah and decided to make the ceremony as it is appropriate on the second day Shavuot. As customary they used a Chupa or Canopy to...
#5448 Getting Our Acts Together
Hashem Bless you Rov. I once did early mincha/marriv erev Shabbat to take Shabbat in early, and when we got to my host’s home (well before shekiah - sunset), he found out his wife had not lit can...
#5447 – B”H, Not another Last Meal Question!
One more question, I have seen people that on Isru Chag collect all old sefarim and Torah discarded papers also from yeshiva and school attendants and take them to the Geniza on Shavuot Isru Chag, is ...
#5446 - Truly! Where is the Real Last Meal question?
See question above. In our difficult times should we maintain the above tradition?...
#5445 - More of the Last Meal, Really???
See question above. How really important and meaningful is to eat and celebrate the special meal of Isru Chag?...
#5444 The Very Last Meal?
Should one make a special meal on Isru Chag (the day after the end of Yom Tov) with meat and wine? What is Horav Miller’s opinion? Does he himself do it?...
#5443 - Feast or Fast Day?
Thank you for your prompt and great answer Rov. Does this extra seuda apply in our days when we have most of our family in Israel and their situation is really difficult?...
#5442 A First Last Meal
Kvodo Shlit’a. How really important is it to make a seuda or special meal today on Isru Chag...