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# 2835 On the Wrong Place at the Right Time
If someone is in the bathroom (see question above) and hears the shofar while he is there, is he yotze bediebed (comply after the fact), or does he have to repeat those tekios? Is one even allowed to ...
# 2834 Take a Break?
Should someone who went to the bathroom during Mussaf on Rosh Hashana say asher yotzar, or not be mafsik (interrupt) during tekias shofar and wait until after the last tekia? What about if someone has...
# 2833 Stand on Safe Ground
In our shul the amud at the front is close to an entrance and people often go by. Due to the current covid need to separate and avoid contamination, the Chazan who is very worried has asked that on th...
# 2832 Thanks But Yes Thanks
There are so many tefilot and bakashot during the Yemei Hadin for all our necessities and needs for the coming year. How come we don’t find in the sidur, machzor, or in Halacha sefarim any tefila or ...
# 2831 Who Is To Daven?
When one ovel has already chazaka to daven by the amud of a shul, and then another ovel arrives. If the second one davens louder and is a better ba’al tefilah than the first, can the gabayim refr...
# 2829 Sharing an Answer
An ovel that comes to daven mostly but not always to a shul and gets the amud when he comes. If another new ovel arrives in that shul, should he share with the newcomer, or do we rule that the first o...
# 2830 Sharing an Answer
An ovel that comes to daven mostly but not always to a shul and gets the amud when he comes. If another new ovel arrives in that shul, should he share with the newcomer, or do we rule that the first o...
# 2830 The Selichos Rights
The minhag in our shul is that during selichos days, the one who says selichos also davens for the amud, An ovel has been davening for a while by us, and has a chazoko (established rights) to the amud...
# 2828 Mixed Blessings
Q I take food for seudat shlishit to a friend’s home. The food is all my contribution. When it comes to benching, what is the correct Horachaman to say "Harajaman Hu Yebarech et Ba’al haBay...
# 2827 When It Rains it is still Yours
I daven in a backyard minyan and I also blow the shofar after davening. Last week it began drizzling when I was about to blow. I was wondering, if that would occur during Rosh Hashana, (we are plannin...
# 2826 Blowing Away the Grief
My brother and I are respectively the baal tokea and baal makrei (the announcer of the tekios to be blown), in our minyan for over 20 years. We recently lost our dear mother a.h., and we are going to ...
# 2825 Shelf Life
I ate a blueberry muffin yesterday and today my wife brought back a package of fresh blueberries from the grocery store. They were imported from Argentina. Do I make a bracha of ’shehechiyanu...
# 2824 Falling into Hard Times?
(Re - question 2823 above on a mezuza that almost fell). How about if the mezuza totally fell and was not replaced for at least two months (we were away), do you make a brocho when you replace it?...
# 2823 Getting the Hang on a Mezuza Shaila
Somebody stumbled and hit on my mezuza, and it remained barely hanging only from one single mostly detached nail. It looks as if it can just fall off completely anytime. If I nail it back in place, do...
# 2822 Be Larger Than Life
A severely ill person who has deteriorated lately and now lays in bed constantly and requires help from his spouse even for menial things, such as going to the bathroom. He is a Talmid Hacham and alwa...
# 2821 Answering the Door
Someone who decided not to rely anymore on the city eiruv and is thus placing a tzuras hapesach on his front yard (two posts with a wire on top, that resemble a door frame and thus permit carrying ins...
# 2820 Nuptial Zooming
Can an ovel (mourner) during shloshim (first thirty days) attend a Zoom wedding and wish his close and dear family members his best wishes?...
# 2819 Judging the Judges
Re question 2815 above. Following Horav Miller’s response, why when we do Hatoras Nedarim on Erev Rosh Hashana we address even a Beis Din arranged together from the most simple people present in ...
# 2818 On the Fast Track
A friend of mine is undergoing heart surgery on the Friday before Yom Kippur and won’t be able to fast this year. Since he is very disturbed and upset by this, (it will be the first time in his l...
# 2817 Out of Tune?
I witnessed a baal tokea place a mask over the shofar’s open end when he was blowing to avoid spreading the virus. Is that correct to do?...