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# 2816 The Blood Will Tell
Should one suffering from diabetes and has to undergo multiple finger pricks each day including Shabbos to show current sugar level, make an effort to obtain a Continuous Glucose tester. This tester u...
# 2815 Give a Good Name?
In our shul since there are many learners and kollel people that attend, to avoid embarrassing anybody, when we call for aliyos to the Torah, we name everybody "harav." Since we also have members tha...
# 2814 Timing Is Everything
A couple planning their wedding (a small wedding since it is a second marriage for both and these are still corona times) in the next weeks. Is it better to do the wedding on the third or the last wee...
# 2813 Have a Crack at this Shailah
We were about to blow shofar for the first time this Elul, when the Baal Tokea realized that there was a split or crack of about two inches on the shofar he was given, at the wide end. We were davenin...
# 2812 Pay Attention Now!
If during tekias shofar during the days of Elul one notices someone that is seating down, should he admonish him and tell him to stand up....
# 2811 Don't Blow It
We daven in a backyard minyan these covid times. Some of our neighbors are not very friendly and often complain unjustly to the noise. Now that we are going to start blowing shofar, they probably are ...
# 2810 Teach a Man to Fish
We have a large aquarium at home. If a fish perishes on Shabbat and puts in danger all the other fish. Can one take it out?...
# 2809 Room For Compromise?
If a person is in a yichud situation, (being in the same room with a woman), may he text his friend where he is and tell the friend (who is a few blocks away) to feel free to come over at any time and...
# 2808 Blow the Whistle?
(See question 2807 above) Is it true that there are videos of the Lubavitcher Rebbe encouraging whistling by his farbrengens?...
# 2807 Not Worth a Whistle
(See questions 2804-6 above regarding whistling on Shabbos). Is there any truth in what people say that whistling calls sheiddim?...
# 2806 Mixed Signals
(See question 2805 above). Can one place a small piece of paper between the thumbs, and whistle on Shabbos?...
# 2805 Chew this Over
Can one chew unflavored chewing gum on a fast day. It helps for one suffering from stress and also creates alertness. Does it depend on which fast day?...
# 2804 From Hand to Mouth
(See question above) Can one whistle placing his fingers on his mouth on Shabbos? Can one whistle accompanying a choir on Shabbos?...
# 2803 Whistling in the Wind
Is one permitted to whistle a tune on Shabbos?...
# 2802 First Come First Served
If one has a choice to attend shul either both days of Rosh Hashana or on Yom Kippur (can’t do both, such as they are not letting people in to avoid overcrowding during corona), which is better?...
# 2801 The Waste of a Waste of Space
A person who has a lot of food, a lot of it is good and edible but it is taking up too much space and the landlord or roommate is makpid and upset, is it baal taschis to throw some of it out (some of ...
# 2800 In The Name of Rochel
I just heard that there is an issue on naming a baby girl with the name Rochel. Can that be true?...
# 2799 Building With Pride
Q . Why is the giving of the Torah and Aseres Hadibros read on the Shabbos after Tisha Beav, is there any connection between them?...
# 2798 A Clean Brake
Thanks you for the information. Also can I ask you if I am allowed to wash cloths tonight (Motzei Tisha Beav) and shower and changing the linens. Thanks very much. Have a easy fast, bisuros tovos....
# 2797 Bright And Early Shabbos II
Thank you for the questions and answers which are very good. My only comment is on the first one (2714), regarding summer days when the husband davens early Kabbolas Shabbos, if his wife have to ab...