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# 3127 Didn't Remember To Remember
If one was asked by a friend who is unable to come to shul to say Izkor for his parents, but didn’t open the email or forgot the request. What should he do? Does he have to inform his friend that...
# 3126 A Hard Pill to Swallow II
On a question 3122 above regarding swallowing pills for someone who has to take them during Pesach that may contain Kitniyos, you answered that it is not permitted. I don’t understand isn’...
# 3125 Forgot the Remembrance Light
What should one do if one forgets to light an Izkor candle for parents as he always lights?...
# 3124 Can't Live by Matza Alone
During one of the days of Pesach I had left over a large piece of Shmura Matza from a meat meal; Next day I wondered if I could eat for breakfast cheese with the leftover Matza. Is that permitted?...
# 3123 Seeing Eye to Eye
In 2017 my optometrist, saw a hole in my left retina, and was able to book me in fast, to see a Retinologist, who in turn was able to seal the hole in my retina by laser on that very same day. Failure...
# 3122 A Hard Pill to Swallow?
Someone who has to take pills during Pesach that may contain Kitniyos (grain products that are not true chometz, but Ashkenazim prohibit). Should he preferably place his pill on a glass with water and...
# 3121 Everyone Has Their Praise
After a woman gives birth, does she bench Hagomel or can her husband say Hagomel for her....
# 3120 The Reason to Listen
Our grandfather is living at an old age care facility due to his sensitive health status. We, his grandchildren take turns to visit him and a this time count Sefiras Haomer with him. But sometimes he ...
# 3119 We All Count when We Count Together
We daven in our shul Maariv early after Plag and don’t count sefirah then as it is too early. I join later on a Zoom Daf and I’m trying to convince them to count at the end of the shiur, whe...
# 3118 Weak on the Weeks Too
On the last question, (3117 - when one mentions during the day the Sefira count without any intention to comply with the mitzva), if he also omitted the count of the weeks, will he still be yotze?...
# 3117 I Can't Remember What I Forgot
If I forgot to count sefiras Haomer on the second night, but during the day I commented to my friend how bad my memory is since already on the very second day I lost it. Now since I did mention that i...
# 3116 Affirming the Affikomem
I always wondered why do some people store a piece of the affikomen and keep it after Pesach, since the affikomen is symbolic to the Korban Pesach, should it not be completely consumed during that nig...
# 3115 Close to Closing Down
I am sharing an apartment with someone that has corona in separate rooms. very late at night there was a lady nurse that came in to see him so it was two men and a lady at night. what should I do?...
# 3114 Women's Song Deliverance
I learned in Bais Yaakov of the importance of the Shira and how when said with joy it redeems all sins. Does that apply to women also? What if due to the necessary dedication to my children. I can...
# 3113 The Children's Kerias Yam Suf?
The background of our family is Chasisdic and there was a minhag in the ’Alter Heim’ (the old country) that the Chassidim would during Sehvii Shel Pesach pour some water on the floor and the...
# 3112 Make it Count
If I have an option to daven Maariv at an early minyan and count sefira then which is already after an accepted Zeman, or to daven later and count after Rabbenu Ta’am Zeman, that I usually keep o...
# 3111 Mark Your Early Leave
When one wishes to leave in the middle of davening to go to another shul when they need help with the minyan, what is the earliest one may leave? May one leave after completing the quiet SE, if necess...
# 3110 Long Lean on the List?
I have list of cholim whose names I insert in Shmone Esrei.. How often do I need to ask if the people should still be on the list? What if I can’t contact the person who gave me the name? Are the...
# 3109 Is the Adding Adding Up?
I have a Chassidic friend that keeps in his home almost in every room a luach (calendar) of Sefiras Haomer to remind him and his children to count Sefira. Whenever he goes by any one of them, he count...
# 3108 Life From the Dead?
The Johnson & Johnson Coronavirus vaccine is about to become available in some locations. Since it relies on the use of material derived from human fetal tissue, which is prohibited, since one may not...