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# 2697 A Free Gift?
(See question 2696 above). Do I have to give maaser from the present?...
# 2696 Remains to be Seen
Someone gave me money for Yom Tov expenses. (He gave me more than necessary, especially since I ate out by some of the meals.) May I spend whatever is left over on other things (including future Shabb...
# 2695 Beat the Heat
Someone left on Shabbos by mistake the crock pot on high, and the cholent will likely burn out. If it has a light that shows when the heat is on, can one turn down the level of heat when it is off on ...
# 2694 Not The Same Brocho
You answered (question 2693) that a wife can recite the brachot of Elokai Neshama and Hamaavir Sheina on behalf of her husband, who didn’t sleep on Shavuos night. Can she also recite the bracha f...
# 2693 A Blessing Wife
It is likely that many will be learning and davening alone this Shavuos. (And when someone stays awake the complete night, he should not recite certain brochos. He then usually asks another person who...
# 2692 Standing for Her Husband
My husband o"h, who passed away l"a recently in the terrible pandemic, was for many years very close to his Rov, as I was too. My husband always made a point to go and visit his rebbe during Yom Tov. ...
# 2691 Call a Visit
Can one comply with the mitzva of Kabolas Pnei Rabo (pay a visit to our Rabbis during Yom Tov) by zoom before Yom Tov?...
# 2690 Better Late Than Never
(See question 2689 above). Sometimes the bachur comes late (he has an aide who brings him). What should I do if I am supposed to daven with him but he is late (I am makpid to start shemone ezre with ...
# 2689 Praying For Someone
There is a bachur in the yeshiva who r’l had a stroke, cannot daven on his own, and someone stands next to him and davens out loud to be motzi him; I have a few questions. What should be done to...
# 2688 Blessed Dreams
If someone goes to sleep for a short time on the night of Shavuos should he say the brocho of Hamapil?...
# 2687 With The Best Intentions
Since due to the pandemic, it is likely that we will be learning Shavuos night alone. Can someone have the, intention that when he makes Birchas Hatorah on the morning of Erev Shavuos, not to be yotze...
# 2686 An Early Shave?
If someone keeps the shitas Haari (the opinion of the Arizal that one does not shave during the whole sefira period), can he shave already on Erev Shavuos after Maariv?...
# 2685 Pray Tell Me
Which is better(during these covid times): to daven in a street/ backyard minyan b’rov am (with social distance) or in a beis medrash (that was allowed to reopen) with a mere 10?...
# 2684 Bird Watching
Do you make a brocho on shiluach haken? If yes, which; "Al Shiluach Haken" or "al mitzvas shiluach haken?" Should he recite without the name of Hashem? Do you say shecheyanu?...
# 2683 Sent on a Wild Goose Chase?
Are geese considered kosher birds for the mitzva of shiluach haken, even if there is no tradition to eat them?...
# 2682 Kaddish Yes, Keddusha Yes, Kiddush No!
I heard that Horav Miller Shlit’a has changed recently his position regarding davening in shuls, what is his latest p’sak?...
# 2681 High-Water Mark
What is the correct amount of water needed for tisha kavim?...
# 2680 Standing Orders
What is the correct way of standing under the shower when doing nine kabbim?...
# 2679 Take a Shower
In crisis times when we can’t go to the mikva and we pour nine kavim of water instead when taking a shower. Does one have to be careful with chatitza (interposition), such as long toe nails?...
# 2678 Drop In The Ocean?
A woman that lost lo-aleynu her father to the pandemic, and is afraid of going to the mikvah, can she tovel (immerse) now that the days are warmer in a lake or the ocean?...