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# 2657 Raining Cats
Many of our friends are adopting pets for their elderly parents due to their isolation, during these difficult (covid) times. Is there a prohibition to have a female cat spayed?...
# 2656 Tight on the Leash
Can one go out on Shabbat where there is no eruv, with one’s toddler attached to him/her with a wristband safety leash?...
# 2655 Change for the Better
I recently heard that Horav Miller Shlit’a changed his former pesak and now permits davening maariv in a porch minyan. Is that correct?...
# 2654 Getting Out of Someone's Hair
Re-question 2651 (Regarding someone unable to take a haircut before Pesach since the barbers were closed. If his long hair is bothering him and there may be also an issue with tefilin; can he take a h...
# 2653 Lost in the Fog?
I noticed that when wearing a corona mask, it causes my glasses to fog up and I constantly have to remove my glasses to clean them. May I nevertheless wear the mask on Shabbos?...
# 2652 Actions Daven Volumes
I used to volunteer for Hatzala and Shomrim, but the last years, my busy business and also the fact. I’m a bit older. did not permit me the extra effort. During these terrible corona days when da...
# 2651 Getting in Somebody's Hair
I wasn’t able to take a haircut before Pesach as the barbers were closed. My long hair is bothering me and my family too, it also may be an issue with the tefilin. Can I take one now before Lag B...
# 2650 Safe to Save the Sefer?
There is a person without heirs who was niftar from corona and now there are seforim in his house that need to be sorted through and brought to the yeshiva for eventual sale. If this is not done, perh...
# 2649 Hit The List
Can a kolel, shul or a tzedaka organization increase their email list of contacts by copying the addresses available on line from other similar institutions? Sometimes they may appear on the emails on...
# 2648 Pet Peeve?
These days when due to the virus endemic we are so isolated, many of us tend to acquire a pet for company. If you touch a pet cat or dog, do you have to wash your hands to make a brocho?...
# 2647 The Daven Maven
If one has the choice to daven in an outside minyan versus davening b’yechidus in a beis medrash that one has access to, which is better (as there is an inyan of davening in a closed area as well...
# 2646 Marriage Made in Heaven?
As Lag Baomer is approaching. Can one get married during these pandemic days? How?...
# 2645 Call It a Wash?
If you are constantly wearing disposable plastic gloves (these covid days). do you have to take the off for washing for bread or when you go out of the bathroom, or can you wash netila while wearing t...
# 2644 A Name That Travels Far
We are having a Zoom bris mila this week. The family and friends will not join us because of the pandemic attendance and travel restrictions, only a minyan will be present. Can just the name of the ba...
# 2643 Not Tying Knots?
Often when the weather permits during these covid days, I daven shacharis by myself on the porch as I find it inspiring to see the trees and listen to the birds. When the wind blows, as it often does,...
# 2642 Chosen Last Words
Re- question above. I have another question. The aunt of my friend, is herself not frum at all and never was. My friend by the way, is a great askan and mekarev of baalei teshuva. When meeting her tod...
# 2641 Auntie It's Me!
A friend’s elderly aunt is near death. She has no other close relatives in town and he was given permission during these pandemic times, to be with her for a short time while she is still conscio...
# 2640 A Blessing In a Disguise?
Does Rav Miller shlita permit walking outside on Shabbos (for fresh air - where there is no eruv) wearing the customary mask that is being worn in these covid days? Is there any tzad to be machmir? (A...
# 2639 Whether Permitting...
Re- prior question 2638 on the conditions Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit’a permits a front porch or backyard minyan. 1) is this a chiyuv, or only a heter, to participate in such minyanim? 2) how ...
# 2638 Rule and Divide
I heard that Horav Miller Shlit’a changed yesterday (4/19/20) his ruling in regard to minyonim in the backyard, is it true? What is the new ruling?...