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# 2577 Endangering Species
I’m a woman that traditionally goes to shul to listen to Parshas Parah, same as Parshas Zachor. Should I go to shul this Shabbath considering the existing coronavirus hazardous health situation? ...
# 2576 Milked and Breakfast
We had a discussion in our shul. Some say that it is better to eat two seudos during Purim day and the first one should be dairy. While others were sure that both should be fleishig. What is correct?...
# 2575 Beware your Cheeks from the Bearing Gifts
If someone sends a box of kosher chocolates or cookies that are not Cholov Yisroel, to someone that is machmir and does not eat them. Is the sender, who does eat those foods yotze mishloach monos?...
# 2574 Early Pesach Sale
Kvod Horav. We normally sell our entire house for Pesach. We go away and I just lock everything up and sell. Someone asked me this year if her married kids could stay in my house because she doesn...
# 2573 Blessings From Heaven
Recently, we learned on the Daf that one should recite a special blessing when he sees a place where a miracle occurred for the Bnay Yisroel, such as the site of the crossing of the sea, when we left ...
# 2572 Catch On The Purim Cash
What are the correct amounts for machatzit hashekel and matonos laevyonim this year?...
# 2571 A Blessing in a Disguise?
Can one borrow the "partzufim" or masks, Purim disguises and attires that others left in shul after megilla reading, without the permission of the owners? Is this similar to borrowing and wearing some...
# 2570 She Read Him the Whole Megilla
Can a patient hospitalized in a long term recovery facility, far away from a Jewish community, have his wife read the megilla for him if he cannot do it himself or find anyone else willing to travel t...
# 2569 Have you Heard this One?
Many elderly use in our days hearing aids and follow the opinion of Poskim that they should read themselves from a kosher megilla when the megilla is being read in shul. Is it better if at that time t...
# 2568 Do You Hear Me?
Our megilla Baal Kore, with the passing of years, now needs a hearing aid. He can still hear without it, when you talk loudly to him. Can he still read the megilla in shul for all, or do we need some...
# 2568 Do You Hear Me?
Our megilla Baal Kore, with the passing of years, now needs a hearing aid. He can still hear without it, when you talk loudly to him. Can he still read the megilla in shul for all, or do we need some...
# 2567 Bring On the Wine
Does one comply with the mitzva of shalach manot on Purim, if one sends two wine bottles?...
# 2566 A Gift for Giving Gifts
Does one comply with the mitzva of shalach manot on Purim, if the gift is send to a neighbor one is not friendly with, since he may not be called "re’eihu"?. A, On question 2095 regarding if...
# 2565 The True Believer?
Does one comply with the mitzva of shalach manot on Purim, if the gift is send to a non-frum yet neighbor?...
# 2564 Looking Good on Shabbos
Can a shaatnez tester in case of need use a strong magnifying glass or compounded instrument to check for shaatnez during Shabbat?...
# 2563 Check on the Baby?
Does one have to check for shaatnez clothing given to a baby or a minor, when there is a possibility that it may have wool and linen? Can one be lenient since the baby or child does not have the mind ...
# 2562 Honest to G-d
A friend who is a shatnez tester and I consult him, requested that I ask the Rov, if from experience he knows that the cloth he is being asked to check is not likely to have any shaatnez. Does he have...
# 2561 Examine the Examination
Re- questions (2559-60) above. How much is one obliged to be concerned about the possibility of having shatnez in one’s clothing, to be machmir and pay for a bedika or shaatnez test?...
# 2560 Tailor Made Evaluation
Can you rely on a non-Jewish tailor, when he assures that there is no linen in the wool suits he makes for you, specially when you have been his client for many years and he is afraid to loose a custo...
# 2559 Look Out and Look in?
Do you have to check for shaatnez a suit that according to its label it 100% polyester etc. and does not contain any wool?...