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# 2418 A Gift for Gifts
Is there an obligation to give maaser kesafim (tithes of one tenth) of one’s earnings to the poor?...
# 2417 Till Death Do Us Part?
Thank you for giving me your email this morning. Soon after I married in 1984 my father bought a cemetery plot for myself and my wife in the... We divorced eleven years ago and I had forgotten abou...
# 2416 If It Looks and Smells...
(Re- question 2408). If someone underwent a polypectomy, to remove a polyp or small cancerous growth on the colon and is still bleeding, does the same Halacha apply?...
# 2415 Let The Dust Settle
On using talcum powder inside shoes or boots during Shabbos (see above question 2414). Would everyone permit if you put the talcum powder before Shabbos? If there us no eruv, is there a problem to c...
# 2414 Talc Talk
Can one sprinkle talc powder on the feet or shoes on Shabbos to keep them dry, specially on boots during the winter months?...
# 2413 Know Before Whom You Stand
In regard to the above question, 2412, is it not true that Gaon of Vilna maintained that the presence of Hashem is not universal?...
# 2412 Where Is Hashem?
On question 2373 you dealt with the presence of Hashem arriving to a shul only when there is a minyan of people present and the first ten to arrive are credited with bringing the presence of the Shech...
# 2411 Poor Little Rich Poor
Is there a chiyuv to give at least some tzedakah to every Jewish ani (poor) who asks? If yes, what about someone who appears very suspicious, for example, you sometimes have someone who says his car b...
# 2410 Your Name Again?
Re- question 2401. Regarding geirim having ruach hakodesh (like parents) when choosing their name. That Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that it stands to reason that if a ger has th...
# 2409 Taxing Future Gains
If I know I will be getting a wages cheque at the end of the month or any other future income, can I give the maaser money already now to the poor and have it count for future moneys not yet earned?...
# 2408 Blood Check
Is someone underwent a prostate examination (biopsy) or a removal operation and is bleeding anally or in his urine, can he daven or recite brochos?...
# 2407 Say his Pray
There is a person who is not able to daven on his own because he r"l had a stroke and it takes him very long to say the words. Therefore, the eitza that is done is someone stands next to him by Shmone...
# 2406 Dress for Success
Re- question above regarding the removal of dandruff or dust from clothing. Does the above also apply to a woman teacher? Is she also included in the obligation that a talmid chacham’s clothing s...
# 2405 Shakes The Flakes?
A teacher or a Rabbi who has severe dandruff problems and the dandruff constantly falls on his clothes, sometimes making it significantly dirty, is it a violation (the talmid chacham’s clothing h...
# 2404 Major Minor Question
Re- question 2403 above. What happens if the minor is going to become bar mitzva during the shloshim of his father. Is he then obliged to sit shiva or keep the other traditions of avelut after he beco...
# 2403 A Shiva Teshuva
My young husband died R’L recently leaving our two children not yet bar mitzva. I was told that they don’t have to sit shiva. Why isn’t there a mitzva of chinuch do educate them as ther...
# 2402 Don't Marry the Grandparents
I’m a frum young woman that is having a hard time finding a shiduch. Hopefully Hashem send me the right kind of possible chosson that actually meets most of my expectations. He is a Ben Torah tha...
# 2401 What's in a Name?
Do geirim have ruach hakodesh (like parents) when choosing their name?...
# 2400 Sukka Trained Pet?
Re - 2390. Would it be permitted to have pets, such as dogs and cats, to come in to the succah? What if someone is very attached to them?...
# 2399 The Gift of Giving Gifts
I purchased the first inaugural paroches at two different minyanim... and dedicated them in memory of grandparents. Both times, the person in charge made an announcement that they are seeking a donor...