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# 2788 First Done First Served?
(See questions 2787-88-89 above) Which should be done first (on Tisha Beav), the levayah of the aunt who was just niftar or the Hakamat Mazeiva of her husband who passed away almost a year ago?...
# 2787 A Monumental Mourning
(See questions 2787-88 above). Can the Hakamat Hamatzeiva be done on Tisha Beav and the same day as the levayah? Are hespedim permitted?...
# 2786 A Sad Stating of Afairs
(See question 2787 above) Are Hespedim permitted on Tisha Beav?...
# 2785 Halevai No Levayah
Q My aunt passed away before Tisha Beav and in order to have her two sons who live overseas attend the levayah, it was postponed to Tisha Beav, since they find it very difficult to travel these covid ...
# 2784 Come Out Clean
May one pick up from the cleaners during the 9 Days clothing that were brought in before Rosh Chodesh?...
# 2783 United We Stand?
I also wonder, (see question 2782 above), when it rains the minyanim often meet wearing masks inside one of the houses, staying separately inside different adjoining rooms with open doors. Does this s...
# 2782 Clear The Deck
Regarding the questions regarding fences separating backyard properties to be able to have a proper minyan for Chazaras Hashatz. I wonder about the backyards that have decks as many do. These decks ar...
# 2781 And the Name Is...
Can a Ben Torah give the name of a recently deceased uncle to his newborn child. The uncle was not frum at all, but he was very helpful and loving to his nephew and as Hakoras Hatov he wants to give t...
# 2780 Questionable Money
I heard once that there is a minhag not to handle money during Tisha Beav. Is that really so?...
# 2779 One False Move
I was present at a siyum masechta that three sons made for their father’s yohrzait during the Nine Days. It was a flaishig (meat) siyum and each one of the sons spoke. One of the sons mentioned w...
# 2778 A Look Into Luck
Someone who has to deal with government property tax revue issues, should he avoid doing so during the three weeks?...
# 2777 The Eternal Builders
Why was it necessary to write the Sefer Devarim as a separate sefer that Moishe wrote in his own words (Al Pi Hashem). Since most of it is only a repetition of what already happened, could not all the...
# 2776 United for the Torah We Stand
(See questions 2771- 75 above - regarding fences separating backyards for the purpose of having a minyan), When there is a mechitza, and you can’t repeat shemonezreih, can you do Kerias Hatorah?...
# 2775 Good Fences Make Good Neighbors
(See questions 2771-74 above - regarding fences separating backyards for the purpose of having a minyan). How about if only some sections of the back yard are separated, but there are open spaces, as ...
# 2774 Can't See the Minyan for the Trees?
(See questions 2771-73 above - regarding fences separating backyards for the purpose of having a minyan). How about tall trees, when their trunk is high and the branches with leaves are over the head ...
# 2773 Beat Around the Bushes
See questions 2771-72 above - regarding fences separating backyards for the purpose of having a minyan). How about if there is no fence at all just shrubs and bushes, do they count as a mechitza? How ...
# 2772 Chain Reaction
You mentioned (See question 2771 above) that if the adjoining neighbors can see each other through a mechitza (partition or fence) such as a glass you can make a minyan only for reciting kaddish and ...
# 2771 Window of Opportunity
We were short one for a minyan in our backyard. Since one neighbor was sick in bed, he approached the window were we could see him. If the widow is open, but it has a screen (for insect protection), ...
# 2770 Sweet Talk
During the production of maple syrup, the sap is boiled down to produce syrup, and often, certain (potentially non-Kosher) de-foaming agents are added. If boiled by a non-Jew, is there an issue of Bis...
# 2769 Adding Pain on Tisha Beav
My daughter is going for dental surgery on August 6th to remove her wisdom teeth before she goes away at the end of August to seminary (G-d willing) . She has been working in the country for the su...