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# 2216 Pass The Body Smell Test?
(See question above) Can one use cologne or liquid perfumed deodorant applied directly on the body during Shabbat, if it also passes on by contact an aroma to the clothing one is wearing?...
# 2215 A Smell Test
Can one use cologne or liquid perfumed deodorant applied directly on the body during Shabbat, if it also contains some medical ingredients for alleviating skin conditions?...
# 2214 The Wine Gifted
(See question 2199, for Otzar Beis Din definition). Good morning Rabbi. I received as a gift a wine from Israel that says on the label: "otsar bet din exported after biur". I would like to return t...
# 2213 The True Joy
One who is seating shiva is prohibited in learning Torah, but is allowed to learn the sad parts of the Torah and the laws of avelut. What happens when even learning those, grants one great joy? Is he ...
# 2212 A Baruch Hashem Loss?
Re- question 2158. If the shuls where he lives don’t say "Baruch Hashem Leolam", and therefore, if he follows the above P’sak, his family Minhag to say it will disappear because of disuse,...
# 2211 Picking the Brain on Picking Away
I see someone in shul organizing Siddurim, Ashkenass from Sefard is there any way that’s not assur if it’s not for immediate use? Must I rebuke? Suppose I have no current rapport with this person shou...
# 2210 Black and White About Black and White?
We recently learned in the Daf, that a Kushi or black cohen is considered a baal mum or blemished and can’t serve in the Temple, (or according to some as Shaliach Tzibur). Is that not clear racis...
# 2209 Really! No Brocho on Cheesecake?
What is Horav Miller’s opinion on the correct brocho on cheese cake?...
# 2208 Divide and Care
This year, Shabbos is Erev Shavuos. Since we are going to eat a seuda (meal) of Yom Tov at night, many avoid eating shaleshsudos (the third meal of Shabbos) after mincha, before the shekia (sunset). I...
# 2207 Que es Kernza?
What brocha is made of foods made from (a new strain of) wheat grass called Kernza?...
# 2206 More Early Drinks?
Re Question 2062 - Is the point to eat before Chatzos, or to eat before six hours have elapsed since one has awakened?...
# 2205 A Fermenting Question
Re - question 2162 Q. The standard practice for commercially available flour is that, following mechanical cleaning of the grain, the wheat is moistened and allowed to rest while damp - this makes the...
# 2204 Each to Their Own Taste
I always wondered if one could taste any taste one desired when eating the mon, what was the correct attitude when one ate it? Since this was a kind of spiritual food and Hashem’s gift, was it ap...
# 2203 Be Careful What You Read
What is the Rav’s opinion regarding one who brings seforim to sell to a yeshiva, and the bachurim look at the seforim, which they may or may not have intention of buying? How long may one look at...
# 2202 It All Adds Up Now
(Re- question 2201 above). When is Muktza more severe on Yom Tov than Shabbos? And is not Muktza only a Rabbinical prohibition, so how can you comply with Tosefes (adding to Yom Tov) which is a Biblic...
# 2201 Learning Addition
(Re- question 2200 above). Is this year, when Erev Yom Tov is Shabbos any different in regard to Tosefes Yom Tov on Shavuos?...
# 2200 Having an Early Night?
On the first night of Shavuos, we wait to daven maariv until tzeis, (night), so the days of Sefiras Haomer will be complete. What about Tosefes Yom Tov, are we not supposed to add before every Shabbos...
# 2199 The Value of the Otzar
I saw the question about Shemita wine from Israel with a hechsher that reads "otzar bet din exported after biur." What does that mean and who are the authorities that permit it?...
# 2198 Lose Sleep Over This?
Since one is not allowed to prepare from Shabbat to Yom Tov, can one sleep on this year’s Shabbat Erev Shavuot afternoon more than usual, if he has the intention of being able to learn Torah duri...
# 2197 Rabi Shimon and the Mon
You mentioned in the name of the Chasam Sofer that the mon began to fall on Lag Baomer. What is the connection if any?...