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# 2196 In Relation to Relations
Can one have marital relations this year on the Shabbat Erev Shavuot, since it is during the three days before Kabalat Hatorah? Does it also apply to the second night of Shavuot?...
# 2195 When Was the Real Mon-day?
I have heard contradicting opinions as to when the mon began to fall. Was it on Pesach Sheni or was it Lag Baomer? Which is correct?...
# 2194 With Father Together Forever
There was a gezeira to kill Rebbe Shimon; there was no gezeira against his son Rebbe Elazar. So why did Rebe Elazar go into hiding with his father?...
# 2193 Thanks But No Thanks
Re-prior question on missing words on Hallel, if one by mistake on a day one is supposed to recite the full Hallel only said half Hallel, if already finished, does one have to repeat and recite the br...
# 2192 The Law of the Letter
I often noticed in others and on myself that as Hallel is recited we may omit or mispronounce some word or letters, especially when one is tired or it is being said too long. Does one comply if he jus...
# 2191 Won the Fourth Cup!
In order to comply with Hallel at the seder, does one need to say every word? This is a problem as at that time people may be falling asleep, especially the elderly. If one did not comply with Hallel,...
# 2190 The Matzav of the Matzeva
I find it very hard to get together a minyan for a Hakomas Hamatzeva. Do you need a Minyan present or can you say kaddish in shul, before or after?...
# 2189 Let The Party Begin
Can one make a Lag Baomer party (with a siyum) this year Wednesday night, (Lag Baomer is Thursday), after the shekia, with music?...
# 2188 Need a Lawyer?
A college student is taking a math class that is very difficult for him, so he paid his brother to do the homework assignments for him. (His major is law, but they require taking this math class). Did...
# 2187 The Purim Lag Cust-omer
Shulchan Aruch (428) writes that Lag Baomer is always the same day of the week a Purim. (Siman P’lag). What is the connection between them?...
# 2186 An Eye On the Eyes
A talmid chacham who has a minhag to remove his spectacles from his face whenever he goes outside to avoid seeing forbidden sights - what should he do when he walks in the reshus harabbim on Shabbos? ...
# 2185 A Close Shave?
Is it better when Lag Baomer falls on a Thursday to wait to cut hair and shave until Erev Shabbos?...
# 2184 Son with a Gun
This may seem as a strange question, but it is important to my young sons. They learned of the tradition of playing with arch and arrows on Lag Baomer, but we could not find one set that is safe for t...
# 2183 Won't See You in Church
Can a caterer accept to cater a religious event (non-Jewish) in a church? The caterer will deliver the food there and will not be entering that place....
# 2182 Hold on Fast
One that is getting married on Lag Baomer late afternoon, does one have to fast the traditional fast of chasan kallah if one finds it difficult?...
# 2181 Fight for Life
A family member is tending to an elderly patient that according to his doctor became suddenly susceptible to blood clots and may suffer from a possible heart attack. If that would happen and CPR is ne...
# 2180 Cross Examine
Q Can a bakery bake cakes or cookies in the shape of non-Jewish religious symbols (like a cross) for orders they receive from non-Jewish customers?...
# 2179 Don't Put this On Ice
Does a metal ice-cube tray maker (the tray filled with water you place in the freezer, for making ice cubes) require tevilah? does the glass ice-cubes container and tongs you place on the table requir...
# 2178 Is The Adding Adding-Up?
In some shuls it is customary that the rabbi or the gabbai, at the end of shacharis recite without a bracha the sefira of that day. Is this not a case of b’al tosif or prohibited adding to a mitz...
# 2177 A Monumental Pesach Sheni
I Had the first yortzait this week for my husband a’h. Can I do the Hakomas Matzeva ceremony on Pesach Sheni...