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#5381 A Bearly Reason for Hagomel Bentching?
We own in our small town, a great and large property. During this Pesach, as it commonly happens in other years, some bears entered our ample garden and then went on loitering the garbage containers c...
#5380 – Risk Of Showers?
(see question above). May one also stand in the shower stall on the approaching Yom Tov, not under the running water, and wash each limb individually with warm water? i.e. arms and legs?...
#5379 Aware of Wear?
Is there any heter for a woman in the year of aveilus for a parent, after shloshim, to wear new clothes on Yom Tov that were bought before the petirah but not yet worn?...
#5378 The Amount of the Amount?
What part of pita is a kzayis? Is it by weight, Some are thicker than others ? How about The matza for Pesach?...
#5377 Working on Shabbos???
Rov Shlit’a. On a regular year there is a prohibition to do any kind of work after chatzos (midday) on Erev Pesach, does that apply also this year when Erev Pesach is on Shabbat and it is usually a pe...
#5376 – Even More Blessings !?
See question above. If others are helping with the bedika, do they also have to follow the above?...
#5375 Need some More Blessings for Pesach?
Kevodo Yisbarach Shemo. As I was wondering when the Rov was teaching the Halachot of Bedikat Chametz (searching for the Chametz on Pesach), Why is it that no one (as far as I know) says the bracha of...
#5374 Seder Assets
Kvod Rabeinu. One of the most difficult Halacha questions I have encountered for many years, as when I was invited to a Pesach Seder, and now when I can B”H invite others to our own Seder was and is, ...
#5373 A Peisach Purim?
Kvod Rabenu. My kids asked a new funny question before the four questions asked on the Seder night. It is a Purim question. They recalled having learned that there is a Minhag to have a recollect...
#5372 The Risks of Showers?
Dear Rav, regarding the upcoming Yomim Tovim. can a person who usually showers every day take a shower on Yom Yov, (especially this year where two days of Yom Tov follows Shabbos)? If one is feel...
#5371 No Skin of One’s Teeth
– Q. Moreinu Verabenu Shlit’a. I have a problem this year. (2025), how do I brush and clean my teeth after eating chametz on the morning of Shabbat, since I don’t brush my teeth on Shabbat?...
#5370 Eat Away Yet Be Near?
– Q. On this coming Shabbat that coincides with Erev Pesach what and how is a good way to eat the night and day meal for a large family with kids, and having it easy on cleaning the Chametz still need...
#5369 The Feels on Meals
What is the proper way to comply with the seudot (meals) of Shabbat when it is Erev Pesach (day prior to Pesach)?...
#5368 Late or Up to Date?
– Q. Those that have the tradition of reading the Hagada on the Shabbat before Pesach, when should that be done this year (2025), when Erev Pesach is on Shabbat? A On a similar question (3080) we w...
#5367 – Make Room for the Bloom!
Can one make the bracha on the fruit trees when seeing the new buds on the trees or does one have to wait until the buds turn into flowers?...
#5366 – Up a Tree on Blessing the Tree?
See question above. I still don’t understand why we notice that so many Gedolim and Tzadikim made such a big deal and placed so much effort on getting together a significant group to recite the blessi...
#5365 – Hey Kid! Finnish your Vegetables Now!
I have always wondered, how come we make such a big deal of reciting the blessing for the fruits of trees and we totally ignore a bracha for vegetables and grain plants, that are even more essential a...
#5364 Blessing On and Also the Shabbat!
– Q. Another tree question Dear Rabbi please. Is it better to wait until Shabbat to recite this blessing on the trees?...
#5363 An Inyan for a Minyan?
I have seen that in some shuls a minyan gathers to recite the bracha on the trees. Do you really require a minyan?...
#5362 A Blooming Shaila!
In Gibraltar, they are saying Bircat Ha’ilanot after minchah today! When should we say it?...