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# 2134 Thought for Food
Is it necessary to eat by the siyum in order to eat later, and if so what is one to do if no food is provided, as the shul is already clean for Pesach?...
# 2133 Party Crasher?
By the siyum on erev Pesach, is it necessary for the bechor to understand what is said, or do they comply if they are not able to hear or to follow what is said?...
# 2132 Quick Sale
If one already sold his chometz and then acquires more, I heard That Rav Miller rules that it is not included in the mechira. Is it enough just to contact the Rov it was sold to and tell him about the...
# 2131 Not Under the Chometz Influence
People who sell all kinds of chametz liquors before Pesach to a Non-Jew, why do they abstain from selling beer to them?...
# 2130 Throw a Shaila on the Scale
Shalom Harav, We know one may not tend to there personal needs before davening; is it a violation of this halocho to go on a scale first thing in the morning which takes about 10 seconds. The reason ...
# 2129 First In Last Out
On Shabbos Hagodol if there is a Bar Mitzva, who has preference for maftir, the Rabbi who always receives the maftir, or the Bar Mitzva boy who is also a Cohen?...
# 2128 Happy Returns
Re- Above question on a kinyan (acquisitive act) for the matzos eaten at the seder by family and guests. Should that kinyan be done for them in mind, at the time the host buys his matzos? Does that ...
# 2127 It Pays to Pay
(Re- Above question on a kinyan (acquisitive act) for the matzos eaten at the seder by family and guests). Is it advisable that the guest pay a symbolic amount to the host for the matzos to be eaten l...
# 2126 Seder Assets
How do you handle during the Pesach Seder, the kinyan (acquisitive act) needed to have the matzos gifted to the family and guests, since matzos have to be owned by the eater?...
# 2125 Never Too Late to Learn
Re - Last question. (How do you arrange a minimal seder for an elderly lady that is mentally OK, but bed ridden at home). What is the minimal Haggada reading that has to be said for her? Does she have...
# 2124 Mind the Senior Moment
How do you arrange a minimal seder for an elderly lady that is mentally OK, but bed ridden at home. What is the smallest shiur of matza, and how do you prepare it with water?...
# 2123 Shemura Segula?
Is there a segula on eating shmura the entire Pesach?...
# 2122 Be Shomer the Shemura
Some people have developed a custom to eat only "shmura" matza the entire Pesach. Is there a basis for such a minhag considering even our "non shmura" is generally watched in a fashion that technicall...
# 2121 Is It Nice to See You?
Should one make an effort to see a president or a prime minister in our days?...
# 2120 Fake Brocho II
If one has the opportunity to see a president or a prime minister does he make a special blessing? If not should one recite without the name of Hashem?...
# 2119 Read One Right
A hospitalized person may be able to go down to the hospital shul on Parshas Zachor. If there is no minyan, can he with help, take out the Sefer Torah and read Zachor for himself even without a minyan...
# 2118 Search and Burn
One (such as a physician) who is doing bedikas chametz and knows that he might be unable to destroy what he finds the next day, as is customary, because the next day he might be osek in pikuach nefesh...
# 2117 Search Results
One who is doing bedikas chametz and knows that he will not find a crumb of chametz (and he doesn’t have anything to hide), should he refrain from blessing?...
# 2116 Motzo Matza
Our minhag is not to eat matzos thirty days before Pesach. Since I only eat shemura matzos during Pesach, can I eat now regular machine matzos. Can I eat gebrocht matzos in soup or matzebrai, since we...
# 2115 All of a Sudden Blessing
One who is in the middle of a Purim seuda and (unexpectedly) receives mishloach manos during his seuda, does he need to make a bracha on the food that he received? Does it make a difference if he was ...