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# 2450 We Accept Returns
One who forgot to request dew and rain in his tefilla, and he already passed the bracha of Retzei, and then went back to Shema Koleinu and mentioned it there, is he yotzi? Even though the halacha is t...
# 2449 The Settings of Mitzva Dedication
Last year it happened to us that we did not have at hand any olive oil when we prepared the menorah for lighting and therefore placed wax candles instead. Then, right before lighting, we received some...
# 2448 The Door to the Window
Is it better to light Chanuka candles bellow ten tefachim next to the door in the inside of the home, or by the window facing the street, but the lights would be over ten tefachim high from the floor?...
# 2447 Is That What We Need?
Can one make a suka by placing schach on top of an opening on the roof of an igloo?...
# 2446 The Good Old Oil?
Is it better for someone to use the leftover unused olive oil from last year Chanuka, that was bought then, since it was already dedicated for the mitzva or better buy new oil to be used this year?...
# 2445 Light Up Your Siyum Hashas
We are planning to make a Siyum Hashas for our Daf shiur. Someone suggested that it would be recommended to celebrate it during Chanuka, is that correct?...
# 2444 When Do We Begin?
(Re- question 2443 above) What is considered to having began chazaras hashatz in order to continue if one left and there is no more minyan? Does "Hashem seffasai tiftach" count?...
# 2443 Stop Right There
When one notices that the chazzan began chazaras hashatz even though there are not ten people in the room (a minyan of exactly ten, and someone went to the bathroom), is one obligated to tell him that...
# 2442 Bubble Over?
We learned in Chulin 105b that the froth produced by various drinks is detrimental to one’s health. One of the liquids is beer, another is water. Question 1: Is the froth of today’s beer a...
# 2441 New Day New Life
Is it true that the Arizal teaches that a single neshama is made of thousands of parts or sparks, reflecting the days of one’s life, and some of them can be extinguished by the sin committed on t...
# 2440 Make a Meal of Shalosh Seudos
On above question, (2439. Eating shalosh seudos after sunset), if I do follow the Mishna Berura and others opinion to bedieved wash after the shkia in need, can I eat more than a beitza (egg-full volu...
# 2439 Shabbos Ride Into The Sunset
If I was invited to partake of shalosh seudos (third meal of Shabbos) by a certain rabbi, but I know that the rabbi is not makpid (particular) on starting before shkia, (sunset), whereas I am very mak...
# 2438 Say It Right or Not at All?
Since Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that the added section of “Baruch Hashem Leolam” before beginning the amida of maariv, has to be said complete or not at all, what happens if someone is ...
# 2437 If Memory Serves
What happens if someone during the 30 days of establishing a chazaka for saying mashiv haruach in the amida, (see prior question 2428), forgot to say it once. Does he have to start counting full 30 da...
# 2436 Sharing Someone's Sorrow
Someone who lost a stepfather and out of closeness with other siblings sat shiva with them, is he permitted after shloshim to attend a wedding of a close relative?...
# 2435 Show Us The Open Door
Is it permitted to seclude oneself with the opposite gender if the door is open or unlocked, but there is no realistic expectation of anyone coming in? One knows with 100% certainty that no one is goi...
# 2434 Buyers Beware II
Re question 2429, in regard to immersing utensils manufactured in Israel, but sold in a non-Jewish store. If the item is bought at a Jewish-owned store... does it still need to be toiveled?...
# 2433 Food for Thought
One who has limited income - should he rather spend his money on having nicer and more food or drink for Shabbos, or on buying good seforim to learn from (even though he could learn from the sefarim t...
# 2432 A Penny Saved - Not a Penny Earned
One who received an apartment that he stayed in for one dollar a month (as a chesed), does he need to calculate the market value and give maaser from the money that he saved? If he would not have been...
# 2431 Sign Off
When a bachur sees a sign put up in a yeshiva that is not appropriate for a Makom Torah and it is not appropriate for a ben torah to have written such a thing, may one immediately rip it down even tho...