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Halachic questions answered by Hagaon Rav Shlomo Miller Shlit'a
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# 1995 Made to Order
Shalom Aleichem What comes first in limud haTorah, if one is behind in a mishnayos commitment for a shloshim or shanyim mikrah vechad targum?...
# 1994 Don't Free Yourself
Considering that it is better to spend money on a mitzvah than to get it for free, is it better for one to have his own Shabbos seuda (even if he is sitting by himself) than to join someone’s els...
# 1993 No Yale Veyavo?
Can one use a Yale T-shirt that has the emblem of the university bearing the words Urim Vetuim written in Hebrew stamped on the front, when you entering a bathroom?...
# 1992 A Hundred Brochos to My Daughter
My daughter wants to know if she is obligated like men to make 100 Brachos per day. Even though she davens Shacharis and Mincha daily, she does not daven Arvis and does not know of many righteous wome...
# 1991 No Wash and Wear...Ever?
Someone removed in Shabbos a stain on his jacket by rubbing it with a wet towel, he did this intentionally because of being ashamed of having a stain on his clothing. Since he did a melacha bemezid (i...
# 1990 Need a Silent Partner
If I have a choice to take as a partner in a business a Jewish non-believer (apikores) investor or a religious catholic one, which one should I choose?...
# 1989 Is There a Jewish Doctor in the House?
If I have a choice to be treated by a Jewish non-believer (apikores) medic or a religious Catholic one, which one should I choose?...
# 1988 Bring Up-To-Date?
Why do the ones that keep Nittel do so on the Goishe date and not in the Jewish one as we do with everything else?...
# 1987 Totally Immersed in Nittel Nacht
I heard that some great Chasidishe Rebbes would not permit women to go to the mikva on nittel night. Is that true?...
# 1986 Tell the Intel of Nittel
Someone that has the minhag not to learn Torah on nittel nacht, is he allowed to learn the halochos of nittel nacht written in seforim like Nitei Gavriel?...
# 1985 Kadd-ishah?
You mentioned (on question 1979) that women should not recite kaddish in the women’s section behind the mechitza. What happens if a woman does recite and you hear her. Do you have to answer Yehei...
# 1984 The Party Line
Can I join an office New Year party if I seat together with other frum co-workers and we are served kosher food and kosher wine? Usually a sizable bonus is given to the ones who attend....
# 1983 Let There Be Light
The Talmud teaches (Pesachim 2a) that a person should go out on his way bechi tov when it is day. Should then someone avoid going to the hashkama minyan especially on Shabbath early morning when he...
# 1982 Take it With a Pinch of Salt
I seem to remember that I learned in the gemora that you are supposed to eat a bit of salt after having finished eating any meal. Since salt seems to be unhealthy these days, does the above still appl...
# 1981 Brocho Pursuit of Fruit
Re question (1980) above on one that ate mezonos and also fruits and a drink and then made "al hamichya" but not "bore nefashot," that the Rov ruled he can still take another drink without reciting a ...
# 1980 Don't Make me Say it Again
I ate mezonos and also fruits and a drink. If I made "al hamichya" but not "bore nefashot," can I still take another drink without reciting a "shehakol" bracha?...
# 1979 Can't Say For Sure
Does your minyan have a women’s section and accommodate women who say kaddish? I work at ... (nearby) and have yahrzeit Thursday evening and would like to say kaddish at the shul if acceptable. ...
# 1978 The Undiscovered Mitzva
( See above question 1977). How can someone comply with a mitzva if one is totally unaware of the mitzva being done?...
# 1977 Lighting for the Unenlightened
Re- prior question 1967, on an elderly single and bed-bound convalescent patient at a retirement nursing home or hospital, that Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that if there is a m...
# 1976 Always a Freilechen Chanuka
Regarding if Hanuka is a Yom Tov or not. Is there a Rabbinic mitzva of simcha and joy in Hanuka, after all we do greet each other with a Freilechen Hanuka? I know that there is no obligation to eat a...