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# 1955 Gift Ideas
How could Yaakov who kept the whole Torah send a gift to Eisav, is that not prohibited because of Lo Techanem?...
#1954 Halachah of Hakdamah - Torah or Tefilah?
A man has a daily schedule to daven shachris btzibur attend a daily shiur and then go to work. One morning he wakes up late. There is a later minyan he can go to but he will miss his shiur. He can dav...
# 1953 Ahav es HaVav
I believe I asked this question in the past but did not receive a reply. Nowadays, most Sifrei Torah, their pages are "typset" and arranged according to a standard configuration where every page, ex...
# 1952 It All Comes Out in the Wash
If a pareve metal pan covered with enamel was accidentally run through a meat dishwasher that has not been used for over a day, is it still pareve? What if it was washed with the fleishike utensils? C...
# 1951 Here We Go Again
Re- question 1933. Is there also a hetter not to stand more than once or twice a day for any elder?...
# 1950 Behold the Old
On shaila 1933 you wrote that Rav Miller says "That in our days, due to the fact that people live longer lives, reaching the age of seventy is common and does not seem to be a major achievement anymor...
# 1949 What Are You Drinking?
When no wine or beer are available at the chupa, (the chupa took place at a hall out of town), should liquor be used or nothing at all and no shehakol brocho should be made?...
# 1948 The Law of the Spirit
Re- above question. It is still unclear to me which is the best way to follow. Should the mesader kiddushin drink from the wine cup or not?...
# 1947 Wine And Din
The Halacha states that, unlike Birchos HaMitzvos where I can be Motzi another with the Brocho even though I am not fulfilling the mitzvah presently, if I am not eating the food, I cannot be Motzi ano...
# 1946 Risk of Showers
Even though one should wash one’s entire body before Shabbath, if, for whatever reason, one is unable to take a bath or shower, one must at least wash one’s face, hands and feet in warm wate...
# 1945 Nine Kabim and No Soap?
Does one have to wash with soap before Shabbos begins? Is someone just stays under the shower for tisha kabim, is that enough lechatchila? I think it is about 2 minutes, is that correct?...
# 1944 Borur No Borer
Hello Rav, Q. My 6 year old was playing with his Fruit loops Shabbas cereal (on Shabbas)...before eating them, it was fun for him to first separate them by colour...he ended up with a pile of reds,...
# 1943 Middle Meal Meddling
In the winter, here in Eretz Yisroel for example, Tefillas Mincha on Shabbos can get as early as 3:45 pm. Our Minhag is to eat the 3rd Meal before Tefillas Mincha. because of this, our Minhag is to ea...
# 1942 Have a Good Yesterday
If one missed zman krias shema in the place where he is, but in a different place (time zone) it is still before the zman, is he mechuyev to take a plane to the second place and say Shema there? One...
# 1941 Go Take a Shower?
I heard that there an inyan in taking a shower on Motzei Shabbes, could that be true?...
# 1940 A Bone Shaking Question
Can you help the luz bone nutrition if you also eat at the end of shaleshudes, after the zeman but before bentching a kezais of chala and declare it should be for melave malka? Can you combine this wi...
# 1939 Making a Meal?
Since the luz bone feeds only from the melave malka seuda is eating mezonos enough?...
# 1938 It's In Your Bones
Why is the luz-bone on the spine only nourished from the Melava Malka meal?...
# 1937 Acting One's Age
Does one have to stand for an elderly if one is unsure of his age?...
# 1936 The Same Old Story?
Does one have to stand for an elderly person if he is unaware of it?...