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#5737 – Public Servant or King?
See question above. Is the פגם less in this case where the father is מזרע ישראל as above than if he would be a נכרי ? Can a convert be chosen for top leading community positions?...
#5736 – The Converts Change Over?
See question above. And finally since נכרי הבא על בת ישראל הוולד כשר אבל פגום What is the nature of the פגם? Is it actually halachic or only cultural?...
5735 – Family Problems and Answers!
See questions above. Now the individual in question, being a halachic Jew, with only the father’s mother being not Jewish, (his own mother is completely Jewish on all sides) how is he same or differen...
#5734 Sitting in Judgment
See question above. Is there any connection between this individual, his father, and grandfather that is ancestral whether Halachic or spiritual? How about mourning obligations?...
#5733 -Where Are My Children?
See question above. Being that the father is זרע ישראל (from the father’s side), if that father were to have converted, would he be able to take a position of שררה in the community? (Is he considered...
#5732 - An Able Aveilus?
- See question above; Bekavod Rav. Q. One other item. What is the obligation of Aveilus on the individual for his זרע ישראל father...chiuv of yortzeit ...etc...please?...thank you again....
# 5731 - Don’t Step on the Step Parents?
Hello Rabbi Bartfeld, Hope you are well and thank you in advance for your time. This may sound like a hypothetical set of questions, but you should know it is an actual situation that the person who i...
#5730 – No Bitul on Nitel Questions?
Who are the great Gedolim and Poskim, that do not keep the Nitel Traditions? Can one relay on them?...
#5729 Bitul on Nitel?
– Rov Shlit”a. What are you supposed to do on Nital Night?...
#5728 – Big Little Nitel?
- Bekavod HoRav. Many believe that the minhag not to learn on Nitel Nacht, and in the new year is just a Chasidic tradition is that true?...
#5727 – The Kratzmach Kosher Drinks?
Shalom. Dear Rabbeinu Shalit"a, Around this season, eggnog is sold and some products have a proper hechsher. Would that be ok to buy and serve it at home, or not, as some might find it too affiliated...
#5726 – Tell All About Nitel!
Dear Rov Shlit’a .Why do so many not keep the tradition of not learning on Nitel?...
#5725 - Watch Out for That Watch!
Due to a medical reason I am using an apple watch to detect falls and heart arrhythmia. This watch also counts steps and other activities. The watch does not have a Shabbat mode and I cannot shut down...
#5724 – Get That Story Straight?
Where is Yoshke in our tradition?...
#5723 – Really! the Salt of the Earth?
See questions above. How about spreading salt on the ice of the entrance to the Shul or Home?...
#5722 – Icy Shailah?
See question above. Thank you Rov for the answers. Can one use also a metal scrapper to break the ice on Shabbat?...
#5721 - - Shabbath Shovel Shovelful
Is one allowed to clean the entrance and path to it from the street to his house or the Shul during Shabbath if the snow fell then?...
#5720 – Follow Now the Snow Show
Dear Rabbi. If someone wants to impress his southern visiting guest, can one use the snow on Shabbat for drinking purposes, as to cool the drinks?...
#5719 - Real Fast Talk
Dear Moreinu Shlit’a My father Shlit’a is already aged and does not usually fast, besides on Yom Kippur and Tisha Beav. He heard on Shiur that the Taanit Of Assarah Beteveth is more stringent and ind...
#5718 – Avow the Snow Chow?
Dear Rabbi. Following the above question, if indeed he has to recite a bracha before eating that snow, will he have to recite also the Bracha Acharona (after food blessing) when he reaches the end of ...