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# 1935 A Word on Honor
Does one have to stand to honor an elderly woman if she is not an eishes chover?...
# 1934 Sorry, but not Old
Does one have to stand for an elderly person if he is mochel, forgives or does not want you to stand for him?...
# 1933 Know Where You Stand
(On prior question 1932, mitzva of standing for the aged) I don’t see it widely practiced in many places, so I’m wondering if there are any heterim for not doing it while learning, davening,...
# 1932 Reason To Stand
I heard that its a mitzvah from the Torah to stand up FULLY when a frum Jew over 70 years old (60 according to Kabalah) comes into your 4 Amot....
# 1931 All the Best By the Best
Q Rashi says that the words in Parashas Vayishlach, "Im Lovon Garti" (2nd explanation) mean that Yaakov kept the 613 mitzvos. However, it is certain that he did not keep them all because, for example...
# 1930 Take The Tallis Treat?
I traveled to be at my future son-in law’s aufruf. When I came to the shul I realized that I did not have my tallis with me. I was unable to ask someone to lend me one, but I found someones weekd...
# 1929 Thought For Food
I have been earning some extra money being an Uber Eats driver (it’s like a taxi that picks up food from restaurants that don’t normally deliver, and deliver the food to customers). Not long...
# 1928 An Informed "Informing" Decision
A landlord has a tenant renting part of his house, and he seems to be abusing his wife or his children, as he can hear or witness. Does he have an obligation to report to the respective authorities? ...
# 1927 Eviction Contradiction
Can a Shomer Torah landlord expel a similar tenant from his rental property for defaulting in rent payments by following the law of the land and applying for an eviction ruling enacted by a law office...
# 1926 Paper Bag Recycling?
When you use a paper bag to double enclose food that you are warming in a non- kosher microwave, can it be reused again? How many Times? What happens if drops of condensation fall on the paper bag?...
# 1925 Giving a Hand
A non-Jewish caregiver who needed to cook the food for a patient, could not wait any longer for a family member to turn on the stove, so the caregiver took the hand of her client and pushed it to turn...
# 1924 Nothing is for Free
Re- question (1923) above in regards to the Chavos Yair ruling that when wine is gifted one should rather use his own wine for kiddush since it was paid for. This is surprising since after all the win...
# 1923 Get a Gift?
I was given as a gift a beautiful tallis, as far as kashruth goes, it is equal to the one I bought for myself. Is it better or more mehudar to continue using the one I have since I paid for it and as ...
# 1922 Listen To Reason or Reason To Listen
Re- question 1904 on the need to recite Birchas Hatorah before listening to a tape of Mussar. You mentioned that many Poskim differentiate between merely thinking and actually listening to words of To...
# 1921 Thanks For...?
When making a seudas hodoa for thanking G-d for the miracle of His great salvation, does one have to disclose to the guest partaking at the seuda, the reason for that act?...
# 1920 Pop The Shailah?
Hello Rav, Q. At work they make microwave popcorn (that has a hechtsher) in the non-kosher communal microwave. It is sealed in its bag the whole time it is cooking. Is this permissible to eat it t...
# 1919 The Real Wish List
A. What is the original source of "Eilu Devarim SheAdam Ochel PeiroseiheM BaOlam Haze..." followed by a list of 10+* items that is recited after Birchat HaTorah found in Ashkenazik** siddurim? - We...
# 1918 A Complete Answer
If just a bit of the chala or the matza is missing or broken off, is it still shleimim? How much?...
# 1917 Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread?
For lehem mishneh are two shleimim required? Does this apply to small chalos that are less than a kezais?...
# 1916 The Making of a Martyr
If an individual who identifies as Jewish but is L’Halacha not Jewish, was murdered because he was a Jew. He was killed by gun shot while the murderer yelled "all Jews must die". Is it consider...