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# 2289 An Easy Pill to Swallow
I was under the impression that one can take the pre-fasting pills. This (quotation bellow from dailyhalacha@aol.com) clearly says not "One should not say that one is eating to have strength for th...
# 2288 Encase the Staircase Case
In question 2280 you wrote that in a house where the basement is rented out to men, there is no prohibition of yichud (men and women secluding together) for the woman on the higher floor, if the door ...
# 2287 Rags or Riches
For those of us that follow the custom cited in the Ramo to wear weekday clothing on Shabbos Chazon, a custom that was practiced throughout the Rhineland for generations, is it OK for us to circulate ...
# 2286 Only Kosher Spirits?
(See above question 2283). Does it make a difference on food and drinks kept in a hospital room, if the patient who perished was a Jew or not?...
# 2285 Sure Cure?
(See above question 2283), Does one have to be concerned on food and drinks kept in a hospital room, if even when the patient recovered and went home, maybe someone else passed away during that time i...
# 2284 A Deadly Cover Story
(See above question 2283). Does it make a difference if the food and drinks kept in a hospital room when the patient died there, where still sealed or where covered?...
# 2283 Not a Kindred Spirit
Is it permitted to consume food or drinks that were kept in a hospital room when the patient died there?...
# 2282 Spot Check
Can one remove during the nine days only the stains and spots from clothing, without washing the garment? During the Nine Days, may one remove "ring around the collar" (sweat stains that form around ...
# 2281 Holds Promise?
Is there a source to the minhag that some have to perform a ceremony of Hatarat Nedarim,when a person is a goses or moribund and about to pass away? This is done for the purpose of absolving the dying...
# 2280 A Staircase Case
We have an open staircase going down to the basement of our house. We were thinking of making the basement into a home office. How much of a door would have to be added to prevent any issues of Yihud ...
# 2279 Giving a Hand
If women related to a dying father in law, uncle or similar visit him and want to hold his hand to provide much needed support, care and appreciation, is that permitted?...
# 2278 Finishing Davening
Since, (see prior question 2277), in our days it is difficult to ascertain when a terminally ill patient has reached the stage of becoming a goses, when should the tefilos and the tehilim as well as t...
# 2277 The Beginning of the End
In our times when many terminally ill patients facing an imminent death are likely to be unconscious or wearing a mask connected to a breathing machine or are intubated to a ventilator, when does the ...
# 2276 The Score on Settling II
(See question 2265 regarding a couple transitioning to live in Israel). Does this mean that in year two, one should be most of the year, does it have to be every year 6 months in a row dafka? there co...
# 2275 Toss a Cohen?
Can a Cohen visit Kever Rachel? Can a Cohen enter the burial cave of the Sanhedrin?...
# 2274 The Just Don't Get It
Can a Cohen visit the historical kevarim of tzadikim (graves of the just) from centuries ago, if they are separated from a cemetery?...
2274 Fast or Feast?
If someone always makes a seuda with meat on every Rosh Chodesh, can he also do so on Rosh Chodesh Av? Especially when it falls, as in this year on Friday and Tisha Beav is nidche?...
# 2273 Have an Early Night
Does one need to be machmir for the halachos of the nine days starting from shekiyah or only from nightfall? Maybe one could argue that it is a question of a Rabbinic law where we are often lenient. T...
# 2272 Who Am I?
I’m a Yeshiva bochur learning successfully in a well known Yeshiva and I plan to stay in learning after I get married. I became aware since I became bar mitzva that I’m an adopted child, an...
# 2271 Lamdanut on the Coconut
What bracha you make when drinking the coconut water, when served as a mixed drink in the coconut itself?...