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# 1875 Bye Honey?
Do you still use honey on the hamotzi on Shabbos Bereishis?...
# 1874 Five Strikes and Out?
I have seen often people striking the ground with the arovos on Hoshana Rabba until most or all the leafs are gone, and creating a great mess in the shul or at home is that correct....
# 1873 Landing Permit
Is there a source for throwing the arovos after being used on top of the aron hakodesh?...
# 1872 Tied in Knots about Hoshanos?
Is it correct to tie the aravos branches for the hoshaanos for Hoshana Rabba with rubber bands or red string? Do they have to be tied at all?...
# 1871 Fiddle with the Simcha
Is it better not to play musical instruments during a simchat bet hashoeva since it is done on chol hamoed?...
# 1870 An answer to Blowing in the Wind
In regards to schach being blown off the sukka by an uncommon wind, (see above question), what is considered a ruach sheino metzuya or uncommon wind? does it have to happen at least after a span of th...
# 1869 Will It Fly?
Is one allowed to fasten the schach mats with plastic zip-ties to the wood cross beams supporting them as a precaution they don’t fly of with unusual strong winds (ruach sheino metzuya)?...
# 1868 Parents or Children
If one has a small sukka and can only include in it his children or his parents, who should he choose?...
# 1867 Leading Lights
What is the reason and the source for the tradition kept by some to light candles at the simchas beis hashoeva?...
# 1866 An Eye on the Hurricane
Can I dismantle my Sukka on Chol Hamoed since I will be leaving town before the last days of Sukkos. I am afraid that if it remains it might cause damage to my property or adjacent properties, since I...
# 1865 Trail his Coat
I have in my home a coat that does not belong to me. I must have picked it up by mistake about five years ago from a shul or another public place, that I can’t remember. The coat is common withou...
# 1864 Eat Away
What if one didn’t have in mind the mitzva while eating on Erev Yom Kippur, does he comply? If he overate it it still a mitzva?...
# 1863 Amounts To Something
Is there a shiur or amount of food that one should eat in order to comply with the mitzva of eating on Erev Yom Kippur? If not, should one keep on eating small amounts during the day or suck a candy t...
# 1862 Hashem's Gift to Women?
Since eating on Erev Yom Kippur is a mitzva that is time sensitive, should the wife join her husband also at the late supper? (See question 1861 above.)...
# 1861 A Late Supper
Should one wait to eat supper on the eve of Erev Yom Kippur until night, so he can comply with the mitzva of eating on that day?...
# 1860 Break Bread?
(See prior question 1959). Is there any prohibition of pas yisroel when it comes to wheat flour based cereals?...
# 1859 The Staff of Life
Is one obligated to eat only pas yisroel (bread baked in a Jewish bakery; as opposed to kosher bread baked anywhere) during the aseres yemei teshuvah? What happens when someone must travel?...
# 1858 A Teshuva on Teshuva
Dear Rabbi When considering complying with the mitzva of teshuva, is it better to choose a relative small but constant mitzva that one can mend and keep at all times. (Such as learning Torah and keep...
# 1857 A King of Questions
We say and repeat Hamelech in the tefilos and end of brochos of Rosh Hashono, because Hashem being King implies the strictness of judgment on that day. Why then is Hamelech equally said on Yom Kippur,...
# 1856 A Live Answer
(See question 1855 above) Why does the patient who was connected to a heart-lung machine, and experienced a complete cessation of the natural heart and lungs functions, which is the traditional defini...