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# 2230 You Need to Know the Answer
(Re - questions 2227, 2228 and 2229 above). If sciences and philosophy are not part of the Torah, why did the Rambam study philosophy and other religions?...
# 2229 The Real Menorah Torah?
(Re- questions 2227 and 2226 above). How can we not include the different fields of knowledge and science as part of the Torah? Does it not say that the branches of the one- single piece golden menora...
# 2228 Breaking a Story
(Re- question 2227 above .) If the answer to the above question is no, (Studying math and sciences, when used for Torah purposes, can be counted as actually learning Torah), why would it not be simila...
# 2226 Pick and Choose
I went to a crowded kiddush on Shabbat and there was not enough place to hang the raincoats. The guests just pile them on a table. After the kiddush, they were searching the pile. each picking coats f...
# 2225 Watch And Wear
May one wear bigdei Shabbos for a date or job interview, or other cases of need, or is this a chisaron in kavod Shabbos? May one trim his nails or get a haircut l’kavod a date or an interview? (I...
# 2224 Getting a Good Name
I heard in the name of Horav Miller that the name of the masechta we are currently learning in Daf Hayomi is not to be called "Eiruchin", as most do, but rather "Arachin." Is that correct....
2223 Heartfull Blessings
What brocho should one make on hearts of palm?...
# 2222 Walking Alone In Memory Lane
On a shul bulletin, the time for Yizkor is posted. Why? Does Yizkor need a minyan? Can a patient say Izkor when he has to stay in bed?...
# 2221 Bring Up The Date
If an error was made on the date of the death of the deceased, engraved on the matzeiva. It was discovered many years later, and is hard to correct it now without it looking fixed and unattractive. Ca...
# 2220 A Fragrant Perfumed Repellent?
Can one use suntan and insect repellent liquid oils and lotions during Shabbos and Yom Tov, for skin protection when walking outside during the summer? Can you also spray the new aromatic insect repel...
# 2219 Read The Lips
Someone is taking needed medicine that causes as a side effect dry skin and very painful dry lips. Can he use in Yom Tov a lipstick for treating his condition? Placing oil or Vaseline on his lips, d...
# 2217 The Taste of Smell
There are different food scent additives available in stores, that enhance the smell of dishes and are highly recommended for people with diet limitations such as salt or sugar, as they compensate for...
# 2216 Pass The Body Smell Test?
(See question above) Can one use cologne or liquid perfumed deodorant applied directly on the body during Shabbat, if it also passes on by contact an aroma to the clothing one is wearing?...
# 2215 A Smell Test
Can one use cologne or liquid perfumed deodorant applied directly on the body during Shabbat, if it also contains some medical ingredients for alleviating skin conditions?...
# 2214 The Wine Gifted
(See question 2199, for Otzar Beis Din definition). Good morning Rabbi. I received as a gift a wine from Israel that says on the label: "otsar bet din exported after biur". I would like to return t...
# 2213 The True Joy
One who is seating shiva is prohibited in learning Torah, but is allowed to learn the sad parts of the Torah and the laws of avelut. What happens when even learning those, grants one great joy? Is he ...
# 2212 A Baruch Hashem Loss?
Re- question 2158. If the shuls where he lives don’t say "Baruch Hashem Leolam", and therefore, if he follows the above P’sak, his family Minhag to say it will disappear because of disuse,...
# 2211 Picking the Brain on Picking Away
I see someone in shul organizing Siddurim, Ashkenass from Sefard is there any way that’s not assur if it’s not for immediate use? Must I rebuke? Suppose I have no current rapport with this person shou...
# 2210 Black and White About Black and White?
We recently learned in the Daf, that a Kushi or black cohen is considered a baal mum or blemished and can’t serve in the Temple, (or according to some as Shaliach Tzibur). Is that not clear racis...
# 2209 Really! No Brocho on Cheesecake?
What is Horav Miller’s opinion on the correct brocho on cheese cake?...