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# 1677 Tune Out?
Can you listen, sing or play sad tunes and music during sefira?...
# 1676 On Who Are We Counting?
Why do we say on the Leshem Yichud recitation before counting sefiras haomer, the phrase “kemo shekosuv BaTorah” (as it is written in the Torah), after all in our days the counting is only miderabana...
# 1675 The Kneidlach Emergency
Kneidlach on the last day of Pesach is a very important minhag in our family. When can you cook kneidlach this year when the last day of Pesach is Shabbos (for those who only eat or make gebrochts (ma...
# 1674 Let It Lay?
Shalom Aleichem Harav. What should one do if they forgot to lean for the 3rd cup (at the Pesach seder)?...
# 1673 The Karpas Breaks
Can one talk in-between washing for Karpas and eating it?...
# 1672 Where Are We Again?
What is Horav Miller’s opinion in regards to writing: 1) Haverstraw (NY) in hebrew for kesuva purposes? 2) Mount Ivy, (NY.) in a Kesuva? 3) What do you write in the Embassy Grand at Brampton On?...
# 1671 In Brief
Is it correct for someone who can daven mincha in a minyan where they repeat the complete chazoras hashatz, to instead daven at a choich shemone ezreh minyan, when he has the time to do so, and there ...
# 1670 A Cut Above the Rest
Given the choice, is it a bigger mitzvah to get a haircut erev Shabbos HaGadol or erev Pesach? (We are not talking about someone who is desperately in need of a haircut, but just in general, if one ha...
# 1669 Through Thick and Thin
Shalom Aleichem Harav If a protein powder is rice based, does that make the shake mezonos? Shkoyach...
# 1668 In Someone’s Hair
A non-religious Jew who has long hair in a way that is inappropriate for a Jew (e.g., ponytail - or even not to that extent), and now he wants to be chozer beteshuva, may he get a haircut on days when...
# 1667 Have a Gut Shabbos Hagadol
Could you please ask Rav Shlomo why does the Mechaver write (siman 430) that the Shabbat before Pesach is called Shabbat Hagadol because of the miracle that happened on that day. Since the Shulchan Ar...
# 1666 In Working Order
During the omer; on Shabbos (during the summer), when taking an early Shabbos one can be faced with 3 mitzvos simultaneously- counting sefira, bircas hamazon and reciting the shema what is the proper...
# 1665 Back to Flat on Back
Hello Rav, Due to multiple physical issues I’ve been having, my chiropractor has prescribed that I should sleep on my back with various foam-rolls under my neck and back for as much of the nigh...
# 1664 Corn Drops
An elderly patient that needs as part of his diet a room temperature water drink mixed with corn starch (potato starch is not an option). He is able to seat by the seder and Yom Tov meals together wit...
# 1663 A Can of Corn?
A socially responsible alternative for people who buy bottled water. is the corn based biodegradable plastic used in the UK. And available now in Canada. The corn-starch bottles are made from a type o...
# 1662 Now You Are Talking
Re - question 1660 (In regards to speaking during Hallel at the Pesach seder) - Why do you say that our tradition is not to say a Brocho? Every Haggodo ends Hallel either with the Brocho said normally...
# 1661 Steal a March?
On question 1655 the Rov expressed that because of tzenius issues, one should not participate on marathons or large walking events. I have seen in past occasions that some Gentiles that seem to be of ...
# 1660 Free Speech?
During the Seder shel Pesach, may I interrupt the saying of Hallel to speak about a section to which I wish to draw the family’s attention so that they may think about this idea or concept when t...
# 1659 The Soft Sell
Could Horav Miller please revise the following instructions set for people selling their chometz. Is everything correct? Notice 1. Please read the contract on the reverse side and become fa...
# 1658 Made To Order
On tefilin shel yad, if the last parsha became pasul, can yo cut it off and glue a new correct parsha recently written so it will be kesidrom (in order)?...