Ask The Rabbi
Halachic questions answered by Hagaon Rav Shlomo Miller Shlit'a
5,857 questions and answers
6025 – The Real Organs Melody?
Q. Is one allowed to accept human organs, if the addition is not essential and one could survive without it, yet the quality of life would be better. How about if the body parts to be received are jus...
6024 - Dance at the Right Wedding!-
Q. Rov Shlit’a. How important is the day of Tu B’av? How does it reflect on the weddings done on that day?...
6023 – Get More Really Clean?
Q. Rabbi. When Tisha B'av falls out on Thursday, it is permitted to launder clothing, shave, take hair cuts, bathe, and shower immediately after Tisha B'av in honor of Shabbat?...
6022 – Get Really Clean?
Q. Rabbi, I must add, if when one arrives home there is still time to take another shower should one go ahead?...
6021 – Not that Extended!
Q. Rabbi, I must add that some of our guest are traveling home on Friday morning is it permitted for them to acquire and eat the products for Shabbat in the morning here, when the stores open includin...
6020 - Extended Restrictions?
Q. Rabbi. I have another question regarding the night after Tisha Beav. I heard that we should not eat any meat and drink wine after the end of Tisha Beav until the next day. Is that true and why? Ho...
6019 - A Good Moon Blessing!
Rabbi. Should one make an effort to recite the blessing of the New Moon tonight after Tisha Beav or wait until Motzei Shabbat?...
6024 - Dance at the Right Wedding!
Rov Shlit’a. How important is the day of Tu Beav? How does it reflect on the weddings done on that day?...
6018 – The Last Meal?
See question above. I fast so much better when eating fried foods, but I just heard on a Halacha shiur that they should be avoided; is that true?...
6017 – Really! The Last Drink?- Querido Rabino
Can one drink diluted fruit juice at the Seudas Hamafsekes, (last meal before fasting begins)? It is very helpful for me. Can one take then a Lechaim sip?...
6016 - An Alcohol Problem?
Someone that has trouble with the idea of fasting, can he take a liquor drink at the Seudas Hamafsekes before commencing Tisha Beav?...
6015 – The Non Banquet Seuda!
What is the proper way to eat on this last “Banquet?”...
6014 – Last Seudah Before Tisha Beav
Rabbenu. On the Seudas Hamafsekes, is it correct that since the basic Minhag is to eat just bread, so should one avoid even dipping it in salt? If needed, can one relay on the likely case that some sa...
6013 – Even More Interesting Now!
See question above. I'd like to confirm that the last day for saying Kaddish is 11 months from the date of death (A K A Yartzheit) or 11 months from the date of burial?...
6012 - An Interesting Shailah?
Good morning Rabbi, I have an interesting shaila. So I'm now in my last of the 11 months of saying Kaddish and as most things go according to the date of the death or Yartzheit. Regarding my special...
#6011 – Just a Fitting Faint Align!
Can one use or move a self adjustable Shtender or walking cane on Shabbat?...
#6010 - A Shining Example
Dearest Rabbi. Is it permitted to polish the silver candle sticks for Shabbat during the Nine Days?...
#6009 - All Hands Off Deck
H. Rabbi. Can one wash the tile floor of the Shul or home during the Nine Days?...
FrumToronto Article
See question above. If indeed the tradition of that community is to minimize the usual Simcha and joy of Shabbat on this occasion, should the Rabbi when he speaks, refrain from his usual funny joke th...
#6007 -The Songs of Shabbat Chazon?
Dearest Rov Shlit’a. Is there an obligation or mitzva to contain or minimize Simcha (joy) during Shabbat Chazon, such as changing the tunes of the customary Tefilot or songs of Shabbat, with sad sound...