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Halachic questions answered by Hagaon Rav Shlomo Miller Shlit'a
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6057 – A Bitter Sweet Shailah?
Q. Dearest Rov. I always drink tea a few times a day with lemon, it is a very essential daily drink for me and I can’t drink it without the lemon. Can I have it on Rosh Hashana also?...
6056 – Follow the Fowl?
Q. Dear Rabbi. What is the difference between the kashrus, or in this case, treif, (non-kashrus) of a cheeseburger or even a bacon cheeseburger just to make it double treif, and a chicken parmesan. Ap...
6055 – An Early Real Great Meal
Q. Kvod Rabbenu Shlit’a. What is the correct way to eat the Seuda of Rosh Chodesh tomorrow Friday (9/13/26), which is also Erev Shabbat Parshat Shoftim. Should one eat in the afternoon since it has me...
6054 – Let the Service Institutions Provide Real Service!
Q. See question above. Can I in the above case just blow the shofar quietly under my blanket? Could I do the above, even if I have to be in the Hospital on Rosh Hashana, and there is no other Kosher p...
6053 – No Kidding!
Q. See question above. Can I in the above case, just take the shofar and blow it quietly in the hospital’s room bathroom?...
6052 – Don’t Blow the Blow
Q. Dear Rov Shlit’a. If someone has to undergo hospital treatment and will not be able to hear the blowing of the shofar during Elul, can he just zoom the blowing of the shofar?...
6051 – Replant the Cochlear Implant?
Q. See last question...
6050 - Plant the Cochlear Implant?
Q. Kvodo, Should one who can only hear with a cochlear implant listen to the shofar during Elul?...
6049 – Blowing Away Many Blowers?
Q. See questions above. We are still wondering why the blowing of the shofar should not be divided and done by a number of people, is it not better to have the mitzva done by many?...
6048 –A Unique Young Stable & Sound Blower?
Q. See questions above. We were further wondering, also from the friends camping with us these two weeks. If the only one that knows how to blow the shofar (more or less) is my talented son, who is on...
6047 – A Young Stable & Sound Blower?
Q. See questions above. Q. If the youngster can blow better that the elder, should he be one chosen during Elul?...
6046 – Shofar So Good - See question above.
Q. Rabenu Shlit’a, I have a few more questions Are the same requirements needed for the shofar we use during Elul as for the Shofar of Rosh Hashana? And can a youngster, not bar mitzva yet blow, if no...
6045 – An Earlier Blow?
Q. Rabenu Shlit’a. I just read on the Luach of our Shul that we will begin blowing the shofar on the morning after prayers next Friday, the second day of Rosh Chodesh Elul. (2026) Since the first day ...
6044 - First Come First Served-
Q. If one can only attend shul either both days of Rosh Hashana or on Yom Kippur (can't do both,) which is better?...
6043 – The Month of the Intelligent Spy? -
Q. Our Dearest Rabbi, Why do we use the name of Elul, meaning to spy, for this upcoming and most important last month of the year?...
6042 – What is Really Most Important? -
Q. Are there other important rulings to my above question?...
6041 – The Essence of Time?
Q. See question above. Another most important principle that has to be included in this type of Shailot and Halacha decisions, is the principle of Mitzvah Overet” or a passing and only temporary mitzv...
6040 – Me or My Family First?
Q. See question above. Do I give priority to the mitzvot that apply directly only to me or to the ones that I can do with others, especially my family?...
6039 - The Order of Priority -
Q. Dear Rov Shlit’a. Since I have a number of very busy businesses I have to take care of, and I’m a very occupied and busy person, I have a number of questions regarding priority of which mitzvot I h...
6039 - The Order of Priority -
Q. Hon. Rabbi. Can a woman swimming (in a proper site,) who wants to take a drink in front of other women also wearing swimming suits, do so reciting the proper blessing?...