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# 1537 Has All The Answers?
Since you may ask all your needs on shomea tefila in SE, why can you not answer Yehe Shme Rabba, it is a tefilah after all?...
# 1536 A Heart On the Right Place
Kvod Horav Q. Is it better to pray for the sick at the refaenu bracha or during shomea tefilah?...
# 1535 Water Feature
It could sometimes happen that someone (usually a child) will turn on a hot water tap on Shabbat. I’ve read in one place that it can’t be closed, except by asking a non-Jew. In another place...
# 1534 Sing Alone
Can a woman sing in her home if they are Jewish workers present engaged in their work and are not listening to her? Similarly, can a group of female students sing while they are traveling on a schoo...
# 1533 Location, Location, Location
Can a woman attend Israeli dance classes for girls & women only, instructed at a Non- Orthodox synagogue?...
# 1532 Invited To Kidush
I make Kiddush on Friday night on wine. All of a sudden, a guest comes in. I do not have more wine to give him. So we wash and I make hamotzi. After I make hamotzi, am I allowed to continue with Kiddu...
# 1531 A Brush With The Mikva
Do you have to toivel a brush (the nylon threads are attached to a wooden handle by a strap of metal), that is used for covering bread and similar with eggs. oil and the like?...
# 1530 Grain Of Truth
Dear Rabbi, I joined this frum 12- step program for people who are compulsive eaters, which has become popular here in the New York area. Every day one has to commit their food for the following day ...
# 1529 Right On The Nail
(See above question in regards to removing partially hanging nails before washing netilas yodaim). What do you do if it is Shabbos (and you cannot remove the hanging nail)?...
# 1528 Nail It Down
Is part of a fingernail that is loose and hanging. a Chatitzah and must be removed before washing Netilas Yadayim....
# 1527 Speak Of The Demon
Rashi writes in Taanis and Pesachim that there is a demon (sheid) called Igras and people don’t go out on Tuesday and Friday nights to avoid being harmed by this demon. Question: How can a demo...
# 1526 Go Over With A Fine Tooth Comb
Q, Kvod Horav; Is one allowed to comb his peyos since he may come to pull out a hair while doing it, which is prohibited?...
# 1525 Means To An End
If a chassan is in shul, the tzibbur skips tachanun. Question: one who came late and is davening privately, is he also exempt? How late could one come to shul and still be considered exempt due to the...
# 1524 Many Happy Returns
If there is a bris in a large shul at a different minyan than the one being attended by my minyan, do we say Tachanun?...
# 1523 No Time For An Apple
Can one wear an Apple 3 watch on Shabbath that has internet and phone connectivity, when those features are turned off and only the time and temperature shows?...
# 1522 Watch Out
Can one wear a kinetic watch on Shabbath, that is similar to a self-winding which poskim permit when it is already working, but in this type the hand movement instead of winding a mechanical device, c...
# 1521 Let’s Shed Some Light
Someone donated a fancy chandelier to our shul. It was placed directly above the Bimah. I do not know what the Baal Korei of Shacharis experienced, but when I leined for Mincha, I noticed that, becaus...
# 1520 Stop The Presses!
A person who woke up in the middle of the night on Friday night and, while still half-asleep and not realizing that it’s Shabbos, pressed the button on his watch (which he was wearing) to make it...
# 1519 Watch Those Buttons
Is one permitted to wear an electronic watch with a push button LED light on Shabbos?...
# 1518 A Gift Beyond Belief
1) After I came back to work after being away from work for a few days, my boss handed me a gift which was sent from one of our non-jewish co-workers in India. It is a fancy gold image of a Buddhist...