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# 1867 Leading Lights
What is the reason and the source for the tradition kept by some to light candles at the simchas beis hashoeva?...
# 1866 An Eye on the Hurricane
Can I dismantle my Sukka on Chol Hamoed since I will be leaving town before the last days of Sukkos. I am afraid that if it remains it might cause damage to my property or adjacent properties, since I...
# 1865 Trail his Coat
I have in my home a coat that does not belong to me. I must have picked it up by mistake about five years ago from a shul or another public place, that I can’t remember. The coat is common withou...
# 1864 Eat Away
What if one didn’t have in mind the mitzva while eating on Erev Yom Kippur, does he comply? If he overate it it still a mitzva?...
# 1863 Amounts To Something
Is there a shiur or amount of food that one should eat in order to comply with the mitzva of eating on Erev Yom Kippur? If not, should one keep on eating small amounts during the day or suck a candy t...
# 1862 Hashem's Gift to Women?
Since eating on Erev Yom Kippur is a mitzva that is time sensitive, should the wife join her husband also at the late supper? (See question 1861 above.)...
# 1861 A Late Supper
Should one wait to eat supper on the eve of Erev Yom Kippur until night, so he can comply with the mitzva of eating on that day?...
# 1860 Break Bread?
(See prior question 1959). Is there any prohibition of pas yisroel when it comes to wheat flour based cereals?...
# 1859 The Staff of Life
Is one obligated to eat only pas yisroel (bread baked in a Jewish bakery; as opposed to kosher bread baked anywhere) during the aseres yemei teshuvah? What happens when someone must travel?...
# 1858 A Teshuva on Teshuva
Dear Rabbi When considering complying with the mitzva of teshuva, is it better to choose a relative small but constant mitzva that one can mend and keep at all times. (Such as learning Torah and keep...
# 1857 A King of Questions
We say and repeat Hamelech in the tefilos and end of brochos of Rosh Hashono, because Hashem being King implies the strictness of judgment on that day. Why then is Hamelech equally said on Yom Kippur,...
# 1856 A Live Answer
(See question 1855 above) Why does the patient who was connected to a heart-lung machine, and experienced a complete cessation of the natural heart and lungs functions, which is the traditional defini...
# 1855 A Matter of Life and Death
How is it possible to allow a surgery to take place where the patient is connected to a heart-lung machine? True, the body is receiving oxygenated blood. However, there is complete cessation of the na...
# 1854 Fly Kosher
I have a lot of fruit flies swarming in my apartment. I’ve tried a solution that I purchased in a local hardware store. Someone suggested I use apple cider vinegar to help attract the flies. Does...
# 1853 Fast... but not so Fast
Should one fast on Tzom Gedalia if that may affect him and he maybe won’t be able to fast on Yom Kippur?...
# 1852 Dying to Know?
A person who is not ill, but finds fasting hard because of his age; he does usually fast on other taaneisim. Can he avoid fasting on Tzom Gedalia since it is as is a nidche? (Gedalia was assassinated ...
# 1851 Just a Question of Time
Hi. I have a question that’s been bothering me for some time. There are some coffee machines that you can set on a clock that will grind, brew and make your coffee. Can such a machine be set to ...
# 1850 A Maaseh on Maaser Money
I usually split my maaser money to donate to different institutions. On this occasion I had first in mind to give it all to institution A, can I change it and give it now all to institution B? Nothing...
# 1849 Charity Returns Home
In regards to question 1831 above, where the collecting sheliach returned the coins given to him to the donor and he is allowed to accept them. Does he need now to give them now to another charity? W...
# 1848 On a Manner of Speaking
Shalom, Someone with background in Ashkenazi and Sephardi communities, and is able to daven with either pronunciation. He always davens with Ashkenazi pronunciation. Can he daven for the omud in a ...