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# 1847 When Separating From Havdalah
Shalom Aleichem Harav! If one eats and does melacha before havdalah without having said baruch hamavdil (and forgot to say atoh chonontanu) what are the consequences? is it called chilul Shabbos and...
# 1846 Selichos Suit
Should one change clothing for saying selichos Motzei Shabbos or stay with the Shabbos clothing?...
# 1845 Mix no Match
Can you eat nuts when mixed in other foods like chocolate bars? Or even when grounded to a powder in a cake?...
# 1844 Not A Nut?
Are coconuts considered a nut as regards the 10 days? They are botanically a fruit, just as peanuts are a legume (and people stay away from peanuts in 10 days). (similar question) I have dietary re...
# 1843 Not Nuts Now
Are nuts prohibited on Rosh Hashana only, or on all the Ten Days of Teshuva?...
# 1842 Worry or be Happy?
I have always wondered. What is the Torah’s constant prevalent correct attitude. Should a person always feel besimcha, happy and content? Or should he constantly fear Hashem and be worried of the...
# 1841 Sleepy Selichos
If one says slichos at 10pm for no good reason, are they yotzee?...
# 1840 What Else is New?
We bought a rebuilt washing machine. After being without one for several weeks, it gave us a very happy feeling. Do we make a Shehecheyanu upon paying for it after installation or after the end of the...
# 1839 Better One Coat of Plain...
I once saw in a shul where the furnace broke on the middle of services an elderly lady putting on two taalis to keep warm, do you have to tell her not to do it?...
#1838 Wear or Tear?
Dear Honorable Rabbi, I came across a colorful wool taalis that was made for a lady to wear (I guess reform or something) is it permissible for a man to wear or is it considered a woman’s garmen...
# 1837 On a Wild blueberry Chase?
Re- question 1836 above. Are all blueberries created equal? Are wild blueberries the same as common berries?...
# 1836 It's the Berries after All
I have read that the brocho on blueberries is not necessarily HaEitz and that it depends on what kind of tree or bush it grows. Could the Rav please clarify...
# 1835 The Home Bird
Why is the mitzvah called "Shiluach HaKen" (see beginning of Perek 12 of Chulin)? Do we send away the mother or the nest? Perhaps, just as a person’s wife is called "his house" (see beginning of...
# 1834 "Hair" The Answer
In Question 1821 you write that Rav Miller permits permanently removing hair of the ear since it is usually done for remedy or curative reasons. Does this apply to hair growing on the exterior section...
# 1833 Vayehi Erev or Vayehi Boker?
I daven in a shul where the first Selichot are usually said at 11.00 PM on Motzei Shabbat since most people are unwilling to come two hours latter, when most shuln say the first Selichos. My quest...
# 1832 Heads Up!
It happens that sometimes I’ll look around during shacharis and see people whose Tefillin Shel Rosh is not in the proper position. What is the correct course of action when I see this? Should I q...
# 1831 A Tail of Two Coins
I’m not a very wealthy man, and in fact receive monthly tzeddakah cheques myself. However I do feel that it’s important to give some tzeddakah during davening, and so have a small change pur...
# 1830 Poor Fun Making Fun of the Poor
There is an inyan to put in your tzitzis when going to a cemetery because of lo’eig l’rosh. Does this apply when going to a funeral for a woman where there are separate sections in the ceme...
# 1829 Out of the Swim
Are a couple permitted to swim together if the wife is a Niddah?...
# 1828 Let The Good Times Begin
Rashi (21: 18) quotes Talmud (Sanh. 71b) that the wayward and rebellious son is executed on account of what he will do in the future - he will stand at the crossroads and rob people, killing them, the...