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# 1827 Stand Fast to the Fast Talk
I try to concentrate intently on the meaning of "Y’hei Sh’mei Rabba etc." as the Talmud appears to attach great importance to this endeavour, even going so far as to declaring that one who d...
# 1827 Stand Fast to the Fast Talk
I try to concentrate intently on the meaning of "Y’hei Sh’mei Rabba etc." as the Talmud appears to attach great importance to this endeavour, even going so far as to declaring that one who d...
# 1826 Cherish the Kiddush Wish
Hello Rav,In an effort to improve my health, I am not supposed to consume sugar. Can I use a sugar free diet soda (like Coke Zero) for kiddush/havdalah? Could I use unsweetened herbal iced tea? Unf...
# 1825 Have Your Say
The only child of a deceased parent is a woman. Which is better? a) Her husband should say Kaddish, assuming he gets permission from his living parents. b) She should hire someone to say Kad...
# 1824 I'll Drink to That?
May I request coffee or tea from a stewardess on a flight?...
# 1823 Be A Good Sport
If one’s wife is a Niddah, may the couple play the following games together: Ping-Pong, Tennis, Badminton, volleyball Since the goal of the game is not to pass the object to one’s opponent ...
# 1822 No blockage...Except for Torah
I pray in a small schul inside a Jerusalem bomb shelter. The wall of the lavatory is thus pretty close to the wall of the area where we daven. I have noticed that I can hear the Chazan clearly when I ...
# 1821 Hear Hair!
Is it permitted for a man to permanently remove hair coming from one’s ears?...
# 1820 Ten Men - Amen
Is it permitted for one who davens Minhag Aschkenaz to refrain from answering Amein to "V’yatzmach Purkanei Vikareiv M’shichei" since according to his Poskim this addition is a "Shinui Mimad...
# 1819 Love and Don’t Leave the Ger
Is there a mitzvah to mekarev a ger who has lapsed in observance the same way that there is a mitzvah to mekarev someone born Jewish?...
# 1818 A Family That Swims Together?
Assuming the women of the family are wearing modest swimsuits, such that they are similar to a dress and the sleeves cover until the elbow and knee; may a family, two parents and children, swim togeth...
# 1817 Game Is Up
(See question above). If not, should one pay good money to attend a game and watch the unusual players personally, so he can recite the bracha?...
# 1816 Real Blessings
Do you say this bracha (meshane habrios, see question 1816 above) when watching a match on a screen?...
# 1815 How Big is Big?
Mishna Berura (225: 20) writes that you make the bracha of meshane habriot (who created assorted creatures) when you see an extremely tall or heavy person. How tall and heavy do they have to be? How a...
# 1814 For Dear Life
A woman on her third month of pregnancy developed cancer (lo aleinu), she refuses to be given chemo or radiation treatment, since it can harm the baby she carries. Is that halachically correct? Should...
# 1813 The Spitting Image
I recently heard that if someone is late, he can wash his hands for davening by spitting on them, (based on a recent daf hayomi) is that true? Does it mean that if you are in the middle of shemonesrei...
# 1812 You're Not in Hot Water
May I request hot water from a stewardess on a flight?...
#1811 Wash and Pray?
(See question 1810 above) If one ate a bread sandwich while in the lake and close to the shore. (he washed his hands netilas yodaim, by being tovel them in the water), should he bench while inside the...
# 1810 Testing the Waters
I was swimming on a late afternoon across a lake. I misjudged how long the swim will take and was cought far from the shore (about half an hour) when the shekiah was about to begin. Since I’m car...
# 1809 A Time To Dance?
Some questions in regards to Tisha Beav this year (on Shabbos). Q. If the minhag of your shul is to dance during Kabbolas Shabbos, should you also do it this time? (in the past, we danced, but so...