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# 5301 – Amen to the Amen!
Someone in the conversion process was told that he can’t say amen to other people’s brachas. I thought they are supposed to follow all Jewish laws and customs with the exception of completel...
#5300 A New World - Really?
Dear Rabbi Shlit’a. I have an important question that Gedolei Hatorah have to address. Since genetically altered fruits and other food items are constantly becoming more common, does their particu...
#5299 A Real Newborn?
Dear Rabbi. A friend became religious late in life. An orthodox Rabbi was telling him that he should now have a real bar mitzvah. My friend was very offended and then asked if he should also repeat hi...
#5298 Honey, Don’t Pass the Milk!
Dear Rov and Magid Shiur. I have another shaila. If I we served at a simcha meal Chalav Yisrael. Yet someone noticed that one of the waiters poured a bit of left over milk from another simcha, that wa...
#5297 A Sefer Torah in Aramaic?
- The Talmud (Megila 9) mentions that according to the opinion that allows a Sefer Torah to be written in aramaic, the reason is because it says יפת אל’ ל•...
#5296 Make it in Aramaic?
Dear Rov and Magid Shiur. When Hashem spoke to the important people of Babel as, described in the Talmud and Midrashim, did he speak to them in Aramaic?...
#5295 The True Tu Bishvat
The people of our shul have a tradition to make a seuda for Tu Bishvat in which the customary fruits are served. Can they make the Seuda on the night (Wednesday this year 2025) or does it have to be d...
#5294 Go For a True Song
As we are to read on this Shabbos Shirah the song that gives the name to the Shabbos, does it all have to be read with a special tune...
#5293 An Eating Problem?
See question above. I see that frum people go on vacation times or dates to places and restaurants that serve both Kosher and non-kosher food. Is that permitted? Is there any reason to worry about ma...
#5292 A Drink Problem?
Can someone traveling and being in an airport or plane, consume a coffee or tea served in what seems to be just items that are essentially kosher? What is Horav Miller’s Shlit’a opinion? Would he dri...
#5291 Sounds Are To Good to Be True?
Kvod Moreinu Horav Shlit”a: What is the Halacha regarding the prohibition of Kol Isha (listening to the voice of a woman singing) if the music in question is changed to either raise or lower the pit...
#5290 Don’t Trim the Shovavim!
See question above. Another explanation is because Shovavim falls after the winter solstice, which is when the days start to get longer. This connects to the narrative recounted in Avodah Zara (...
#5289 The Shovaim Meaning
Dear Rov Shlit’a: I overheard in our shul that we are now at the very special time of the year known as Shovavim. What exactly is the time period of Shovavim? And what does it mean? Why is it so spe...
#5288 Get the Right Day Right!
See question above . Thanks Rabbi for the enlightenment. Yet, why is the minhag to recite it on that particular day of the week?...
#5287 Always “Heaven On Earth"
We were asked a number of Shailos this year, significantly more than in others regarding the reciting this week of Parshas Haman on Tuesday. I sent to them the following Teshuva, we once wrote:...
#5286 Let Women Forget?
See questions above. As Tu Bishvat is approaching and one of the fruits traditionally eaten that we serve are olives, often people ask, (as reflected above), if it is correct to eat olives, since th...
#5285 Living with Olives V
We must add the following part to the answers above. “Does it make a different if the olives are lightly chewed or well-chewed? Does it make a difference if they are eaten by themselves or with garli...
#5284 Living with Olives IV
See question above. What is the definition of “Rogil” How often is it?...
#5283 Living with Olives III
See question above. Since it is common to consume olive oil, is that also included in the prohibition above?...
#5282 Living with Olives II
See question above. What kind of olives are included in this prohibition?...