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# 1709 A Woman’s Work is Never Done?
Is it true that according to the Shulchan Aruch women are not supposed to work during the nights after Pesach until Shavuos?...
# 1708 Bracha on the Right Tree
Since the days of Nissan are over can you still say the bracha for blooming trees with Hashem’s name after Lag Baomer? Is it better to wait until Shabbath to recite it? Is it better to recite it wit...
# 1707 It Is a Two Way Street
An individual used to be religious, went off the derech, ending up marrying a non-Jew. This individual is definitely not a mumar l’’hachis. Now he is not well. Is it proper to daven for his ...
# 1706 Kashes on the Keshes
Kvod Harav, couple of questions on Lag Baomer minhagim. 2) What is the reason for the Lag Baomer’s minhag of children playing with bows and arrows, and why don’t we see that anymore today?...
# 1705 Suspicious Kaddish
Can someone who has living parents recite Kaddish Derabbanan? Can one recite kaddish for a grandparent when the father is unable to recite, and the mother is alive?...
# 1704 The Shorashim of Shloshim
How important is it to keep the shloishim day by making a siyum or a seuda with Torah learning?...
# 1703 Right On Time
This year that Lag Baomer is Thursday, if one finishes the sefira restrictions on that day, should he better wait until Erev Shabbos to cut his hair likvod Shabbos?...
# 1702 Riskless Bless
Someone was teaching in shul after the shkia before maariv about Lag Baomer on the eve of that day. He mentioned many times the name Lag Baomer without any intention to be or not to be yotze. Can he s...
# 1701 Milking Lag Baomer Dry?
Kvod Harav, a couple of questions on Lag Baomer minhagim. 1) Is it true that there is a minhag to make a milchig (milk) seuda on Lag Baomer?...
# 1700 Shedding Light on Lighting
Can someone who still has living parents light a yortzait candle for a deceased friend? Is permission from the parents required?...
# 1699 Answer to Teshuva
What is the appropriate stage at which a baal teshuva should acquire and wear a hat? (This is obviously a personal decision, but perhaps the rav could offer some general guidance). Also, is it appropr...
# 1698 Been There, Davened That
If I am the tenth at a mincha minyan, but I’ve already davened mincha, what do I do at this one? I assume I don’t say Shemoneh Esrei again, but I do say Amein to all brachos. Do I say Modim ...
# 1697 Just Hang Up
What should one do when he picks up the phone on a Friday afternoon and, to his horror, discovers that the caller is a non-religious Jewish family member who is now in a part of the world where Shabbo...
# 1696 A Wonder on A Wonder
My daughter works in the Yonge & Finch area and since it was a nice day she was sitting on a bench in a small park when the van that killed and harmed so many people run some feet in front of her. A p...
# 1695 A Fortunate Soldier
I’m joining the army as a chaplain. What should I do with lighting candles before Shabbos inside an army camp? The lighted candles can not be left unattended....
# 1694 Boot Camp
I’m joining the army as a chaplain. Can I carry inside the building or inside the fenced army camp during Shabbos?...
# 1693 Special Forces
I’m joining the army as a chaplain. Can I have the cook warm my special double wrapped kosher food on Shabbos? He knows it is for me....
# 1692 Bad Hair Day
Hello Rabbi I am waiting for a response about my shailoh of lo yilbosh for a man dyeing his hair nowadays....
# 1691 Double Check
If someone was visiting in Eretz Yisroel when they were reading a different parsha that Shabbos (Tazria – Metzora) and in Chutz Laaretz (Shemini). And then returns and will listen a second time the ne...
# 1690 Walking on Eggs
I have a non-Jewish neighbor who is very friendly and does us many favors. He offers every year to my children Easter chocolate eggs. They don’t eat them because they don’t have kosher certification. ...