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# 1260 Smell To Heaven?
The Mishnah Berurah (O"H 280:1) says that it is obligatory to consume garlic on Friday or Friday night. How is the garlic supposed to be prepared and how many cloves should be ingested?...
# 1259 To-bel Or Not To-bel
I recently bought a Keurig coffee maker and realized that I might need to toivel it. The instructions say it should not be submerged in water. What is Rav Shlomo Miller’s opinion on it? Thank ...
# 1258 Honour Thy Father and Thy Chavrusa
My elderly father recently moved in with me. Although he has care providers during regular business hours, I am his primary care-giver during the rest of the day. For several years now, I have had a r...
# 1257 Must Read This
Hello... There is a prohibition against reading the caption under a picture on Shabbat. A Rav once mentioned that this could apply to reading children’s books on Shabbat. These books have a big ...
# 1256 Fruits of One's Flavor
Dear Rabbi. Q. On Tu Bishvat when should one eat the fruits, at the beginning of the seuda or at the end? If there is a new fruit that requires shecheyanu, should one eat it before the rest, even ...
# 1255 Party Time
For the people who have the minhag to make a special seuda on Tu Bishvat, eat shivas haminim fruits and sing the fifteen shir hamaalos, on this year that it falls on Shabbos, should this be done earli...
# 1254 Sherry Shomyain?
Dear Rabbi Bartfeld, Can you please ask Rav Miller if it is best to refrain from scotch in sherry casks due to the isur hanaah of stam yayin. Thank you....
# 1253 In Heaven's Name
Is there a special name to be given to a child who was born with severe birth defects and not expected to survive?...
# 1252 Still Need a Name
Re- above question: If a baby born with severe defects and is not expected to survive. If the answer is yes (to give a name), but the parents are not at all religious, could friends without their know...
# 1251 Shem and Hashem
A baby born with severe defects that is not expected to survive, should be given a Jewish name in shul? Does the halacha change if the baby survives thirty days?...
# 1250 Give It A Spin
Can you use a lettuce dryer on Shabbos? It works by turning a handle and spinning and it has a strainer inside. It has a mechanism for turning the strainer very fast so that the lettuce becomes dry....
# 1249 A Gentle Pray
Is one allowed to pray for a refua shelaima or wish a refua shelaima to a non Jew?...
# 1248 A Good Many
Is there a mitzvah to attend a pidyon petter chamor? (redemption of a first born donkey) Should one who is sitting and learning Torah stop learning to attend?...
# 1247 The Game's Up
A recent kuntros in Eretz Yisroel was published saying that playing a Rubik cube on Shabbos is a problem of borer. What is Rav Miller position on the issue? Thank you!...
# 1246 She'll Drink To That
In regards to the shayiles sent on mistakes done under the chupa, I was at a chupa where the mother of the kalah, when the cup of wine was given to her to give it to her daughter, by mistake she drank...
# 1245 Make No Mistake
4) See prior question 1242.What happens if when reciting the sheva brochos, Shehakol was said instead of Hagefen? Mesameach Chassan Vekala instead of Chassan Im Hakala?...
# 1244 Account Your Blessings
3) See prior question 1242. What happens if one of the sheva brochos was said with mistakes that change its meaning, such as instead of Shehakol Barah Likvodo in the first brocho, one said Shehakol ...
# 1243 Mixed Blessings
2) Re – See prior question 1242. What happens if one of the sheva brochos was said before the other, and the order was changed?...
# 1242 Trial By Error
In recent times more family members and friends are being honoured with reciting sheva brochos and some of them are not very learned to say the least. This gives rise to brochos said with mistakes or ...
# 1241 Clean Your Plate
Thank you for the answer (See question 1029, I was making an omelette in a milchik pan... ). If the eggs are made on butter with cheese (on a milchik pan), and you accidentally put them on a fleishik ...