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# 1220 Survive The Test Of Time
If a Jew comes late to class (in college, etc.), is it a Chillul Hashem? If he is running late, would it be better not to come at all than to walk in with a yarmulke and tzitzis and a long beard ten m...
# 1219 Tissue Issue
Can one pick up a soiled tissue (Kleenex) paper from the floor on Shabbat or is it muktze?...
# 1218 Grateful For Small Blessings
I understand that one who listens to me’ein sheva (shortened seven blessings version of Shabbos amida) on Friday night is yotzi Maariv. But there is no mention of making the wind blow and the rai...
# 1217 Mixture Mix-up?
A. Metamucil and similar brands are a psyllium fiber, bulk-forming powder laxative made from the husks of the Plantago Ovata plant’s seeds. There are two concerns on using it on Shabbos and Yom Tov, ...
# 1216 Hot Question
Subject: Nest thermostat 3rd generation Is it OK to have it on the wall Shabbes. It lights up when you pass it. It is learning your schedule and adjusting itself accordingly. Thank you...
# 1215 Kosher Money
Lately the Canadian government acknowledged that tallow is included in the new bills composition as a lubricant for the notes so they will easily pass through coin (paper) machines. Is that now a new ...
# 1214 Speak Before You Think?
If I only have a limited amount of time, what is higher priority: proper understanding of Krias Shema or proper pronunciation?...
# 1213 Work Against The Clock?
Re- your answer on the permissibility of the home use of inaccurate scales and other measuring devises such as baby bottles and measuring tapes, due in part to the fact that they are not used for comm...
# 1212 The Flying Menorah II
We are flying to Israel at 5;45 pm on the evening of December 25 - 2nd night Chanukah. We need to arrive at the airport around 3 PM and our flight will arrive noon the next day. Would those little b...
# 1211 Halacha In Hot Water?
The new gas water heaters come with a "Honeywell Vesta, self powered, self diagnostic gas valve. Alerts the user to the operating status of the heater." This device is powered by the heat generated by...
# 1210 Make A Name For Yourself
A married couple converted to Judaism and the tevila was done on the same day prior to their chupa. What names should be written in the kesuva, the old names that they used until now or the new names ...
# 1209 Pay Them With Their Own Coin
I’m including a picture of personalized silver and gold coins we are marketing. The images of Gedolei Israel, Holocaust survivors or benefactors to institutions etc. are engraved in the coins. Is...
# 1208 Count Your Brochos
Is it enough just to taste a tiny bit or there is a shiur required? If only a small taste is necessary, do you make a brocho?...
# 1207 Every Man To His Taste
Is every one supposed to taste on Erev Shabbos the foods prepared for Shabbos, or is it enough if one person tastes them? Do all foods have to be tested?...
# 1206 In Good Taste
What is the reason for tasting the food before the beginning of Shabbos?...
# 1205 A Measured Question
We learned recently on the Daf about not having false weights and measures. How about having them at home not for commercial purposes but just for preparing foods, or weighing oneself etc.?...
# 1204 Where Are We?
What is Horav Miller’s Shlit’a opinion in regards to writing the name of the place in the kesuva, when the wedding is in the Bayt or the Terrace? Is it Vaughan or Thornhill? What is the corr...
# 1203 Lift Left The Left
One called to do hagbaha on a sefer Torah, lost a bit of control and his left hand holding the heavy side of the sefer went down. The bottom yad of the eitz chaim was always in his hand, but the very ...
# 1202 Kiddush Flub?
One sees that the Mussaf prayer on Shabbos will be delayed and one will only get home/ have the opportunity to make Kiddush when it will be after chatzos (if one davens with the minyan), and one has n...
# 1201 The Crux Of The Kvater Matter
What is the source for the name K’vater?...