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# 1609 Ring In The New?
Should one make an effort to say sheheyanu on new fruits on Tu Bishvat?...
# 1608 The Labor of One’s Fruits
Why and when is it best to eat the fruits on T’u Bishvat, the night before or during the day? Before the seuda, during, or after the seuda? Should one encourage making a seuda for chinuch of children?...
# 1607 Hold Fast
Do chassan/kallah fast on T’u Bishvat? (the wedding is the night after)....
# 1606 Heaven On Earth
What is the source for saying Parshas Haman on the third day of the week of Beshalach? Is this an accepted segula for parnassa that one should follow?...
# 1605 The Rights Of The Left
My young son is left-handed, with which hand should I teach him to lift the becher to make kiddush?...
# 1604 Taking Forever?
A bris milah is a seudas mitzvah. Does this apply even if one is not able to stay for the seuda, but takes food and eats it on his way to work, or saves it for lunch or supper? The naf kamina (differe...
# 1603 The Rise of the Rice
Is there a problem wetting and using rice paper on Shabbat? I’m not sure I totally understand how it works, but it is unusable in its packaged state until it is soaked in water. It transforms fro...
# 1602 The Benefit Of The Doubt
If one has a doubt if he davened on Shabbos, or if his davening was done correctly or for whatever reason may have been done incorrectly, can he eat? There is no solution to say a voluntary prayer on ...
# 1601 Shake Someone’s Tree
There is a bachur who placed his hat and jacket on a tree during Shabbos (or before Shabbos). Is there any heter to remove it from the tree on Shabbos to avoid the great embarrassment of davening with...
# 1600 Good To Hear Your Voice
Re-prior question 1593 in regards to reading shnaim mikra by using a voice vibrator that creates words. There are other available methods to help the patients who have undergone a laryngectomy. This m...
# 1599 See The Light?
What is Horav Miller’s opinion on using the Shabled lights on Shabbos? it has a Star K and other hecherim. It is basically a small drawer covering a bright LED light, that stays on the whole Shabbos. ...
# 1598 Not Invited to The Weeding
Is there an issur to offer a taste (of marijuana liquid tincture – see question above), to someone else? Is there a Chilul Hashem issue when using it in public?...
# 1597 Let Them Eat Cake
See question above - What bracha would you make? (on tincture - a liquid concentration of the marijuana plant. You just put a few drops on the tongue)....
# 1596 A Certified Kosher Pot?
Does the now available tincture require a hechsher? (It is a liquid concentration of the marijuana plant. You just put a few drops on the tongue; see question above)....
# 1595 High or Spirited?
Now that the use of recreational marijuana became legal here in California (or is about to, as in other states), is there a Halacha issue for not using it, even when not in a smoke? Why should it be d...
# 1594 Stay Tuned
The cantor in my synagogue tends to sing rather slowly, emphasizing every musical note. When it comes to parts of the prayers for which he has no melody, he whispers them to himself, and quickly. Our ...
# 1593 Find One’s Voice
In regards to the blind reading shnaim mikra using Braille, could the mute (by the removal of the voice cords) read shnaim mikra by using a voice vibrator that creates words. For that matter, can the ...
# 1592 Milk and Baloney?
If one is attending a bris milah that is going to be milchigs, may/ should one bring his own meat in order to fulfill his obligation according to all opinions (including Magen Avraham), or is this hau...
# 1591 Enjoy Your Meal
Does one comply with the mitzvah of seudas bris milah when serving a dairy seuda, without wine, as is the custom? Or should one serve meat and wine, as is appropriate for a seudas mitzvah?...
# 1590 Sing a Different Song?
We were having a Chanukah party and we were singing this song, "Leshana HaBaa Birusholayim". Unlike the passage in the Haggadah shel Pesach, where this phrase ends there, the song has an added word: "...