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# 1569 Means to an End
1) Q. Gut Voch, - I don’t know if this question was asked, but is one permitted to extinguish their menorah flames if they are still burning by the time one goes to sleep? (And they have been lit ...
# 1568 Greetings and Salutations
My neighbor is not shomer mitzvos, but I make a point to always great him warmly. Then when he drives his car on Shabbos (going to his shul), he makes a point if he sees me walking by, to open his win...
# 1567 Well, What Do You Know
How come the Shulchan Aruch says we don’t know what happened on the 9 of Teveis, and if we don’t know what happened, why should it be declared a fast day at all?...
# 1566 Furious Fast?
Is there any truth that one should be machmir to fast on Asarah Beveth more than another taanith? Therefore, even someone who because of age and weakness does not fast besides Yom Kipur and Tishaa Bea...
# 1565 Remains To Be Seen
Why is it that we burn the leftover oil, half burned wicks and candles from Chanuka, but we don’t do so for the remains of Shabbath or Yom Tov candles?...
# 1564 Mezo-Not Yes
On Rosh Chodesh there is a mitzvah to increase in eating, and even to have a seuda with bread (not an obligation). A working person who is at work basically the whole day and shkia is very early - how...
# 1563 Hurts To Ask
An anorexic person committed suicide by hanging herself from a tree. Is her mental condition such that she is treated as if she died from natural causes, or as a suicide?...
# 1562 Benefit Of The Doubt
An anorexic person died from complications related to the on-going overall decline in her bodily health. Is that termed a suicide?...
# 1561 Dead Serious
How (and why) do the minhagim and halachos relating to the deceased through suicide differ from one who passed away from natural causes?...
# 1560 Have You Got A Light?
(See above questions - I was stranded in an airport during Chanuka.,.). Should I have purchased some cigarettes and light one in the permitted smoking area outside? Does the Rav have any other idea...
# 1559 Take a Chance
(See above questions- I was stranded in an airport during Chanuka...). Could I use the Menora that presumably belongs to the airport administration and be yotze? If I use for my own personal need, is ...
# 1558 Cast Some Light On This
See question 1556 above (I was stranded in an airport during Chanuka..) Another question. There was an airport menorah (next to a Christmas tree) that could be available, the electrical bulbs where a ...
# 1557 L E D - N O
See question 1556 above (I was stranded in an airport during Chanuka..); The stores only had LED flashlights is that better than nothing? Could I make a bracha on it?...
# 1556 The Right Light
I was stranded in an airport during Chanuka, and I had to stay there overnight while waiting for the next available flight. Since I live alone, I didn’t have anyone to contact and light in my home for...
# 1555 Chanukah Chag?
What is the Rov’s opinion about what it says in M”B 529: 19, that one is obligated to eat meat and drink wine on Chanukah, when in fact we know that there is no such obligation?!...
# 1554 Safe to Share
I downloaded from the Agudath Israel of America site almost all the issues of Jewish Observer, going back to 5724. A number of articles concern criticisms of individuals, some still alive and some no...
# 1553 Nice To See You Too
I once heard from a great man who said to a group of Jews who had come to tour Eretz Yisroel, that as they traverse the land looking to see if the Land is good for them, the Land is also examining the...
# 1552 A Binding Dilemma
I take bread and put it into a blender and leave it on until it is as fine as it’ll get, not exactly like flour, but close to it. If I mix this "dust" into a salad, do I make a HaMotzi or Mezono...
#1551 Special Delivery
Does the husband of an expecting wife get pesicha (See questions 1549, 1550 above) if she usually delivers only by Cesarean Section?...
# 1550 Open and Shut Case
When the husband of a pregnant woman gets pesicha, (See question 1549 above), does he also close the doors, or that is given to someone else?...