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# 1529 Right On The Nail
(See above question in regards to removing partially hanging nails before washing netilas yodaim). What do you do if it is Shabbos (and you cannot remove the hanging nail)?...
# 1528 Nail It Down
Is part of a fingernail that is loose and hanging. a Chatitzah and must be removed before washing Netilas Yadayim....
# 1527 Speak Of The Demon
Rashi writes in Taanis and Pesachim that there is a demon (sheid) called Igras and people don’t go out on Tuesday and Friday nights to avoid being harmed by this demon. Question: How can a demo...
# 1526 Go Over With A Fine Tooth Comb
Q, Kvod Horav; Is one allowed to comb his peyos since he may come to pull out a hair while doing it, which is prohibited?...
# 1525 Means To An End
If a chassan is in shul, the tzibbur skips tachanun. Question: one who came late and is davening privately, is he also exempt? How late could one come to shul and still be considered exempt due to the...
# 1524 Many Happy Returns
If there is a bris in a large shul at a different minyan than the one being attended by my minyan, do we say Tachanun?...
# 1523 No Time For An Apple
Can one wear an Apple 3 watch on Shabbath that has internet and phone connectivity, when those features are turned off and only the time and temperature shows?...
# 1522 Watch Out
Can one wear a kinetic watch on Shabbath, that is similar to a self-winding which poskim permit when it is already working, but in this type the hand movement instead of winding a mechanical device, c...
# 1521 Let’s Shed Some Light
Someone donated a fancy chandelier to our shul. It was placed directly above the Bimah. I do not know what the Baal Korei of Shacharis experienced, but when I leined for Mincha, I noticed that, becaus...
# 1520 Stop The Presses!
A person who woke up in the middle of the night on Friday night and, while still half-asleep and not realizing that it’s Shabbos, pressed the button on his watch (which he was wearing) to make it...
# 1519 Watch Those Buttons
Is one permitted to wear an electronic watch with a push button LED light on Shabbos?...
# 1518 A Gift Beyond Belief
1) After I came back to work after being away from work for a few days, my boss handed me a gift which was sent from one of our non-jewish co-workers in India. It is a fancy gold image of a Buddhist...
# 1517 Keeping In Step With The Times
L’ichvod Rav Bartfeld, The president of our Shul is about to bring forward to the board the question of installing a Shabbos Stair Lift using the halachic principal of Gramma. The information ...
# 1516 Don’t Give Away The Bride
If the chosson washed for sheva brochos but the kallah did not, can the sheva brochos be recited?...
# 1515 Count Your Blessings
If one is saying one of the sheva brachos, does he need to listen to all the other sheva brachos (which is not always possible because some people don’t enunciate the words clearly, or for some o...
# 1514 Bless The Great Unwashed?
One who did not wash, may he say one of the sheva brachos (whether by the chasuna seuda or during the week of sheva brachos)?...
# 1513 The Whole Picture
Kvod Horav; In regards to the mantle covering the bima, even the parts of the mantle like the corners, where the Sefer Torah is not placed, are still prohibited for private improper use and you regard...
# 1512 Clean Up Act
I’ve read that there could be a problem in cleaning a "soft plastic tablecloths" on Shabbat or Yom Tov. The Rabbi quoted said that it may be "laundering" to rub water vigorously on the plastic. ...
# 1511 No Future Into The Back
What is Horav Miller’s opinion in regards to traveling back or forwards on time? Does the Torah mention this as a possibility?...
# 1510 No Grounds for Fasting
Someone carrying a Sefer Torah to the bimah tripped and fell. To protect the Sefer he was able to maneuver to fall on his side, and the Torah did not touch the ground. He was also wearing tefilin and ...