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# 1140 All Hands Off Deck
If we already removed the old paint and cleaned a cottage deck before the 3 weeks began, can it be finished, to avoid making it all dirty and having to start all over again?...
# 1139 A Shot Across The Bow
Why is it that we do not bow down to the ground in prayer anymore these days except on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur? When did this practice stop? Does it have anything to do with not seeming like Musl...
#1138 Hashem Knows
If someone suffers, our sages say that Hashem suffers with him, as it says; I’m with him in his trouble. Is it then correct to say that a person should avoid suffering so Hashem will not suffer too? O...
# 1137 Spot The Difference?
Do the very common brown spots on the yolk of organic eggs make them not kosher?...
# 1136 Hair Raising Shayla
Can a woman remove facial hair during the 3 weeks?...
# 1135 Much Ado About a Seadoo
Dear Rabbi Q, Can I buy a seadoo during three weeks, since it is available now at a discounted price and just give a deposit? I will not be having any intention to acquire the machine, until deliv...
# 1134 A Blessing in Disguise?
If one said Kiddush on wine before a Seudah (Shabbos/Yom Tov), does one say Shahakol on ice cream if it is served as dessert (for those who are accustomed to make a bracha on ice cream during a meal)?...
# 1133 Now, It's a More “Safer Torah”
We had an unusual shayla in our minyan this last Monday. We took out one of the various Sifre-Torah rolled to Parshat Pinchas and the baal koreh noticed that someone, probably out of simple ignorance,...
# 1132 Daven Maven
Daven Maven Q1. The baal tefillah this morning at my minyan has a habit of ’eating his words’ . This means, among other things, that his brachas often leave out words so that it becomes "...
# 1131 Time Lag Plag
A woman whose husband made “early Shabbos” may not do any Melacha after the time that her husband was Mekabel Shabbos. [This is unlike the opinion of the Gaon Rav Feinstein zatzal, but this is the rul...
# 1130 First In
Two individuals face each other at a bathroom door, one leaving the bathroom and one entering, who has din kadima and goes first?...
# 1129 In and Out
When two individuals meet, one exiting a shul or a beis hamedresh and the other about to enter, who has din kadima and goes first?...
# 1128 Bimatapping On Shabbos
Can a gabai leave on a recording device on Shabbos by the bima, so there will be a record of the donations given, when the people are not aware they are being recorded? Why is this any different than ...
# 1127 Double Talk?
Why do we prohibit using a microphone on Shabbos, and we permit speaking to a person wearing a hearing aid?...
# 1126 Turn a Deaf's Ear
Can a person who needs a hearing aid, adjust the volume on Shabbos? With a shinui?...
# 1125 I See the Light
Regarding many areas in hilchos Shabbos there is a difference if the melocha is from the Torah or derabanan: amira lakum, maseh Shabbos etc. What is the status of electricity regarding such issues?...
# 1124 Hotel Or Notel
Can I be a partner in a non-kosher hotel?...
# 1123 Corner the Market
The fact that a non kosher product is sold mostly to non-Jews does that permit marketing it?...
# 1122 Out of Touch
The fact that I just will do office work, and will not come in physical contact with the product itself, does that permit importing and distributing non kosher foods?...
# 1121 Not Kosher For Nosher
Hi Rabbi, Is there a problem in importing a diet product that some of the ingredients are not kosher?...