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# 1001 A Big Little Sefer
How big does a sefer have to be for the purpose of this mitzvah? (writing a sefer on the internet- see prior question 1000)...
# 1000 Virtual and Real Sefer
Can one fulfil the mitzvah of writing a Sefer Torah these days by writing a sefer on the internet that is open for all to learn from and to download?...
# 999 Ador To Ador Service
If someone has yortzait in Ador, (father died in a single month year) and when they are two Adors he keeps both yortzaits for kadish. Which is the most important for the purpose of making a siyum?...
# 998 Do Donate
Additional related question : I bought a Sefer for the women to learn during Kiddush on Shabbos... for an Aliyah for his (my father) Neshama - Is it better to donate it with a note that’s it’...
# 997 Clean and Clear
2 shailos on liquid soap; 1 Is it muttar to use lkiquid soap on Shabbos 2. If yes what about liquid soap that changes from a liquid to a foam Kol Toov...
# 996 Doubtful Date of Date with Death
When is the yortzait of Moishe Rabeinu and when does the Chevra Kadisha make their seuda this year with double Adar? There seems to be some incongruity within the Chevros, since some do it on the firs...
# 995 Enlightening Shabbos Lights
According to Rav Sholomo Miller Shlita, can I use a fluorescent light to fulfil my obligation for Ner Shabbos, with a brocha?...
# 994 Shacharis Sleep?
If I skip a major portion of the middle of the first brocha of kerias shema, in Sharcharis, I have I still fulfilled my obligation?...
# 993 You Call This Work?
How come it is forbidden to work on Shabbat, but then Rabbis get paid to conduct Shabbat Services?...
# 992 Don't Fire the Rabbi
How come once I was at a dinner at a synagogue on Shabbat and a small fire started accidentally on the table and instead of the safe thing of putting it out, the rabbi made a poor waitress take it out...
# 991 Raise Your Voice - Raise Your Level
How come some buildings have Sabbath Elevators but then the Jewish People who don’t want to wait for the elevator, ask others to push button for them? Isn’t this against the laws of Sabbath?...
#990 Let The Joy Begin
When does the Marbim Besimcha begin, on the first or second Adar? Is it already an auspicious month for business ventures?...
# 989 Take an Oath?
One of the duties of my new position as clerk to a judge in the provincial court will be to administer oaths with a bible. I was wondering whether this is permitted as it may be with a Christian bible...
# 988 Hot Shaileh
If a Jewish individual lighted a fire, and then the Gentile put the pot (with meat) on the fire. The food had NOT yet cooked one third, when the Jew turned off the fire. Then the Gentile turned the fi...
# 987 Together But Poles Apart
For the purpose of Halacha, (following the above shailes on dateline, see questions above) what does someone do when he finds himself at one of the Earth Poles in regards to Shabbos and mitzvos observ...
# 986 Are you Shore of This?
There was mention (in a recent shiur on the Halacha dateline – see question 982 and 983) about how far according to the Chazon Ish the waters close to the shore are considered like the land. What was ...
# 985 Where is My Day of Joy?
Where in the Torah does G-d command us to observe Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah as a holiday?...
# 984 Unborn or Stillborn Enterprise?
My brother sent me this url (http://www.benpekuahmeats.com/) and asked me if I would eat from them. I replied, "Not without consulting a Rabbinic authority". Upon analyzing the issue, I noticed t...
#983 Can You Divide the 49 in Two?
According to the Sefer Hayomam’s shita, is there “nigrar” (pulling or shlepping land areas) to include Alaska west, to the rest of the American continent or do the people in west Alaska have to...
# 982 Really Shabbos Today?
(In regards to the shiur that Horav Shloimo Miller Shlit”a gave recently I have some questions.) Q. What exactly are the different opinions in regards to the dateline in Halacha and what is Horav M...