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# 961 Supplement Your Neshamah
I have heard that a certain Gadol HaDor who is no longer in this world permitted gum and vitamins even if they didn’t have a hechsher. Is there a mekor for this p’sak?...
# 960 Not Tonight
I heard that some don’t get married on nitel night, is that true?...
# 959 Chasuna, Chanuka, Hadlaka
If the chasuna is on Chanukah and the choson leaves his parents home for good, before sunset and goes to his wedding hall and then later that night will move in to his new home, where should he light ...
# 958 Fast Wedding II
Is it proper to make or attend a wedding or a sheva brochos with music on the night after Asara Beteves?...
# 957 A Fast Wedding?
Is it proper to make or attend a wedding or a sheva brachoth with music on the night prior to the fast of Asara Beteveth? Remoh (O.H. 550: 3) advises that if there is a Chupa on Asara Beteves on Er...
# 956 Naso's Lift Off
My son’s Bar Mitzvah is this year on Sivan 7. We here in Eretz Yisroel will be leining Parashas B’haalosecha on the following Sivan 12, while those outside of Eretz Yisroel will still read P...
# 955 Repenters Repeat?
A Ger that converted recently (less than thirty days) and is in doubt if he said veten tal umatar or retzeh does he have to repeat? Does it matter if he was already davening and bentching for a long ...
# 954 Any Wiggle Room?
There is a treatment that has 20000 medical papers looking into it that involves taking by mouth a Helminth/ worm harvested from grain beetles that calms the immune system so that tolerance is induced...
#953 Whine About It
In the above case or when people who are not religious are invited to a Shabbat meal, will non-mevushal wine become prohibited?...
# 952 Ess Mine Keend
A family where the parents became baley teshuva and strictly keep mitzvos and maintain a kosher home, but the children (aged 18 and 20) are not frum yet. Since they use the kitchen and cook for themse...
# 951 Date Light Saving
How many years was the story of Hanuka, from the time the revolt began until the reentering into the Beth Hamikdash and the miracle of the menorah? (I keep on getting different answers)...
# 950 Enlighten the Un-Covered
Is it correct to use a commercial wick that comes covered with a wax coating even if you use olive oil, since the mitzvah is done at the moment of kindling, and you are using then wax, not oil? If y...
# 949 Light on Time
Shalom Q. I have a chavrusa every Thursday evening at 5:30 PM. Next week, is it better to cancel the chavrusa in order to light the menorah at the ideal zman? Rescheduling isn’t possible. ...
# 948 Give Me a Hanuka Break
I’m an ovel for my father, can I take my children (My wife is taking care of the small ones) to a Chanuka party where there will be games and activities for them? Can I take them to a water park...
# 947 Invest In Your Future
I’m planing to invest the capital obtained (from a property that I inherited from my parents – see last question) and live of the interests. The amount to be received monthly is small and barely ...
# 946 Tight Times Tithes
I have a property that I inherited from my parents, it is my sole source of financial support (I’m a single woman, non-employed by health reasons) Due to family issues I’m forced to sell this property...
# 945 Give Me a Brocho
Hi Rabbi Bartfeld, Hope all is well. A few questions: 1) What is the beracha on chocolate that has wafer in it (like Klil or Kit Kat) is it mezonos or shehakol?...
# 944 Many Brochos to You
A few questions: 2) Also (what is the beracha) on ice cream and cookies (cookies mixed in ice cream)? Thank you...
# 943 Step By Step
Hi, my name is ... I am 18 years old living in Brantford, Ontario I still live with me parents. I’ve been studying and studying about Judaism for over a year now and I do know the entire Hebre...
# 942 Forgot to Make Havdoloh?
Re- questions 935 – 938. How can you have a conversion on an already married to each other couple and then do the wedding the same day, do you not require 3 months of separation to establish if a chi...