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# 1309 Sold Out
I sold my house and cars before Pesach on an early mechira because we were going out of town. Sadly when we returned I found out that one of our cars was stolen. The insurance is B”H replacing it, but...
# 1308 All Things Must Pass?
I am in the store on Chol Hamoed and there is a lady (I do not know whether or not she is Jewish) who asks me to pass her the bagels on the top shelf because she can’t reach them. Am I allowed to pas...
# 1307 Still A Steal?
If someone travels to Eretz Yisroel for Pesach and he is joined by his children and grandchildren for the second sedder that they don’t keep, are the grandchildren allowed to “steal” the afikomen at t...
# 1306 Grab A Bite
What is the hetter (permit) for the tradition of the children stealing the afikoman? Are we not teaching them to do wrong?...
# 1305 Face The Music
Can you play on the piano classical music during sefira days?...
# 1304 Selling Point
I own a condo in southern Europe, that I did not completely clean for Pesach. I want to sell it as an early mechira, before the night of bedikat chametz arrives, so I will be exempt from bedika. Can I...
# 1303 Holy Smoke?
Can you smoke electronic cigarettes on Pesach (Chol Hamoed)?...
# 1302 Bear In Mind Smokey The Bear
My baby got as a present a stuffed bear, best described in the instructions as; “Filled with 100% natural wheat and lavender, it can be safely warmed or chilled at will. Use to soothe, comfort and rel...
# 1301 A Golem Shaileh?
My son has put together a robot that can be commanded on line from far, It carries a camera that can be moved to reach over five feet and move in all directions. The images we get on line are clear an...
# 1300 No Yachatz Between Karpas and Maror?
It is brought down that when reciting the bracha of "Borei Pri Ha’adama" on the karpas one should specifically have in mind that this bracha should exempt the maror that will be eaten later on. (...
# 1299 Search Or Destroy?
If the father searches for chometz and the son burns it next day, who recites the bracha of Al biur Chametz, the father since he owns the chametz or the son who actually burns it?...
# 1298 My Pet Shaileh
We own a small aquarium with fish and also a dog. It is difficult to change their diet and we think their regular food may contain chametz. Since we go away for Pesach, we leave our pets with a kind n...
# 1297 Search Me
When one travels to a.Pesach Hotel, where the rooms have been totally cleaned, is there a purpose on placing the ten pieces of bread? Does one have to do bedika if he is only staying the one night bef...
# 1296 Wash Hands Of Shaile?
Is one allowed to answer amein between mayim achronim and starting benching?...
# 1295 What a Relief!
A person who suffers from ’’shy bladder’’ (an anxiety disorder) and is unable to relieve himself when other people are around (in the bathroom or even in the building) even though ...
# 1294 Still A Homentash
Regarding the psak that Rav Miller gave me, (question 1286) not to make a bracho on hamantaschen during a seuda, I told this to my rav and he mentioned to me that there is a Biur Halacha that says if ...
# 1293 Maybe Some Other Time
Who takes priority in davening for the amud, a yortzait or someone who is in shiva, but davening in shul or during shloshim?...
# 1292 Tortilla Matzos?
Are kitnios such as peanuts that never were in contact with water prohibited? Why should they be different from wheat that when it is shomur you can make matzos and eat them, so you should be permitte...
# 1291 Don’t Fall Asleep!
Why should a rabbi or a teacher who is very boring and the listeners fall asleep and are subject to unnecessary stress not be prohibited to lecture? Isn’t harming the health of the congregants and the...
# 1290 Where Was I? Again
Re- question 1283; Did Rav Miller shlit’a explain why he agrees with the view of the Chayei Adam, which, as mentioned, is contrary to the opinion of most poskim? In that case (following the psak of th...