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# 1212 The Flying Menorah II
We are flying to Israel at 5;45 pm on the evening of December 25 - 2nd night Chanukah. We need to arrive at the airport around 3 PM and our flight will arrive noon the next day. Would those little b...
# 1211 Halacha In Hot Water?
The new gas water heaters come with a "Honeywell Vesta, self powered, self diagnostic gas valve. Alerts the user to the operating status of the heater." This device is powered by the heat generated by...
# 1210 Make A Name For Yourself
A married couple converted to Judaism and the tevila was done on the same day prior to their chupa. What names should be written in the kesuva, the old names that they used until now or the new names ...
# 1209 Pay Them With Their Own Coin
I’m including a picture of personalized silver and gold coins we are marketing. The images of Gedolei Israel, Holocaust survivors or benefactors to institutions etc. are engraved in the coins. Is...
# 1208 Count Your Brochos
Is it enough just to taste a tiny bit or there is a shiur required? If only a small taste is necessary, do you make a brocho?...
# 1207 Every Man To His Taste
Is every one supposed to taste on Erev Shabbos the foods prepared for Shabbos, or is it enough if one person tastes them? Do all foods have to be tested?...
# 1206 In Good Taste
What is the reason for tasting the food before the beginning of Shabbos?...
# 1205 A Measured Question
We learned recently on the Daf about not having false weights and measures. How about having them at home not for commercial purposes but just for preparing foods, or weighing oneself etc.?...
# 1204 Where Are We?
What is Horav Miller’s Shlit’a opinion in regards to writing the name of the place in the kesuva, when the wedding is in the Bayt or the Terrace? Is it Vaughan or Thornhill? What is the corr...
# 1203 Lift Left The Left
One called to do hagbaha on a sefer Torah, lost a bit of control and his left hand holding the heavy side of the sefer went down. The bottom yad of the eitz chaim was always in his hand, but the very ...
# 1202 Kiddush Flub?
One sees that the Mussaf prayer on Shabbos will be delayed and one will only get home/ have the opportunity to make Kiddush when it will be after chatzos (if one davens with the minyan), and one has n...
# 1201 The Crux Of The Kvater Matter
What is the source for the name K’vater?...
# 1200 Think Out The Box
Hi, I have a question. Am I allowed to fold up a box on Shabbos? For example, if I finish a box of grape juice can I open up the other side to fold the box? Is that OK? I’m really not doing muc...
# 1199 Hold It
A non-Jewish couple that don’t have any children, are best friends to a couple celebrating a bris and are attending the ceremony. Can they be given a cheik kivud and hold the child before or afte...
# 1198 Comb That Honeycomb?
Does the COR certify the honeycombs sold at COR certified stores and if they do, are they actually visually inspected for bee parts ? And if there is a need for that inspection? Thanks...
#1197 Bee Aware
Is there a "bee parts" issue, (when eating a piece of a honeycomb), since I’ve been told that pieces of the bee itself remain in the honeycomb? ( It was bought in a COR hechshered store)...
# 1196 Honey Trapped
Is there a problem with eating honeycomb on Shabbos/ Yom Tov. Is there a difference if I cut a piece and spread the honey using a knife to squeeze the honey out of the comb or if I just cut a small pi...
# 1195 An Answer To Preserve
Can I salt a bowl of fresh vegetables on Shabbos right before a meal? (Cucumbers, peppers, etc,). Does it make a difference if I add some vinegar to it? or oil? (which I prefer not to use,)...
# 1194 Follow The Crowd?
Ashkenazi bochur that davens in a Sepharadi shule; should he wear a tallis godol?...
# 1193 Excuse Me!
Suppose someone burps during Birchas HaMazon. Is there anything he can say or do in lieu of saying "Excuse me" and it will not be a Hefsek?...