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# 821 Keeping Shloishim?
Thank you so much for answering my previous questions, I have a few more. I was in shul and someone borrowed a hundred dollars so he could pay for his overdue aliyos. I understood that he would repa...
# 820 Tovel or not Tovel, That is the Shaila
What if I’m invited to someones house and I’m not sure if they toveled their dishes, can you eat there? Thank you. Have a nice day and Shabbat Shalom....
# 819 Glat But Not Pure
What happens if one uses (dishes or utensils) that were not toveled (immersed in a mikva)? Can you eat the food?...
# 818 Shalal Dunk
BS"D, Dear Rabbi Bartfeld, Regarding toveling of dishes, utensils, I see nowhere in the Torah, midrash, tanach etc. to tovel dishes, I think that this is strictly a rabbinic law. Can you please answ...
# 817 Grandfather Enclosed
If my father tells me do something that contradicts the will of my grandfather (his father), who do I listen to?...
# 816 Chery-Pick Shaila
If you do make Shechecheyanu on the cherries, should you wait until Shabbat or the sooner you make the brocho the better? Thank you...
# 815 Enjoying the Fruit of Your Labor
I have a few cherry trees in my back yard and we are now harvesting the new fruits. Do you make a Shecheyanu Bracha on them since you can find cherries all year round? Is the fact that they are dear t...
# 814 Waiting for Redemption
A woman gave birth to a baby boy in Yerushalayim on Sunday night י"ג סיון, fifteen minutes after shkia. At the time of the Pidyon Haben the parents and baby will be...
# 813 A Stirring Shailah
I recently heard in Rav Miller’s name that there is no איסור הגסה (prohibition of stirring) in a crock pot even before remo...
# 812 Safe Flyers
Re- on question; When a deceased is being transported from Canada for burial in Israel, is it permitted or advisable to delay the kevura for the sake of a safer Halacha environment for the Cohanim tr...
# 811 Medical Dressings
I am a patient in hospital. I am usually dressed in hospital issue clothing, which consists of a shirt and trousers, basically pajamas. I put my tzitzis on over my shirt in the daytime. There is a sh...
# 810 No-Name Bracha
Re- last questions Someone that davens nusach Ashkenaz-Sefard (Chasidish) is he obligated to answer Omain after Mekadeish Shmoi Berabim, when there is no mention of Hashem’s name? If he is not ...
# 809 In Heavens Name
If I hear someone make a bracha, perhaps the chazan in shul, and he mispronounces Hashem’s Name as is unfortunately common, either by saying Adinoi or Adeenoi, instead of Ado-noi, 3) May one s...
#808 Omain in Vain?
If I hear someone make a bracha, perhaps the chazan in shul, and he mispronounces Hashem’s Name as is unfortunately common, either by saying Adinoi or Adeenoi, instead of Ado-noi, I have four (se...
# 807 Prohibited Ta'am Kiker
Is it correct that when lo alenu an ambulance comes to pick up a sick person or there is an emergency such as a fire, the passersby and curious neighbors all concentrate to watch the pain and misfortu...
# 806 Good Grief
If one is in the year of aveilus, is he permitted to buy A) a cottage to be used as a vacation home or B) any other investment property that may also serve as a vacation home? Thank you...
# 805 Family Discount
What if he (one being paid for reciting kadish – see prior question 802) has to say kadish for his own parent?...
# 804 You Get What You Pay For?
I recently heard in the Daf that one of the Gedolim (I think it was Rav Shternbuch) recommended to say in the mi sheberach after one gets an aliya and offers to give a donation, the word “Lekesheyiten...
# 803 A Blessing in Disguise II
Re- question 760 ( A Blessing in Disguise) on saying brochos in English for the purpose of kiruv. If one is in doubt whether to say a brocho or no, can it be said in English?...
# 802 Kadish for the Oilom?
Can one person who is being paid for saying kadish, do so for other people at the same time and does he have to inform them?...