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# 1045 Top of the Glass
How does one kasher a glass top stove for Pesach? What if the glass is scratched or was damaged or has aluminum (foil paper) stains imbedded into it?...
# 1044 Hagalah Bizman Kariv
Can you kasher pots and pans or cutlery by just placing them in an oven and running a self cleaning cycle? (a much easier task than immersing each item separately in a boiling pot) Can those items be...
# 1043 If the Glove Fits
If I use plastic gloves for holding on to the pots and cutlery being kashered for Pesach use in a large pot with boiling water, do the gloves become non kosher? Do I have to get new ones for every use...
# 1042 Azoy Shine?
How about a slightly tarnished silver kidush cup. Does the cup have to be totally polished and shiny before Pesach kashering?...
# 1041 It's kosher to kasher
Can anodized aluminium cookware (Kitchen Aid) be kashered for Pesach?...
# 1040 Back into the Past
Re- question 1035 traveling east from Beijing to JFK, You mentioned that when you cross any of the datelines during Shabbos, you will revert 24 hours to erev Shabbos after keeping Shabbos some hours....
#1039 Shabbat Salad
Can a mixed fruit salad, made by cutting fruits including grapes be prepared on Shabbos?...
# 1038 Grapes of What?
Regarding the issur of mashkin shzavu of grapes on Shabbos, If one has a fruit salad of grapes and other fruits, and there is a collection of liquid at the bottom of the bowl, is the mashke mutar btar...
#1035 Will I Cross the Line?
My friend is flying on April 15th (Friday) from Beijing to NewYork with Air China. The flight leaves at 9:00AM, and arrives in New York at 10:20AM. His question is regarding the flight route - is ...
# 1037 Fly Away Another Day
Should one avoid traveling on Friday on this particular flight?...
# 1036 It's Up In The Air
What should one do when encountering such situation ? (see above question 1035)...
#1034 Sheitl Shaila
May a married woman that totally lost her hair due to radiation treatment, wear a wig which is attached with glue and remains affixed to her scalp for 30 days, at which time the glue is reapplied and ...
# 1033 Right from the Beginning
Following our minhag my son should put on tefilin first time thirty days before his bar mitzvah and that would be on Sunday, the Isru Chag of Pesach. Due to the fact that the family will be together d...
# 1032 Soliciting an Answer
Q On Purim we try to fulfill "kol haposhet yad nosnim lo." If I receive an email solicitation on Purim, would that be called "poshet yad?" If it is, do I have send the money on Purim itself? Ho...
# 1031 Siman Tov To Mazal Tov?
This past Shabbos, Parashas Tzav, we read in the Haftarah the sentence (Yirmiya 7:34) "And I will cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of gladness, and...
# 1030 Whine on the Wine?
One of the reasons mentioned for the untimely death of Nadav and Avihu was that they entered the Mishkan while intoxicated. Where did they find wine in the Midbar? It is unlikely it was taken out of M...
# 1029 Egg-xcellent Shayla
I would like to ask a shayla. I was making an omelette in a milchik pan that is not a ben yomo. When It was ready I accidentally took a fleshik fork (which might be a ben yomo but im not sure) and use...
# 1028 What's the News?
Every Erev Shabbos our Shuls are flooded with various Parsha sheets and periodicals. While these distract from the davening, it is likely that most are better than shmoozing with one’s neighbor. ...
# 1027 Missing Mishkan Mitzvos?
According to the opinion of Rashi and the Sforno that the Mishkan was given only to redeem for the sin of the egel. Does that mean that without the egel we would be missing the largest single subject ...
# 1026 Presents to the Not Present
If I send shalach monos to someone and they were only delivered to his home when he was already in a situation of totally “ad delo yoda” and most likely was potur from mitzvos, do I comply with the m...