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# 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...
# 941 Pass the Karpass
My family uses raw parsley for karpas. Is the brachah on raw parsley still adama today or perhaps today it is not eaten raw and the bracha is shehakol, and I should use something else for karpas?...
# 940 Please Don't Help Yourself?
We are supposed to trust and have bitachon in Hashem that things will turn out good and not overdo our hishtadlus (efforts). Yet at the same time if someone approaches us for help, we can’t turn them ...
# 939 No Change in Levaya Traditions?
I was attending a levaya and before they covered the aron with earth, someone approached the kever and threw some coins into the kever. The Rabbi, maybe did not notice, and did nothing. Is that not a ...
# 938 Adults Only?
(A prior already married couple [to each other] that is now converting and going to the chupa on the same day as the tevila.)Do their children attend the chupa?...
# 937 There You Go Again
Does in the above case (A prior already married couple [to each other] that is now converting and going to the chupa on the same day as the tevila) the Giyores kallah wear white since she is like newb...
# 936 Reborn Pure
In the above case, (A prior already married couple [to each other] that is now converting and going to the chupa on the same day as the tevila), If she made a hefsek does she have to keep full seven t...
# 935 Time For A New Name
A prior already married couple (to each other) that is now converting and going to the chupa on the same day as the tevila, can they use the newly adopted Hebrew names in the kesuba?...
# 934 Unsupervised Drinking?
I have attended simchas and parlor meetings in houses where the host claims it is all done under COR supervision and found that they serve Baileys or Kahlua liquor. Are those liquors under COR hechser...
# 933 Unveiling a Minhag
Is there a source for the minhag that some people have to give a seuda or a tikun after the unveiling of the matzeiva?...
# 932 Matzeva Enlightenment?
Do you light candles next to the Matzeva when you do the unveiling?...
# 931 No Stone Unturned…or Taken
What is the reason for placing small stones on the matzeiva after the unveiling ceremony? If you can’t find any stones, is it permitted to take some from another kever or is that stealing?...
# 930 Old is Gold
Hello Rabbi Bartfeld, Since most wheat in America is Winter wheat (which is always Yoshon), when one wants to eat any product that has flour, one can rely on the majority. Furthermore, since it is v...
# 929 Good Night, Sleep Well
bs"d Q. Shalom Rav Bartfeld, Shlita: We (edited) are thinking of replacing the skylight in our sun-room with one that will open so that we may be able to use it on Sukkos. The size is 36"x36"...
# 928 Bargain Personal Protection
If for whatever reason I’m not wearing tzitzis, should I wear a tallis at shachris? (In order to answer and advise you correctly, kindly tell; a) why don’t you wear a talit katan, and b)...
# 927 Kosher Watch
When my father was hospitalized, his care giver stayed at his home for weeks. There is a security camera installed inside the kitchen. Do we have to be choshed for the kashrus of the utensils and food...
# 926 When in Doubt Don't Speak Out
What are the parameters of sofek berochos lehakel according to the Mishna Berura. would this apply even if we have the majority of opinions say to make a beracha and only a few poskim say not to? Tha...