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#500 How Old is an Orphan?
The Torah said in Mishpatim, that someone should not afflict or pain an orphan. How old is an orphan? Is it one who is 10 years old? 20 years old? 50 years old? How long is one an orphan?...
#499 Good Intention Endings
Is there a point on just having kavanah at the end of the brachah, if you can’t do it complete?...
#498 What was I Not Thinking?
I was taught in yeshiva that you have to have a minimum kavanah in the entire shmone esreh of standing in front of the King. Is that correct? I think very few people that I know have that kavanah the ...
#497 Will Reciting Tehilim Grant Great Children?
Are there specific Tehillim that should be said for success in raising erlichen children? Thank you....
#496 Thinking After Saying?
Does kavanah in tefilah mean having in mind the significance of what you are saying before you say it and while you are saying it, or can you also count as kavanah when the thoughts came to your mind ...
#495 When Not Accepting Divrei Torah II
On (question 464) when someone tries to give me a piece of Torah that they have written that Horav Miller said; that he should give it back and say politely that you are unable to read it. Why is that...
#494 Is it Really Asur to Take Off The Talis Before the Tefilin?
I follow avidly the Shailes that you post on Frum Toronto and the well documented answers you provide. I also greatly appreciate the very learned opinion of a Gadol Hador as Horav Miller shlita. I ...
#493 Attending a Bar Mitzva During Avelus
Can (a grandmother who in avelus during the year) attend a bar mitzvah of a grandson where music will be played (she has greatly helped in making the simcha)? R. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shli...
#492 A Purim Thank You Gift for a Teacher
A number of questions concerning a teacher in avelus, during the year for a parent. The students usually send shalach manos to the teacher and sometimes the parents give money gifts. Can the teacher...
#491 Hockey Sticks for Schach?
Can you use discarded hockey sticks for schach (daf & olimpics)?...
#490 What is the Reason we Take Off our Teffilin Before the Tallis?
What is the reason we take our teffilin off before our tallis?...
#489 Why Two Days of Yom Tov Today?
Why do we celebrate two days of yom tov in chutz la’aretz (and rosh hashana even in Israel) if we now have a set calendar?...
#488 Israel Bonds and Ribbis II
Dear Rabbi, Is it permissible to buy Israeli bonds as one receive interest from them. Or is it considered good as one is helping the country of Israel....
#487 A Mitzvah Vest
If someone has a tzitzis garment that has buttons on the side (looks like a vest but the buttons are on both sides for closing it when it is cold) does the garment become disqualified when buttoned, a...
#486 What is the Best Way of Sleeping with a Taalith Kattan?
If someone wears the same garment day and night, is that okay, or it becomes a night garment that is exempt?...
#485 Repairing a damaged Taalis
Someone asked me if a garment that has tzitzis ripped, how is it to be repaired? The tzitzis themselves are okay, it is just the garment....
#484 Having an Early Purim?
Do you have to make a seuda on Purim Katan on Friday or since it is erev Shabbat it should be made on the night?...
#483 A Kesuvah for a Ba''alas Teshuvah
A woman that was married to a goy, had children and got divorced, then made teshuva and marries a frum fellow, what do you write in the kesuva?...
#482 Media Blessings.
Since we do not fulfill our obligation with a bracha recited over the telephone, why do people answer amen when the sheva brachot under the chupa or at the seuda are said over the microphone? Are the ...
#481 Should I Toivel the Gift?
If I am giving a glass jar as a gift with food inside should I be toiveling it first or not?...