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#440 Where Can I Find a Slower Pace Minyan?
My hebrew is unfortunately at a beginning level so when I daven I usually pray in english to keep up with most congregations. Where can I find a Shacharis minyan that davens at a slow pace so that one...
#439 A New Name for the Children?
Dear Rabbi, If someone was severely sick and a name was added, he got B"H well, When his children are called to the Torah, are they called with the new name that was added to the father? Thank you...
#438 Does He Have To Change the Kessubah Too?
Dear Rabbi, If someone was severely sick and a name was added, he got B"H well, does he now have to change his kesuvah? Thank you...
#437 Naming a Newborn After Two Grandparents
Is it okay to name a child after both his paternal and maternal grandfathers? (Double name comprised of one of each grandfather, neither grandfather had a double name.) If not, is it okay to change ...
#436 Blush Powder on Shabbos
Is one allowed to use blush powder or even other non-colored powder on Shabbos as it is not something that remains permanently on the face?...
#435 Non-Kosher Food Partnership
Can someone partner with a non-Jew to do a food delivery service? It entails making a brochure/magazine and putting ads in restaurants and then taking orders from people, bringing the order to the res...
#434 Imaging Tefilos II
Regarding to question #349 Mental imaging of our needs before davening, it ia difficult to me to daven now after I read Rabbi Hirsh’s book Horev page 448 2007 Helek 5 Mizvot, perek haf zadik Tfil...
#433 Save the Chalah for Pesach?
Is there a source to save the challah separated from dough & to burn it by Biur Chametz before Pesach or should it be burnt asap? Is there an issue if your own oven is used for burning it?...
#432 Not Healthy Enough for Hagomel?
A patient suffering from leukemia whose life was in danger and after a few weeks in the hospital was permitted to go home since he is stable but not cured yet, does he recite hagomel?...
#431 Crumpling Aluminum Pans on Shabbos
Is one allowed to crumple up a disposable aluminum pan on Shabbos?...
#430 Using Makeup Remover on Shabbos
How can I use makeup remover on Shabbos? The remover is liquid. When I wake up shabbos morning, at times the makeup runs under my eyes so I want to know if u can clean it up with makeup remover by p...
#429 Can I Taste Food on a Taanis Erev Shabbos?
(On Asarah Beteveth on Friday this year) Can one preparing the food for Shabbat on Friday, taste it without swallowing, to see if it is well prepared? Do you then make a bracha?...
#428 Making an Early Shabbes on Friday Asarah Beteveth
(On Asarah Beteveth on Friday this year) if someone davens mincha early, can he then make an early Shabbat and eat before nightfall?...
#427 How Late Can You Daven Mincha on Friday Asarah Beteveth?
Some questions concerning Asarah Beteveth on Friday this year; We usually have trouble gathering the mincha minyan on time erev Shabbat. If we are late and after the shkiah can we still say anenu? H...
#426 Salads in Difficult Situations
The bop (bureau of prisons) does not serve fresh vegetables to Jewish inmates. You get a microwaved meal and sometimes sealed tuna or sardines. It is called common fare. However, the non Jews get fres...
#425 Davening for an Assimilated Cohen
(When making a Mi Sheverach for a sick person) If he is an assimilated cohen married to a non Jewish woman, do you still mention hacohen in the mi sheverach....
#424 Mentioning Titles in a Mi Sheverach
When making a mi sheverach for a sick person who is a cohen, do you mention hacohen after his name or after his mother’s name?...
#423 What Is so Special About a Half an Hour?
Shalom, Dear Rabbi, What is the reason that the Hanukkah candles have to be lit for at least half an hour? What is so special about a thirty-minute period? Thanks....
#422 Can you Extinguish the Shul Menorah After Maariv?
When finishing the tefilah (after maariv during Chanukah), the last one to leave extinguishes the lights of the menorah before a half an hour of being lit has passed, as they do in many Shuln that I k...
#421 Can you Light Chanuka Candles Before Sunset?
Can you light in a shul (the menorah) before the shkiah (sunset)?...