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#420 Lighting the Menorah at a Chanuka Party
When making a Hanuka party in a large room that was in the past used for a Shul and now is only used for shiurim and only occasionally for a minyan, can you light there the menorah at the party with a...
#419 Are You Allowed to Take a Picture of a Menorah?
Hi Rabbi, Can I take pictures of my kids and family by the Hanukah menorah or is this considered as deriving benefit from the light of the Hanukah candles?...
#418 Can I Light the Menorah in My Car?
Thanks for your prompt response. Is it possible to light the menorah (while in the hospital attending my husband, who is in intensive care) in our car parked in the parking lot of the hospital, and me...
#417 Chanuka Lighting on an Out of Town Wedding
I am going to a close family relative wedding in Bklyn., NY during Chanukah and they are putting us up in a neighbors house for 3 to 4 nights. My first night there is the last night Chanuka. My questi...
#416 What is a Kivud at a Wedding?
If someone wants to honor a close family member the highest honor possible at a wedding, what is considered according to CHAZAL a bigger honor, is it a Brocha at the Chupa or is it leading the Benchin...
#415 Time Lapse for Dairy After Meat in Intensive Care.
My husband (hospitalized and in intensive care) is restricted to eat only paste like food, which is labeled as meat. He can’t have fluids like water, because he chokes on them. The drink is label...
#414 Electric Menorah in Hospital
I’m spending practically every day and night in hospital with my husband who is in intensive care. Bikur Cholim offered us an electric menorah. Can I make a bracha when lightning or is it better ...
#413 Crashing Into an Illegally Parked Vehicle (B)
If I did contact the owner and offered to pay for the repair, (to avoid contacting the insurers) and I have a place that fixes at a lower rate, but the car owner wants to go to the dealer because he g...
#412 Crashing Into an Illegally Parked Vehicle (A)
If someone parked his car in an illegal parking position in the back of my properly parked car and I backed when driving out from my spot and crashed into that car that should not be parked there, do ...
#411 Phoning into Shabbos
May a person in Israel call his relative in Toronto when it is still Shabbos in Toronto and leave a message on his answering machine?...
#410 Shabbos News on a Weekday
Can I watch or read the news happening in Israel on Friday night when it is only Friday afternoon here in Toronto?...
#409 Blackmailing with Chalitza?
Is it mutar to withhold chalitzah from my brother’s widow in order to secure and blackmail her for more of the inheritance?...
#408 Halacha Rights on Naming a Child
[In regards to which parent has the right to name their child], what does the Halacha say?...
#407 In Tanach, Which Parent Named the Child?
I noticed that with all of the sons of Jacob, the mothers named them. For Benjamin, his mother and father named him. How come Jacob did not name his sons? Is this a sign or message from the Torah that...
#406 Semi-Concealed Holy Names
While on it, a few years ago we took some pictures by a bris and the shemos on the omud came out in some of the pictures, but you can only see them when the picture is placed by a strong light or the...
#405 Shaimos on a Kitchen Counter
The counter in the kitchen was wet with a sticky substance. Somebody placed an open sidur facing down on it, the letters got stuck to the counter and when the sidur was picked up we ended with a shem ...
#404 Creating Bubbles on Shabbos.
When washing for Shabes morning use, last night dishes with cold water can you use soap that creates bubbles?...
#403 Spraying Canned Whipped Cream on Shabbos
Is it permitted to spray whipped cream from a spray can on a dessert on Shabes?...
#402 Does Chupa Atonement Require Teshuva?
(For receiving forgiveness on the day of the chupa), do you have to make teshuva?...
#401 Is The Kallah Forgiven Also?
Is the kallah also forgiven for all her sins the day she marries or just the choson?...