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#624 Kidush Before Yom Kippur?
If you are in doubt as to what the weather will be like motzei yom kippur, should you say kidush levanah before Yom Kipur?...
#623 A Straight Pretzel Shaileh
Does the chumra with regard to refraining from "pas palter" this week apply to standard pretzels sold in packages at food stores?...
#622 Standing Selichos
I use an Artscroll Slichos, and it says that the 13 Middos are recited while standing, implying that there is no need to stand while saying the other paragraphs of slichos. I have always seen people s...
#621 Vouching for the Voucher
#621 Vouching for the Voucher Q. Is it possible to make change from a Tzedakah voucher using the shul’s pushka the same way people do with real currency? Since I’ve designated the...
#620 The Hagomel of the Alter of Kelm
I read in the name of the Alter of Kelm that you don’t recite Birchat Hagomel after Yom Kipur for having survived the judgment of the Yme Hadin, since you really don’t know what the sentence...
#619 Is It the Thought That Counts?
When doing shnaim mikro vechod targum that should be finished by Rosh Hashana, can you just read it with your eyes as when you learn a sefer or do you have to pronounce it with your lips? How about wh...
#618 Sired After Expired
If the child is born (conceived by sperm left over after his fathers death – see previous question) will he be a Cohen as his father was? Will he have to say kadish on his yortzait?...
#617 A Matter of Life and Death
I have a friend whose husband tragically died very young and she was left totally devastated. They didn’t have any children but were in IVF treatment when he suddenly passed away. She wants ...
#616 A Mitzva Not for the Birds
I have heard that doing the mitzvah of shiluach haKen is a segulah for fertility. Do you know where in Toronto I can go to perform the mitzvah?...
#615 The Ultimate Theft?
In a case of a divorced couple, can the ex-wife who is still a client at the fertility clinic where they attended IVF treatment, continue the treatment without her ex-husband knowledge or consent?...
#614 Bull-Market for Pruzbul?
Is there a point to make a Pruzbul at the beginning of the Shmita year?...
#613 No Vehicle Stand
#613 No Vehicle Stand Q. If you are sitting in the car and you see an elderly person walk by, do you have to stand up for them?...
#612 A Sepulchral Call
Do you have to go in the day of the shloishim to visit the kever?...
#611 Is it All Good?
What is the correct pronunciation on the goimel brocho, kol toiv or kol tuv. Most people say tuv, but in sidurim it says toiv?...
#610 Ovel Recites Hagomel?
Someone who is in shloishim for his father and his wife gave birth does he make sheheheyonu and does he bentch goimel?...
#609 What Hashem Won''t Do for You
I recently heard in a Torah tape that Hashem does not create Kedusha or consecrate Himself things only people do and that is why Yeushalaim, Olam Haba, resurrection and Moshiach are not mentioned in t...
#608 Proper Rip
Is the keriah done on the lapel of a jacket a proper rent?...
#607 Ovel Leftover
Can uneaten, leftover food from a COR supervised restaurant or caterer be taken out of a shiva house (a frum family known in the community) during the week of shiva so that the food will not be thrown...
#606 Out of the Hands of Babes
My 9 month old baby likes to stick his hands in my mouth. Should i be worried about ru’ach rah and need to wash his hands in the morning? If not at what age does one need to start to wash childre...
#605 Machine Made Neder
B"H Shalom, Q. Dear Rabbi, On the answering machine, sometimes people leave a message that they will answer as soon as possible. Isn’t there an issue with a potential neder in case the cal...