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#5181 Popping Only With Corn?
Hello Rav, My teenage daughter was asking me if it would be permissible to eat movie theater popcorn. She has no intention of watching a movie there, and is comfortable with Chalav Stam.She just wan...
#5180 A Peace Sacrificial Offering?
Dear Rov: On question 5175 above, you apparently permitted frum people when in need to attend the Kristallnacht anniversary. Is that not a most unusual and uncommon minhag for Bnei Torah?...
#5178 Early and Bright?
(See above question). How important is it then to make the great effort and wake up so early to daven then?...
#5177 Everything is Under the Sun
A choshuve (important) Marbitz Torah in Toronto told me that the main reason for davening K’Vasikin in the morning is in order to praise HaShem for the benefits of the sun. Does the Rav know on w...
#5176 At Hashem’s Earliest Convenience
Dear Rabbi, What are the benefits of davening early Vasikin, (when the sun rises) and how much effort should one do for it?...
#5175 – Kristallnacht Clear?
Dear Rov. Some members of my family keep in their shul the anniversary of Kristallnacht, the "Night of Broken Glass" on Nov 10. They have invited me to attend with them. Is there an issue in Halacha o...
#5174 Collect one’s Thoughts on Collect
Can I send a collection agency after a Jew who didn’t pay their bill of $6K....
#5173 Some More AI-Vey
Kvod Rabenu. If someone was informed by an AI service email, that is part of a mortuary institution of the death of a close friend, should he already then make the bracha of Dayan Emeth?...
#5172 Wash and Dry and…
Can one use a tissue paper towel or a napkin used for drying ones hands after washing for a Shabbat meal, to further clean and dry hands, mouth or nose, during the meal, when it still is wet and it ma...
#5171 Good Times Begin with a Blessing!
Dear Rov this is a Shaila I‘m sure you will love and we need a real prompt answer. Today in the very early hours of the morning we became aware that Donald Trump won B’H the election. Two questions. 1...
#5170 Justifying Justice
If someone a few times a year walk to a shul on Shabbos that is close to a Jewish cemetery and as he comes close he can see clearly the burial places and the Matzeivos (stones) on them, does he recite...
#5169 Red Strings Attached?
Dear Rov Shlita. Am I allowed to wear during Shabbat where one isn’t allowed to carry, a small piece of the afikoman left from the seder I ate while visiting my grandparents last Pesach? They said it ...
#5168 Mentalist Ability Test?
Long Life to Kvod Horav. The Ezer Mitzion and other organizations helping Israel invited master mentalist Lior Suchard to Toronto and he will be visiting here next week. I heard that his show is truly...
#5167 Flying With the Wind
When one’s tie is flying in the wind, is it a problem on Shabbos?...
#5166 Bible Belt and Braces?
See question above. Is it a Mitzva to burn them?...
#5165 Bible Bashers?
Is it permitted to use the pages of the King James Bible as kindling for a fireplace, (during winter, as I deal with discarded books), or are they Osur B’Hano’o (prohibited in benefit)?...
#5164 Sly As a Fox?
The Gemara (שבת סז) says that a fox tooth from a live fox helps you stay awake. Is this permitted to do? Does this still work nowadays? (If Horav Miller says “yes” please...
#5163 Don’t Be Too Happy?
See question above. If someone also plays himself a musical instrument, can he in the above situation still play?...
#5161- Follow The Sign
See questions above. Kvod Rabbenu Shlit”a. Is it better in our days of increasing hate and antisemitism that we should place at the entrance of our Sukot that are often by us in the front facing to...
#5160 Sleep On This Suka?
Dear Rabbi. As we are starting to build our Sukot, in this difficult year of antisemitism and hate to Jews that many now encounter in our neighborhoods, to avoid placing our Suka in the front of our h...