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#524 Thanks of Aromatic Oils
I have mint oil, made by extracting it from the mint leaves. What Brachah, if any, is said upon smelling the oil? If I boil the leaves, do I still make a Brachah on the smell?...
#523 Spices of Interest
I have boiled cloves. The resulting liquid has the pungent smell of cloves. What Brachah, if any, is said upon smelling the liquid? Does it make a difference if the cloves are still in the liquid?...
#522 Can I Tell You What Is Wrong With Me?
Can someone speak lashon harah on himself? I remember hearing a story from the Chafetz Chaim that you are not allowed to, is that correct? Thank you very much....
#521 Removing Mezuzos when Moving II
Re- removing a mezuza at the end of a tenancy. If it is a large Jewish owned rental building, but the tenants are not necessarily all Jewish (the majority is) or religious, do I take my Mezuzohs with ...
#520 Bless the Sweet Smelling Medicine?
If I smell the cloves liquid for the dubious medicinal benefits or the mint stuff to clear the sinuses, but also have pleasure from the smell, do I make a Brachah?...
#519 Medical Diet Vitamins on Pesach
Can I use these vitamins on Pesach? They are very important for a medical diet that I’m undertaking. Thanks PS please see the e mail bellow from Freeda Vitamins ...Thank you for your ...
#518 Removing the Mezuzos When Moving.
If a Jew is moving into a rental property for a six month period while his own home is being repaired (owned by another Jew) can he remove his mezzuzot at the end of the tenancy?...
#517 Is it an Egg or a Yom Tov?
All the tractates of the Talmud are named after the general subject matter contained therein. Why is Tractate Beitzah named so when the name’s only connection to the tractate is the first word of...
#516 Inducing Kashrus into an Induction Stove Top
How do you Kasher an induction stove top? Can you during the year use the above stoves for milchik and fleishig? Thank you...
#515 Kasher your Glass-Ceramic Stove Top Without Cracking it.
How do you kasher for Pesach a glass-ceramic top stove? What do you do with the area outside of the coils, since the manufacturers recommend that that area should not be covered and you can’t use...
#514 Arva Minim in a Space Station?
[We were learning on the Daf about the fact that you have to hold the lulav and esrog the upside way they normally grow. Since it is only a matter of time until we will be traveling in space,] how do ...
#513 How do you Hold your Lulav on the Moon?
We were learning on the Daf about the fact that you have to hold the lulav and esrog the upside way they normally grow. Since it is only a matter of time until we will be traveling in space, how do yo...
#512 Imaging Tefilos III
(Re- answer 349 and 434) I am not referencing to imaging at all - NO imaging for now, the question is how to built on asking to self-judgment and self-judgment to asking. When mainly Tfila is asking (...
#511 What is wrong with Seder Moed?
The names of the orders of the sections of Mishnah are all written in the plural. Zeraim, Nashim, Nezikin, Kodashim, Taharos. Except for Moeid. Why is it not called Moadim?...
#510 The Malach Watching Over Your Left-On Computer Screen
The Aruch HaShulchan (Yoreh Deiah 277) teaches us that if one goes out, one is required to close his sefer or cover it with an article of clothing. Is this ruling true also for Torah being viewed on a...
#509 How Many Levite Encampments Where There?
It is forbidden for a Baal Keri to be in the area designated as Machaneh L’viah. How then did the Leviim engage in marital relations in the Desert?...
#508 Water Filter on Shabbos
Is there a problem to use an under the sink filter cartridge on shabbos? I noticed in some shuls the tap for filtered water is covered on Shabbos....
#507 How Many Dollars for Purim?
How much is it today the dollar amount for Matanot LaEvyonim and Machatzith Hashekel?...
#506 Inedible Shalach Monos
If I give a milchik box of chocolates as shalach monos to someone who has begun his fleishig Purim seuda, is it a mitzvah?...
#505 Why Care About Amalek?
I keep wondering, we have a mitzvah to erase any remembrance of Amalek, and we are to remind ourselves every day of it. If it wouldn’t be because of this mitzvah that we keep so diligently, would...