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#5536 Need Deap End of Talent Pool!
– Q. Kvod Ravenu Shlit’a. Ass we spoke, our family is going on a much needed vacation an we will be staying in a good deal hotel. Since I usually go to the mikva for Tevilas Ezrah (after family r...
#5535 The Sooner the Better?
– Q. Dear Rabbi. I’m supposed to sign in tomorrow into a new big business and real expensive investment, that is also a very important for some Chesed charities and a great mitzva for my children’s su...
# 5534 The Best Shave!
- – Q. Kevodo Shlit”a. As we just ended the mournful period of the Three Weeks for the destruction of the Temple, and now we can take a haircut or shave for those who avoided it before, since today...
#5533 A Long Tea Time?
See question above. Sorry but I must add another question. Is there not a problem drinking wine for Havdala on Sunday night, since as we know some mourning traditions still apply on the morning of...
#5532 Just Tea Time?
See question above. Q. Is it correct in need to drink then (Sunday night) before Havdalah some plain tea, if that is all that is available?...
#5531 Serving Women Drinks?
See question above. Q. Does the same apply to women?...
#5530 Drinks are on the House?
Estimado Rabino, larga vida. In our shul in Mexico City when we end the fasting of Tisha Beav tonight, when still in shul people are thirsty and they usually want to drink some water before going home...
#5529 Wow!!! - Now A New Posek!!!
! - Q. Question. We did IVF treatments to have a family and B”H we now have 4 healthy children. We still have a few frozen embryos left but due to our age and extreme high costs of each procedure we w...
#5528 Need a Drush on Rush and Brush?
Dear Rabbi Shlit”a. Can one clean a hat or a coat with a brush during the Nine Days....
#5527 A Non Shmate Kashe!
See question above. Could one in such a case just wash with a wet towel and even soap, his complete body or at least partially? Would that be permitted for someone that sweats a lot on hot days?...
#5526 Run and have Fun!
Kevodo, Someone that by his doctor’s advice goes running every day, can he then take a cold shower after, as it is very recommended by his Not Frum doctor? If not can he at least just use a hand s...
#5525 Only Dig a Big Wig?
See question 5519 above. Dear Rov, this is a most important question for me, please send me a prompt answer. Can a woman during the Nine Days, just wash a small part of a partial wig that sticks o...
#5524 Clash on the Wash!
I wonder if on this year (2025) on Erev Shabbos Chazon, I can take a hot shampoo shower by the hot mikva, as I usually do? How about staying some time on the steam bath?...
#5523 Have Your Cake and Eat some More?
– Q. My dear Rabbi & friend. G-d willing I will be attending a Brith Milah of my new beautiful grandson this coming Thursday (7/31/2025). Due to the many traveling guest that are expected, the...
#5522 Lean on the Clean?
Kvod Horav Shlit’a. I will be Iy”H traveling right after Tisha Beav for a Family Bar mitzva and a vacation. Can I give during the Nine Days the necessary clothing to Non- Jewish cleaners so they will ...
#5521 A New Start to the Real End?
See questions above. Since this group constantly learns Amud Yomi, however since they do it on line they don’t usually make a Siyum, yet now on the Nine Days they want to join our special siyum in o...
#5520 The End to the No End Siyum?
We are part of group of a Shiur on Amud Yomi, that often does not make a Siyum when finishing a Masechta (Tractate of the Talmud) since they learn on line. Is it correct that on this occasion (202...
#5519 – Don’t Wash Away?
Is a woman allowed to put on a freshly washed Shaitel (wig) during the Nine Days?...
#5518 Car Care?
Dear Rabbi. Due to the nature of our close to constructions neighborhood, my car usually becomes very dirty. Is it correct to wash and remove that dirt during the Nine Days?...
#5517 Honoring the Honor!
When a man is talking to a woman, is it better to be brief as our sages advise, even if that may seem insulting to the woman involved, as she notices the longer dialog to the other men, or should the ...