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#304 Washing at a wedding when planning to leave early
What is better on attending a wedding if you want to leave early, not to eat bread, or wash eat bread and make a mezumman without saying sheva brachos?...
#303 Saying sheva brochos when the meal is not prepared for the Chason - Kalo
If a chassan joins the seudah shlishit on Shabbat, without it being planned out before, do you still say sheva brachoth?...
#302 When to say sheva brochos on the last day when eating past shkia
Is it better to say the sheva brachoth on the last day in the middle of the meal or is it better after birchat hamazon when already after the shkiah?...
#301 Saying brachos on the last day of sheva brochos
On the last day of sheva brachoth, can you still say the brachoth after the beginning of the shkiah and if it is permitted, for how long?...
#300 Wearing a Citizen Eco-drive watch on Shabbos
Shalom U’Bracha, Recently I purchased a Citizen eco-drive watch, that gets charged automatically from the light. My question is: (1) Is it permitted to wear such a watch on shabbos (at home ...
#299 Using dishwasher detergent without a hechsher
Does dishwasher detergent need to be kosher? The brand finish use to have a hechsher and now it does not....
#298 Someone who has excepted Shabbos early asking someone else to do a Melocho
Can someone that started Shabbos early ask his neighbor that davens late to turn on the lights for him?...
#297 When does someone from Eretz Yisroel say Izkor when traveling
Is there a point for him(a Israeli resident who temporarily travels to Chutz Laaretz) to say Izkor as it is not Yom Tov for him or should he say it by himself on the first day?...
#296 Someone from Eretz Yisroel getting an Aliya on the second day of Yom tov
I have guest from Israel that are visiting me and they only keep one day Yom Tov. On the second day Shavuoth can one get an aliyah as he has Yortzayt and it is Thursday and they would be reading the T...
#295 Tefilin dropped off by a Sofer but not returned
I sent my Tefillin to a Sofer Stam in Toronto for checking almost a year ago. I have called 2x since sending it and have yet to speak to him, and only to his wife. I have not heard from him, and I mis...
#294 Newspapers delivered to a Jewish area on Shabbos
Is a newspaper delivered to North York on Shabbos Muktzah?...
#293 Using a plastic tablecloth cut on Shabbos
Is a plastic tablecloth which was cut from a roll on Shabbos (by a non Jew) muktzah?...
#292 Using a reed mat helt togehter with plastic coated wire
May I use for Schach a reed mat that is held together with wire coated in plastic insulation?...
#291 lighting candles early on Shavuos night
When lighting the Yom Tov candles on the first night of Shavuoth do I have to wait till nightfall if I didn’t count sefirah?...
#290 Numbers of the tribes in this week's Parsha always finish in zeros
How come the numbers of the tribes in this week’s Parsha always finish in zeros, were they round up? That they are the exact number is statistically very unlikely....
#289 Reading Parshas Bamidvar before Shavuos
I just read in an authoritative Yom Tov sefer and luach that Parshat Bamidvar is always before Shavuoth, wasn’t last year Nasso before?...
#288 Making the Bracho on seeing a tree in bloom in Sivan
We have some fruit trees in our back yard that just now began to bloom… can the brocho still be made this Shabbat as it is already Sivan?...
#287 Waiting until Shabbos to make the Bracho on seeing a tree bloom
We have some fruit trees in our back yard that just now began to bloom, can we wait till Shabbat when the whole family is together to make the bracha or does it have to be done when you see them the f...
#286 Brocho on onions from schmaltz herring
Kevod Harav Shlit"a, The halacha seems to point out that if one eats raw or even cooked Garlic or Onions, the bracha receited is "Shehakol", as it is not the usual way for most people to eat raw ...
#285 Unsealed meat or non-Mevushel wine left unattended at home
We have a babysitter who watches my child every day. She is Hindu. We have once or twice left an open bottle of non-mevushal wine out, and sometimes have unsealed meat in the fridge while she is here ...