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#5139 Blowing Away the Smell?
See question above. We have also in our shul a number of elderly people that wear urinated clothing or worse, and even when they also wear some type of diapers, they stink, but want to stand next to...
#5138 The Correct Will of the Yehi Ratzon
See question above. Every year we have in our Rosh Hashana minyan an argument whether we should say the Yehi Ratzon (prayer for the auspicious compliance of this mitzva said after the blowing of the s...
#5137 Easy on the Eyes?
Dear Rabbi, I was chosen this year to be the baal tokea for our shul, We have a crowd of a few hundred mitpalelim and I have some questions. First one, should one close his eyes when he is blowing the...
#5136 Don’t Blow away the Blow
Kvod Harav, during Rosh Hashana my great tzadik of a son (he is 18) goes to blow the shofar to the houses of the ill and aged, who can’t come to shul. He does that practically until the shekia (sunset...
#5135 Kind of Behind your Mind
Is it permissible to complete a PhD in Applied Transpersonal Psychology. It is a degree done by my own research?...
#5134 So Sweet, But So, So Sour?
Estimado Rabino. As you well know we eat in Mexico and all over Latin America in all meals and specially Shabbat and Yamim Tovim meals with chile and other very sharp souses that also contain vinegar....
#5133 – Consent to an Efficient Agent?
Can one name a shaliach (agent) to represent him for doing Hatoras Nedorim on Erev Rosh Hashono? How about if he writes it on a document? Can a husband represent his wife?...
#5132 Eclipsed Blessings?
Rov, if there is a partial lunar eclipse (tonight Sep. 17, in Toronto) does one make a brocho?...
#5131 Let the Good Times Begin
We must add to the questions regarding getting credit for future deeds on Rosh Hashono, the following answer. On question 1828 the Rov quoted Baaley Mussar and others who argue that if the Ben Sore...
#5130 Smart Musar Chavrusa?
See question above. Can one use an AI program to just learn together a Musar sefer such as Mesilas Yeshorim or Orchos Tzadikim etc.?...
#5129 Smart Ethical Device?
Kvod Rabbenu Shlit’a. As we are preparing for Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, can one use the new AI programs that practically record, control and guide many in the every day tasks, work and undertakings...
#5128 In Your Wildest Dream!
Over thirty years ago, I was on a flight from Eretz Yisroel to the USA. During the flight, I slept (very novel idea for me) and dreamed an awesome and terrifying dream. I dreamed that a building with ...
#5127 A Knife at the Court?
Last year we ate the first Rosh Hashana meal by a known Rebbe and we saw that he had acquired a new Chalah knife that was still in its box. Is there Is there a special minhag to buy a new Chalah knife...
#5126 The Bright Light on the Night
Dear Rov. I have seen women in my family that light on the night of Rosh Hashana a plate full of candles (floating wicks on oil). Is there a source for this tradition? If yes how many candles should o...
#5125 The Art of a Start
How much davening is considered as already having begun Mincha before the Shekia, so one may continue with davening the rest followed by Maariv?...
#5124 – Acting Now on the Future?
On 828 we were asked:“Rashi (21: 18) quotes Talmud (Sanh. 71b) that the wayward and rebellious son is executed on account of what he will do in the future. Baalei Mussar and others argue that if th...
#5123 The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of?
Is it important to tell a friend any serious dream, so it could be given a helpful and necessary good interpretation. Should one tell the dream to a Rov, Tzadik or a Talmid Chacham?...
#5122 Clean the Dream
See question above. A woman that had a bad dream can she ask other women to recite for her the proscribed Tefilos?...
#5121 Stuff of Nightmares
Dear Rov Shlita. I’ve had recently a number of very bad dreams, and have some mortifying questions. When someone had a bad dream and wants to recite the proscribed Tefilos with some friends, is it b...
#5120 Let’s Call it a Wash
Can one use Ventury sprayer on Shabbat?...