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#84 - Making a brocha on the tree blossoms in different hemispheres.
If somebody visited South America during our winter and made a brocho there for the new blooming trees (in their spring). Does he have to repeat the brocho when he sees new blossoms in the northern he...
#83 - Making a brocha on the tree blossoms after Nissan.
Thank you so much Rabbi for your prompt answer. I would also like to know if I can still make the brocho for the tree blossoms, as it is not Nissan anymore....
#82 - Shaving the friday before Lag BaOmer when LAg BaOmer comes out on Sunday
Tomorrow Friday one can shave since Lag Baomer is Sunday, is that from the morning or do you have to wait till Chatzos? Can you use new clothing on Friday too?...
#81 - Owning a store that sells non kosher products
Thank you and Rav Miller for your prompt answer to our last Shaileh. A client is interested in buying a Dollar store, there are items that are part of the inventory that are not Kosher such as cans of...
#80 - Aquiring Property rented out to Illegal or Halachicaly Problematic Businesses.
There is this commercial strip plaza that our company is interested in acquiring, it could be a very good investment. One of the units is a health centre that after investigation turned out to be a ma...
#79 - Seferas Haomer - Counting Yesterday
I counted sefiras haomer 18 minutes after shkiah and the next night when I counted I said today is so and so and yesterday was so and so. Can I still count now onwards with a bracha? Thanks...
#78 - Using New Items During Seferah.
I bought some new suits before Pesach but I didn’t get a chance to have them checked for Shaatnez before the beginning of Sefirah. Can I use them now or do I have to wait till after Lag Baomer. A...
#77 - Loosing a Minyan before or during Kriyas HaTorah.
We began reading the torah and realized at the end of the first aliyah that a few people walked out and there was no minyan at the beginning of kriyas haTorah. What is the correct thing to do? Do...
#76 - Storing Chumetz in a Refrigerator over Pesach.
Can I store sold Chumetz in my refrigerator over Pesach?...
#75 - Voting during Chol Hamoad
Can I vote in the upcoming elections during Chol Hamoad?...
#74 - Discarding Chumetz in Commercial Garbage Containers
Large garbage containers that belong to a Jewish landlord, and they will be emptied only during Pesach, can the landlord place his own discarded Chometz into them on Erev Pesach....
#73 - Rental Property Returned During Pesach
Dear Rabbi, If someone owns a rental property and a Gentile tenant returns his unit during Pesach, and it contains a sizable amount of abandoned chometz, what should he do? How should he clean it for ...
#72 - Kashering Glass for Pessach
I understand it is possible to kasher glass which has not come into contact with hot food by soaking in water for 3 days and changing the water every day. Does it have to be soaked on the outside as w...
#71 - Extending Shabbos
I cannot find anything about the subject of how long I may extend my shabbat? May I end shabbat (with maariv and havdala) at midnight for example? Is this discussed anywhere?...
#70 - What is one supposed to do after the seder with the wine from Kosh Shel Eliyahu?
What is one supposed to do after the seder with the wine from Kosh Shel Eliyahu?...
#69 - Making a Bracha on Inventions and Machines.
If you see a great invention or a super computing machine do you have to make a Bracha? Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit"a opinion is that the customary brocho recited when encountering a great ...
#68 - Bedikat Chametz Before Traveling to Eretz Yisroel
Shalom Dear Rabbi, I will be traveling next week to Israel for Pesach, I’m planning to sell my chametz in Israel, do I still have to make Bedikat Chametz, prior to my leaving?...
#67 - Saying Kadish for Several Neshamot at once.
A person who is already saying Kadish for his father-in-law, (as there are no sons), was asked to recite Kadish for another recently deceased relative, who does not have anyone to say Kadish in her na...
#66 - Mechiras Chometz at Pesach Hotels Overseas.
A family is traveling to Europe to spend Pesach in a hotel there. As they are traveling with children and they plan to spend some time after Pesach traveling in Europe, they are taking with them a sui...
#65 - Transfering Food to a Non Jewish Patient.
Can a Jewish patient transfer a tray of Chometz food to another non-Jewish patient, laying in the next bed, during Pesach....