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#5662 Writing Well a Womans Ketuba!
Dear Rabbeinu Shlit’a; What is the correct way to spell on a Ketuba the kallah names of Masha or Basha?...
#5661 A True Telling Reply?
Dear Rabbi Shlit’a. Is it permitted to keep a secret by lying to someone questioning you? (Like repudiate that you were there or that you know the material?)...
#5660 – Valid or Void Velkro?
Kevodo Nero Yair. 39 melochos mentions it is permitted to use Velcro closings on Shabbat clothing. Does Horav Miller Shlit”a agree?...
#5659 Listening to the Speaker?
Is it permitted to receive a phone call on speaker and have others listen in on the call, without the person on the other end knowing about it?...
#5658 To-bel or Not To-bel
Honorable Rabbi. Does one have to tovel (immerse) in a mikva an electric sandwich warmer (not a baker)....
#5657 Now Know the Snow!
Dear Rov. If I go to shul on Shabbat, when it is snowing a storm and I don’t want to make wet the shul and molest others, can I shake the snow from my coat before I enter. Does it make a difference if...
#5656 Impresive Informing Impression?
See question above. I have another related shailah. Since in our area of Canada it snows plenty and our kids play and walk on the snow also on Shabbat. Can I obtain for my children boots that leav...
#5655 Sustaining in Snow Season?
Rabbenu Shlit’a, as the time for snow is starting I have a number of questions that are important to my family. Firstly, can one walk on the snow with boots that leave behind an impression that is uni...
#5654 Pain in the Pants?
In Siman 2 it says that one should not put on or take of 2 articles of clothing together. We were wondering if pants with a belt on it is considered 2 articles of clothing? (I did not get an answe...
#5653 – Add to Advancing the Advise?
See question above. Would it make a difference if the owner of the store where I was in, is supporting a Son in Law that is learning in a Kolel?...
#5652 Advancing the Advise?
See question above. Would it be permitted to tell him the above even if the owner of the store mentioned where I was, has a number of children and grand children he has to support?...
#5651 Great Good Guidance?
Kvod Rabbenu Shlit’a. As I asked you personally, I wonder if I went shopping at a Frum food store and I meet there a friend and he was about to choose an item, and I just came from another nearby simi...
#5650 Block the Black Market Day?
Dear Rabbi is one allowed to go shopping tomorrow on “Black Market Day” after all it is seen as a religious day?...
#5649 Querido Rabino
Querido Rabino. We just had an Electrical power outage from Hydro One. I was wondering if I can sue the Hydro company, since it caused a substantial lose in my Kosher food company as the food spo...
#5648 The Meat Of The Matter
Shalom Horav: I just read on the National Post that Cloned Meat is getting closer to being sold in Canada without any labels |. If that is true what should we do?...
#5647 – More Room for the Silver Spoon!
See question above. Dear Rov I heard that the reason is that it is a Segula for having Parnasa and good economic support in the marriage. Is that correct?...
#5646 – The Room for the Silver Spoon?
Why do some couples include a silver spoon at the room of Yichud after the Chupa?...
#5645 The Kosher Wisher?
Dearest Rabbi and friend. As you well know me (even as a child) and my family from the days you were the Chief Rabbi of Mexico, and you helped me and some of my siblings become Ba’aley Teshuva, I woul...
#5644 The Spoon Balloon?
- Buenas tardes Rabino Bartfeld Le escribo para otra Shaile - Vi en una jupa que ponen afuera del cuarto de ijud de los novios una cuchara de plata - Ha escuchado usted de ese minag. - Tran...
#5643 Don’t Get Carried Away
Rabino Bartfeld. I have a Shailah: Does the Mitzva of writing a Sefer Torah apply also to women?...