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#5119 Winds of Change
See question above. Can it be better doing the spraying with a “Shinui” or change from the normal usage? What would be a qualifying proper shinui?...
#5118 Slug the Bug?
See the above questions. I wonder since we spend during the summer many Shabbats in the cottages or in vacation camps and we walk to shul there. If there is an Eruv, can one carry and use an insect re...
#5117 Don’t Miss the Mist
Can one use on Shabbat spray cans or aerosol dispensers for removal of bad smells in a bathroom or kitchen?...
#5116 A Ray of Hope for the Spray
On last question the Rov mentioned that Pepper Spray if needed for self defense and saving lives, it is permitted to hold and carry all day and night during Shabbos. Is it really better to use it for ...
#5115 Say on Stay Away from Spray
I live in Toronto and as it is well known we suffered recently a series of dangerous antisemitic and life threatening attacks. Is the carrying to shul and constant holding of a pepper spray can, permi...
#5114 Not Nice on Noise!
I was Baal Tokeah for a neighbor who is bed ridden and lives with her daughter and a significant number of dogs and cats. As I was blowing the Shofar, the dogs where all howling and the cats where meo...
#5113 Uncover the Cover
Can we cover the wheelchair of a guest visiting our home for a Shabbos meal with a plastic sheet when it is raining outside?...
#5112 – Keep on Pushing?
See question above. What happens if he fell asleep in his wheelchair can someone still push him?...
#5111 The Will of the Wheelchair
A person that needs a wheelchair to come to shul or visit friends, can he be pushed by a friend if he can just walk a little by himself, if there is no Eruv on that town? Is it better if he moves the ...
#5110 Mind the Blow
In the case above, can I just blow the shofar myself? What if I can only do the tekios (long voice) properly, and not the rest of the usual customary different voices?...
#5109 Stop, Look and Listen?
See question above. If I continued davening the amida, do I have to look for someone to blow for me after davening. After all I did hear it?...
#5108 – Stop and Listen?
Kvod Horav Shlit”a. It happens because of my medical situation that I come late to shul. Sometimes in the past I have had to listen to the shofar blowing at the end of davening during Elul, while I’m ...
#5107 – Shofar Not So Good?
Rabino querido. You know my parents well, and following their advice, that is based on what you taught them many years ago to care for others and do mitzvot for their benefit. I’m therefore learnin...
#5106 Refer the Sefer
Can you make a siyum for a Yohrzait of parents when you finish learning an important sefer, such as Mesilas Yeshorim or similar?...
#5105 A True Historic Day
I heard in our Beis Hamedrash that the 24th day of Av is a special day and therefore Tachanun should be avoided. Why is that day so special?...
#5104 Allow the Blow?
If we are starting a new minyan, should we blow the shofar from the first day Rosh Chodesh Elul? The minhag in this part of town is split....
#5103 Not the Last Stand
Dear Rabbi; does someone who is already a bit aged and it is a bit difficult for him to have to stand for all the selichos, when everyone else in shul is standing, (they are younger). Should he better...
#5102 For a Split Second
? - Q. See question above. If we cannot reach an agreement, for this and other different minhagim, is it better that we should split and the new comers even if they are now a majority, should look fo...
#5101 Divide and Loose
We recently added a number of new members to our Beis Midrash and some have a very Chassidic background. Their leader mentioned that since Rosh Hashana is approaching and we are going to say and add m...
#5100 – Shofar So Good
See questions above. We were further wondering, if from the friends camping with us the only one that knows how to blow the shofar (more or less) is my talented son. The problem is that he is only twe...