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#5514 Don’t Trip On the Business Trip?
My own business work, involves traveling and visiting clients and customers. In principle I can avoid doing it during the Nine Days, yet I’m afraid the since my enterprise is very competitive, I will ...
#5513 Repair the Repairs?
Rabbenu Shelit”a. Can we do repairs much needed for our cottage during the Nine Days, inside and outside, since they also involve the security of our children playing now around there all the time?...
#5512 Delicate Chocolate
Dearest Rabbi. I’m a member of a small but much needed Bikur Cholim group in our small community. We visit usually on Sundays the sick in hospitals and homes. We also bring some much needed and app...
#5511 A Necessary Mazal Tov!
K’vod Morenu Horav Shlit”a. Sadly, I broke a tooth recently and I need a fast replacement. Can it be done during the “Nine Days”?...
#5510 Let the Grass Grow!
Kevod Horav Shlit’a . Is one allowed to walk on grown or long grass during Shabbat?...
#5509 B”H. No More AI Again!
See question above. Can the directing Rabbi of the Levaya, play some words or pertinent music taped, or said or played by the deceased, during his burial ceremony?...
#5508 Oy Vay, Not AI Again!
Honorable Rabbi. Can one attend a Levaya, were there is no Rabbi or Chazan present, and the whole funeral ceremony is heard from a AI directed microphone and speakers system that follows by cameras th...
#5507 Music to our Ears
Dear Rabbenu, Long Life. I have a most important Shailah and I need a very necessary prompt answer. My mother, long life to her, after my father A”H recently passed away, is now living alone and s...
#5506 The Zait for the Yahrzait
Dear Rabbi, I’m invited to a wedding the night of my father’s Yahrzeit. Do I need to leave at shekia? (sunset). Thank you....
#5505 The Fruits of Doubts!
Hi Rabbi Bartfeld, I have what I think are raspberry canes with thorns and branches (black and red) growing among trees in the side back of my backyard. I didn’t plant them (they are growing wil...
#5504 Too Fast? Now All Fast?
See question above. Are the rest of the people present in the shul also included in the traditional fasting?...
#5503 Acted Too Fast? Now Fast!!!
Someone was present when a small Sefer Torah left unattended by the Bima, and then someones jacket button got hooked to the Taalit the sefer was on and it fell. First question. 1). Does the person...
#5502 The Correct Current Swim
Rabenu Shlit”a. Thank you so much for the various answers. And I got a new one. This year due to our new Einiklach (grand children), we will stay at our cottage for Shiva Asar Betamuz (we usually ret...
#5501 Spit In?
Due to a special medical mouth condition, I have have to often wash my mouth to remove excess saliva everyday How is this method best accomplished on a Taanit – (fasting day}?...
#5500 Does Your New Suit Really Fit You?
Kevod Rabeinu. Someone traveling to our town and reaching me on this coming Motzei Shabbat that is already the night of Shiva Asar Betamuz, is delivering for me a new very much needed Shabbos suit. ...
#5499 – How About Just a Hot or Cold Drink?
See question above: If the water was in the Frigidaire does it also apply? What if it was a hot soup on the stove (already off)?...
#5498 – But Really, I Can’t Stop Drinking!
Just One more question Rov. How long is the time of the prohibition for those who believe on it?...
#5497 Another Drinking Problem?
I heard that there are more reasons to the above tradition. What are they?...
#5496 Stop Drinking! Really?
See question above. Rov Shlit’a. I read that one should dispose of drinking uncovered water on that “Tekufa” day. Is that true? Why? Do people really actually keep this? Is there really a so...
#5495 The Rhythm of the Seasons.
Dearest Rov Shlit’a . I read an the luach that today is the Yom Hatekufa. What does that exactly really mean?...