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#5059 The Right Side of the Bed?
See question above. Rabbi you may remember that in that particular old age home they made once a minyan with a whole friendly group of more than ten people, that were very aged and bedridden, but wer...
#5058 Enough of a Feast?
Dear Rabbi. A group of elderly and ill residents in our old age home, who are allowed by all opinions to eat on a fast day even on Tisha Beav and they sit together in a table, can they recite Birchat ...
#5057 Stranger to Danger?
– Q. Can one on a much needed vacation go and do regular scuba diving during the 3 weeks? How about water skiing?...
#5056 The Ninth Labyrinth
Is there a minhag at all to mourn on the Ninth of Tamuz since that was the day when the walls of Jerusalem during the First Temple?...
#5055 A Lesson on a Lesson
– Q. My dearest Rov Shlit’a. B’H I was hired as an organ and piano player to an important and very needed and well rewarding position. It is in a wedding and other simches popular Hall. I’m to b...
#5054 Fast Slowly
My naturopathic doctor said that I should not fast (in days like 17 Tamuz) so I was thinking to wake up early to eat breakfast and then eat lunch later in the day. However, I forgot it was a fast day ...
#5053 The Correct Current Swim
Dear Rov. We are staying at the cottage by the lake this Shiva Asar Betamuz, since I wake early before Alos Hashachar (day brake) to eat a meal so I can fast easier, can I then also go swimming in the...
#5052 One Kiddush For All?
See question above. In general when we do have a number of people who want to give a kiddush to honor a dear departed one, is it better to give it all together if possible and to make it greater and m...
#5051 The More Kidushin The Better?
This coming Sunday is the 15 day of Tamuz and is the Yohrzait of two great Gedolim. The Shaagas Aryeh and also the Orach Chaim ZT”L. We want to give a Kiddush this Shabbat to honor their memory. ...
#5050 Trump Up Trump!
Dear Rabbi. This week we were witnesses to the attempted murder of President Donald Trump as his truly miraculous salvation. Since he has been and is a very great friend of Israel and the Jewish commu...
#5049 Testing the Tasting
– Q. Kvodo, my father Shlit’a although he does fast on Shiva Assar Betamuz has to take now very necessary pills and needs water to swallow them, normally he does not recite a blessing on that water, s...
#5048 – Calling on the Calendar
The Rov of our shul mentioned that people should help in determining and publishing the times for davening and shiurim of the shul. He said that there is a very special and great mitzva for someone to...
#5047 Dish Wishes on Dishes
Last Shabbos, we were taking part in a beautiful Sheva Brochos Kiddush. Sadly someone serving tripped and a large pile of dishes fell on the floor and mostly broke. Was it better, since the broken pie...
#5046 A Tall Tale?
Dear Rov Shlita. As you know I’m looking for a shiduch now. Is it allowed or permitted between all proper qualities wanted to look for a tall Chatan? (As you know I’m not specially tall myself). Thank...
#5045 Don’t Stretch the Truth
Can one join a group of people that are learning Shas by dividing it into the people of the group and just share with them one Gemara. Would that then be counted as having finished the complete Shas a...
#5044 Airing One’s Laundry in Public
I found a laundry card in the street between Coldstream and Shelborne on Glennount. Am I obligated to post a sign or ask the superintendent and try to find out who the potential owner is? Horav Shl...
#5043 A Great Intelligent Companion.
An elderly woman that lives alone and lonely, acquired a great AI program that constantly talks to her, follows her with security cameras placed in all rooms, since the above AI program takes care of...
#5042 Split Nails?
Dear Rabbi, if someone is in a hotel and enters a public bathroom and she sees cut nails on the floor, does she have to look for another bathroom....
#5041 Last Nail in The Coffin?
See question above. Does the Chevra Kadisha have to cut decorated nails of women before their burial....
#5040 Better Burn or Bury?
The ones that do burn or bury their nails, how much burning is needed and how deep do they have to be buried?...