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#5387 Figure Counting Fingers?
– Q. I know that one should not answer when asked by a friend when it is already time to count the Omer what day it is, since when answering it would be as if one counted and would loose the possibili...
#5386 - A Keynote on Vote
A Keynote on Vote – Q. Kevodo Shlit”a. As you know, I’m a very busy corporation lawyer and I also travel often to other countries as required by my position. Time for voting is now in Canada and I may...
#5385 Passover Forever?
Dear Rabbi. We are away with our children for the last days of Pesach and we will return home on the night after Pesach. Is it permitted for me and my wife to eat kosher lepesach food we will bring ho...
#5384 Every Bite Counts
– Q. See above question: If one is not obliged, does one comply with a mitzva if he even eats just matza?...
#5383 Favor the Festival Feast
Kevodo Shlit”a. I was told in shul that one has to eat every day of Chol Hamoed a Seuda (meal) with matza, wine and meat, is that true?...
#5382 The Bear Biur Chametz?
See question above. Since some bears entered our ample garden, as can be seen in our security cameras recorded info, and then went on loitering the garbage containers close to the road that con...
#5381 A Bearly Reason for Hagomel Bentching?
We own in our small town, a great and large property. During this Pesach, as it commonly happens in other years, some bears entered our ample garden and then went on loitering the garbage containers c...
#5380 – Risk Of Showers?
(see question above). May one also stand in the shower stall on the approaching Yom Tov, not under the running water, and wash each limb individually with warm water? i.e. arms and legs?...
#5379 Aware of Wear?
Is there any heter for a woman in the year of aveilus for a parent, after shloshim, to wear new clothes on Yom Tov that were bought before the petirah but not yet worn?...
#5378 The Amount of the Amount?
What part of pita is a kzayis? Is it by weight, Some are thicker than others ? How about The matza for Pesach?...
#5377 Working on Shabbos???
Rov Shlit’a. On a regular year there is a prohibition to do any kind of work after chatzos (midday) on Erev Pesach, does that apply also this year when Erev Pesach is on Shabbat and it is usually a pe...
#5376 – Even More Blessings !?
See question above. If others are helping with the bedika, do they also have to follow the above?...
#5375 Need some More Blessings for Pesach?
Kevodo Yisbarach Shemo. As I was wondering when the Rov was teaching the Halachot of Bedikat Chametz (searching for the Chametz on Pesach), Why is it that no one (as far as I know) says the bracha of...
#5374 Seder Assets
Kvod Rabeinu. One of the most difficult Halacha questions I have encountered for many years, as when I was invited to a Pesach Seder, and now when I can B”H invite others to our own Seder was and is, ...
#5373 A Peisach Purim?
Kvod Rabenu. My kids asked a new funny question before the four questions asked on the Seder night. It is a Purim question. They recalled having learned that there is a Minhag to have a recollect...
#5372 The Risks of Showers?
Dear Rav, regarding the upcoming Yomim Tovim. can a person who usually showers every day take a shower on Yom Yov, (especially this year where two days of Yom Tov follows Shabbos)? If one is feel...
#5371 No Skin of One’s Teeth
– Q. Moreinu Verabenu Shlit’a. I have a problem this year. (2025), how do I brush and clean my teeth after eating chametz on the morning of Shabbat, since I don’t brush my teeth on Shabbat?...
#5370 Eat Away Yet Be Near?
– Q. On this coming Shabbat that coincides with Erev Pesach what and how is a good way to eat the night and day meal for a large family with kids, and having it easy on cleaning the Chametz still need...
#5369 The Feels on Meals
What is the proper way to comply with the seudot (meals) of Shabbat when it is Erev Pesach (day prior to Pesach)?...
#5368 Late or Up to Date?
– Q. Those that have the tradition of reading the Hagada on the Shabbat before Pesach, when should that be done this year (2025), when Erev Pesach is on Shabbat? A On a similar question (3080) we w...