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#4986 A Groove for the Grooves?
See questions above. Should one in such a situation use shoes that have non flat soles, but rather they have grooves and therefore it diminishes greatly the chances to kill the ants?...
#4985 Avant the Ant
See question above: How far does one have to walk away to avoid steeping on ants on the street?...
#4984 The Anticipant Ant
I came home on Shabbos to a stream of ants and it was almost impossible to not step on them. Could I have swept them aside or is that just as much of a problem as stepping on them?...
#4983 Get the Picture?
I have not been on a video in a mixed zoom class on account that it’s more tsnious, (shows modesty and discretion). Is there a source to not show my face on a mixed zoom class as one Rabbi is giv...
#4982 Dance Up a Fire Storm?
Q, Kevod Rabbenu Shlit’a. Is it really permitted to dance around a fire on Lag Baomer?...
#4981 The Healing Day
Dear Rov Shlit”a. My father shlit’a needs an open hearth surgery and he was given the opportunity to do it on Lag Baomer. Should he do it on that day?...
#4980- Questioning the Questions?
A Rabbi who is learning Talmud with and his phone rings likely with a Shaila, does he have to stop his learning to answer the question?...
#4979 The Second Follows the First?
If someone eats only Shemura Matza during Pesach does he have to eat the same on Pesach Sheni (Second Pesach)?...
#4978 Only Rabbinical Positive
How come on the Leshem Yichud tefila said before the counting of the Omer we mention: “Hineni Muchan Umezuman Lekayem Mitzvas Aseh Shel Sefiras Haomer” (I’m ready to comply with the positive commandme...
#4977 Always a Second Chance
Shalom Rov Shlit’a. How come there is for bringing the korban Pesach a second chance in Pesach Sheni, something not seen in any other Yom Tov as special as they could be, after all. there is no Yom Ki...
#4976 The Eternal Return
Reading the current parshiot. If all of Klal Yisroel did Teshuva individually anyway, and the day (Yom Kippur) also provided atonement, even nowadays, why was it necessary, other than obeying Hashem...
#4975 The Unlicenced Licensee
Kevod Rabbenu how essential is it for the many of us that work constantly with computers and in the internet to subscribe and have programs that protect us from wrong and sinful advertisements. Do ...
#4974 The threefold Treasure
In Hebrew, Is there a connection between the 3-dot triangle vowel “segol” and the feminine expression "segulah" meaning treasure?...
#4973 A Gentle Gentile Grace
See question 4964 above. If a Gentile is allowed to enter a shul, should he cover his head with a kapel. Can he also be given a translated Sidur or Chumash to read while there? Can he be given a Taali...
#4972 The First Matza on the Second Pesach
Dear Rov Shlit’a. This year (5784- 2024) the Second Pesach falls on this coming Wednesday May 22. For those of us that have the tradition of eating matza on that day, when should it be, in the night ...
#4971 Everithing About Bakol
Chazal say, according to some opinions, that Avrohom had a daughter called "Bakol". Who was her mother?...
#4970 Hard to Understand
Many Jewish leaders, when relating to the deaths of Gazan civilian Arabs, make the statement that every life lost is tragic and painful. Now, on the emotional side, the merciful side of a Jew, who is ...
#4969 Don’t Forget Not To Write
Kevod Rabi Shlit’a. If one sends a phone email to his son to remind him to count Sefira, can he himself count that night with a brocho or has he already complied?...
#4968 Not in my Book?
We see in the Kolel Toronto that sefarim are placed on boxes on the front of the entrance for people to take. Can one take some and give them as a present to a shul and so comply with the great mitzva...
#4967 To The Top of The Tree
You announced that there will be Birchas Hailonos on Shabbos. Does not the Ben Ish Chai and others rule not to allow Birchas Ilonos on Shabbos?...