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#5394 A Singing & Dancing Party?
Dear Rov Shlit”a, If someone is invited to an engagement party during the beginning of Sefira, before Rosh Chodesh Iyar and they arranged a most beautiful meal. Is it correct to assume that this peopl...
#5393 What Truly Counts - The Past or Future?
My dear young son asked me recently why we count Sefira for the days past after Pesach. Would it not make more sense to count the days before Shavuot we still have, so we can prepare for Kabalat Hator...
#5392 Give a Blessing to Your Grandfather!
See question above. Although I know that the counting has to be natural without any speaking implements, and often he can still do it after resting, can the bracha be said for him by one of us?...
#5391 Let the Voice Be Heard!
Dear Rabeinu. As the Rov knows my elderly father has already trouble speaking. Can he count Sefira when his voice is hardly heard? How loud does it have to be for him to comply with the mitzva? Can we...
#5390 Early to Vote – Be Wise and Rise!
Kvod Horav Shlit’a. I was wondering, since as the Rov wrote as there is a mitzva to vote, is there also a mitzva of “Zerizin Makdimin Lemitzvot” or one has to comply with this mitzva a.s.a.p. before d...
#5389 Eternal Scriptures?
– Q. See question above. Will that apply for the complete Omer period?...
#5388 Just Write What is Right?
– Q. See question above. Dear Rabbi. Can one then just write the day of the Omer on a paper?...
#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...