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#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...
#5367 – Make Room for the Bloom!
Can one make the bracha on the fruit trees when seeing the new buds on the trees or does one have to wait until the buds turn into flowers?...
#5366 – Up a Tree on Blessing the Tree?
See question above. I still don’t understand why we notice that so many Gedolim and Tzadikim made such a big deal and placed so much effort on getting together a significant group to recite the blessi...
#5365 – Hey Kid! Finnish your Vegetables Now!
I have always wondered, how come we make such a big deal of reciting the blessing for the fruits of trees and we totally ignore a bracha for vegetables and grain plants, that are even more essential a...
#5364 Blessing On and Also the Shabbat!
– Q. Another tree question Dear Rabbi please. Is it better to wait until Shabbat to recite this blessing on the trees?...
#5363 An Inyan for a Minyan?
I have seen that in some shuls a minyan gathers to recite the bracha on the trees. Do you really require a minyan?...
#5362 A Blooming Shaila!
In Gibraltar, they are saying Bircat Ha’ilanot after minchah today! When should we say it?...
#5361 - Searching a Good Hotel?
Dear Rov Shlit’a. You know us well as I daven often in your shul. This is the first year, due to health issues that we will spending Pesach in a Hotel, and I have a number of questions. Do I have to d...
#5360 The "No Mas Atlas of Muchas Tortillas"
Estimado Honorable Rabino. Are tortillas made of corn that is kitnioth permited when care is taken to make them and bake the as one would do with Matza Shemurah? Why should Kitniot that is only pr...
#5359 A Blessed Sale?
Someone that is traveling away for Pesach and will be selling the complete house with all the food included on a transaction that will take place, as organized by a competent Rabbi before the night of...
#5358 All Menchen Must Have Intention!
If as Poskim write that one complies with the mitzva of “Tashbisu” or destroying the chometz already thirty days before Pesach, then one should have the intention of complying with this mitzva when ea...
#5357 Very Busy with Sushi?
See above question. As we already asking about sushi what is the correct brocho on sushi. We have heard different opinions. What is Horav Shlomo Shlit’a opinion?...
#5356 A Kashi on the Sushi?
Dear Rabbi Shlit’a. We have a great family of friends that need to be invited for Peisach and are having a difficult time getting an invitation. We would love to invite them and their children. An...
#5355 The Brocho of Gebrochts?
We usually invite guest for the Peisach Seder that may not be very Frum yet, as we are trying to be mekarev them while complying with the mitzva of Hachnasat Orchim. It is not unusual to see our g...