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#5327 – She Talks yet Also Reads!
Muy Querido Rabino. As you well know our family and I will be visiting my mother on Purim who is living with a few other women in a home in Mexico City. Sadly they don’t have one who should read t...
#5326 Anticipation for the Right Translation!
Shalom U’vrachah. Dear Rabbeinu Shalit"a, our shul President Rafael is asking for the translation of the word ישברו in Tehillim 145 - עיני &#...
#5325 – Not a Fish Story!
See question above. I was also asked to buy real fresh fish for the party above on Zain Adar. Is there a reason for eating that fish at that festive banquet? How fresh does it have to be?...
#5324 The Party of Life?
- Kvod Moreinu Shlit”a. I’m a voluntary part time member of the Chevra Kadisha of our town. What is the usual tradition for the Chevra Kadisha to comply with on Zain Adar due in a few days?...
#5323 Join and Bless Tonight’s Parade?
Kvod Rabbenu Shlit”a, I just read that sky gazers across the Northern Hemisphere will have a chance to see an extraordinary celestial event tonight Friday (Feb. 28, 2025), as all of the planets in our...
#5322 Devote to the Vote?
Dear Rov Shlit’a. If someone is voting today, does he have to have in mind that he wants to comply with a Torah mitzva since Horav Miller Shlit’a and all other Rabanim ordained to do so? T...
#5321 The Signs of the Times!
Is it correct to place the sign o Mishenichnas Adar Marbim Besimcha at the entrance of home, next to the Zecher Lecchurban or should one cover it or remove it?...
#5320 Tough Eggs to Crack?
Can a Baalas Teshuva woman who was born from an illicit and adulterous marriage that made her a “Mamzeret” donate her eggs to an infertile friend that cannot conceive and not only help her but merit t...
# 5319 Cater the Water?
Dear Rabbi and friend, I just read on a Daas Torah news source, a very motivating article. It mentioned that Sigi Cohen, the mother of Eliya Cohen who was released from Hamas captivity on a recent Sha...
#5318 – Zoom the Zain?
Moreinu. Someone in my family is making a wedding on Zain Adar (Adar 7, March 6 25) should I attend? If not, can I zoom the wedding?...
#5317 No News is Good News?
See question above. If we are not allowed to spread sad news during Shabbos, how come that we recite a Mi Sheverach for the real sick people, usually when reading the Torah. Does that not cause distre...
#5316 Sad and Bad?
The MB (Mishna Berurah) 307/3 says not to say sad news on Shabbos. Someone I was eating by asked me about a familiar Rav and where does he live. The Rav is no longer alive. Should I have answered tha...
#5315 – Go and Do Door of Adar
Kvod Horav Shlit’a. Is it true that if one davens for something very needed and very special, he should do so and specially dedicate Rosh Chodesh Adar for it? Can one also in need then fast on that da...
#5314 First Priority?
Dear Rov. Sorry we are so late, but we do need an answer before Shabbat (Parshat Mishpatim 2025) begins. We usually have a shiur before Mincha on Shabbat afternoon on Talmud and we prepare for a Siyu...
#5313 A Burning Shailah
What is the correct way to deal with a non-religious family member who wants to cremate the grandfather of a Baaeil Teshuva family, when he is in charge of the proceedings?...
#5312 – A Note on the Devote Vote!
See question above. Is there a mitzva to organize a group of elderly people or ill people to bring to them voting facilities?...
#5311 A Note on the Vote!
Dear Rabbi as we approach elections in our town and we keep on getting all kind of emails from Rabbinical and community leaders that it is an obligation to vote. Is that really true?...
#5310 – The Price of the Praise!
Dear Moreinu Shlit’a. We know that you are related to the Gestetner family. A group (in the N.Y. area) that also is family, wants to know what is Horav Shlomo Miller”s Shlit”a opinion in our group org...
#5309 A Blessed Brocho?
Does the Mezonos bracha that one recites during a Shabbath Kidush, include and exempts from all the other foods included later in that kidush, such as cholent, potatoes or desert?...
#5308 The Battles of the Bottles?
Kevod Morenu Horav Shlit”a. If someone donated a large amount of soda bottles to his new shul for a large simcha, does he have to take care of the empty bottles? If there is a gift- promotion involve...