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Halachic questions answered by Hagaon Rav Shlomo Miller Shlit'a
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#5307 Mind your E-Mind?
- See questions above. Q. Will it make a difference if that implant is only biologically human or if it is an advanced electronic addition that can interconnect with the brain?...
#5306 Mind Your Mind?
See question above. People who maybe have or will soon undergo such medical treatment, even it is a small addition, does it alter the Halacha status of that individual, or is it just like the common c...
#5305 Don’t Loose Your Head!!!
Most Honorable Rabbi and Posek. I truly like and enjoy your most unusual, new and very interesting Halacha questions, that are also supported by other most meaningful Poskim. I’m a frum still yeshiv...
#5304 “Last” or “First” Letters?
I recently read that During his recent last visit to Washington, DC, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu took part in inscribing letters in the historic “Washington Torah ” - a most unusual and ...
#5303 Just Enjoy the Delicious Fruits!
Dear Friendly Rabino. Due to my sad medical circumstances I was hospitalized yesterday (Thursday) during Tu Bishvat (2025), and was unable to eat the fruits together with my family and friends and say...
#5302 - Walk the Walk?
Is it okay to pace and walk around while I am davening some of the brachas that require standing or don’t require sitting, aside from the shemona esrei?...
# 5301 – Amen to the Amen!
Someone in the conversion process was told that he can’t say amen to other people’s brachas. I thought they are supposed to follow all Jewish laws and customs with the exception of completel...
#5301 A New World - Really?
Dear Rabbi Shlit’a. I have an important question that Gedolei Hatorah have to address. Since genetically altered fruits and other food items are constantly becoming more common, does their particu...
#5300 A Real Newborn?
Dear Rabbi. A friend became religious late in life. An orthodox Rabbi was telling him that he should now have a real bar mitzvah. My friend was very offended and then asked if he should also repeat hi...
#5299 Honey, Don’t Pass the Milk!
Dear Rov and Magid Shiur. I have another shaila. If I we served at a simcha meal Chalav Yisrael. Yet someone noticed that one of the waiters poured a bit of left over milk from another simcha, that wa...
#5298 A Sefer Torah in Aramaic?
- The Talmud (Megila 9) mentions that according to the opinion that allows a Sefer Torah to be written in aramaic, the reason is because it says יפת אל’ ל•...
#5297 Make it in Aramaic?
Dear Rov and Magid Shiur. When Hashem spoke to the important people of Babel as, described in the Talmud and Midrashim, did he speak to them in Aramaic?...
#5296 The True Tu Bishvat
The people of our shul have a tradition to make a seuda for Tu Bishvat in which the customary fruits are served. Can they make the Seuda on the night (Wednesday this year 2025) or does it have to be d...
#5295 Go For a True Song
As we are to read on this Shabbos Shirah the song that gives the name to the Shabbos, does it all have to be read with a special tune...
#5294 An Eating Problem?
See question above. I see that frum people go on vacation times or dates to places and restaurants that serve both Kosher and non-kosher food. Is that permitted? Is there any reason to worry about ma...
#5293 A Drink Problem?
Can someone traveling and being in an airport or plane, consume a coffee or tea served in what seems to be just items that are essentially kosher? What is Horav Miller’s Shlit’a opinion? Would he dri...
#5292 Sounds Are To Good to Be True?
Kvod Moreinu Horav Shlit”a: What is the Halacha regarding the prohibition of Kol Isha (listening to the voice of a woman singing) if the music in question is changed to either raise or lower the pit...
#5291 Don’t Trim the Shovavim!
See question above. Another explanation is because Shovavim falls after the winter solstice, which is when the days start to get longer. This connects to the narrative recounted in Avodah Zara (...
#5290 The Shovaim Meaning
Dear Rov Shlit’a: I overheard in our shul that we are now at the very special time of the year known as Shovavim. What exactly is the time period of Shovavim? And what does it mean? Why is it so spe...
#5289 Get the Right Day Right!
See question above . Thanks Rabbi for the enlightenment. Yet, why is the minhag to recite it on that particular day of the week?...