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#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?...
#5288 Always “Heaven On Earth"
We were asked a number of Shailos this year, significantly more than in others regarding the reciting this week of Parshas Haman on Tuesday. I sent to them the following Teshuva, we once wrote:...
#5287 Let Women Forget?
See questions above. As Tu Bishvat is approaching and one of the fruits traditionally eaten that we serve are olives, often people ask, (as reflected above), if it is correct to eat olives, since th...
#5286 Living with Olives V
We must add the following part to the answers above. “Does it make a different if the olives are lightly chewed or well-chewed? Does it make a difference if they are eaten by themselves or with garli...
#5285 Living with Olives IV
See question above. What is the definition of “Rogil” How often is it?...
#5284 Living with Olives III
See question above. Since it is common to consume olive oil, is that also included in the prohibition above?...
#5283 Living with Olives II
See question above. What kind of olives are included in this prohibition?...
#5282 Living with Olives?
As we approach Tu Bishvat and prepare for our party that includes all the fruits that Hashem blessed us with, our large Kiruv and Ba’aley Teshuva group has many questions regarding the eating of olive...
#5281 No Parking Allowed
Is one allowed to park a car in a prohibited parking spot when going to shul or doing any another mitzva. I see that often people do so, is that correct? If they do, do they comply with the intended m...
#5280 The Blessed Wine?
See question above. How about someone who has a Shabbos guest that visits often and usually brings as a gift a wine bottle. On occasions he arrives late after the host made already kiddush, (there...
#5279 The Brew Bracha
When someone is taking part in a Kiddush and makes a brocho on wine and then he drinks other liquors such as beer, does one have to recite another brocho? How about a mixed drink that also contains so...
#5278 Listening To the Shema!
I always wondered why in the most important reading of the Shema, that we repeat a number of times every day begins in a singular form, yet it ends in plural?...
#5277 Fruits For All?
Dear Rov Shlit”a. I and many women in my family and friends take part on a Seuda of Tu Bihvat or eat the assorted fruits on Tu Bihvat as men do. Yet I wonder: Why are women required to comply with tha...
#5276 Women On Time?
- See question above Q. Is it okay (as a woman) to skip davening in the morning so I can be part of a large group of women who say tehillim together and do mincha later in the day when I have less tim...