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#5248 A Fast Fast?
I find it very strange that we fast on a Friday this year as it is the 10th of Teveth, why don’t we pushed off for a later day as it is usually done?...
#5247 - Keep the Chanuka Lights Always On and Truly Bless the Great Good Wife!
See question 5241 above. Should a "Mi Sheberach" blessing be recited in shul at the reading of the Torah on this Shabbat for all wives and women that were so instrumental in complying with the great ...
#5246 Have You Got A Light?
(See above questions – I was stranded in an airport during Chanuka.,.). Should I have purchased some cigarettes and light one in the permitted smoking area outside? Does the Rav have any other idea...
#5245 The Torah of the Menorah
Can one seat and learn Torah using mostly the Menorah light during the beginning of lighting?...
#5244 - To Bee or Not to Bee?
When using candles for Chanuka, is it better to use bees wax?...
#5243 - More Light Needed
We light in shul and sometimes at home Hanuka candles that were already used properly, yet since the time of correct compliance was over, and people had to leave, the lights were turned off. Is it b...
#5242 Mexican Poles, Really?
Honorable Rabino Nero Yair. I don’t think there is another acceptable Halacha authority we could consult on this most unusual question. An actually religious neighbor wants to do an important Kiru...
#5241 - Bless the Great Good Wife!
Kevod Moreinu Horav Shlit”a. Thank you for all your many great and very well accepted answers. We are planing on the last day of Hanuka to do a big hopefully beautiful and successful family and friend...
#5240 Love That Picture?
See question above. If permitted, are the parents and friends allowed to take a picture of them, since the will be benefiting from a Ner Chanuka?...
#5239 - Hold On to The Hold
See question above. Q. If it is correct, do they themselves comply with the mitzva?...
#5238 - Hold Out The Holding
My dear Rabbi. Our shul is planing to do a large Chanuka party inviting many neighbors that are not our usual attending youngsters and children, the aim is to bring them closer to keeping Torah and Mi...
#5237 The Chanuka Dance
My most very dear Rabbi Shlit”a and good friend. As you well know, my beloved family including my neighboring friends, B’H have a very nice great and friendly group of Yeshiva Torah learning children ...
5236 Chanuka Showtime
An elderly friend that is now constantly living in a retirement home, and always lit the menorah during Chanuka, wants to know if he can by turning on the florescent light next to his bed comply with ...
#5235 Choose Your Time?
I heard that Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that the Misheyakir time quoted on the My-Zmanim chart for Toronto is incorrect. Is that true?...
#5234 Oil Rich?
Can I light my menorah with oil that was left open and some flies were there?...
#5233 Chanuka Geld?
Dearest friend and Rabino. My new home in Mexico City is right next to a store that sells many flammable items and the law is that they and their neighbors are not allowed to make a fire outside their...
#5232 Join In and Enjoy
Some of my Chasidishe neighbors have a tradition to make a seuda (special meal as the ones done on Shabbos) on every day of Hanukka and they also invite guest and friends including us. Is that a seuda...
#5231 Wrong Birthday Party
See question above. Is one allowed to sell Christmas decorations when working as an attendant in a store that does, and the refusal would have one fired? How about just wrapping the goods bought?...
#5230 False Advertising!!!
I work in a store that decorates at this time of the year with Christmas decorations and plays that music. What should I do?...
#5229 Tell all about Nitel
Q, We have an old tradition that we do not learn Torah on the night of Christmas, named Nitel. This year (24) it coincides with the first night of Chanuka. We usually celebrate Chanuka by making a...