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#5208 Hashem Helps Who Help Themselves?
If one is in the middle of the amida and does not remember if he said the right words, can he pray to Hashem to remind him?...
#5207 The Say of the AI
Does one praying by listening to an AI program for davening or reciting brochos, have to repeat the words being heard?...
#5206 Turn the AI Vay to a Great Way!
See question 5203. Is it recommended that the AI program an ill person uses for keeping company, should also be programmed to monitor the patients bio-readings and medicine consumption? Does the on...
#5205 The Best Season Greetings
Dear Rabbi Shlita. I join the thousands that thank you for answering promptly the thousands of very difficult new and most unusual questions we face today and being addressed with the collaboration of...
#5204 Face the Music and the Lights?
Can one enter a store or mall at the Christmas season when the music and decorations pertain to Christian religious origins? Should one use hearing plugs that play Jewish music then and also wear dark...
#5203 The AI Vay Way
Dear Rabbi this is a question that is right for you, as you were one of the first Rabbis to address AI questions and Halacha. I have a dear elderly uncle that lost recently his wife after being ...
#5202 Our Good Smelling Parsha
On Parshas Toldos we read “Reeh Reiach b’ni kereyach sode asher beracho Hashem” See that the smell of my son is like the smell of the fields that Hashem blessed.” Talmud (Taanis 29b) explains that ...
# 5201 A Prison Prayer?
See question above. Is it similar to Bikur Cholim and you have to say a tefilah for the imprisoned, and if not why not? Is there a special tefilah for the prisoner himself to say as there is for the i...
#5200 A Prison Present
– Q. See question above. Since I’m wearing a taalit katan, should I offer to leave it with the imprisoned? Is it a mitzva to leave even if I won’t comply with the mitzva until I get back home?...
#5199 –Jail Bait?
See question above. If I’m visiting someone imprisoned doing time and can bring something for them as often some correctional institutions permit, should I get for them Tzitzis and Tefilin?...
#5198 Bikur Asurim?
Dear Rabbi, I much appreciate your work on Ask The Rabbi and the variety of questions your answer. (etc.). I’m a lawyer working for a company that also advocates and defends criminals of all kinds. Si...
#5197 Pray the Proper Prayer
In our shul we say on Shabbat before Musaf a prayer for the Canadian government as our sages have taught us that one should pray for the benefit and success of their government. What should be done ...
#5196 The Birth of a Birthday?
Kevod Horav Shli’a. I was very surprised when I heard that this last Shabbos (Chayei Sarah), the family of the Rov and the shul offered a Kiddush to honor his birthday. With all respect to the Rov s...
#5195 - A Peaceful Wild Man?
Is it true that the Chafetz Chaim mentioned that Ishmael was a “Pereh Adam” or wild man not to be friendly to and will remain so? A, Rabbi Dichovsky, of blessed memory, in his book, “Neot Desha,” o...
#5194 Must Leave or Lean on the Muslims?
Can one in our days accept as a convert (Ger) Muslims and then marry them? Can one invite home for a Shabbat meal a friendly Muslim Arab (a business customer) that is considering conversion to Juda...
#5193 Name the Name Ishmael?
See question above. If indeed the Arabs recanted and now they don’t believe the story of our Torah, can we name today a child Ishmael. Is that not the common name of a Tana in the Talmud and who we qu...
#5192 There is My Answer
Dear Rabbi I have a number of questions regarding Arabs. On this weeks parsha, Rashi quotes that Ishmael made teshuva and let his younger brother Itzchak lead the levaya of their father Avraham Avin...
#5191 Block the Black Market Day?
Is one allowed to benefit from the sales offered on Black Market Day, as it seems to be a religious holiday? Can a store owner offer such a sale and advertise for it?...
#5190 Always the Right Time
Following the Talmud, there are specific hours when one should visit the sick for complying with the Bikur Cholim Mitzva, is that an essential part of this important and necessary mitzva?...
#5189 Be Patient and Pray with the Patient
Some more questions on Bikur Cholim. We know that an important part of this mitzva is to pray for the patient. Should the choleh listen to the Tefila and answer Amen?...