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# 4625 A Very Sad Simcha
See question above. How about if the couple is a mixed one, and one of them isn’t Jewish, what is the proper thing to do?...
# 4624 - A Mazal Tov to the Mazal Tov ?
My colleague, a non-Jew is getting married to another non-Jew next month. So far, I’m not invited to the wedding since I just started a couple of weeks ago. Should I do anything to acknowledge t...
# 4623 Oh! Holy Hologram?
How should we treat an electric hologram with Hashem’s name on it. Can it be turned off or cut?...
# 4622 Get Ahead with a New Head?
Dear Rabbi very soon we may find that we can have a being that is only one half human (only head is human) but body is artificial, or it belongs to another younger deceased human. Can we count him for...
# 4621 Looking for a Real Nice Burial Place?
Dear Rabbi. As trips to our moon have restarted. I wonder if a Jewish person can be actually buried on the moon? (Or send their ashes to be deposited there). In a weird Baal Teshuva movement that i te...
# 4620 Nitel to the New Nitel?
Querido Rabino. Is January 6 a day to avoid weddings since it is a Christian Holiday? How about here in Mexico or in other countries with very sizable Catholic congregations. Is it like Nitel night a...
# 4619 Test the Water
(See question above). Does the not drinking water tradition at the start of the Tekufa apply every month? How stringent should one be in keeping this tradition?...
# 4618 Reasons for the Season’s Traditions
See questions above. What is the reason for this tradition Does one have to maintain that most unusual tradition in our times?...
# 4617 What Time Is It?
See questions above? Is 4.30 AM on Sunday Israel time? Do we keep the corresponding time here?...
# 4616 Reason the Season
What are Tekufos ?...
# 4615 No Drinks Allowed?
Dear Rav. My father zt’l followed the tradition of not drinking water at the Tekufa Time. (Change of Season - See next Question). This year following the luach it is 4.30 AM on Sunday 7/1/24. I hav...
# 4614 Don’t Own the Unknown
I lost my brother 2 months ago. The rabbi who facilitated the funeral did not ask me who I want to request to say Kaddish. He said he asked Ner Israel and I had to pay $600 I had second thoughts and w...
# 4613 An Idol Doll? II
Re- question 4604 – Regarding using doll toys and similar that could be considered an idol. I heard that Horav Miller Shlit’a is stringent regarding doll toys and similar. Is that correct?...
# 4612 “Shecheyanu” - A Shaila to Ourselves
We can only be so incredibly grateful and thankful to Rav Alan Rabinowitz, his honorable family and Wolf Adar – Frum Toronto for their constant great contribution to our community in so many differen...
# 4611 Please Enlighten Us
Please Enlighten Us - Q. A husband travelling in an essential trip and away from home and a Jewish community for Shabbos, since he can not light candles in the hotel, he relays on his wife doing it...
# 4610 No Scream about the Cream
Our Rov Shlita. A dear one that is diabetic and has a wound on her body that could become infected rapidly. Her doctor told her to use promptly an antibiotic cream to avoid likely a dangerous infectio...
# 4609 Dancing at Two Weddings?
A couple of divorcees that are getting married a second time (to different mates) and because of their busy working schedules desire to do their small ceremony (to be attended by just about a minyan) ...
#4608 The Torah of the Haftarah
Shavua tov Rabino. Could you please explain the difference of the Haftaroth of Parshas Shemot. Ashkenazim read: “Habaim Yashresh Yaakov” on Yeshayahu 27, while Sepharadim say “Divrei Yirmiyahu” at the...
#4607 Money’s Worth
Dear Rabbi. In our shul we found a bag full of small coins and some bills, all mixed together with paper plates and notices from different institutions. The plates, were likely placed before the readi...
# 4606 Fixing the Repairs?
My employer is aware of certain repairs that must be done on my work vehicle but has not done them because there is a backlog at the shop. If I documented and reported the issues, who is responsible f...