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# 4486 The Blessed Drink
Does one recite Shecheyanu on new liquor prepared from new esrogim?...
# 4485 Bracha for Aroma?
Does one recite Shecheyanu on the pleasant smell of a new fruit or flower on that year?...
# 4484 In Heavens Name?
Just like the letters Yud - Hey we are not allowed to write which is the name of G-d. Shouldn’t we also be prohibited to write Vav – Hey, after the title since it is also part of His name?...
# 4483 Joy Trip or Stumble Trip
I have a wedding for a nephew this Thursday after Yom Tov. I was planing to travel to Israel and made all the arrangements. Considering all the tragedies just happening should I better cancel the trip...
# 4482 Torah or Tehilim?
What is better, to recite Tehillim for our recent Kedoshim and victims during these terrible times or to learn Torah for them and in their merit?...
# 4481 A Kiddush for Keddohim?
Someone who has been the Chassan Bereshit in his congregation for many years and he offers a kiddush on that first Shabbat, feels that this year due to the terrible tragedy still happening, he should ...
#4480 Difficult Answers to Tough Questions
I would like you to ask Rav Shlomo Miller (Shlit’a), how is it possible that Hashem should permit that on the happiest day of our calendar such great suffering and tragedies, which that they say had n...
# 4479 Feast or Fast Day?
Dear Rov shilt’a, I heard that some of the Roshei Yeshivos in Eretz Yisroel not only ruled to cancel all seudos of Yisru Chag, but also to fast because of the terrible tragedies that are happening. I...
# 4478 A First Last Meal II
See question (4477) above: Regarding the Seuda sources and obligation of Isru Chag (the day after Yom Tov) we usually celebrate. On this terrible year after the tragedy of all the martyrs and Kedoshim...
# 4477 A First Last Meal I ?
Is it important to celebrate Yisru Chag (the day after Yom Tov) with a special meal? On question 3675 we were asked the following. “We often have our children and their families staying with us...
# 4476 Five Strikes and Out?
How many times does one have to hit the Hoshanos on the floor during Hoshana Rabbah? Should one avoid doing more since it creates s great mess and people walk over them?...
# 4475 The Real Travelling Sukka
See questions above. If there is an opening on top of the van that qualifies for the ‘Shiur Suka’ (minimum size of a Sukka. About 70cm. by 70 cm.), can one sitting under it, when covered by a proper S...
# 4474 The Still Travelling Sukka II
See question above. Are there any other requirements essential?...
# 4473 The Travelling Sukka
Dear Rov. I will be traveling G-d willing during Chol Hamoed Sukkoth for over ten hours with my family, as we are visiting our parents. I have a few shailos I would like to ask the Rov, since we are ...
# 4472 Give Sholom to the Newborn Baby?
If someone is celebrating a Sholom Zochor for a new born baby this year, when the first day Yom Tov Sukos coincides with Shabbos, should the mother bring the not yet circumcised baby to the suka to pr...
# 4471 A Meal Into Itself
This year (23) first day Yom Tov Sukot is on Shabbat. To avoid eating Shalosh-seudot close to the night, since we will then be eating the Seuda of Yom Tov, we usually in similar cases, following the R...
# 4470 Not An Empty Nest
We keep our Suka structure the whole year in our garden. We just saw that some birds build a nest in a corner. The kids are trilled with it and I’m sure most guest will appreciate it also. Can we keep...
# 4469 Busy with the Busy Bee
This year we are suffering again from bees and wasps. What can we do in the Suka?...
# 4468 A Fault Confessed but Not Redressed
Dear Rabino. I have a shaila from your old country. A fellow member from the sinagoga that I take care of, is a recent good Baal Teshuva. He is married to a lady that converted and they have three you...
#4467 A Number One Shailah
Rov, I heard about a very interesting ruling of the Mishna Berura that on can enter a bathroom without taking off his kitel (white robe used by men during Yom Kippur). Could that be correct?...