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# 4446 An Early Bath
How early can someone immerse in a mikva on Erev Rosh Hashana?...
# 4445 The Long View
Our shul was given as a gift a beautiful long Shofar by a great supporter of our institution. Should we replace our regular Shofar....
# 4444 Low Blow
Can one on this year that Rosh Hashana that coincides with Shabbos blow the shofar on Erev Shabbos for learning purposes, since after all we won’t be blowing during the first day as it is Shabbos?...
# 4443 Beg in Question
Can one daven on Rosh Hashana that coincides with Shabbos for one’s personal needs such as health and parnassa (sustent)?...
# 4442 Low-Hanging Fruit
What to do for מעשרות For Israeli Pomegranate In Toronto which was bought in Toronto?...
# 4441 Say Can You See?
Can someone recite Tashlich by just looking at a lake or sea from far? Can one use a telescope to see the lake or sea?...
# 4440 Adores Kapores?
1) Why does a pregnant women do Kapores for an unborn child. After all the baby doesn’t have any sins that need a כפרה? 2) Also a pregnant mother doesn’t eat at the Pesa...
# 4439 Really Silly?
Dear Rov. Is it true that the Shulchan Aruch wrote that the minhag – tradition of doing ‘Kaparot’ is a ‘Minhag Shtus’ (silly act)?...
# 4438 Meet the Meat
I put some chicken at the bottom of a pot with veggies on top. Are the vegetables that got steamed but did not touch the chicken enough to make me fleshing? If I separate them with a plate, or if I...
# 4437 Let the Meal Count
Hello Rav, I attended a Sheva Bracha meal recently where we only had 6 men that had washed for bread, but several others that ate other foods. My understanding was that 7 needed to have bread, but a c...
# 4436 A Time to Heal all Wounds
(translated) Dear Rabbi. I suffer from a severe Skin Cancer, and I have to use medical cream and sun blocking agents when exiting home, specially under the strong sun of Mexico. (When going to shul on...
# 4435 A Hard to Breath Shaila
Hi Rabbi Bartfeld Shlt’a. My mother (and father) have a very hard time falling asleep and they have been using medications for a few years to help them sleep. A couple of weeks ago, my mother got a ...
# 4434 A Blue Moon Shailah
Does the recent “Blue Moon” last sighted on Wednesday August 30, in Toronto, have any significance in our lives? Is there any special blessings to be recited upon seeing this phenomenon?...
# 4433 No Fast Fast?
Should one accept in advance the fast of Erev Rosh Hashana and until when should one fast? Does one have to fast if it was not the tradition of his parents but he davens in a minyan where people fast?...
# 4432 So Far the Shofar
I have seen trumpet musicians play most beautiful concert and other music using a shofar, Is that permitted?...
# 4431 A Brocho that Needs a Brocho
The Chazan finished the third bracha with Chonain Chada’as by mistake (Instead of HaE-l Hakadosh). He was corrected incorrectly and went back to ata kadosh. Should we avoid saying amen to the remainde...
# 4430 Back Again?
It is now August 2023. There are no more restrictions in terms of entering or being in a building mask-less or sitting in close proximity to another person. Is it permitted to give an aliyah to a pers...
# 4429 Forbidden Fruits?
If we have a fruit tree in our backyard here in chutz ha-eretz, should we separate the first fruit any ways? Can we use the fruit of the tree for eating if the tree is less than 4 years old? Outside ...
# 4428 Bless the Bagel
Good morning Rabbi, what would the bracha be on a bagel that was made with fruit juice instead of water? Would it be considered mezonot? How about juice/almond milk in a 1 to 1 ratio?...
# 4427 Have the Book Follow You
This year Rosh Hashana will fall on Shabbos. I would like to daven Vasikin. (at day brake). However in order to do so I will need to carry my machzor in an Eruv enclosed area, and I personally try to ...