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# 4406 Drinking on the Run?
See question above. Thanks for that unusual answer. I wonder if it does it also apply to drinking, like sipping from a coffee or a soft drink while walking to one’s car, that I have seen some Bnai Tor...
# 4405 You Are Where You Eat
Can I eat popcorn in a theater if all the ingredients are kosher? Is it not proper for one to eat in a public place?...
# 4404 Dancing Out of Step!
I went to a concert in the park last week, There were a lot of Jewish people there. Two obviously Frum ladies got up to dance. Isn’t this a problem of mixed dancing? What if I just sat in my chai...
# 4403 Don’t Take a Walk?
If I am in a small town for Shabbos that doesn’t have an Eruv, can I walk around on Shabbos, as long as I don’t wander into the country where there are no homes?...
# 4402 A Piece of Cake
I believe it is a minhag to eat mezzonos at a kiddush, especially if you’re not drinking the kiddush, before eating other food. However, I’m sensitive to grape juice, wine and alcohol so I ...
# 4401 Blowing the Blow?
I was training in our large Beth Haknesseth to blow the shofar. Then someone apparently a Rabbi, who noticed the voices (open windows) came in from the street and told me that it is incorrect to lea...
# 4400 A Woman Among Women
Kvod Horav I’m a woman that usually makes an effort to attend shul during Shabbos and Yom Tov. Is it important for me to go to shul during weekdays of Elul to hear the daily blowing of the shofar?...
# 4399 Pray is on the Way
At what point specifically where should we say Tefilas Haderech on leaving Toronto to New York?...
# 4398 A Unique Seder
Should we join the Seder Yom Kippur Kattan on Erev Rosh Chodesh Elul, when we don’t do so the rest of the year?...
# 4397 The Beauty is on Sound of the Blower
I noticed that our shul bought a very beautiful and expensive Shofar and they glued a label on it with the name of the donor, is that OK?...
# 4396 Lost and Found Again?
Dear Rabbi. If someone walks in the street during Shabbat where most people are non-Jewish and he sees a golden bracelet laying in the side walk, (there is an Eruv) can he pick it up and keep it?...
# 4395 Don’t Swim for It!
When while swimming in a lake one urinates, can he say Asher Yatzar? Does he have to wait? How long? (his head is covered by a diving mask). Horav Hirschman and Horav Pam Shlit”a mentioned that whe...
# 4394 Swim For It?
Is there a mitzva for someone to wear Tzitzis when swimming in a lake or a pool? The Tzitzis will not be touching his body as his swimming pants are not short....
# 4393 A Difference of Opinions
Re- questions above (4383 - 4384) on a six year old being part of a minyan in order to recite kaddish. Re - the recent question of using a katan for minyan, doesn’t the Mishna Berura say that the kad...
# 4392 Shofar So Good?
On questions above, you mentioned that when davening without a minyan during Elul: “Some interestingly recommend to obtain a shofar and to blow at least a Tekiah voice, which may no be that difficul...
# 4391 Don’t Blow the Blow
Should someone who has to travel for business during Elul and will on some days be unable to daven with a minyan, see and hear the shofar blowing in the morning via zoom?...
# 4390 First and Foremost
Why is it better to be the first to be judged?...
# 4389 At Your Earliest Convenience
See question above. How soon should a person engage in the above? Should one do it before Elul begins?...
# 4388 A Hit List
Kvod Horav, as we are approaching very fast Elul, what is most important for one to do?...
# 4387 Runs In the Family
When there is a contradiction between one’s own family traditions and the shul and community one attends and belongs to. What tradition should one follow?...