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#4285 A Cut Above the Rest
Dear Rov, I recently overheard a very Frum Mohel refusing to do a Brith Mila on Shabbos, when he was told that the father of the newborn is not Jewish. It made me very angry that he was neglecting to ...
# 4284 How Right You Are!
I teach a daily shiur in our shul after davening to a group of about ten people. There is a second minyan in an adjoining room that davens at that time. On some occasions they don’t have someone that ...
# 4283 Convincing the Converted
See question above. Is there a mitzva to help people that want to convert and they are doing it with all the required prerequisites and right intentions?...
# 4282 Mind Their Change?
Shalom Rav. I’m attending college always having my head covered. Some of my friends in class are interested and want to convert to Judaism. What is the correct way for me to deal with these people tha...
# 4281 It Still is a Good Blessing
Re- question 4276 you stated that If one made an Eruv Tavshilin, the purpose is to provide the permission to do a usually prohibited work in Yom Tov for Shabbos when needed. It fulfills it’s purpose...
# 4280 Right On Time
Hello, I like to do Shnaim Mikreh V’achad Targum early in the week. I live in Toronto and this week I had just about finished NASO when I realized its still Shavuot on Shabbat, so Naso won’t...
# 4279 A Meal Ticket?
Does one need to wash hands and eat bread for a Pidyon Haben Seuda? Or can just eat Mezonos? Does it override learning Torah?...
# 4278 The Fastest Longest Fast
Is it correct that attending a Pidyon Haben is equivalent 84 days of fasting? Why?...
# 4277 Dancing to Another Tune?
In my Yeshiva there is dancing on Motzoei Shavuos after Neilas Hachag before Maariv. It starts well after the Z’man. Is it correct to say Hamavdil before dancing or unnecessary?...
# 4276 It was a Good Blessing
If one made an Eruv Tavshilin, is he obligated to do some Melacha (work) on Friday to avoid a Bracha L’vatala (an unnecessary blessing for the Eruv)? If a person is hospitalized on Yom Tov does he n...
# 4275 A Shailah that Speaks for Itself
Dear Rabbi. I’m in the process of conversion and I try very diligently to learn as much as possible all the Mitzvot and precepts of the Torah and to keep as much as I can and should, so I will be wel...
# 4274 A Bird in Hand is Worth ...
Rov we share a neighbor that has in his back yard during the summer chickens that the kids love to play with. They have inside the fenced enclosure were they stay, also a small cubicle where they nest...
# 4273 Read Between the Lines?
In our shul we read Megilat Ruth as well as others Megilot from one written on a Klaf (parchment), that resembles a small Sefer Torah. The only one that knows how to read that type of Megila will not ...
# 4272 Virtual Reality
See question above. We have in our family room and dining room a very large screen that serves as a virtual picture frame. It changes according to the times we program it, into different scenes, image...
# 4271 Get Real?
We have always used fresh branches and flowers to decorate the shul and home during Shavuot. These days plastic flowers and branches are more attractive, stay looking fresh, they don’t need water con...
# 4270 Coffee Talk?
Blessings Kvod Harav. Can one, who suffers from acid stomach difficulties when drinking coffee, take pills to stay awake during the learning night of Shavuos? Chag Sameach....
# 4269 Women of Letters
Are women supposed to be present in shul during the reading of the Ten Commandments on Shavuos, since after all the were present at the giving of the Torah and also answered ‘Naase Venishma”...
# 4268 Best Medicine
Shalom Rav. In our well populated shul, as they do in many others, they sell the Aliyos of Yom Tov to the highest bidder. One of the most expensive ones is the Aliya of the Ten Commandments since it i...
# 4267 Begin with a Good Note
I always wondered, since on Shavuos one is to start the Yom Tov only at the time of when the stars show and true night begins, so the Seven Weeks will be complete. If so how does one comply with the m...
# 4266 End with a Good Note
Dear Rov I received on the email a film of a Siyum on Talmud Sota, that was done by a group of apparently very Frum women. They did the Siyum reciting the words that men would do then. Is that correct...