Ask The Rabbi
Halachic questions answered by Hagaon Rav Shlomo Miller Shlit'a
5,519 questions and answers
# 4265 A Honest Day Pay?
I was going to a Vasikin minyan and the Rabbi was paying me through a yungerman (young man) who was giving me the money. The Rabbi was hospitalized and the yungerman tells me to give back the last few...
# 4264 Give me a Break
If someone learning in a Beis Medreh many hours, needs to take a break and sleep some time. In order to avoid loosing too much time, can he just fall asleep on his Shtender, which is permitted in a Be...
# 4263 Does This Add Up?
Someone that davens in a minyan where Mincha is before the Plag and Maariv after, should he have special intention not to comply with the mitzva of Kerias Shema at Maariv, since he may transgress on t...
# 4262 Not For the Birds?
Shalom Rabenu. A couple that has been married for years and has not been able to have children wants to know if they should comply with the mitzva of Shiluach Haken, as they heard that it is a Segula...
# 4261 Conscience Clean
Dear Rov; After one has put on tefilin and has touched the upper arm, that you once mentioned one has to wash his hands, can he meantime for reciting the blessing just clean his hand with the Taalis?...
# 4260 The Only Daughter!
See question above - Q. Would the same apply if the one involved in that accident was a daughter?...
# 4259 My Only Me?
A Dr. who is a member of Hatzalah was summoned to attend to a terrible car accident in which a number of Yeshiva bachurim were involved and one of them was L’A his own son. The car was already smokin...
# 4258 No Pain – Yes Gain
See question above. How about when a patient is conscious, but is suffering and in pain constantly, what should his family daven for?...
# 4257 Pray Together, Stay Together?
See question above. Can we include him in the regular Mi Sheberach said for the sick by Torah Leining?...
# 4256 Pray Tell Pray
If one has a dear one that is brain dead already for years and the doctors say that there is no real chance for recovery, do we still have to daven for him he should have a long life?...
# 4255 Rise and Shine
Dear Rabbi. I recently heard that when wearing Tefilin one should not rise his hands overt them, like to pick up a Sefer from a high bookshelf, as this is similar to the Cohen Gadol not rising his han...
# 4254 Long Live the King
I work as an accountant for a large company that has important relations with British and Commonwealth companies. The company is celebrating King Charles III’s coronation with a party that will play t...
# 4253 A Far Shave
If I keep the Minhag of the Sefira prohibitions only until Lag Baomer as other Ashkenazim also do in our days. If I’m permitted already to shave on Lag Baomer? would it be better to wait until Friday ...
# 4252 Little to Late
It says we cannot daven mincha in front of a Tzibur that was Mekabel Shabbos. (accepted Shabbos). Can one do melacha in front of them such as a person off the street coming in to put on a light in a s...
# 4251 Don’t Sink the Kitchen Sink
Hello Rav, I’m wondering how to properly wash parve utensils. We have a meat sink and a dairy sink and each has their own sponges & brushes. What is the proper way to wash a parve item? Is it goo...
# 4250 Starve the Parve?
Hello Rav, What should we do if we find a parve utensil (eg. knife) or the parve Sponge in the dairy (or meat) sink and there is a possibility that it was lying there while other diary items were clea...
# 4249 Speak for Yourself Again
Hello Rav, When a man goes up to for an Aliyah to the Torah, there are very minor differences in the after bracha between the Sefardim and Ashkenazim (i.e some Sefardim add the words "et Torato" or "...
# 4248 Let the Party Begin
It says you have to wait on Lag Baomer to hear music until the morning. Are there different minhagim?...
# 4247 Spot Check
If ones shirt became stained, is it correct for a Ben Torah to immediately change it despite the Bittul Torah or better wait until after Seder or other convenient time....
# 4246 Back to Flat on Back
Can one lie in his back if he will not fall asleep. I find it extremely comfortable and relaxing to lie on my back after the filling Shabbos seuda. Is it a Kiyum (compliance) of Oneg Shabbos (the mi...