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# 4186 Thanks, but Yes! Yes!!! Thanks.
Dear Rabbi; I live in a building where there are some tenants that are some kind of weird frumies? (or at least dress like that, I don’t). Yet these fellows very seldom say “thank you” or “please,” wh...
# 4185 The Best Speaker
A father who spends the Seder with his son and grandchildren, who should recite the Hagada the grandfather or the son who is after all the ‘Baal Habait’ (house owner) and the father of the children?...
# 4184 Garbage In?
See question above. Can you and how do you then return the containers from the curb?...
# 4183 Garbage Out
How do we deal with the disposal of the garbage that contains Chametz when the cans are only emptied and collected during the first day of Pesach?...
# 4182 Join the Best Sale
What is Horav Miller’s Shlit’a opinion of selling one’s Chometz via the internet as is very common in our days?...
# 4181 Grab a Bite
An Orthodox rabbi told me it’s okay to eat a little during the (Hagada recitation at the) Seder if I get hungry. I just have to make sure to say the appropriate after bracha before starting the m...
# 4180 Be My Guest
See above question. The other friend’s family is very laid back. Can I just go along with them or do I have to keep my usual minhagim?...
# 4179 Guest of Honor
I am staying with two sets of friends this Pesach. One is very machmir *stringent) and follows Chabad minhagim. Is it okay if I do my own thing (I eat a special diet) and eat on disposable plates so...
# 4178 Women Included?
See question above. Would that apply also to the women?...
# 4177 Please, You Tell Them the Story
Shalom Ubracha Kvod Harav Shlit’a. A dear friend of us, due to L’A an operation on his throat a few weeks ago, for a malignant growth lost his voice. He is very distressed and wants to know if he ca...
# 4176 Not the Brightest Shabbos Clock
I have a digital clock which adjusts its brightness automatically based on the brightness in the room. There is no way to turn this feature off. If the clock is on can I enter the room or open/close t...
# 4175 Must Mention Intention?
On question 4160 and others you mentioned the importance of learning now the Halachot of Pesach. I heard that this is a Mitzva M’deuraita (Biblical Mitzva), can that be true? Does then one have to hav...
# 4174 Trial by Fire
Dear Rov. I attended a wedding in which the Rov also officiated. A woman walking down the line after the Bride, tragically got her dress caught in fire by some decorative candles that were placed on t...
# 4173 Not the Brightest Candle
If someone by mistake lit a Yohrzait candle on the wrong day, and then realized his error, can he extinguish the candle and saved it for the right day....
# 4172 Tend to the Traveling Treasure
A group of family and friends are traveling for Pesach to a settlement of rented houses and we are planing to have a minyan. Since we are traveling with luggage and children, which is the best way to ...
# 4171 History in the Making
Shalom Rabbi Bartfeld. As per our phone discussion, I am sending you this email to ask for some guidance on how to find solid evidence that my wife and I have Sephardic Bnei Anusim ancestry. Since we ...
# 4170 The Proven Oven
On Question 3793 regarding the temperature that a cheres (clay) Matza oven needs to be in order to burn up the left over dough that was not baked before 18 minutes, you wrote: “Horav Aharon Miller...
# 4169 Meet the Mat
See above question. Since the LoMi mat is used at high heat, can it be considered as becoming kosher between cooking and used for milk after meat and opposite?...
# 4168 Roll Out the Welcomed Mat
See question above. Can one use the LoMi Cooktop Mat, that is a piece of white cloth material made of silica clot and silicon dioxide. It is heat resistant from 1050°F to 2000°F. They advertise that “...
# 4167 Kashering it – Not Cracking it
Dearest Rov amv”s. We are traveling out of town for Pesach and renting a house that has a glass top stove. How do we Kasher it and use it on Pesach?...