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#5958 – Holy Name or Unholy Shame?
How could they use the Babylonian names for the months; were they not the idolatrous names of their avoda zarah? (See questions 2487- 88 - 89 above)...
#5957 – Oy Vay! My not god?
One more question. How come we use for the name of a month the title of a Mesopotamian god. Why is that permitted?...
#5956 – The Tamuz Minus?
. Another question. As we are about to begin the sad month of Tamuz, what exactly is the meaning of that name?...
#5955 – The Sivan Minivan?
What actually occurred on the 20th of Sivan?...
#5954 – Ending the Wedding?
Hon. Rabino Larga Vida. I was invited to a wedding last Thursday night which corresponded to the 20th day of Sivan. Since they are good friend, I did attend. Some of my very frum friends told me that ...
#5953 – Can We Fight for Our Soldiers?
Is there anything that we here can do about the tragic situation some religious Israeli soldiers encounter?...
# 5952 – Protesting the Protesters?
Rabbenu Shlit’a. One more question. What about the also recent very Frum people demonstrations of sometimes violent protest against the non religious leaders and people. Are they accepted?...
#5950 – The Wrong Commander Decision!
See question above. What was the opinion of the other soldiers present and what is Horav Shlomo Miller’s view?...
#5949 – A “Moshiach” Soldier?
Rabbenu Shlit’a. Recently we read on the Arutz Sheva news that An IDF soldier from the Golani Brigade was removed from combat during Shabbos duty due to wearing a “Moshiach” patch during operational a...
#5936 – The Need for the Neder?
Dear Rov Shlit’a. As I asked this week after your shiur in Shul, regarding Esther, the 14-year-old Jewish girl who was missing for nearly two weeks, I pledged a donation on behalf of her relief, lifes...
#5948 – More Time To Celebrate!
Can they invite a large group of friends to celebrate with them and join at that time including some members of my family?...
#5947 – Time to Celebrate?
Dear Rabbi. I’m a religious Canadian born and now an Israeli Army soldier soon to return after the army service to my family in Canada. Since my background is from a true Torah family, I have a number...
#5946 – The True Three Steps
See question 5937 above. What if the Shaliach Tzibur has finished davening, and the congregation is ready to begin the repetition of the Amidah, yet there is someone immediately behind the Shaliach Tz...
#5945 – The Third Churban, Really?
Was there already a third Beth Hamikdash built and destroyed shortly after?...
#5944 – Bless the Flowers?
Mi Querido Rabino. Does one eating a flower as some do in our country have to recite a bracha? What blessing woud one then say?...
#5943 – Two Dollars for Your Shaila!
I also saw in the shul a two dollar coin on the floor. Since there is likely no simanim or marks that would be required for returning it to the owner, does one have to pick it up and apply effort and ...
#5942 – Gone is the Gun?
I saw on Shabbat in our shul that some of the security guards (religious) were getting an Aliya on the Torah while they were carryng their weapon. Is that permitted?...
#5941 – Boon the Moon?
Kvod Horav, this last Motzei Shabbat was the last day to be able to recite Kiddush Levana (Boon on the Moon). I was with the Rov outside our shul and I saw that the Rov went all the way to Bathurst St...
#5940 – Severe the Seven Sided Menorah?
Kvod Mori Horav. Thank you for your answer. Since I know that the Rov Shlit’a learned by Rav Moishe Feinstein Zt”l and reciveed a Yadin Yadin Semicha from him, is it true what I heard that he permited...
#5939 – Serve the Seven Sided Menorah?
Kvod Harav. I lately observed in a big shul in the front next to the Aron Hakodesh, a silver menorah that had only seven branches. Is that permitted?...