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# 4084 A Marriage of Convenience?
Dear Rabbi. Should one avoid marrying a woman whose siblings are not Frum, if she is the right person and has all the qualities one needs and wants?...
# 4083 Be Up to Date
See question 4074 above. If Rosh Chodesh Shvat is so important and auspicious, should one make an effort to do a wedding or a Vort on that day?...
# 4082 All Dressed Up
K’vod Horav. Someone who when he davens in shul almost always wears a suit and a tie as well as shoes. When he davens at home does he have to do all the above?...
# 4081 In Deep Water
See question 4073 above. If one is using the water that was warmed before Shabbat, was kept warm in an insulated tank, has no connection to any fresh water and comes down simply by gravity, as describ...
# 4080 Uncharted Waters?
On question 4060 the Rov mentioned that one has to avoid drinking water during the beginning of the Tekufa only for one hour. Yet, I’m aware that for those who keep that tradition, the prohibition sta...
# 4079 Lots of Brochos on a New Shul
When a new shul is inaugurated, is it correct to recite the brocho of ‘Hatov Vehameitiv,’ as is customary when a sheared item is acquired and there is great joy and pleasure for many?...
# 4078 Watch Your Seat
Dear Rov Shlit’a. I’m a member of a Bikur Cholim group and B’H I visit a number of the ill every week. I heard that when someone visits a sick person one should should avoid sitting at or near the bot...
# 4077 A Real Hard Question
Why does the Torah use three different expressions for the hardening of Pharoh’s heart in Parshas Vaeira?...
# 4076 Lost ithe Wash?
HoRav Miller mentioned that Erev Yom Kippur there is a possible obligation to immerse in a Mikva. If one would find it extremely uncomfortable to do so due to Tznius reasons such as a person who was n...
# 4075 A Delete Shailah
Is it permitted to flush a toilet on Shabbos if a paper such as a receipt fell inside or is it Mochaik (erasing)? In need, can one use the left cover of the roll or other printed paper material as toi...
# 4074 Have a Real Happy Birthday
Dear Rabbi. My Hebrew birthday is on the coming up Rosh Chodesh Shevat. I heard that the day is of great importance and has an influence on those born on that day. Could you please explain. Thanks....
# 4073 Shower Again?
I was wondering if it is OK to shower using hot water on Shabbat. The water was warmed before Shabbat, and is kept inside a well insulated tank on the attic, that has no connection to any fresh water ...
# 4072 Face the Music
Dear Rov. As you know my father passed away last year and I’m about to commemorate his first Yohrzait. I have seen people listening to music on the day they have Yohrzait. Is that permitted? Even on t...
# 4071 Please Take a Shower
A man who goes to the Mikva for the honor of Shabbat or after having relations, can he take a shower after exiting the Mikva. This is most important in our times when we a very concerned with possible...
# 4070 Shows a Lot of Promise!
When I was a kid (close to Bar Mitzva) while I was in Eitz Chaim. I made a Neder (oath) not to get married until I am 40 minimum and until I am wealthy. How can I be matir (release me from) this Ned...
# 4069 Confused by Mixed Plants?
Does Hilchos Kilayim (mixed plants) for Zeraim (not trees or grapes) apply outside of Eretz Yisrael? If there is some application outside of EY, to what extent is it Assur? Specifically I’d like ...
# 4068 At Your Earliest Convenience
I, along with countless others in a Haredi Community, were able to be Mekadesh the Levana (moon) literally on the last night, on Friday night. It was a tremendous Pachad (fear), with many traveling o...
# 4067 Don’t Get Carried Away
May one carry a Siddur during Shabbos in a place with an Eruv, if he usually tries to avoid relying on it, in order to be Mekadesh the Levana (moon) during Shabbos?...
# 4066 Not a Cook Up Storm
Kvod Harav. A non-Jewish cook intentionally added a non-kosher ingredient to a kosher food pot, and the non-kosher ingredient is actually Bottel Be’shishim - (annulled in sixty parts), is the food pe...
# 4065 Making a Long Story Short
May one who is elderly and weak person go outside, see the moon, and then return indoors and be Mekadesh it from a siddur (recite the blessings), if it is too cold or one cannot carry there on Shabbo...