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# 3984 Get Your Priorities Right
Does one have to feed his dog before he feeds his small children?...
# 3983 Tell a Fish Shaila
See question above. Does one have to feed the fish in his aquarium before he eats his own meal?...
# 3982 Cat in the Sack?
Is it true that it is correct to own a pet like a cat or dog to comply with the mitzva of feeding your animal before you eat?...
# 3981 Pray Tell How to Pray
In our Shemonah Esrei when saying the 8th bracha for Refuah and inserting names for cholim, is it appropriate to include individuals with mental health issues? Should one also include names for indivi...
# 3980 Enlighten the Lights
I know that Shabbat candle-lighting is supposed to be either where I eat my meal or sleep. I was supposed to eat supper in one location and sleep in another but was (late) coming from home. At the las...
# 3979 For the Record -
See question above. What about my cell phone? Would it matter if it was still on or would it have to be turned off since it might record steps....
# 3978 Callback the Knapsack?
Callback the Knapsack? Q. I have a Shabbat dinner to go to and was wondering if I got there before candle-lighting, can I store my Presto/bus card in my knapsack over Shabbos since I will not be ...
# 3977 The Shaila Was Not Forgotten
Re- question (3975) above that one of the actions mentioned by Talmud Horios (13b) that causes forgetfulness of Torah learning is using one’s clothes as a pillow and laying one’s head on the...
# 3976 Lots of Lots
Dear Rabbi we kindly need a prompt answer. This Shabbat as often happens, we have two attendants that have Yohrzait for their fathers in the same week and are candidates for receiving the Maftir Aliya...
# 3975 A Not to Forget Shailah
Dear Rov. As is well known one of the actions mentioned that causes forgetfulness of Torah learning is using one’s clothes as a pillow and laying one’s head on them. Why then do people commo...
# 3974 Welcome to the Welcome
Another Hachnasat Orchim (welcoming of guest question) - Rabbi. My wife and I, are engaged for years in being Mekarev people by inviting then to the Friday night Seuda. These are individuals, men and ...
# 3973 Honor the Guest of Honor
Rabbi. Some relatives are visiting and staying with us and we are expected to pick them up from the airport. If I usually attend at that time a Torah shiur. Is it correct that I should call an Uber se...
# 3972 The Thoughts that Count
Dear Rov. My grandfather became totally paralyzed, but seems to be he is conscious. I know he would very much like to put on Tefilin every day as he did all his life. Can I put Tefilin on his paralyze...
# 3971 Identity Crisis
A most unusual case was encountered by a Yeshiva student that is part of a Baal Teshuva family, On a recent Friday, while looking through some old family documents, found the conversion certificate of...
# 3970 Break the Ice Bread?
If one is missing a Chala for Lechem Mishna can he use a frozen one from the freezer?...
# 3969 Know Where You Stand
Does one have to stand and honor a Rabbi, parent or elderly person when he is seen through a window, a glass or plastic partition in a shul (Mechitza) or a mirror?...
# 3968 Stand Corrected?
Dear Rabbi. I have always wondered since I’m both a son and a father, why is it that children don’t stand for their parents in our days when they enter the room they are? Is that not part of...
# 3967 Pray Tell Me!
On question 1892 you mentioned that Horav Miller rules that a person who is davening Maariv on Motzei Shabbos 50 minutes past sunset, and his custom is to prolong Shabbos for 72 minutes, to say the Ha...
# 3966 When Hashem Wills
Is saying Im Irtzeh Hashem (If Hashem wills) when asked to perform a mitzva such as attending a shiur or a minyan similar to saying Beli Neder or without promising?...
# 3965 Don't Draw First Blood
Kevod Harav. When one has to inject during Shabbat pain killers or insulin, does one have to be careful not to inject into a vein?...