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# 3964 Get it Right the First Time
If when davening one looses concentration and says some tefilos, brochos and mizmorim without Kavanah, can one repeat them?...
# 3963 They Just Never Met?
Dear Rabbi: Since Noach was born in year 1056 and was Niftar on 2006, while Avraham Avinu was alive from 1948 until 2123, they were together for almost sixty years. How come there is no mention whatso...
# 3962 Have a Cake and Eat it Too
When one attends a Kiddush on Shabbos morning after davening and they serve pastries and small cakes, should one be observant in "Lechem Mishne" and make a brocho (Mezonos) on two together, as one wou...
# 3961 Take Good Care of All
Kvod Horav. I often visit sick people in a nearby hospital to my office, and after talking and comforting them I recite a Tefila as required. Frequently, there are more than one patient in the room an...
# 3960 Pull Up that Chair
See question above. Can one sit during Shabbat on a electric vibrator and massage chair when it is disconnected? One can see the controls on the side of the chair, is it permitted?...
# 3959 Careful How you Walk
Can a Senior use during Shabbat in need an electric walker that is not turned on and just works as a regular non-electric walker?...
# 3958 What's in a Name?
A religious director of a kosher food company, calls the women working as supervisors Mashgachas. One of these women was very insulted for being called that name. What is really their correct title to...
# 3957 The Real Shtick or Treat
Dear Rabbi; (Translated from Spanish). You may remember me. I’m a covert and my family originates from the State of Campeche, on the Yucatan Peninsula. In Mexico there is no Halloween celebration...
# 3956 Shtick or Treat
Hi Dear Rabbi. A person who is a partner and in charge of a number of large apartment buildings in which there are also some tenants who are Jewish, should he permit as is customary for the Super to g...
# 3955 The Beginning of the End
We just finished learning Maseches Kesuvos in our Daf Hayomi shiur. What is the best way to end the Maseches. Should one learn it completely until the end and then have to do the Siyum Seuda and celeb...
# 3954 The Law of the Tablets
Dear Rabbi. Thanks so much for answering all the various and interesting questions, quoting such great Halacha authorities. It is a great service for all. I wonder if it is correct or even best to ...
# 3953 Bless the Ring
What bracha does one make on onion rings?...
# 3952 Building the Future?
Dear Rov. I’m always very Medakdek (careful) to build our Suka myself, since I know it is a big mitzva. Should I also disassemble it also on my own, as taking it apart and saving it for next year...
# 3951 At Your Disposal
Can one dispose of the small cardboard boxes in which the Esrogim are packed when one acquires them and also the long plastic carriers one uses for carrying the Lulav, by just throwing the into the wa...
# 3950 Lest We Forget
In some shuls they have the minhag to sing and dance during Simchas Torah "Mechayei Mesim Ato... - Mashiv Haruach" (the blessing we begin to recite on Shemini Atzeres, asking for rains) 90 times. ...
# 3949 Give This Shailah a Shake
Does a plastic salt or peper shaker with a metal cap require Tevila? With a Bracha?...
# 3948 The Shakers Blessings
See question above. Why does Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a require a blessing when immersing a pepper shaker, even when one does not eat directly from it and avoids a brocho from a water pit...
# 3947 No Plug on this Jug
(See question above). Can they all be placed inside a new glass water pitcher that also needs Tevila?...
# 3946 Don't Cap it All
(See question above). When taking them to the Mikva, do I have to unscrew the metal cap before I Tovel them?...
# 3945 Salt and Pepper
Dear Rov. I have a new bunch of small glass salt and pepper shakers that we will use when we have a large amount of guest. Do I have to immerse these small salt shakers in a Mikva before using them?...