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# 3864 If the Cap Fits
Tomorrow morning I need to go from Arad to Tel Aviv to get a week long EEG done on me and I will not put on Tefilin Shel Rosh for that time. Is there anything I can do? I will be wearing a cover cap o...
# 3863 Facts of Life
Hi Rabbi Bartfeld, Hope you and your family are doing well. It’s been a while. I am looking to ask for guidance on an issue with my dad. My dad has been put in the hospital under the mental h...
# 3862 Up in Arms?
Up to what point does one have to wash hands when touching his arms?...
# 3861 What did you Say?
Kvod Horav. I began last year to use a hearing aid. I did not use it during Shofar blowing as pointed in your Shailos. Can it be used during the Shofar blowing during the month of Elul?...
# 3860 Was I There Already?
A father promised his son, who always came late to davening a monetary gift for every day he was one of the first ten people to make the Minyan. If the son came on time to be of the first ten and left...
# 3859 Identity Crisis
Dear Rabbi, my friend, who is learning for conversion, has the following dilemma: Her mother died last year on August 25. Her secular name was Romana, daughter of Emilia. She wants to know if it is...
# 3858 Helping Ends Meet
An aging couple that is undergoing a severe monetary crisis due to uncovered medical expenses that have caused them to have to borrow a large amount of money. The have considered asking the establishe...
# 3857 So Many Simchas!
Dear Rov. As we spoke on the phone my wife is expecting a baby girl (ultrasound test). My recently departed father’s zt’l name was Simcha and I would very much like to give that name to the ...
# 3856 Yes Parking?
See question above. Is one allowed to use the parking lot of the mosque, while services (in the middle of the day) are held?...
# 3855 Contested Entry
See question above. Regarding Islam, however, most Poskim follow the opinion of the Rambam (Hilchos Ma’achalos Assuros 11: 7) that it is not considered Avodah Zarah (Shulchan Aruch Y. D. 124: 6, Taz 4...
# 3854 Do Not Enter?
Some necessary medical services are offered in a hall that is part of a Muslim temple. Is one allowed to go there?...
# 3853 Great Blessed Taste?
When a person sucks on pretzels to enjoy the salty taste but doesn’t actually swallow should he make a Bracha....
# 3852 No Room for Suspicions
I am staying in a yeshiva dorm during the Bein Hazmanim and the Goy that cleans, on two occasions, brought a Shiksa into the dorm when I was the only bachur there. (I don’t know if she is relate...
# 3851 An Unplacenta Question
Thanks for your answer. Here is another question: I wanted to have a home birth with a midwife until she told me that the practice suggests putting the afterbirth in the freezer until burial. This se...
# 3850 Pardon my Selicha?
See question above: Still, why is Selichot different than the Tefilos during the rest of the year?...
# 3849 Finish What you Started
Why is it that when there is no Avel leading the services we often have different people doing it. We change the Baal Tefila for Barchu etc. Why don’t we say since one is already davening let him...
# 3848 Clear the Mud
Dear Rabbi if my glasses fell on the mud while in the cottage and the mud became dry can they be washed on Shabbos? Does the same apply to a window?...
# 3848 Clear the Mud
Dear Rabbi if my glasses fell on the mud while in the cottage and the mud became dry can they be washed on Shabbos? Does the same apply to a window?...
# 3847 A Cover Story
See question above: Should one cover the phone, so he won’t look at it?...
# 3846 See the Phone?
Hello Rov. in question 3841regarding a small screen that constantly shows what is happening at the Kotel Hamaaravi via a live camera available online as a Zecher Lechurban. You ruled that it should be...