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# 3845 A New Kind of Hoisafah?
Last Shabbos due to the fact that many of our attendants to shul are on vacation, the temporary Gabay mistakenly called for Hagba’ah and Gelilah (raising and dressing the Sefer Torah, done at the...
# 3844 Cook the Bug?
See question above. Does the fact that the corn on the cub was very well cooked at least remove the Biblical prohibition of eating a worm, since it probably got decomposed, mushed or shrunk? If that i...
# 3843 Bug Off
Dear Rabbi I heard that one should abstain from eating fresh corn on the cob in our days, because of the impending number of insect contamination. Is that true?...
# 3842 Let the Happy Times Begin
Thanks Rov for answering last question so promptly. Someone was offered by his physician to have a leadless pacemaker installed on the week after Tisha Beav but before Tu Beav. The procedure is not ur...
# 3841 Framing the Picture Frame
Dear Rov Shlit’a. Is it correct to place as a Zecher Lechurban (remainder to the destruction of the Bet Hamikdash) in our family room a small screen that constantly shows what is happening at the...
# 3840 Indicate how to Meet your Mate
We have a minhag that we do a Seuda Leiluy Nishmas Reb Yonasan Ben Uziel together with other families of friends on Tu Bav since Seforim say that it is a Segula for finding the right Shiduchim for our...
# 3839 Too Early an Invitation?
I had an issue with the fellow in charge of printing the monthly magazine of our shul. They publicize the forthcoming Smachot as weddings, Bar Mitzvas etc. Since I’m marrying off my daughter a fe...
# 3838 Guest to Honor
Given the option, is there a greater mitzva of Hachnassat Orchim or inviting guest to one’s home for men guest or women guest?...
# 3837 Happy or Not?
One that has the family tradition to fast on the day of the Yohrzait of a dear one. If the first Yohrzait day is this coming Friday ’Tu Beav’; Does he fast? If he does not, is it proper t...
# 3836 Between Life and Death
There is a tradition in our family to invite our deceased grandfathers to weddings and other S’machot by placing an invitation to the occasion at the Matzeva, usually in the container where the c...
# 3835 Get a Good Name
I lead a group that is building a new shul and of course most of the work involved is raising the funds needed. From experience we know that it is easier to get contributions when a name is given to a...
# 3834 Draw the Curtain
There was a disagreement in our shul as to when to put back the Poroches (curtain in front of the Aron Hakodesh) that is removed during Tisha Beav. Is it after Chatzos (midday) or at the time one begi...
# 3833 A Fast Break?
Dear Rabbi: If someone had to take pills with some water during Tisha Beav as permitted by Halacha due to his medical condition, is he still considered as fasting and can still recite Anenu or get an ...
# 3832 Drinks on the House
At the end of the fast of Tisha Beav that this year will be delayed until Sunday, before one makes Havdala can one drink some soda water when very thirsty, if that is all what is available in Shul?...
# 3831 Sing to a Different Tune?
I usually sing during Shacharis the Shirah of Oz Yashir with great joy as mentioned in Halacha. Is that correct also on Tisha Beav?...
# 3830 Learning about Learning
Someone who delivers a Daf Hayomi and in this year it will be on Sunday. Since usually he group learns two dafim on Sunday (Shabbos and Sunday dafim), it will be tough later on to catch up. Is ...
# 3829 Ready to Wear?
Dear Rov. I have a new pair of tennis shoes that I bought some months ago, but never used, (the old ones had to be discarded). Can I use them during Tisha Beav? Is it better to put them on during the ...
# 3828 A Hard Pill to Swallow
Kvod Harav. One that is permitted to take his necessary pills in Tisha Beav before he goes to bed. In a regular year he takes them before the Taanis begins. What should he do this year. He usually avo...
# 3827 Never Too Late?
Re- question above on the Tikun (meal) offered in our Shul after the end of Tisha Beav. Since on this year that Tisha Beav was on Sunday, there will be no Melave Malka at the end of Shabbos, is it the...
# 3826 United in Havdalah?
At the end of the fast of Tisha Beav, there is a Tikun offered in shul and Havdalah is said first before eating. The women at home don’t want to keep on fasting until their husband returns. Can t...