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# 3785 City Veracity
See question 3771 above regarding that a shul should be higher than the roofs of the city where people live. How do we define a "city" as far as this din is concerned, does it mean the whole city?...
# 3784 Lechaim to All
One that is a guest in a house with small children and the father was away for Shabbat. The wife made Kiddush for all and then she poured some wine from her cup to small glasses for all the guest to p...
# 3783 Equal Rights?
In our small early minyan we had a Shaila on the correct shape of a letter in the Sefer Torah, It was a case that requires a child of about six or seven to recognize the letter. There was only avai...
# 3782 A Bundle of Joy
I was invited to a wedding, being acquainted with one of the parents of the bride. I do not know either the bride or the groom and I am also not the kind of person who is able to gladden the groom thr...
# 3781 Address the Stress
See questions above regarding Ner Tamid . If there is a general blackout in town, does the Gabai in charge, have to go to the shul and light a candle for Ner Tamid?...
# 3780 Fast and Furious
I have a tradition from my parents to fast on Erev Shabbos Parshas Chukas, even though we don’t usually fast on Fridays. I usually fast the complete fast (Mashlim) until after Ma’ariv when I...
# 3779 The Right Light
See questions above. Can one use LED lights for Ner Tamid?...
# 3778 Where is the Flare?
Is there are recommended place to place the Ner Tamid in Shul?...
# 3777 Enlightening the Light
What is the Talmudic and Halachic source for having this tiny flickering light in the Shul above the Aron HaKodesh, called a Ner Tamid, and what does it symbolize, other than having one more thing in ...
# 3776 Magnitude of Gratitude
If someone is a great swimmer and swims more than five or six hours (about 5 km. there and back) into the sea far from the shore, which is about the common maximum for regular good swimmers, does he h...
# 3775 Daily Hagomel?
See question above. How about if someone is a plane pilot, does he say Hagomel every day?...
# 3774 Long Time Coming Thanks
See question above. How about if someone travels by boat from a town to another town, does he have to say Hagomel?...
# 3773 Thanks So Far
. How far does one have to travel in a boat (24 ft.) during the summer to have to say Hagomel when he returns?...
# 3772 Have a Head for Heights?
See question above . Sometime ago we received the following shaila; Q. Would it be a correct action for our shul to rent out some of its roof space for the installation of a high communication antenna...
# 3771 A Tall Shaila
The Gemoro makes it quite clear that a shul should be higher than the roofs of where people live. In an area which has houses, this may not be so difficult, but in a city full of apartment buildings, ...
# 3770 Body Shame?
If the above is permitted, can it be done as a regular business? (I resold that head at a great gain)....
# 3769 Watch the Head
Dear Rabino, it was great communicating again after so many years. I got an unusual question, as I told you, I much enjoy visiting the old open market places in Mexico City and other smaller villages,...
# 3768 Catch that Name!
See question above. In a large shul where there is two people with the same name and one is a Levi, should then this title be included in the name? Will the title be said after the end of the name tha...
# 3767 Making a Name
When one davens for a Choleh (sick person) does one include in the name the Cohen or Levi title?...
# 3766 The Strange Blessing
Hello Rav, regarding the bracha on people with unusual feature and on strange animals (meshane haberiyot), I read that you can’t say it if you’ve seen them before. Would seeing them in pictu...