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# 3685 Make a Meal of It
I have a Minhag (although like all my other traditions are all done B’li Neder or without a pledge), to eat a seuda of bread on Rosh Chodesh. Due to unusual busy circumstances, I had only some Me...
# 3684 What Did Grandpa Say?
Our elderly grandfather although of sound mind can hardly speak. In truth only we his children actually understand what he is saying. Can he still count Sefira with a brocho since practically he does ...
# 3683 Women Do Count
A daily shiur is given by a woman for other women. At the end of the shiur they count Sefirah. Since some of the women are no counting with a bracha anymore, can the woman leading the shiur say the br...
#3682 Dress to Impress?
Dear Rabbi, as we talked on the phone I was granted a job interview for a much needed position. I sadly don’t have a proper suit for attending that important interview. Can I acquire one during t...
# 3681 First Count Counts
Rov, I was attending a Maariv minyan at an Avelim home and after Maariv they counted Sefira. For some reason one of the attendants incorrectly corrected the fellow fellow that counted, but he himself...
# 3680 Today's Adornment
A new pendant for women became recently available. It is a watch that indicates the day of Sefirat Haomer. Can women carry it on Shabbat, where there is no Eruv?...
# 3679 Please Be My Guest
See question above. If someone is celebrating the Bar Mitzva as mentioned by keeping during that year the later period of mourning, can the guest that keep the first Minhag also dance to the sound of ...
# 3678 Have a Happy Bar Mitzva
Someone that usually keeps the first of period of mourning (for Rabi Akiva’s disciples) that begins on the second day of Pesach and ends at Lag Baomer, is making a Bar Mitzva for his son then. C...
# 3677 Hearing Voices?
There is a totally new apparatus in the market to amplify the voice of those who have a very low one. It uses something similar to a blue tooth and amplifies one’s low voice. If someone uses it, ...
# 3676 Good Morning to Mourning
Rov I just don’t understand the opinion of the many who maintain that the days of the mourning for the Talmidim of Rabi Akiva begin with the second day of Pesach and end at Lag Baomer, how and wh...
# 3675 One Last Meal?
We often have our children and their families staying with us for Pesach and leaving the day after traveling home. Is it worth it to celebrate with them before they leave a seuda or special meal on Yi...
# 3674 Counting First
On the above question, if that was the last minyan for Maariv, should one count Sefira first or daven Maariv by himself first?...
# 3673 Do I Really Count?
Dear Rabbi I would like to know the following Shaila. I usually daven Maariv in a shul that has many Minyanim one after another. I daven after Tzeis (nightfall) and then count Sefirah. If I came la...
# 3672 Not So Fast !
Someone in my family is getting married on the day after Pesach. (they keep the minhag of beginning the prohibitions of Sefira from Rosh Chodesh Iyar). Does the Chassan fast on Issru Chag?...
# 3671 Talks to Hear Own Voice
Regarding question 3658 above, the Rov mentioned that for Sefirath Haomer counting with body signals and even with objects moved by brainwaves is not valid since actual sound waves are needed. How abo...
#3670 Right from the Beginning
Can a Bar Mitzva boy that following family tradition puts on Tefilin thirty days before his Bar Mitzva and that falls in Chol Hamoed Pesach, put them on then without a brocho?...
# 3659 Pesach's Last Day Kneidlach Emergency
This year when the last day of Pesach is Shabbos and eating Kneidlach on that day is a very important tradition in our family. Since we don’t eat Gebrochts (Matza dipped in water or matza flour ...
# 3658 Count Codes Count?
Can an elderly and mute person count Sefira by blinking his eyes to signal how many days it is today? Can a Paraplegic patient that can move his wheelchair using only his brainwaves, use those same w...
# 3657 Where Are my Children?
Regarding a complete family with children that converted to Judaism, how does the father comply with the mitzva of ’Vehigadeta Levincha - telling the story of Pesach to his children? (When they c...
# 3656 The Taste of Things Gone
This year we ended the Sedorim very late, almost at 5.00 AM. To keep awake can one drink coffee after eating the Afikomen. Can one use mouthwash after eating the Afikomen? Kovetz Halochos p....