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# 3555 An Early Kiddush
Nice to talk with you, can you please let me know what is the earliest you can do Kiddush Levana. Thx....
# 3554 Only Men Must Not Forget?
Is it true that women don’t have to be concerned with doing things that can cause forgetfulness (Kosho Leshikcho), such as eating olives, observing the face of the dead, reading a matzeiva or eat...
# 3553 Becoming Possessed?
Kvod Horav I recently heard something that I found very disturbing. I was told that the ’Neshama Yeseira’ or added soul that one acquires during Shabbat, can actually be the soul of another ...
# 3552 The Price of Life?
Can a religious Doctor who usually does not work on Shabbat but had to tend to a patient in a life threatening situation charge his normal fees to the patient?...
# 3551 The Range of a Stove
I’m moving into a house with only an electric connection and I will buy a new stove. What kind of a blech can I use for a stove with coils or a glass top? Is it permissible to use the stove top ...
# 3550 The Party of Life
What is the traditional proper way for a Chevra Kadisha to comply with Zain Adar?...
# 3549 Merit for the Great in Spirit
Why was the seventh of Adar or Yohrzait of Moshe Rabbenu chosen as the day for fasting and the following a party or Seuda of the Chevra Kaddisha?...
# 3548 A Gain on the Zain Adar Calendar
I’m part of a group of young Bnai Torah families, that have moved to a new settlement in ... and we have grown in about three years to a sizable frum community. Although there was already an old ...
# 3547 A Joyful Mitzva Omitted! Why?
(See above question 3547). Why is the mitzvah of Mishenichnas Adar Marbim Besimach not mentioned in Shulchan Aruch, while its counterpart, namely that when the month of Av begins we have to diminish ...
# 3546 When Do the Happy Times Begin?
How come that the Mishenichnas Adar Marbim Besimcha mitzva, meaning that when Adar begins we have to increase our happiness is so undefined? Firstly which Adar does it apply to, when as in this year ...
# 3545 The Gigantic New Incoming Waves
Dear Rabbi, I think it is likely that this is the first time this question is being asked. We live in a changing world. Totally deaf people can now hear using Cochlear implants. Born blind or people m...
# 3544 A Hechsher on the Company?
Doritos, a kind a snack food popular in our communities with an Eida Chareidis Hechsher, put out a Hebrew-language advertisement in honour of "Family Day", which is LGBT-supportive (I attached a recor...
# 3543 Torah Joy For All
A woman in our zoom group of learning Sifrei Hashkafa daily lost L’A her father and is seating Shiva. Can she still join the shiur or is she prohibited like men to learn Torah?...
# 3542 Recollect Yourself
There is a fellow I met who lives in Israel and is collecting for the future wedding of his son. Due to the Kovid crisis he is not traveling and is calling by phone instead. The problem is that he cal...
# 3541 Something New Under the Sun
Thank for answering the last questions we sent. We were wondering why is it that no one seems to care if it is permitted to open the shades or curtains on Shabbos morning, to let the sunlight in when ...
# 3540 Sweeten the Pill
Can someone take in Shabbos pills that remove pain when it is not excessive (Chole Kol Haguf or when he has to lay down), if diluted or mixed with food?...
# 3539 A Bird Not in the Hand
Last Shabbos there was a dying injured bird laying on the driveway entering our home. Since we had some guest coming including children and the display was bothersome and painful for children, I wonde...
# 3538 A Sweet Pill Not to Swallow
? Q. I asked for some medicines to be delivered from a Non- Jewish pharmacy on Friday afternoon, but they arrived after the Shekiah. Since they were pills that were not to be taken in Shabbat since t...
# 3537 Give it the Right Name
If the Baal Tefilah benching Rosh Chodesh on Shabbat Mevarchim Adar HaRishon, made a mistake and did not say Adar HaRishon or actually did say so, but not as required Adar HaRishon, does he have to ...
# 3536 Moments of Truth
I have a question for you Rabbi. It is common that parents promise prices to their children if they get good marks, or scare them with punishments when they don’t. Do this promises always have to...