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#5695 – More on Non Elevated Elevators?
– - Q. Dear Rov. Can one invite as a Shabbat guest an elderly friend who is not religious yet and since we live on the ninth floor should I ask him that when he takes the elevator he should wait until another non Jewish person arrives and he directs the elevator as required?

A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit”a opinion is that one should not trust the not religious guest to follow his instructions since after all he uses his own elevator and likely even drives on Shabbos.

The best way to invite, is to set up a time when he should come and have someone wait for him and bring him up.

Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a.


Posted 12/8/2025 8:30 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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#5694 An Elevated Elevator?
- Q. Dearest Rov. Is it truly correct and permitted to use in our days of constantly changing AI a Shabbat elevator?

A. On question 476 we wrote:
“The fact that an elevator has been programmed to stop in all floors during Shabbos does not necessarily imply that you can use it. You also have to be concerned with the light, motion and weight sensors that could be triggered when one enters or even approaches the elevator. All these would have to be disconnected before Shabbos.

Hydraulic elevators are seldom used today in buildings that have more that one or two floors, Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit”a opinion is that the Halacha issues in them are similar to the common cable elevators.

Even when a elevator has been approved for Shabbos use, many Poskim maintain that, as you mentioned it is only for the sick and infirm (Igrois Moishe O.H. 4: 84 and 2: 95, Minchas Yitzchok 3: 60, Shmiras Shabbos Kehilchoso 23: 49-50: n. 138: 139, and in length; Maaliyot B’Shabbat From Rav Levy Yitzchok Halperin Shlit”a, et.al, see also the psak, signed by Horabbonim Nissim Karelitz, Chaim Kanievsky, and Shmuel Halevy Wosner, Shlit’a published in Yated on Elul 2009)

Horav Miller mentioned as an example of the misconceptions and complexity of today’s machinery, that frequently there is more of a Halachik problem descending on an elevator than going up. In many elevators the counter-weight is equal to the weight of the cab plus almost half of its rated cab weight (the maximum number of passengers).

In such an elevator, when a single person enters an empty elevator and wishes to ascend, no assistance from the motor is needed. Assistance is needed, however, to descend.
Not all elevators are created equal and technology changes rapidly these days, therefore Horav Miller Shlit’a advises to have a competent neighboring Rov inspect the intended elevator and rule on it.”

Although the above answer was one of the first written on AI controlled elevators, it is still is applicable.

Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a.



Posted 12/8/2025 8:24 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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#5693 – Saved from Separation?
- Q. Kevod Mori Horav Shlit’a. I go every day (when possible) to be Tovel (immerse) in our close to shul Mikva before davening (praying). When I come out I make effort to dry up as good as possible. Yet sometimes (depending on the weather) my hair may still a bit moist, since there are no hair dryers on that Mikva.

Besides I’m often a bit late and rushing not to loose the minyan. Is there a problem to put on tefilin if my hair is no yet completely dry? Would the slight moist be considered as a Chatzitza (non allowed separation) between the Tefilin and my head unless the hair is totally dry?

A. Horav Aharon Miller Shlit’a ruled that a bit of moist it is not considered a Chatzitza between the Tefilin and ones head unless the hair is actually wet and the moisture transfers.

Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a.


Posted 12/8/2025 6:10 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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#5692 – Standing to Your Standing?
- Q. This is a question it may not be on a practical level. But I am curious what you have to say.
I Learned in regards to saying krias shemah from the gemara we hold like Bais Hillel that you are supposed to read כדרכו and the gemara brings a story with  ור ישמעאל ר אליעזר  . Not like Bais Shamai.

In Siman ס"ג the Mishnah Beruah says this if you are davening in the morning for example and they are coming to say shemah and you feel like right then and there to stand because of you were feeling or had a twitch etc. You shouldn't stand because it will look like you are going like Bais Shamai.

My question is if you make a Siman that you are standing because you are tired like yawning or stretching or you do something to reveal your intentions does it still fall in the criteria that you are showing that you are going like Bais Shamai? Looking forward!

A. Horav Aharon Miller Shlit’a ruled that when one was sitting with the other participants or even when one was praying on his own sitting, he should not stand up when saying the Shema.

Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a maintains that if it is obvious that you are standing up for other reasons, such as if your chair was unsafe and shakes or a great Talmid Chacham entered your place, it would be permitted to stand up.

Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a.



Posted 12/8/2025 5:57 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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#5691 – Trust a Truly Tried Shaliach Tzibur?
- Q. Rabbenu Shlit’a. As we are about to begin saying Veten Tal Umatar on the amida tomorrow night (Thursday Dec 4, 2025) and if someone forgot to say it he has to repeat the Amida. Can one comply by just listening to the repetition said by the Shaliach Tzibur?

Does one have to ask him to have him in mind, or do we assume that he as is, has to have in mind all the ones that need the Amida?

A. It may depend on the Sheliach Tzibur involved and also on the different quality of Minyanim. A reliable Rov familiar with the case should br consulted.

Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a.


Posted 12/8/2025 5:54 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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#5690 – Remind Others of Your Reminder?
- Q. See questions above. Could I advice others and even publicize such great working method?

A. As mentioned above As this Shaila is indeed complicated and locations are different, one should consult with the local proper Rov about this debatable question.

Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a.


Posted 12/8/2025 5:50 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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#5689 – Is That Truly a Hearing Reminder?
- Q. See questions above. If the above works and I use it. Should I be concerned that people may believe that I’m just listening to music during the amida, since they know that I usually don’t use any hearing aids.

A. You should explain and tell others praying next to you, the reason of why you are now using the hearing aid.

Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a.


Posted 12/8/2025 5:48 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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#5688 – Even More Hearing Reminder?
- Q. See questions above. Could a similar reminder be used for telling me to concentrate on the Amida and not divert my mind to extraneous unrelated thoughts and memories, as it often happens to me. (And I bet others would also profit from such reminder). Is that permitted?

A. The answer again would follow the opinions above We must add that placing a written or printed reminder in front of you next to your siddur may even be more effective.

Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a.


Posted 12/8/2025 5:45 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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#5687 – More Hearing Reminder!
- Q. See question above. Could a similar reminder be used for other additions and changes that are not essential?

A. The answer would follow the opinions above.

Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a.


Posted 12/8/2025 5:42 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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#5686 – Real Hearing Reminder?
- Q. Kvod Harav Shlit”a. As it is a bit common in our large shul that a few of us forget to say Veten Tal Umatar, that begins tomorrow night (Thursday Nov 4, 2025). Since the Halacha dictates that if one has already ended the amida, it has to be repeated, and is possible that someone like me may forget it even again. Can I live in front of me my phone connected to my ear playing a constant reminder, repeating Veten Tal Umatar a few times, while I’m saying the Amida?

A. A well known Teshuva of Mori VeRabbi Horav Moshe Feinstein Zt”l (Igrois Moishe O.H 4: 85) provides four reasons why microphones should not be used on Shabbat. Horav Moshe Zt”l immediately dismisses the above as irrelevant to hearing aids, since he did not believe that the original rabbinic gezeira could ever have intended to include them. The reason being because they are used only by a small minority of people and the reason was the Rabbinic prohibition of having noisy machinery working on Shabbat. Besides the hearing aid is a most significant need for the wearer, bordering even on pikuach nefesh and Chazal would not have included such cases in their Rabbinic decree.

Horav Aharon Miller Shlit’a maintains that in principle, if it does not look strange to the other people present to see him wear a hearing aid, as it is common in our days in many different groups, it would be permitted.

However, Moreinu Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit’a is of the opinion that it should not be used in our particular case of being just a reminder for saying added parts of the Tefila
See next question.


Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a.



Posted 12/7/2025 4:14 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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#5685 - Really! More on the Very Kosher Menorah
- Q. See question above, For a person who is careful to use only Kasher oil, if some of it was left uncovered in a bottle from last year, can it be used?

A. Since most likely it was kept on a shelf in a cupboard or closet, it would be permitted.

Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a.


Posted 11/27/2025 11:25 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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#5684 – A Mehadrin Kosher Menorah?
Q. Kvod Horav, Does the oil that we use for lighting Chanuka candles have to be Kasher?

A. Horav Shlomo Kluger Zt”l (Shnos Chaim 218) and Beis Yitzchok (2: 145) and others maintain that it is needed.

Horav Shmuel Kamenetzky (Hilchos Chanuka 1: 4) is that in the onset (lechatchila) it is preferred.

However Maharsham (9: 39), Chasam Sofer 39, Daas Torah and others opine that it is not esential.

Horav Shlomo Miller Shli”ta maintains also that it is not needed at all, as the used Shemen Kik was used.

Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a.


Posted 11/27/2025 11:20 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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#5683 – More of The Most Poisonous Dust!
- Q. Can just clean praise be also prohibited?

A. See question above. Sefarim mention that perhaps the most famous case of Avak Loshon Hora is when the statement is pure praise of an individual. On the surface, this would seem to pose no problem. What could be wrong with praising someone? To understand the problem we need to examine the dynamics of a conversation.

In conversation, each person builds on what the other person has just said. The Halacha of Lashon Horah identifies certain conversations as being likely to lead to loshon hora and declares them forbidden. Chofetz Chaim (Laws ofLashon Horaa 9:1-2 ).


Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a.


Posted 11/27/2025 11:16 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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#5682 – The Most Poisonous Dust!
- Q. See question above, How can we listen to a wedding drasha of a Chatan Vekalah, when often what is said about them, is only a partial truth?

A. The Chofetz Chaim (Laws of Loshon Hora 9:1-2) begins addressing the subject of Avak Loshon Hora (lit. the dust of loshon hora,) statements which are not actual complete loshon hora but which are nonetheless forbidden.

The mere concept of Avak Loshon Hora underscores the severity of loshon hora. This sin is so dangerous that an entire chapter of Sefer Chofetz Chaim is devoted to statements which are forbidden because they hint at loshon hora or because they can lead to loshon hora.

A particle of dust is so minuscule that one has to look very carefully to see it at all. It is often the same with Avak Loshon Hora. One may be dealing with words which seem quite innocuous.

In the Chofetz Chaim’s first example, someone comments about a certain person, “It’s amazing how far he’s come.” On the surface, it appears that the speaker has not spoken derogatorily about his subject, nor caused him any harm. But if we probe a bit further, we can expand the statement to mean, “It’s amazing how far he’s come, considering the fact that he has an unsavory past,” or “… considering the fact that he’s not that bright.”

In all probability, the speaker’s intention was entirely complimentary. Nevertheless, people may lose respect for the person, no matter what his current status, if they find out that he had a troubled past or if they perceive him as lacking in intelligence.

Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a.



Posted 11/27/2025 11:14 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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#5681 – The Bar Mitzva True Drasha?
- Q. See question above. How can we listen to a Bar Mitzva drasha of visiting Rabbis when the praises that they are telling about the Bar Mitzva boy, are so far away from the reality of him?

A. The Talmud (Arachin 16a) teaches that one should not tell his fellow's praises when this can lead to his fellow's embarrassment. תני רב דימי אחוה דרב ספרא: לעולם אל יספר אדם בטובתו של חבירו, שמתוך טובתו בא לידי" רעתו.” R. Dimi, brother of R. Safra, teaches: Let no man ever talk in praise of his friend, since [talking in] his praise he may cause others to disparage him. (Soncino Trans.)

Rambam quotes this in Hilkhos Deos (7: 5) as applying specifically to speaking someone's praise in the presence of his enemies. The Meiri writes this in Hibbur HaTeshuvah (Meshiv Nefesh I:4 ed. Sofer p. 97)

Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a.


Posted 11/27/2025 11:12 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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# 5680 Only the Truth!
- Q. Kvodo Shlit’a, Since it is so important for us to tell the truth and live only with it, how can we listen to Torah speakers that tell Divrei Torah or even stories of Gedolim that may not be even true?

A. Indeed, Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit”a explained that when we learn Torah, often in the Talmud and similar sources, different opinions are presented and very commonly, only one of them could be the correct and true one. Yet, our Sages teach us that the written Torah has seventy facets. (Bamidbar Rabbah 13,15)

This is similar to יין or wine which numerically adds up to seventy. This means that the halachic norm of any מצוה listed in the Torah, is based on the oral tradition. Were this not so, the written Torah could not be subject to a variety of interpretations which reveal many other concerns of Torah.

Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a.


Posted 11/27/2025 11:07 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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#5679 Just One Wife?
- Q. Moreinu Horav Bartfeld Shlit”a . I’m a recently married young woman and being a Bais Yaakov disciple, I have always wondered since our understanding of Kedusha and marriage is based on total oneness and total exclusivity of the husband and his wife.

We see from the very beginning of Creation that the description which we read about marriage has that at its core: Adam & Chava, and it is so related to the oneness of our relationship with Hashem and His exclusively choosing Klal Yisroel etc.. Obviously our own personal Shalom Bayis is not possible to even compare to the Avos, to say the least, but our entire emotional experience of marriage definitely resonates with that principle and cannot grasp Shalom Bayis without exclusivity.

When we read the Parshiot of Vayetze and the story of Yaakov Avinu and his women companions, is there a way that we can appreciate how this reality can be understood by women or at least not be uncomfortable with it?

As a follow up to that, is there a mehalach (way) to talk to children about it as they get older and understand how different this is from our reality?

A. Definitely an important question. A most common belief in our days is that Ahava is the purpose of marriage. This concept will enable us to understand how great people were able to have two wives.

Once a person has come to true Ahava with one’s wife, then this Midda or quality can be spread to Ahavas Habriyos (love of others) and then one can come to Ahavas HaShem and develop a true relationship with HaShem. What the world calls "love" is in fact self-love. When you say "I love fish," you are in fact saying "I love myself by eating fish."

The true definition of "Ahava" is the capability of feeling the other person. So a true relationship will be one in which "I feel that you feel what I feel". When a woman wants the love of her husband, in essence she wants her husband to feel that which she feels. The Sefer Ha’Ikrim explains this concept in definition of the mitzva of V’ohavta L'reiacho K'mocha, the mitzva is to be unified to the extent that one can feel the other person.

When we talk about the unification of marriage, what we are really meant to develop is a relationship in which the couple can feel each other. The Reshis Chochmo (Shar Ahava) explains that although one is meant to come to a unity of Ahava in marriage, the main focus in life has to be to come to Ahavas Hashem and come to a personal relationship with HaShem, which means that one can feel what HaShem wants from us.

Just because a person has Ahava for his wife, doesn't mean he cannot have Ahavas Habryos as well and also Ahavas Hashem. These relationships do not contradict one another. When a mother has true feelings for her children, the feelings she has for one, should not in any way take away from the feelings for a different child.

Similarly, in theory, if we were able to create the ultimate spouse relationship of truly feeling a spouse, the capability of feeling for one’s wife would not be reduced by feeling for another wife. The problem of course is, that our midda of Ahava is quite shallow and it is enough of a challenge for us to feel for one wife.

Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a.



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#5678 – More Black Market Day?
- Q. Dear Rabbi Shlit’a. There are many who go shopping on Black Friday as there are many saving

A. The true origin of the post-Thanksgiving Black Friday lies in the sense of black, meaning “marked by disaster or misfortune.” In the 1950s, factory managers first started referring to the Friday after Thanksgiving as Black Friday because so many of their workers decided to falsely call in sick, thus extending the holiday weekend.

About 10 years later, Black Friday was used by Philadelphia traffic cops to describe the day after Thanksgiving because they had to work 12-hour shifts in terrible traffic.
Visitors flocked to the city to start their holiday shopping and, sometimes this popular shopping day coincided with the annual Army–Navy football game. The term caught on among shoppers and merchants in Philadelphia, and from there it took off nationwide (from Dictionary.com)


Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a.


Posted 11/27/2025 10:52 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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#5677 – Black Market Day?
- Q. See question above.
Can I have benefit from Black Friday sales, since it seems to be a religious day?

A. On question 4552 we wrote:
“ On question 670 we were asked: “Can one take advantage of a sale that is given on a non-Jewish religious holiday or is it as agreeing to the spirit of the celebration? How about Black Friday?”

To what we answered: “Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit”a opinion is that seasonal sales do not have religious significance and are only secular business activities.

Black Friday could be only a reflection of the economic success expected, as opposed to “being on the red.” Unquestionably, that seems to be the generalized custom today.”

Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Yaakov Hirshman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller and Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu Shlit’a


Posted 11/27/2025 10:35 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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#5676 Gloves With Much Love
- Q. Moreinu Horav Shlit"a. An accidentally paralyzed patient, now in hospital, is unable to put on now Tefillin by himself; can his wife as she often does with the help of their other children, help put on the tefillin when she is a Nidah (having her period)?

A. Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit"a ruled that when necessary, she should put on heavy non-hospital gloves and then place the Tefillin on her husband.

Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a.


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