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#28 - Using Maiser for Fundraising Events
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Q: 1) There is a Hilula at my kehila to raise funds for the Jewish religious school my daughter goes to: Can I use maiser money to pay for the tickets to the Hilula? (there is diner and refreshments served). 2) There will be there a silent auction (where people bid and the item goes to the highest bidder) with various items, most of them donated by members of the kehila and some on consignment, can I use Maiser money to pay for them?, How about buying tickets for a Chinese auction? and if I win can I keep the item?
A: On question 1, Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit’a advised to deduct whatever sum you would be benefiting from attending the dinner (Ma shenehene), that is the savings you obtained by not consuming your own food or eating at a restaurant that evening, according to what you normally would have done. The rest can be paid from maiser funds.
On question 2, on a Silent auction you can not use maiser money as you are actually purchasing the item for your personal use. (Unless you overpaid for the item). On a Chinese auction, as it depends on your particular luck to win, you may use maiser funds for buying the tickets, if you win you will have to give maiser from the value of the item.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit”a
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Posted 1/22/2010 12:00 AM |
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#27 - Are the new airport x-ray scanners problematic for women?
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Q. Due to security measures, the airports are going to be putting in x-ray scanners that show people without their clothes. Is this going to be a problem for frum women?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit”a suggests that women should choose the pat-down option rather than the full body scan because of tzneius issues. This is similar to the Psak of women not swimming in a pool where a male life-guard (non Jewish) is on duty, as it creates a feeling of immodesty on the bathers. When the pat-down option is not available, or it would cause severe hardship such as loosing a flight, we may rely on “Asukim Bemelachton” or being occupied on their work. This Heter is commonly used in medical practice (Even Haezer 23-3, and Poiskim et al), as well as the fact that apparently the scan shows only outlines and the monitor is placed in the privacy of another room.
It is still premature to offer a definite Psak on this issue as many details of how the security scans will eventually be implemented, and how they actually work are yet unknown and privacy issues have yet to be resolved.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit”a
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Posted 1/9/2010 12:00 AM |
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#26 - Attending a Simcha after Shloshim.
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Q. Good friends have invited me to a L'Chaim in honour of their son's engagement. It will be after my Shloshim observance for my Father. There will be no music and guests will be coming and going over a three hour period. Can I attend?
What about a Birthday party with no music but many people will be in attendance.
Please advise.
Thank you.
A. Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit"a permits when necessary the attendance to a "Vort" after "Shloishim" as long as you do not tarry, just coming in, wishing mazal tov and leaving. Same applies to a Birthday party.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as advised by Horav Shlomo Miller Shli"a
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Posted 1/9/2010 12:00 AM |
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#25 - Is there a deeper significance to the last word Itborach in the Ame Yehey Shemey Rabba line of the K
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Q: Is there a deeper significance to the last word Itborach in the Ame Yehey Shemey Rabba line of the Kaddish?
A: The most important part of Kaddish is the congregation's response and central line: Yehai shmeh rabbah mevarach leolam ulolmay olmaya, ("May His great name be blessed for ever, and to all eternity"). According to the Targum Yerushalmi this response is an Aramaic translation of the Hebrew Baruch shem kevod malchuto leolam vaed. (Blessed be the name of His glorious kingdom for ever and ever), (Genesis 49:2 and Deuteronomy 6:4, and is similar to the wording of Daniel 2-20.) Although it is not a complete translation as it lacks the kevod malchuto. (See Emeth Leyaakov P. Vayehi for an explanation). According to the Talmud this was Yakov Avinu’s praise to Hahem when he realized that his children were all with him as they proclaimed the first Shema Israel. (see Pesachim 56-a). In that sense, Itbarach (be His Name blessed) is separate from Yehei Shmei Rabah.
There are indeed three different traditions in answering Yehei Shmei Rabah, and they convey different meanings to “itbarach’
1) Ashkenazi minhag (see Tur, Bet Yosef O.C. 56 , Abudraham and Hagrah ibid., Rambam, H. Tefilah 9-1) is to recite only till olmayah. This response consists of 28 letters, alluding to the word “koach”, and reminding us “That whoever responds Yehe Shmei with all his “koach” or might (utmost concentration Rash“i), any judgement against him is torn up (Shabat 119b). It also alludes to the first verse of the Torah that similarly contains seven words and has 28 letters. According to this tradition, itbarach is a section apart consisting of eight praises, and reverts to the beginning of kaddish. Together with Itgadal, veitkadash, it entails ten expressions of praise that represent the Ten Commandments. The first two terms stand separately, as the first two commandments did, which were expressed by Hashem Himself . (Shibolei Haleket ibid.). This would place “itbarach” as representing: “Thou shall not take the name of Hashem in vain” . This is the source of the holiness of all blessings and brachot.
2) The customary Hasidic tradition (R. Yosef Gikatilia, Bet Yosef and Mechaber O.C. 56 et al). is to include Itbarach, in the Yehey shme rabah declaration. They vehemently claim that it is an integral part of this praise and has to be said together. Tur (ibid..) mentions a minhag were Amen is said after ‘itbarach” This is based on a severe warning mentioned in a Midrash of not separating between the two. The reason is basically of Cabalistic nature. R. Bachye (Shemot 2-24) compares kaddish to the cry of the children of Israel from their bondage in Egypt, and Hashem listening and remembering His covenant to them. Together with Yehei shmei rabah, the “itbarach” represent the Ten Sefiroth and one should not separate between “the Keter and the Ein Sof”. It is interesting to mention that with “itbarach” we have now 34 letters, also alluding to “might“, but more correctly “his might’ (bechol kocho) as in the Talmudic expression quoted before (Derishah ibid.)
3) The Separadic minhag, (Hoarizal, Shelah, Kaf Hachaim, Ben Ish Hai P. Vayehi et al) is to respond Yehei shmei rabah through “Da’amiran Be’alma” which consist now of twenty-eight words instead of letters,. This is also based on cabbalistic teachings.
It is worth mentioning that Mishne Berurah (ibid.) advices to add Itbarach to Yehe Shmei ( in places where hefsek is not an issue) but to separate slightly between them.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit”a.
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Posted 12/27/2009 12:00 AM |
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#24 - Can I cook pizza in Fleishig oven
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Q: I would like to make Pizza, but I have only one oven in which I cook my fleishig food uncovered. Can I make the Pizza? How? Also, If I bake cakes in my fleishig oven, can I eat them with milchigs? Thank you.
A: Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit”a is of the opinion that you may bake an uncovered pizza in a fleishig oven if the oven has been cleaned and has been kept at high temperature of 500 F for 25 minutes. If a cake was baked in a fleishig oven (when no meat was present) without undergoing the above process it is still permissible to eat it with milk.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit”a
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Posted 12/3/2009 12:00 AM |
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#23 - Is it Permitted to use Diapers with Indicators that Change Colour When Wet on Shabbos?
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Q. Both infant Huggies and Pampers (size N) have the "wet" line which will change color when the baby is wet. Is this also a problem on Shabbos as it seems from the post by Star K? Does it matter what age the child is. I beleive these are the only available Newborn size diapers. Most other brands start at size 1.
A. Pampers Swarddlers Sensitive and Huggies Newborn and size 1 carry the wetness indicator as a standard feature now. Indeed the Star K published in November an alert against their use on Shabbos and Yom Tov. However Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit”a is of the opinion that they could be used on Shabbos and Yom Tov since the melocho of tzovea or dyeing is by definition a creative and positive act. However when it is done “derech lichluch” as staining or soiling it is not tzovea. This is similar to the permitted use of a gauze in a wound smeared with blood or disposable paper napkins and tissues in cleaning coloured spills. The above is permitted even when it is done as a test or confirmation as in bedikah clothes or a wedding night bed sheet. See Mishna Berurah and Shaarei Tzion O.C. 320-20 , Biur Halocho O.C. 280, Shmiras Shabos 14-62.
Furthermore this is an indirect act, often done without intention (gromo, eino miskaven) and therefore it is unlike diabetic urine test sticks, where Poskim are stringent when not totally necessary (Shmiras Shabos 33 (81).
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit”a
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING SENT TO US FROM STAR K:
Thanks for the e-mail. It was my mistake. I thought Rav Heinemann was machmir and I was mistaken the Rav said that is it mutar there is no meleches machsheves and we issued a retraction.
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Posted 11/30/2009 12:00 AM |
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#22 - Lost Track of Ma'aser.
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Q: I try to keep track of how much ma'aser money I
owe. However I did lose track of some small amounts of money that I earned. How
should I go about giving ma'aser for this money?
A: According
to Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit"a, the main issue you have to be concerned
with is that your giving of maaser should not be done as a neder (promise)
to be kept, but rather as a voluntary gift, then you calculate the amount due
to the best of your ability.
Rabbi
A. Bartfeld
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Posted 9/19/2009 12:00 AM |
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#20 - Is a robin kosher?
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Q: is a robin kosher? (from my son)
A: The common robin as in Turdus migratorius, also called the North
American Robin in practise should be regarded as not kosher. The Torah names
twenty-four types of birds that are not kosher; all the rest are kosher.
However, we do not know the exact definition of all the twenty-four types or
species of birds in the Torah, therefore, our practice is to only eat birds for
which we have a continuous tradition of their being kosher, and the robin is not
one of them.
Although robins are not normally eaten by humans, there could be a
difference in their being kosher in relation to the mitzvah of "Shiluach
Haken" (sending away the mother bird before
taking her young, and is only performed on kosher birds). It is interesting that
"Star K" on their website, lists the American Robin as a bird fit for the
mitzvah of "Shiluach Haken", (as it could very well be kosher), but no brocho
(blessing) should be recited when performing this mitzvah.
Rabbi Abraham Bartfeld as advised by Horav Shlomo
Miller Shlit"a
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Posted 7/26/2009 12:00 AM |
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#21 - Salads prepared on fleishik equipment
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Q: Salads prepared on fleishik equipment. Are they Permitted to be eaten with milk meals as
they are botel b’sishim? Commercial markets in Los Angles selling food must meet
Health Dept. sanitay requirerments. Thank you for you assistance.
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equipment is clean and the salad does not include a "Dovor Choreef" (a sharp
tasting food element) such as onions or garlic, it is Horav Shlomo Miller ’s
Shlit"a opinion that it is permitted.
Rabbi Abraham Bartfeld
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Posted 7/26/2009 12:00 AM |
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#18 - Bypassing a Mitzvah
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Dear Rabbi, Thank you for your prompt answer, I’ve got another question. If on Shabbat somebody is walking to a family Kidush where hes presence is important, and pases by a small shul and is asked to join in to complete the Minyan, is he obligated to do so? If yes can he stay by the door and seek actively somebody else to replace him?
A. According to many Halachic opinions the ruling of "Ein maavirin al hamitzvoth" or not to bypass a mitzvah is a biblical injunction (see Tos. Yumah 33a & b, Nishmat Adam 13,2 and Areah Derabanan 1), and once a person has a mitzvah in front of him to perform, he has to engage in that mitzvah, even if he forfeits a greater meritorious act, as in Pirkei Avoth (2,1) "Be as careful with a minor mitzvah as with a major one, for you do not know the rewards of the mitzvot.". Accordingly Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit"a advices to partake and complete the minyan as requested. Yet, it is permitted to seek and engage somebody else to replace him.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as adviced by Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit"a
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Posted 6/10/2009 12:00 AM |
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#19 - Rainbow blessings
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BS"D Dear Rabbi, Shalom, 1.Regarding the rainbow that one sees in Niagara Falls, Should one recite the blessing ? 2. Is that ok for a person who has seen a rainbow to inform a friend that there is a rainbow outside so that he may gain another blessing towards the one hundred blessings that are required daily? Thanks, Mordechai
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Dear Mordechai.
Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit"a opinion is that one does not make a blessing on a rainbow that was created by the mist of a waterfall, (see Piskey Teshuvot O.Ch. 229-1, that we make a brocho without the name of Hashem for a normal cloud rainbow if it is incomplete). As far as telling a friend of the presence of a rainbow, so he can recite the blessing and gain the Meah Brachot, it is improper to do so even on the Shabat, he should look for another source for completing the one hundred brochos.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as advised by Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit"a
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Posted 6/10/2009 12:00 AM |
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#16 - Brocho when drinking unflavored Metamusil solution
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Q: Dear Rabbi,
Does one make a Brocho
when drinking unflavored Metamusil solution as it does not provide any
nourishment?
Isaac
A: Dear Isaac,
Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit"a is of the opinion that you do make a Shehakol
even though there is no nourishment, simply because of the water that the
product is dissolved in and it is also seen as food. Was it to be only pure
fibber (as in inedible wood cellulose), no Brochoh would be required as it is
not food.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld, as advised by Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit"a
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Posted 5/28/2009 12:00 AM |
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#17 - Shavous - Zman Tefillah, Hadlakah and custom to eat dairy
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Q: Dear Rabbi,
1) - As we begin
Shavuoth, we wait to pray tefilath Maariv until nightfal, if somebody keeps
usually Rabeinu Tam, does he have to wait now too?
2) - When do women light the
candles on first night Shavuoth?
3) - Bnai Ysroel in the widerness only ate the
Mannah, how come we eat milk food to remember the fact that on first time
Shavuoth they consumed milk food, as they were unprepared for the halachic
comlexities of preparing meat?
Isaac
A: Dear Isaac,
Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit"a is of the opinion that no waiting for the Zman
of Rabeinu Tam is necessary for beginning to recite Maariv on first night
Shavuoth.
As for light kindling on that evening, although there are opinions
that because of the issue of Temimoth (seven complete weeks) women wait until
nightfall, the accepted tradition is to light on the Zman, as in any other Yom
Tov.
In regards to the Mann, Igrah Dekalah writes in Parshas Beshalach that they
did not eat any other food during the forty years in the wilderness but Mann.
Not every one agrees though , there is a Midrash on Shir Hashirim that maintains
that contacts were made with other nations and they supplied wine for Nesachim
from Ein Gedi. Then again, they had an ample supply of cattle with them as
described in the Torah. It is interesting to mention the opinion of The Gilione
Hashas on Berachot 48b, that the miracle of the Mann included its transformation
to being the actual food that one had in mind as he ate it. And that is the way
the were able to comply with eating Matzah and making Kidush during that period.
It is then conceivable that they actually had "virtual" milk food from the
Mann.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as advised by Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit"a
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Posted 5/28/2009 12:00 AM |
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#15 - Gilgulim of Moshe Rabbeinu, A"H
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Q: Hi Rabbi, We know that Moshe Rabbeinu, A"H, is the gilgul of Hevel. Is it
possible that Moshe was reincarnated again? And if so, what do we know about
this?
Thanks, Eric
A: Besides Hevel as the source of Moishe Rabeinu
neshamah, Sheis is mentioned too, see Nahal Kedumim (Shemoth 2 ), as in the
acronim of Moishe, Mem = Moishe, Shin = Sheis, Hey = Hevel. Another stage to
his gilgul often mentioned is Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai (Zohar ch. 3 p.134). A
remez to this connection is found in the fact that the seventh of Adar
(Yortzeith of Moishe Rabeinu is the same day of the week as Lag Baomer
(Yortzaith of RASHB"I), also the Gematriah of Lag Baomer corresponds to the
numerical value of the name Moishe(345). Sefer Hagilgulim (ch. 63) quotes Rav
Hamnunah Sabah as being also a reincarnation of Moishe Rabeinu, and there are
others.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld
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Posted 5/7/2009 12:00 AM |
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#14 - Sinus Rinse on Yom Tov
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Q- I find it Beneficial for my allergies to use a sinus rinse, basically it's sea salt and water sprayed up the nasal passage. Can I do so on 2nd day Yom Tov? Can I use the sodium chloride solution provided?
A- According to Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit"a a sinus rinse is permited on the second day of Yom Tov, there should not be a problem with the pure salt solution provided either.
Hag kosher vesameach.
Rabbi abraham Bartfeld
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Posted 5/1/2009 12:00 AM |
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#12 - Toaster Oven for Pesach
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Q. Dear
Rabbi, I don’t have a self clean oven and I wanted to buy a toaster
oven for Pesach. I heard that they test it with a piece of bread. Is
this true? If so how would I kasher it for Pesach?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit"a surprisingly confirmed that he has
heard of this test, it is however unlikely that this particular new
oven was subjected to this test. The best approach is to call the
manufacturer and inquirer if their company engages in this test
procedure.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit"a
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Posted 5/1/2009 12:00 AM |
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#13 - Blechs/Hot Plates for Shabbos
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Michael .....sent the following.
Hi,
I am looking for places within Toronto that sell Blechs/hot plates for
shabbos. Can you please recomend some locations (other than the
Israeli source). Time is of great importance thanks.
--- Try Kitchen Art, at 2821 Bathurst St. , 416 787 9326
Hag kosher vesameach.
Rabbi Abraham Bartfeld
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Posted 5/1/2009 12:00 AM |
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#10 - When is one Requred to Recite Birchas Hagomel
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Q. I heard that if someone is in a car that spins out on the Highway and
miraculously does not get hit by another car, one does not recite Birchas
Hagomel. But if one is struck by a car and survives, he would be required to
recite Birchas Hagomel. By contrast, if someone flies in a plain over seas, he
recites Birchas Hagomel, even if the plain did not encounter any problems.
Please explain. Also, would hitting the guardrail be the same as being hit by
another car.
A. In Shulchan Aruch O.CH. 219,9 and Mishnah B’rurah ibid. 32, the Halacha dictates that we should
recite Hagomel when encountering and experiencing a factual and real danger,
and being saved from it even if the deliverance was not seen as a miracle, such
as a wall falling on someone or an incident with dangerous armed robbers. See
also Piskey Teshuvot ibid. and 318, 10.
Harav Shlomo Miller Shlit”a is of the opinion that if someone is indeed
in a car that spins out on the highway and miraculously does not get hit by
another car, he does not recite this Brocho, however if he did hit the
guardrail and there was damage done to the vehicle he should bless Hagomel.
As for why if someone flies in a plane over seas, he recites Birchas
Hagomel, even if the plain did not encounter any problems, see Igros Moishe O.
Ch. 2,59 who explains that flying in itself is being in a medium where we
cannot survive at all naturally without
the airplane. For other rationale see also Chelkas Yakov O.Ch. 55, Minchas
Itzchak 2,47. Tzitz Eliezer 11,14 and Yaviah Omer O.Ch. 2,14.
It is preferable to recite this Brocho within the first three days of the
occurrence, however after the fact, it
could be said even after thirty days, as long as he still remembers and feels
happiness and relief. (Aruch Hashulchan ibid. Piskey Teshuvot ibid.
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Posted 3/6/2009 12:00 AM |
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#11 - Taking Food Home From a Shiva House
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Q. I attended my friend's mother's funeral and they held a reception after the
levaya at the old age home where her mother lived. After the reception, my
friend insisted that I take home some of the left over food. Is it OK for us to
eat it?
A. There are Poskim who opine that nothing, whether objects or food, should
be taken out of the place of mourning during the entire Shivah, as a Ruach Raah
(unfavourable spiritual influence) rest on the abode (Eliahu Rabah 224,7. Lechem
Haponim 376). Some rule that the restriction applies only if the death happened
in that home otherwise it in not relevant (Chidushei Rabbi Akiva Eiger 37).
Other authorities state that this tradition has no Halachick basis at all.
(Yosef Ometz p.330), Nitey Gabriel 92,1 writes that this seems to be the
accepted custom. When the prohibition of B’al Taschis (discarding good usable
food) is also involved, this last one would have priority.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld - revised by Horav Shlomo Miller Shlita
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Posted 3/6/2009 12:00 AM |
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#9 - Event Taking Place in a Non Orthodox Shul
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Q. Should FrumToronto post an event taking place in a Non Orthodox Shul if the event is run by an Orthodox organization?
A. Horav's Shlomo Miller Shlit"a opinion is that you should not post this event on
Frum Toronto website as your mission is to inform the "Frum" community of events
pertaining to them. This is not to say that the organization in charge of this
event should refrain from using that particular venue, as their outreach program
may indeed require them to do so. They should consult a Rabbinic authority if
the haven't done so yet.
Rabbi Abraham Bartfeld
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Posted 3/2/2009 12:00 AM |
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Important Numbers
