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#4976 The Eternal Return
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Q. Reading the current parshiot. If all of Klal Yisroel did Teshuva individually anyway, and the day (Yom Kippur) also provided atonement, even nowadays, why was it necessary, other than obeying Hashem's command, to have the Kohen Gadol provide K ....
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Posted 5/24/2024 12:32 PM |
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#4975 The Unlicenced Licensee
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Q. Kevod Rabbenu how essential is it for the many of us that work constantly with computers and in the internet to subscribe and have programs that protect us from wrong and sinful advertisements.
Do we have to demand such programs eve ....
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Posted 5/24/2024 12:27 PM |
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#4974 The threefold Treasure
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- Q. In Hebrew, Is there a connection between the 3-dot triangle vowel “segol” and the feminine expression "segulah" meaning treasure?
A. One may say that in a sense since a segol can be indeed turned on all sides in some forms of pri ....
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Posted 5/24/2024 12:19 PM |
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#4973 A Gentle Gentile Grace
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- Q. See question 4964 above. If a Gentile is allowed to enter a shul, should he cover his head with a kapel. Can he also be given a translated Sidur or Chumash to read while there? Can he be given a Taalith?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s ....
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Posted 5/24/2024 12:10 PM |
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#4972 The First Matza on the Second Pesach
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- Q. Dear Rov Shlit’a. This year (5784- 2024) the Second Pesach falls on this coming Wednesday May 22. For those of us that have the tradition of eating matza on that day, when should it be, in the night before or during the day or maybe on both?
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Posted 5/19/2024 10:32 AM |
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#4971 Everithing About Bakol
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- Q. Chazal say, according to some opinions, that Avrohom had a daughter called "Bakol". Who was her mother?
A. Talmud (Baba Basra 16b) a mentions a number of interpretations to the posuk “And Hashem blessed Abraham with everything [ba ....
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Posted 5/16/2024 11:22 PM |
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#4970 Hard to Understand
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- Q. Many Jewish leaders, when relating to the deaths of Gazan civilian Arabs, make the statement that every life lost is tragic and painful. Now, on the emotional side, the merciful side of a Jew, who is aware of the potential of life in any hum ....
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Posted 5/16/2024 11:11 PM |
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#4969 Don’t Forget Not To Write
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- Q. Kevod Rabi Shlit’a. If one sends a phone email to his son to remind him to count Sefira, can he himself count that night with a brocho or has he already complied?
A. Poskim disagree if one complies the counting of Sefira by writi ....
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Posted 5/16/2024 11:03 PM |
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#4968 Not in my Book?
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- Q. We see in the Kolel Toronto that sefarim are placed on boxes on the front of the entrance for people to take. Can one take some and give them as a present to a shul and so comply with the great mitzva that is tantamount to the writing of ....
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Posted 5/16/2024 10:51 PM |
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#4967 To The Top of The Tree
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Q. You announced that there will be Birchas Hailonos on Shabbos. Does not the Ben Ish Chai and others rule not to allow Birchas Ilonos on Shabbos?
A. On question 4219 we were asked:
“Is it better to wait to recite the ble ....
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Posted 5/16/2024 10:41 PM |
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#4966 The Total Eternal Tune
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Q. Rov you mentioned recently (question 4960) that it is a very valuable to recite the complete Shira of Oz Yashir every day since Zohar says that it brings the forgiveness to all our sins. Does that actually mean to sing it with a tune?
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Posted 5/16/2024 10:19 PM |
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#4965 An Enlightening Shaila
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Q. Can a bochur (unmarried one) light the Shabbos candles before the plag, daven Mincha and then after plag recite the brocho on the candles?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that one should not light Shabbos candles berfor ....
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Posted 5/16/2024 8:38 PM |
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#4964 A Gentle Shailah
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Q. Is a Gentile permitted to pray in Schul?
A. Poskim write that the entrance of Gentiles to a shul should be avoided as much as possible (Yigal Yaakov O.H. 20, Piskei Teshuvos 151:6).
However, Yabia Omer Y.D. (3: 15) per ....
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Posted 5/13/2024 4:19 PM |
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#4963 Searching for the Search
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- Q. Is there a way to search through the "Ask the Rabbi" Q&A? I'm pretty good at searching a database, and why do I need to bother the busy Rabbonim with questions that have already been asked.
A. Go to Bais Dov Yosef website. Bais D ....
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Posted 5/12/2024 9:44 AM |
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#4962 The Al-day Good Way of AI
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- Q. Dear Rabbi. I have been reading your new technology and science shailot and I greatly appreciate your handling and keeping in touch of the constantly changing world we live in.
I have a question regarding my elderl ....
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Posted 5/10/2024 12:34 PM |
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#4961 A Real Bigwig?
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Q. As far as I know women are permitted to trim the hairs of their wigs during Sefira days. Does the same apply to men that wear a wig?
A. On question 101 regarding trimming and fixing a wig during the 3 weeks, we wrote:
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Posted 5/9/2024 11:04 PM |
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#4960 The Most Splendid Daily Permited Song
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Q. It is known that if one sings the shira of Oz Yashir said every day during Shacharis, Hashem will forgive his sins. Does that have to be the complete shira?
A. Indeed, the Zohar quoted by the Mishna Berura (51: 17) teaches that most ....
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Posted 5/9/2024 11:01 PM |
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#4959 Most Beautiful Permitted Music?
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- Q. Can one use during Sefira a music toy box that plays sweet beautiful child music that puts our baby to sleep? Our other kids greatly enjoy it and dance when it is played. Is that permitted?.
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opin ....
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Posted 5/9/2024 10:55 PM |
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#4958 A Writing about Writing
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Q. Rov. As per our call a few days ago: I contacted the big Printing House of the Jewish information and they told me that the shuls explained that they cannot accept my Gematria sefer because it has pasukim in it. Even though I comment out the n ....
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Posted 5/9/2024 10:53 PM |
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#4957 Have we Learned Already How to Count?
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Q. We have a debate in our new created minyan as to which is the most correct way to count Sefira. Most mentioned that the use the most common counting by saying Laomer. Yet we have a small group that recites Baomer, What is the correct thing to do ....
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Posted 5/9/2024 10:49 PM |
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