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Expand Article # 4869 A matter of Life and death III
Q. 3. See question above. Are teeth included in that prohibition?
A. On Question 6 – regarding if a tooth require a proper burial, we wrote:

Q. The dentist took out a broken tooth in 2 parts, I wanted to keep the “broken tooth”, b ....


Posted 2/29/2024 11:18 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article #4867 A matter of Life and death I
Q. Bone needed for dental implants comes from cadavers. Is this permitted?

A. We should answer for the above Shaila. first three different questions.

1) It is forbidden to derive benefit from a dead body.


Posted 2/29/2024 11:04 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article 4866- A Bad Hair Day?
Q. My wife recently went to the mikvah . she always gets her permanent eye lashes (last for 2-3 Months) redone every time she goes (even if they are looking ok). this time i noticed when she came home from the mikvah that some of the lashes had f ....


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Expand Article # 4865 Honor Your Words
Q. See questions above. What would be an example of an improper Sheimos burial?

A. On question 2918 we were asked: I have seen some people bury plastic bags full of shemos (leftover sefarim or their pages, such as sidurim, chumashim e ....


Posted 2/29/2024 10:58 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 4684 Words to Honor
Q. See questions above. How about other printed articles that contain some words of Torah or p’sukim, can they just be discarded?

A. On question 3814 we were asked: When one receives invitations for weddings or Bar Mitzvas and there are ....


Posted 2/29/2024 10:55 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article #4683 A Visa for the Geniza
Q. See question above. What are the others items of Kedusha that we also call shaimos and how do we dispose of them?

A. Other common shaimos are: printed seforim, Torah manuscripts, sidurim, bentschers, zemiros booklets, bimah cove ....


Posted 2/29/2024 10:47 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 4682 A Very Grave Grave
Q. I am connected to a shul that has a large amount of shaimos. Must shaimos be buried in a cemetery or can they be placed under the foundation of a building? if yes, then must the building be a Jewish/frum institution?

A. Objects ....


Posted 2/29/2024 10:44 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 4681 Goodbye to Goodbye?
Q. Can one that is travelling immediately after davening Shacharis and won't be able to say goodbye then to his nearby friends in shul, give his farewell greetings and wishes before davening?

A. Horav Dovid Pam Shlit’a maintains that ....


Posted 2/27/2024 2:24 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 4680 Broccoli Brocho
Q. If one was making a bracha on raw broccoli in front of some friends and they had a debate over whether it should be ha'adama or shehakol. They said there used to be the same shailah on carrots but now most people eat raw carrots so it's correc ....


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Expand Article # 4679 Same Name Again?
Q. I'm dating someone whose mother had my Hebrew name as a nickname. Is this an issue? Can he call me a Hebrew nickname instead?

A. On question 3493 we were asked:
“Our daughter, who is having a difficult time finding the pr ....


Posted 2/26/2024 5:19 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 4678 A Blessed Purim Kattan?
Q. Rov. Another question for a Happy Purim Katan. Is it true that the spirit of the great Purim also rests on the small one? Should one great another on Purim Kattan with the blessing of a “Frailechn Purim”?

A. See Q. 3561: Nitei Gavri ....


Posted 2/23/2024 10:48 AM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article #4677 Really! or only a Purim Wit Vert’l?
Q. Is it true that the Chasam Sofer says that not saying tachanun on Purim Kattan is a mitzva of the Torah?

A. Indeed Chasam Soffer (O.H. 208) does mention that the reading of the megilla, eating the seuda and shalach monos during Pu ....


Posted 2/23/2024 10:34 AM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article #4676 Purim Kattan Costume Custom
.Q. Our dear Rabino. As you recommended we are making a seuda (small and fast) on Purim Kattan Be’H this Friday morning and we are inviting our very happy neighbours to join us with their children.
The kids want to know if they should alread ....


Posted 2/22/2024 5:17 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 4675 - Gentile Kindness II
Q. See question above: Can one receive Tzedaka from a Non- Jewish organization?

A. On question 358 we were asked: There are some religious Christians who are very supportive of Jews living in Israel, As such they offer financial bene ....


Posted 2/22/2024 5:03 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 4674 Gentile Kindness I
Q. I was told that we're not supposed to give tzedaka to a Gentile. Those that include any type of money, food, clothes, other help, etc.? What is the source?

A. On question 1955 regarding how could Yaakov who kept the whole Torah send ....


Posted 2/22/2024 5:01 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 4673 Address the Dress for Success
- Q. During these parshiot in which we learn about the way the Cohen Gadol and other regular Cohanim were dressed for performing the Avodah in the Beit Hamikdash, I have seen seffarim included also in the library of the Kolel that show drawings of t ....


Posted 2/21/2024 11:10 AM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 4672 - Purim Shiurim
- Q. I have Yohrzait on Purim Katan for my mother A’H. The minhag of our family is to fast on a Yohrzait for parents, but on this occasion I was told I should not fast. Would it be correct then to fast on the day before, since it is called after ....


Posted 2/20/2024 10:10 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 4671 Oy! Now - No Joy!
Q. Rov. Another question for a Happy Purim Katan. Is it true that the spirit of the great Purim also rests on the small one? Should one great another on Purim Kattan with the blessing of a “Frailechn Purim”?

A, On a similar question qu ....


Posted 2/20/2024 10:01 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 4670 Small Purim Big Deal Meal?
Q. See question above. I wonder do you have to make a seuda on Purim Katan on Friday or since it is Erev Shabbat, should it not be better in the night? How about the people that dwell in a city were Shushan Purim is celebrated?

A. As m ....


Posted 2/20/2024 9:59 PM | Tell a Friend | Ask The Rabbi | Comments (0)


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Expand Article # 4669 The Big Purim Kattan
Q. On question 4662 above the Rov Shlit”a wrote regarding Purim Kattan this year (2024), that Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that if the participants say Divrei Torah and sing songs of prize to Hashem for the miracles of survival received ....


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