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# 1143 Drop Unliked Flies
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Q. Re- last question. If the glass with a mixture of vinegar or wine and a little liquid detergent, was placed before Shabbos and it was effective in attracting a number of flies. Can you now move it on Shabbos, or is it muktzah?
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Posted 8/7/2016 11:10 PM |
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# 1142 What's The Catch?
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Q. Can one place on Shabbos a glass with a mixture of vinegar or wine and a little liquid detergent, to attract and trap little very bothersome fruit flies?
A. Mishna Berura (316:18) rules that it is forbidden to set a trap (as a mo ....
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Posted 8/7/2016 11:05 PM |
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# 1141 Ask Him When He Comes?
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Q. How can Eliyahu Hanavi be present at every bris, even a malach can’t be in two places at the same time?
A. Od Yosef Chai (Pinchas) quotes from the Idra Rabba (at the end) that Eliahi Hanavi apologized to Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai ....
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Posted 8/5/2016 7:15 PM |
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# 1140 All Hands Off Deck
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Q. If we already removed the old paint and cleaned a cottage deck before the 3 weeks began, can it be finished, to avoid making it all dirty and having to start all over again?
A. See question 321 in this forum in regards to repa ....
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Posted 8/5/2016 3:20 PM |
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# 1139 A Shot Across The Bow
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Q. Why is it that we do not bow down to the ground in prayer anymore these days except on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur? When did this practice stop? Does it have anything to do with not seeming like Muslims who still continue this practice?A. Th ....
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Posted 8/5/2016 3:08 PM |
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#1138 Hashem Knows
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Q. If someone suffers, our sages say that Hashem suffers with him, as it says; I’m with him in his trouble. Is it then correct to say that a person should avoid suffering so Hashem will not suffer too? Or should one feel good, be happy and enjoy pl ....
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Posted 8/5/2016 2:56 PM |
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# 1137 Spot The Difference?
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Q. Do the very common brown spots on the yolk of organic eggs make them not kosher?
A. Organic eggs have restrictions in the way their mother-chickens are grown and fed. Egg-laying chickens cannot be raised with antibiotics or growth ....
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Posted 8/5/2016 1:47 AM |
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# 1136 Hair Raising Shayla
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Q. Can a woman remove facial hair during the 3 weeks?
A. Pri Megodim (551: 3) rules that the prohibition of cutting ones hair applies equally to women as men.
However, in regards to a woman removing facial hair, Nitey Gavri ....
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Posted 8/2/2016 11:21 PM |
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# 1135 Much Ado About a Seadoo
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Dear Rabbi
Q, Can I buy a seadoo during three weeks, since it is available now at a discounted price and just give a deposit? I will not be having any intention to acquire the machine, until delivery after the 3 weeks, but still legally, i ....
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Posted 8/2/2016 10:45 PM |
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# 1134 A Blessing in Disguise?
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Q. If one said Kiddush on wine before a Seudah (Shabbos/Yom Tov), does one say Shahakol on ice cream if it is served as dessert (for those who are accustomed to make a bracha on ice cream during a meal)?
A. Poskim disagree, some (Vezos ....
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Posted 8/2/2016 10:31 PM |
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# 1133 Now, It's a More “Safer Torah”
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Q. We had an unusual shayla in our minyan this last Monday. We took out one of the various Sifre-Torah rolled to Parshat Pinchas and the baal koreh noticed that someone, probably out of simple ignorance, had corrected the Vav-Ketia on the word sh ....
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Posted 8/1/2016 9:59 AM |
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# 1132 Daven Maven
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Q1. The baal tefillah this morning at my minyan has a habit of 'eating his words' . This means, among other things, that his brachas often leave out words so that it becomes "Baruch ... Hashem ...nuMelech...olam". (I have a r ....
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Posted 7/29/2016 6:15 PM |
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# 1131 Time Lag Plag
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Q. A woman whose husband made “early Shabbos” may not do any Melacha after the time that her husband was Mekabel Shabbos. [This is unlike the opinion of the Gaon Rav Feinstein zatzal, but this is the ruling of many poskim, including the Shevet HaLev ....
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Posted 7/29/2016 4:25 PM |
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# 1130 First In
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Q. Two individuals face each other at a bathroom door, one leaving the bathroom and one entering, who has din kadima and goes first?
A. An entrance to a public bathroom, public bath, steam bath or similar, does not necessitate or i ....
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Posted 7/27/2016 10:08 PM |
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# 1129 In and Out
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Q. When two individuals meet, one exiting a shul or a beis hamedresh and the other about to enter, who has din kadima and goes first?
A. Rema Mipano (Teshuvos 83) rules in regards to two individuals, one who is given an aliya to read ....
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Posted 7/27/2016 10:06 PM |
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# 1128 Bimatapping On Shabbos
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Q. Can a gabai leave on a recording device on Shabbos by the bima, so there will be a record of the donations given, when the people are not aware they are being recorded? Why is this any different than the security video recorders installed now at ....
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Posted 7/27/2016 12:06 AM |
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# 1127 Double Talk?
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Q. Why do we prohibit using a microphone on Shabbos, and we permit speaking to a person wearing a hearing aid?
A. Igrois Moishe (O.H. 4: 85) explains that microphones became prohibited by most Poskim because they involve “hashmoas kol ....
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Posted 7/25/2016 10:49 PM |
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# 1126 Turn a Deaf's Ear
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Q. Can a person who needs a hearing aid, adjust the volume on Shabbos? With a shinui?
A. Igrois Moishe (O.H. 4: 85 – see last question) permits the use of a hearing aid, since in reality the melocho is not done by the hard of hear ....
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Posted 7/22/2016 5:14 PM |
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# 1125 I See the Light
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Q. Regarding many areas in hilchos Shabbos there is a difference if the melocha is from the Torah or derabanan: amira lakum, maseh Shabbos etc. What is the status of electricity regarding such issues?
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Posted 7/22/2016 2:22 PM |
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# 1124 Hotel Or Notel
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Q. Can I be a partner in a non-kosher hotel?
A. Poskim maintain that one should not enter into a business venture with a Gentile that commercializes with non kosher products (Maharam Shik 136, Rama M’Pano 30, Darchei Teshuva 117: 17 e ....
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Posted 7/21/2016 11:40 PM |
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