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# 1089 Not for the Faint-Hearted
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Q. Thank you so much for your answer on the new heart transplant techniques and the opportunities they offer. It is not clear from the answer according to Halacha how long should, the efforts to resuscitate the patient be continued before permitting ....
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Posted 6/17/2016 6:55 PM |
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# 1088 Ma'aser Purchaser
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Q. Can one buy with Maaser money cakes or other foods for Yom Tov that are sold for the benefit of an institution like a yeshiva?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that you would have to deduct the market value of the food, a ....
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Posted 6/16/2016 11:43 PM |
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# 1087 Carry the Torch?
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Q. Thank you so much for your prompt answer on the ner havdala shayle (#1081) on Motzei Shabbos – Yom Tov.
You mentioned from Mishna Berura that a candle that has several wicks is not considered as an avuka (torch) because they all are seen ....
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Posted 6/15/2016 10:32 PM |
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# 1086 Heart Stopping Question
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Q. Now hearts can be taken from completely dead donors; the donor heart does not have to be beating when it is harvested. How does this impact organ donation and Jewish law? I believe that one reason against organ donation is controversy surroundi ....
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Posted 6/15/2016 9:59 PM |
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#1085 Counter Argument
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Q. I have a shaila for you. We are moving into a condo previously owned by a non jew.It could be close to a year vacant as the owner went into a nursing home many months ago.We are going to redo the kitchen but in the meantime what do we do with f ....
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Posted 6/14/2016 2:57 PM |
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# 1084 Pray Tell, Should we Pray?
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Q. Can the gabay of our shule make a mi sheberach for a gentile (he is a good friend to one of our members) and is ill?
Does it matter if he observes all seven Noahide mitzvos, or can yo recite if he is an adherent to the Catholic religion?< ....
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Posted 6/14/2016 2:33 PM |
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#1083 The Simchas Torah of Shavuos
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Q. Why don’t we rejoice and make hakofos on Shavuos as we do in Simchas Torah, after all that is the day of the giving of the Torah and the wedding itself?
A. Our Sages (Seder Chag Hashevuos, Tel Talpios p. 18 et. al.) stress the g ....
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Posted 6/10/2016 5:35 PM |
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# 1082 Bring to Light
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Q. Is it better if one lights the yortzait candle usually used on the second day Yom Tov when they say Izkor, before Shabbos (you would need a 72 hour candle) since it is not really needed for Yom Tov?
A. Shulchan Aruch (O.H. 514: 5) ....
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Posted 6/10/2016 5:26 PM |
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# 1081 Wick-ed Shayla?
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Q. When Yom Tov falls on Motzei Shabbos you make havdala at the end of the kidush adding the brocho of meorei haeish. Since you can't light your regular havdala candle, because you can't extinguish it on Yom Tov, should you make the brocho on the Y ....
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Posted 6/10/2016 4:46 PM |
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# 1080 Have Your Cheesecake And Eat It Too?
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Q. How come some eat milchig first night Shavuos, isn’t there a mitzvah of simcha the first night too, and you have to eat meat?
A. Darkei Teshuva (89: 19) writes that many eat one milk meal on Shavuos. Others follow the tradition ....
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Posted 6/10/2016 4:41 PM |
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# 1079 Lose Sleep Over This?
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Q. When Shabbos is Erev Shavuos can you sleep on the Shabbos afternoon if you don’t normally sleep then or sleep less, or is this a prohibited hachone (preparing) from Shabbos to Yom Tov?
A. Although in principle preparing on Shab ....
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Posted 6/10/2016 4:35 PM |
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# 1078 Time is Many
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Q. What if someone constantly comes late because he gives a shiur to many people in another location, is it correct for the sake of the Torah of many, to skip P’sukei D’zimra?
Thank you.
A. Igrois Moishe (O.H. 4: 91) permits a T ....
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Posted 6/10/2016 12:15 AM |
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# 1077 A Long Time Coming
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Q. It is quoted in the name of Rav Chaim Kaniefsky Shlita (Sefer Ishay Yisrael) that when one comes late to shacharis, skipping parts of pesukei dzimra is only an option if it is somewhat a rare occurrence, but someone who consistently comes a co ....
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Posted 6/9/2016 12:24 AM |
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# 1076 Cloth Encounters
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Q. If I spend some time sunbathing at a beach or swimming pool area, can I recite brochos and learn Torah with just my bathing suit on and my head covered?
A. See answer # 1075 above. Shulchan Aruch (O.H. 74: 6) rules that for the sake ....
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Posted 6/6/2016 10:54 PM |
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# 1075 Bury One's Body in the Sand
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Q. Re- question #1074, that Rashbi and his son when hiding in the cave put on their clothing for saying shema according to Tosafot. Is that correct?, I remember learning that reading shema is the same as saying a bracha and unlike tefila, as long a ....
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Posted 6/5/2016 10:05 PM |
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# 1074 Keep On Davening?
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Q. The Halacha is that a person for whom Torah study is his occupation, he is exempt from prayer. An example of such a person is Rashbi [Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai]. And, yet, the Gemara in Shabbos tells us that although Rashbi would learn with his ....
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Posted 6/5/2016 5:19 PM |
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# 1073 A Close Shave for Shavuos?
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Q. What is the Halacha regarding using electric shavers? Does lift and cut make any difference?
Thank you
A. There are basically three different opinions in regards to using electric shavers. Early Gedolim including Chofe ....
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Posted 6/5/2016 5:00 PM |
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# 1072 Wash Your Step
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Q. My family's minhag is to wash netilas yadayim before Kiddush. I sometimes go to a Kiddush on Shabbos morning and eat mezonos, and then I come home and want to make Kiddush again for my wife before my meal. Should I wash before Kiddush the second ....
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Posted 6/3/2016 5:19 PM |
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# 1071 Chaim B'Mayim
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Q. I feel I frequently need to drink water, but I find it difficult to drink much at a time or to drink it quickly, so I don't usually say a brocha acharona. To make matters complicated, I like to sit outside on my porch with a drink. Sometimes I go ....
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Posted 5/30/2016 10:38 PM |
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# 1070 The Rich and Famished
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Q. In the beginning of the Egyptian servitude at the start of Sefer Shemos, Rav Sa'adya Gaon (see Rav Kapach's translation in Chumash Toras Mosad Rav Kook) says that "Ka'asher yianu oso...kain yifrotz"' means that Kal Yisroel became wealthy. What g ....
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Posted 5/30/2016 3:38 PM |
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