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# 950 Enlighten the Un-Covered
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Q. Is it correct to use a commercial wick that comes covered with a wax coating even if you use olive oil, since the mitzvah is done at the moment of kindling, and you are using then wax, not oil?
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Posted 12/9/2015 12:53 PM |
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# 949 Light on Time
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Shalom
Q. I have a chavrusa every Thursday evening at 5:30 PM.
Next week, is it better to cancel the chavrusa in order to light the menorah at the ideal zman? Rescheduling isn't possible.
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Posted 12/7/2015 7:42 PM |
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# 948 Give Me a Hanuka Break
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Q. I'm an ovel for my father, can I take my children (My wife is taking care of the small ones) to a Chanuka party where there will be games and activities for them?
Can I take them to a water park in Niagara during their Chanuka break?
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Posted 12/6/2015 2:36 PM |
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# 947 Invest In Your Future
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Q. I'm planing to invest the capital obtained (from a property that I inherited from my parents – see last question) and live of the interests. The amount to be received monthly is small and barely covers my needs. Do I still have to give maser? < ....
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Posted 12/6/2015 2:30 PM |
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# 946 Tight Times Tithes
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Q. I have a property that I inherited from my parents, it is my sole source of financial support (I’m a single woman, non-employed by health reasons) Due to family issues I’m forced to sell this property at at a loss (less than the true value of t ....
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Posted 12/6/2015 2:29 PM |
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# 945 Give Me a Brocho
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Hi Rabbi Bartfeld,
Hope all is well. A few questions:
1) What is the beracha on chocolate that has wafer in it (like Klil or Kit Kat) is it mezonos or shehakol?
A. 1) The general rule in brochos is that whenever there is an ....
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Posted 12/6/2015 1:41 PM |
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# 944 Many Brochos to You
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A few questions:
2) Also (what is the beracha) on ice cream and cookies (cookies mixed in ice cream)?
Thank you
A. 2) On ice cream that contains pieces of cookies and other toppings such as fruits or nuts, it depe ....
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Posted 12/6/2015 1:38 PM |
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# 943 Step By Step
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Q. Hi, my name is ... I am 18 years old living in Brantford, Ontario I still live with me parents. I've been studying and studying about Judaism for over a year now and I do know the entire Hebrew alphabet. I want to become Jewish and I very muc ....
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Posted 12/6/2015 1:14 PM |
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# 942 Forgot to Make Havdoloh?
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Q. Re- questions 935 – 938. How can you have a conversion on an already married to each other couple and then do the wedding the same day, do you not require 3 months of separation to establish if a child was conceived from Jewish parents bekdusha ....
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Posted 11/29/2015 11:40 PM |
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# 941 Pass the Karpass
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Q.
My
family uses raw parsley for karpas. Is the brachah on raw parsley
still adama today or perhaps today it is not
eaten
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Posted 11/29/2015 11:20 PM |
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# 940 Please Don't Help Yourself?
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Q. We are supposed to trust and have bitachon in Hashem that things will turn out good and not overdo our hishtadlus (efforts). Yet at the same time if someone approaches us for help, we can’t turn them down and tell them Hashem will help you and hav ....
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Posted 11/27/2015 2:51 PM |
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# 939 No Change in Levaya Traditions?
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Q. I was attending a levaya and before they covered the aron with earth, someone approached the kever and threw some coins into the kever. The Rabbi, maybe did not notice, and did nothing. Is that not a goyshe minhag?
Should we have made an iss ....
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Posted 11/27/2015 2:44 PM |
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# 938 Adults Only?
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Q. (A prior already married couple [to each other] that is now converting and going to the chupa on the same day as the tevila.)Do their children attend the chupa?
A. In question 693 on this forum we wrote; “It is customary that childre ....
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Posted 11/27/2015 2:40 PM |
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# 937 There You Go Again
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Q. Does in the above case (A prior already married couple [to each other] that is now converting and going to the chupa on the same day as the tevila) the Giyores kallah wear white since she is like newborn? Is there a Badekn ceremony? Does she make ....
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Posted 11/27/2015 2:37 PM |
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# 936 Reborn Pure
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Q. In the above case, (A prior already married couple [to each other] that is now converting and going to the chupa on the same day as the tevila), If she made a hefsek does she have to keep full seven tahara days, or since by converting she is like ....
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Posted 11/27/2015 2:32 PM |
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# 935 Time For A New Name
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Q.A prior already married couple (to each other) that is now converting and going to the chupa on the same day as the tevila, can they use the newly adopted Hebrew names in the kesuba?
A. Remo (E.H. 120: 3) rules in regards to a get, t ....
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Posted 11/27/2015 2:26 PM |
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# 934 Unsupervised Drinking?
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Q. I have attended simchas and parlor meetings in houses where the host claims it is all done under COR supervision and found that they serve Baileys or Kahlua liquor. Are those liquors under COR hechser?
A. We forwarded yo ....
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Posted 11/25/2015 3:28 PM |
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# 933 Unveiling a Minhag
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Q. Is there a source for the minhag that some people have to give a seuda or a tikun after the unveiling of the matzeiva?
A. Although some, mainly followers of Chasidic traditions do occasionally offer tikun on the day of Hakomas Ham ....
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Posted 11/20/2015 3:07 PM |
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# 932 Matzeva Enlightenment?
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Q. Do you light candles next to the Matzeva when you do the unveiling?
A. Torah Lishma, (520) Nitey Gavriel (Avelus 2: 67; 3) et. al. mention that it is correct to light candles on or close to the matzeva and one should say before li ....
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Posted 11/20/2015 3:06 PM |
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# 931 No Stone Unturned…or Taken
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Q.
What is the reason for placing small stones on the matzeiva after
the unveiling ceremony? If you can't find any stones, is it permitted
to take some from another kever or is that stealing?
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The S'hloh, (Rosh Hashana) El ....
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Posted 11/20/2015 3:05 PM |
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