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#580 Is Aron a Person?
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Q. Sometimes there are only 9 people showing up at shul. The problem is that they lock the doors every hour on the hour so if we dont get a minyan, lets say at 8 AM, there is no chance to get a minyan since we have to leave by 9 AM.
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Posted 7/17/2014 10:25 AM |
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#579 Oversee the Dentifrice?
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Q. Is Colgate Toothpaste Kosher? Is there a problem using it although there is no hashgacha on the package?
Are any brands specifically not kosher?
A. Har Tzvi (Y.D. 95) permits toothpaste that has a non-kosher ingredient ....
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Posted 7/17/2014 10:25 AM |
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#578 A Sweeping Shaileh
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Q. I have a mulberry tree next to the side entrance of my home and the mulberries fall on the paved entrance. They can cause a mess on the carpets when someone steps on them and enters the house. Can they be swept with a broom on Shabbos since the ....
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Posted 7/17/2014 10:20 AM |
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#577 Yonge but Grown Eruv
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Q. My friends are coming in from Israel and want to know if there is an Eruv where I live please. 5XXX Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Between Finch Ave. W. and Sheppard Ave. W.)
A. Rabbi Akiva Steinmetz Shlit"a (Rabbi in c ....
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Posted 7/17/2014 10:19 AM |
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#576 Windows to the Moon
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Q. Can someone stay inside as say Kidush Levanah by seeing the moon through the window if it is too hot or too cold outside?
A. The Remah (O.H. 426: 4) rules that one should not recite Kidush Levono underneath a roof. Mishna Berura ....
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Posted 7/11/2014 11:43 AM |
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#575 Interrupting Kidush
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Q. If someone is in the middle of saying the bracha of Kidush Levanah and someone else approaches him and tells him Shalom Aleichem can he respond or is it a Hefsek?
A. Shulchan Aruch (O.H. 66: 1) rules that in the middle of the broc ....
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Posted 7/11/2014 11:42 AM |
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#574 The Kulanu-Kitchen, Kosher-Kettle
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Q. I share a kettle with a group of people. It has been brought to my attention that someone in the group may have poured hot water from the kettle into a cup containing a non-Kosher substance. What is the status of the kettle? If I used the kettle ....
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Posted 7/4/2014 1:18 PM |
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#573 Watch Out For That Watch
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Q. An automatic or self-winding watch in which energy comes from winding a spring automatically as a result of natural motion of the wearer's arm. This makes manual winding unnecessary. It does not use a battery.
My automatic watch ....
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Posted 7/4/2014 1:17 PM |
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#572 A Sticky Question?
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Q. Is it permitted to use "Post-It Notes" (aka "yellow stickies") on Shabbos? In particular I use these as book marks, since I can stick them in the margin and they mark the exact place where I left off reading. I find this especially useful when g ....
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Posted 7/4/2014 1:13 PM |
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#571 As Quick as Lightning
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Q. If at that time (when lightning is seen during a rainstorm) I can't say the bracha because my hands are unclean or I'm in the bathroom can I say it a bit latter?
A. This halocho is to be found in Shulchan Aruch (O.H. 227: 3) wher ....
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Posted 7/4/2014 11:22 AM |
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#570 An Enlightening Question
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Q. Dear Rabbi.
If I don't see the lightning itself during a rainstorm, but only the room becomes illuminated by it. Do I make the bracha of Maase Bereshit? If at that time I can't say the bracha because my hands are unclean or I'm in the bat ....
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Posted 7/4/2014 11:22 AM |
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#569 A Silent Blessing?
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Q. When davening amidah together with the shliach tzibur, word by word, as when you arrive late and can't do it with the minyan. When the shliach tzibur says birchas Cohanim (Elokeinu V'Elokey Avosenu), should you say with him word by word too or j ....
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Posted 7/4/2014 11:21 AM |
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#568 A Word in a Word by Word Tefilah
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Q. When davening amidah together with the shliach tzibur, word by word, as when you arrive late and can't do it with the minyan. If you daven nusach s'fard and you are in a place that davens ashkenaz and you say morid hatal but the shliach tzibur d ....
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Posted 7/4/2014 11:21 AM |
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#567 The Pits in Squeezing Lemons on Shabbos
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Q. Is it mutter to squeeze a lemon through your hand (to catch the pits) on shabbos (assuming it's samuch li'seudah and onto food)?
A. Mishna Berura (319, introduction) mentions as one of the three conditions that permit borer is th ....
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Posted 6/20/2014 3:15 PM |
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#566 Stoves Savings
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Q. On Yom Tov when someone had his stove fit with a special indicating light that shows if electricity is flowing or not at that time into the element and also has the standard indicator light disconnected, can you turn off the stove when the light ....
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Posted 6/20/2014 3:14 PM |
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#565 An Air Conditioned Mikvah?
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Q. Can one fill a Mikvah with water that formed and dripped directly from an air conditioner?
A. Chazon Ish (Y.D. Mikvaos 2: 137:13) debates the making of a mikvah using condensed steam water and considers it in principle permissibl ....
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Posted 6/20/2014 3:13 PM |
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#564 Pi in the Sky?
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Q. Although the Mishnah in Eiruvin says that the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter is 3, there is a rumour that the Vilna Gaon discovered a remez for the true value of the ratio based on a Kri Uksiv in a verse that is mentioned both ....
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Posted 6/13/2014 2:38 PM |
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#563 Raise a Few Eyebrows
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Q. Can a man trim his eyebrows if they are unruly and get into his eyes? What if his wife asks him to do it?
A. Shulchan Aruch (Y.D. 182: 1) rules on the prohibition to remove bodily hair growth. However Mordechai (Shabbos 50: 327) ....
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Posted 6/13/2014 2:31 PM |
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#562 Sweet Blessings
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Q. What brocho do you make on chocolate covered raisins or almonds? Thank you
A. Mishna Berura (204: 51) rules that on sugar-coated almonds, even when totally covered and when the quantity of sugar surpasses the almond, the brocho i ....
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Posted 6/13/2014 2:29 PM |
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#561 A Mitzvah to Vote?
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Q. B"H. Shalom, Dear Rabbi, Is there a halakhic obligation to vote in the elections for the various levels of government of Canada?
A. It is quite common in times of elections, specially in Israel for the Gedolim or recognized commu ....
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Posted 6/13/2014 1:57 PM |
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