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#431 Crumpling Aluminum Pans on Shabbos
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Q. Is one allowed to crumple up a disposable aluminum pan on Shabbos?
A. Shulchan Aruch (O.H. 314: 1 and Biur Halacha) rule that there is a rabbinical proscription of destroying utensils on Shabbos. However, on a disposable utensil ....
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Posted 12/24/2013 9:34 AM |
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#430 Using Makeup Remover on Shabbos
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Q. How can I use makeup remover on Shabbos?
The remover is liquid. When I wake up shabbos morning, at times the makeup runs under my eyes so I want to know if u can clean it up with makeup remover by putting a little on a q-tip or just using ....
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Posted 12/13/2013 1:17 PM |
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#429 Can I Taste Food on a Taanis Erev Shabbos?
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Q. (On Asarah Beteveth on Friday this year) Can one preparing the food for Shabbat on Friday, taste it without swallowing, to see if it is well prepared? Do you then make a bracha?
A. Remoh (O.H. 567: 1) rules that on a communal fas ....
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Posted 12/11/2013 7:18 PM |
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#428 Making an Early Shabbes on Friday Asarah Beteveth
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Q. (On Asarah Beteveth on Friday this year) if someone davens mincha early, can he then make an early Shabbat and eat before nightfall?
A. Shulchan Aruch (O.H. 249:) quotes an opinion that even on a taanis tzibur (communal fast) you ....
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Posted 12/11/2013 7:16 PM |
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Posted 12/11/2013 7:05 PM |
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#426 Salads in Difficult Situations
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Q. The bop (bureau of prisons) does not serve fresh vegetables to Jewish inmates. You get a microwaved meal and sometimes sealed tuna or sardines. It is called common fare. However, the non Jews get fresh salad from a salad bar, like cut lettuce, c ....
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Posted 12/11/2013 7:01 PM |
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#425 Davening for an Assimilated Cohen
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Q. (When making a Mi Sheverach for a sick person) If he is an assimilated cohen married to a non Jewish woman, do you still mention hacohen in the mi sheverach.
A. See prior answer, that in general you don't have to mention at all in ....
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Posted 12/11/2013 3:29 PM |
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#424 Mentioning Titles in a Mi Sheverach
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Q. When making a mi sheverach for a sick person who is a cohen, do you mention hacohen after his name or after his mother's name?
A. Birkey Yosef (Y.D. 240: 4) writes that when praying on behalf of one's father or Rebbe, he should om ....
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Posted 12/11/2013 3:27 PM |
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#423 What Is so Special About a Half an Hour?
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Q. Shalom, Dear Rabbi, What is the reason that the Hanukkah candles have to be lit for at least half an hour? What is so special about a thirty-minute period?
Thanks.
A. The Talmud (Shabbos 21b) mentions that the menorah light ....
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Posted 12/9/2013 11:21 PM |
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#422 Can you Extinguish the Shul Menorah After Maariv?
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Q. When finishing the tefilah (after maariv during Chanukah), the last one to leave extinguishes the lights of the menorah before a half an hour of being lit has passed, as they do in many Shuln that I know, is that OK?
A. Some Poi ....
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Posted 12/6/2013 12:59 PM |
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#421 Can you Light Chanuka Candles Before Sunset?
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Q. Can you light in a shul (the menorah) before the shkiah (sunset)?
A. Shulchan Aruch (O.H. 672: 1) rules that "you do not light the menorah before the shkiah – and one opinion is that in need you may light after plag hamincha" [on ....
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Posted 12/6/2013 12:54 PM |
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#420 Lighting the Menorah at a Chanuka Party
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Q. When making a Hanuka party in a large room that was in the past used for a Shul and now is only used for shiurim and only occasionally for a minyan, can you light there the menorah at the party with a bracha?
A. Minchas Elozor (O ....
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Posted 12/6/2013 12:51 PM |
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#419 Are You Allowed to Take a Picture of a Menorah?
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Q. Hi Rabbi, Can I take pictures of my kids and family by the Hanukah menorah or is this considered as deriving benefit from the light of the Hanukah candles?
A. Chelek Levy (Y.D. 124) permits taking photographs from a matzeivah and ....
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Posted 11/29/2013 1:13 PM |
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#418 Can I Light the Menorah in My Car?
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Q. Thanks for your prompt response. Is it possible to light the menorah (while in the hospital attending my husband, who is in intensive care) in our car parked in the parking lot of the hospital, and me staying a half an hour with only one candle ....
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Posted 11/29/2013 1:10 PM |
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#417 Chanuka Lighting on an Out of Town Wedding
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Q. I am going to a close family relative wedding in Bklyn., NY during Chanukah and they are putting us up in a neighbors house for 3 to 4 nights. My first night there is the last night Chanuka. My question is that also the situation is that my wife ....
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Posted 11/28/2013 10:56 PM |
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#416 What is a Kivud at a Wedding?
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Q. If someone wants to honor a close family member the highest honor possible at a wedding, what is considered according to CHAZAL a bigger honor, is it a Brocha at the Chupa or is it leading the Benching at the Seuda of the wedding?
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Posted 11/28/2013 10:55 PM |
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#415 Time Lapse for Dairy After Meat in Intensive Care.
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Q. My husband (hospitalized and in intensive care) is restricted to eat only paste like food, which is labeled as meat. He can't have fluids like water, because he chokes on them. The drink is labeled as OU- Dairy (Meat is supplied by Baycrest), h ....
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Posted 11/28/2013 10:52 PM |
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#414 Electric Menorah in Hospital
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Q. I'm spending practically every day and night in hospital with my husband who is in intensive care. Bikur Cholim offered us an electric menorah. Can I make a bracha when lightning or is it better to name an agent that should light for us?
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Posted 11/28/2013 10:50 PM |
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#413 Crashing Into an Illegally Parked Vehicle (B)
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Q. If I did contact the owner and offered to pay for the repair, (to avoid contacting the insurers) and I have a place that fixes at a lower rate, but the car owner wants to go to the dealer because he gets a rented car, do I have to agree? (Sequen ....
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Posted 11/28/2013 10:42 PM |
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#412 Crashing Into an Illegally Parked Vehicle (A)
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Q. If someone parked his car in an illegal parking position in the back of my properly parked car and I backed when driving out from my spot and crashed into that car that should not be parked there, do I have any liability and do I have to contact ....
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Posted 11/28/2013 10:40 PM |
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