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#381 When is Sunset (Sh'kiah)?
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Q. When is Sunset, is it when the bottom part of the sun first hits the horizon or when the top part of the sun hits the horizon?
A) It is clear from the Shulchan Oruch (O.H. 261: 2), other Poiskim and it is also the common accepte ....
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Posted 10/18/2013 12:47 PM |
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#380 Asking a Gentile to Get You a Cold Drink on Shabbos
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Q. In our institutional dining hall, there is an electric drink machine, which dispenses flavored drinks. How do I get a drink on Shabbos from that machine? Can I ask a non-Jew to push the button?
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Posted 10/18/2013 12:40 PM |
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#379 Making Frozen Slush on Shabbos
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Q. Is one allowed to make coke slush on shabbos, by putting coke (or any beverage) in the freezer until it becomes partially frozen (slush)? is this considered litzorech and מותר or is it problematic?
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Posted 10/18/2013 12:39 PM |
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#378 Using Back Yard Wood for a Yom Tov BBQ
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Q. It may be K'day to clarify if in our society wood left in the yard is Muchan for Yom Tov fire use.
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit"a opinion is that yard wood that was collected for burning in a fireplace or a BBQ fire pit can be ....
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Posted 10/18/2013 12:37 PM |
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#377 Microwave a Pre-cooked Meal on Shabbos
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Q. The bop (Federal Bureau of Prisons) does not give any hot meals on Shabbos. We sometimes buy meals from meal mart that have to be microwaved to be eaten hot. Is there a way we can ask a non-Jew to warm it up for us on Shabbos. There are no crock ....
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Posted 10/18/2013 12:36 PM |
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#376 When Did Yovel Begin?
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Q. I have a question, when did Yovel begin or for that matter, when did the Yidden start counting Shemita? I heard that this year or coming year is a Shemita, Is that true?
A) Yovel began after the fourteen-year period ....
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Posted 10/18/2013 12:34 PM |
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#375 Reeds Glued to Wood Spars for Schach Usage
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Q. Is it OK to take out the plastic coated wire that holds together a reed mat and glue the reeds to a 2x4 so that the reeds stay in place and don't blow away?
Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit"a opinion is that the glued reeds may be con ....
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Posted 10/4/2013 4:52 PM |
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#374 Geniza for Particles or Dust when Drilling S'forim
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Q. When bookbinding a sefer, sometimes you must drill holes in the pages to repair it. Is the paper dust that comes off the drill bit considered shaymos?
A. Mishna Berura (334: 50) rules that on s'forim that have already been used, t ....
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Posted 10/4/2013 4:51 PM |
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#373 A Table for a Pop Up Suka
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Q. On a pop up suka that you use for traveling, the area inside is only about a square meter and people eat in it usually standing do you have to have a chair and table too?
A. Shaarei Tzion (634: 7) permits one to eat in the Suka f ....
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Posted 10/4/2013 4:48 PM |
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#372 Avoiding Wasps in Suka
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Q. To avoid having the wasps in the suka, can you put outside food or honey that attracts them on Shabos and Yom Tov or is it feeding animals that don't belong to you?
A. Shulchan Aruch (O.H. 324: 11) rules that one should not feed ....
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Posted 10/4/2013 4:46 PM |
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#371 Protecting a Suka with a Screen
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Q. This year we had a tremendous plague of wasps in the suka, is it permitted to put a screen on top of the schach since it lets trough rain and light?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit' opinion is that technically it would be possible ....
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Posted 10/4/2013 4:42 PM |
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#370 Birchas Hagomel for a Minor
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Q. Our son, who is not bar mitzvah yet was hit by a car, while on his scooter on way to school. B"H he was only bruised lightly and needed no medical attention. Does he have to say Hagomel? Who recites the brocho, he or I the father and he listens? ....
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Posted 9/4/2013 12:52 PM |
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#369 Buying Stock In Companies That Work On Shabbos
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Q. Is it a problem to own stock in Canadian Tire, Walmart or Sears etc.? The stores are open on Shabbos and Yom Tov - not exactly sure how that affects the stock itself.
A. Igrois Moishe (O.H. 4: 54) in a forty year old teshuvo writ ....
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Posted 9/4/2013 12:49 PM |
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#368 Proper Stove Kashering
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Q. Can I kasher a treif oven that does not have self clean by turning it to 550 fahrenheit for an extended period of time? How about the electric stove burners?
Thank you
A…Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit"a indicated that t ....
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Posted 9/4/2013 12:45 PM |
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#367 Bracha on sushi
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Q. What is the bracha on sushi?
A. The popular kosher Sushi we most commonly consume consists of cooked vinegared rice sushi-meshi combined with other ingredients, usually raw or partially raw fish, as tuna or salmon or occasionally ....
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Posted 8/29/2013 2:43 PM |
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#366 Repeating a Posuk Multiple Times
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Q. I would like to clarify if it is permissible to recite a posuk with Hashem's name as often as one wishes (repeating the posuk with Hashem's name multiple times) not as a tefillah necessarily just as a i.e. reminder to someone or for an other pur ....
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Posted 8/29/2013 2:39 PM |
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#365 Briya, Birya or Berya?
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Q. What is the correct pronunciation of "briya" as in "it does not become annulled even in a thousand". Artscroll spells it as "briya", conversely the Mesivta and Veshinantam editions write the phonetics as; "birya", while many old-timers pronounce ....
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Posted 8/29/2013 2:38 PM |
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#364 Esther Hamalko's Siblings
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Q. Did Esther have any brothers or sisters?
(You are asking why it matters) It matters because I found an interesting Gematria. In Ki Seitzei, where it says, Mishpat habechorah, equals exactly Esther or 661.
Why would that Gem ....
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Posted 8/29/2013 2:35 PM |
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#363 Is Intention Essential in Social Mitzvos?
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Q. Since the Halacha is that you need kavanah or intention to comply with a Torah mitzvah and according to some even on a rabbinical mitzvah and since we do perform many mitzvoth during the day without even thinking, such as helping others, doing f ....
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Posted 8/29/2013 2:32 PM |
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#362 Inducing Birth Close to Rosh Hashanah
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Q. A woman that is due to deliver her newborn son (as seen in ultrasound) this week Thursday. If she is late about a week (normal in her case), the doctor recommended inducing the birth. That would result in performing the Brith Milah on Rosh Hasha ....
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Posted 8/23/2013 1:39 PM |
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