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#83 - Making a brocha on the tree blossoms after Nissan.
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Q. Thank you so much Rabbi for your prompt answer. I would also like to know if I can still make the brocho for the tree blossoms, as it is not Nissan anymore.
A. Nitey Gavriel (Pesach 3, ch. 46) quotes a number of Poiskim that perm ....
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Posted 5/27/2011 2:14 AM |
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Posted 5/19/2011 10:57 PM |
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#81 - Owning a store that sells non kosher products
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Q. Thank you and Rav Miller for your prompt answer to our last Shaileh. A client is interested in buying a Dollar store, there are items that are part of the inventory that are not Kosher such as cans of prohibited fish and spam, is there a problem ....
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Posted 5/19/2011 10:47 PM |
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Posted 5/13/2011 2:33 PM |
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#79 - Seferas Haomer - Counting Yesterday
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Q. I counted sefiras haomer 18 minutes after shkiah and the next night when I counted I said today is so and so and yesterday was so and so.
Can I still count now onwards with a bracha?
Thanks,
A. Rav O ....
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Posted 5/13/2011 2:27 PM |
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#78 - Using New Items During Seferah.
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Q. I bought some new suits before Pesach but I didn't get a chance to have them checked for Shaatnez before the beginning of Sefirah. Can I use them now or do I have to wait till after Lag Baomer. Also I have the same question about a car bought be ....
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Posted 5/13/2011 2:21 PM |
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#77 - Loosing a Minyan before or during Kriyas HaTorah.
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Q. We began reading the torah and realized at the end of the first aliyah that a few people walked out and there was no minyan at the beginning of kriyas haTorah.
What is the correct thing to do? Do we start all over again once the p ....
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Posted 5/6/2011 12:57 PM |
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#76 - Storing Chumetz in a Refrigerator over Pesach.
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Q. Can I store sold Chumetz in my refrigerator over Pesach?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit"a opinion is that if it is chometz gomur it should not be stored even if sold, if it is only in a mixture or kitniyos it is permitted if total ....
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Posted 4/18/2011 1:21 AM |
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#75 - Voting during Chol Hamoad
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Q. Can I vote in the upcoming elections during Chol Hamoad?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller"s Shlit"a opinion is that you can vote with a Shinui if you could not have voted before or after Peisach.
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Posted 4/18/2011 1:18 AM |
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#74 - Discarding Chumetz in Commercial Garbage Containers
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Q. Large garbage containers that belong to a Jewish landlord, and they will be emptied only during Pesach, can the landlord place his own discarded Chometz into them on Erev Pesach.
A. If the waste containers belong to the landlord, ....
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Posted 4/15/2011 1:40 PM |
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#73 - Rental Property Returned During Pesach
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Q. Dear Rabbi, If someone owns a rental property and a Gentile tenant returns his unit during Pesach, and it contains a sizable amount of abandoned chometz, what should he do? How should he clean it for the next tenant?
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Posted 4/15/2011 1:35 PM |
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#72 - Kashering Glass for Pessach
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Q. I understand it is possible to kasher glass which has not come into contact with hot food by soaking in water for 3 days and changing the water every day. Does it have to be soaked on the outside as well as the inside? Does the water have to be ....
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Posted 4/15/2011 1:31 PM |
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#71 - Extending Shabbos
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Q. I cannot find anything about the subject of how long I may extend my shabbat? May I end shabbat (with maariv and havdala) at midnight for example? Is this discussed anywhere?
A. You can extend Shabbos until close to Chatzois (mid ....
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Posted 4/13/2011 11:20 PM |
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Posted 4/13/2011 11:16 PM |
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#69 - Making a Bracha on Inventions and Machines.
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If you see a great invention or a super computing machine do you have to make a Bracha?
Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit"a opinion is that the customary brocho recited when encountering a great sage of the nations, (Blessed be the One wh ....
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Posted 4/8/2011 4:04 PM |
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#68 - Bedikat Chametz Before Traveling to Eretz Yisroel
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Q. Shalom Dear Rabbi, I will be traveling next week to Israel for Pesach, I'm planning to sell my chametz in Israel, do I still have to make Bedikat Chametz, prior to my leaving?
A. Mishne Berurah 436,32 quotes two opinions in regard ....
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Posted 4/8/2011 4:01 PM |
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#67 - Saying Kadish for Several Neshamot at once.
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Q. A person who is already saying Kadish for his father-in-law, (as there are no sons), was asked to recite Kadish for another recently deceased relative, who does not have anyone to say Kadish in her name. Can he accept this additional commitment ....
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Posted 4/1/2011 1:18 PM |
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#66 - Mechiras Chometz at Pesach Hotels Overseas.
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Q. A family is traveling to Europe to spend Pesach in a hotel there. As they are traveling with children and they plan to spend some time after Pesach traveling in Europe, they are taking with them a suitcase full of chometz products for use after ....
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Posted 4/1/2011 1:10 PM |
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#65 - Transfering Food to a Non Jewish Patient.
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Q. Can a Jewish patient transfer a tray of Chometz food to another non-Jewish patient, laying in the next bed, during Pesach.
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit"a opinion is that it is prohibited, as the non-Jewish patient will remain gr ....
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Posted 3/25/2011 1:18 PM |
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#64 - Serving a Non Jewish Patient Meat and Milk.
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Q. Can a nurse serve a non Jewish patient meals that contain cooked meat and milk during the year.
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit"a opinion is that it is permitted in need only, since there are several "Sfeikos" or doubts as to the n ....
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Posted 3/25/2011 1:15 PM |
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