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# 4356 An Alcohol Problem
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Q. Someone that has trouble with the idea of fasting, can he take a liquor drink at the Seudas Hamafsekes before commencing Tisha Beav?
A. Mishna Berura (552: 4) rules that it is prohibited. Horav Shlomo Miller ....
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Posted 7/21/2023 1:27 PM |
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# 4355 Comfortable as an Old Shoe
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Q. Kvod Horav. Last year I had a big argument with a visiting fellow that came to shul on Tisha Beav and was sitting low next to me. He was wearing a pair new tennis shoes (the label curiously was still on them).
I told him that it was pro ....
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Posted 7/21/2023 1:23 PM |
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# 4354 High Heaven Stink?
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Q. Since when Tisha Beav arrives, as it is on this year (on Thursday), people have not showered since last Shabbos and it is after all Summer, can one use deodorant on Tisha Beav when in shul not to affect others?
A. Piskei Teshuvos ( ....
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Posted 7/21/2023 1:20 PM |
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# 4353 Kosher Dishes Drying Towels
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Q. Dear Rabbi: Is it permitted to wash the dishes drying towels during the 9 Days as they become dirty?
A. Nitei Gavriel (35: 20) permits. However, our Rabbis opined that it may be unnecessary since you may just the dishes to dry by ....
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Posted 7/21/2023 1:18 PM |
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# 4352 Clean House
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Q. Can one use a vacuum-cleaner to clean a dirty home carpet during the Nine Days for honouring Shabbos?
On question 594 regarding if one can ask a maid to wash the carpets or curtains during the nine days, we wrote:
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Posted 7/21/2023 1:15 PM |
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# 4351 Soup Up?
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Q. It would be very helpful for my fasting (during Tisha Beav) if I could drink a cup of diluted vegetable soup at the Seudat Hamafseketh (last meal) before the fasting begins, after eating the customary hard boiled egg. I usually drink a tea then ....
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Posted 7/21/2023 1:14 PM |
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# 4350 Run and Eat?
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Q. I was eating matza for lunch on a Friday afternoon when it was still six hours before Shabbos. Some guy starts screaming at me that I am being Mechallel Shabbos (desecrating Shabbos), as one may not eat matza then. What is the correct response?< ....
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Posted 7/21/2023 1:11 PM |
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# 4349 Teach All A Lesson
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Q. If I can choose a place where to learn in a Beis Midrash, is it better to choose one facing the Mizrach as we do for davening, since we also say “Ki Mitzion Tetzeh Torah, Udevar Hashem M’Yerushalaim” or there is no difference?
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Posted 7/21/2023 1:09 PM |
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# 4348 Man of the Cloth?
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Q. When travelling during the 9 Days may one wear Bigdei Shabbos for the sake of convenience and having less baggage?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that although in need there may be room to be lenient. However, it is u ....
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Posted 7/21/2023 1:07 PM |
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# 4347 So, Get a New Head!
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Q. See question above. How about if the head is similar to a heart, and we reach a time when it can be eventually attached to the body of someone else. Who would that person be?
A. On question 4000 regarding hand and arm transplants f ....
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Posted 7/21/2023 1:04 PM |
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# 4346 Lost your Head?
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Q. We just heard that in an extremely rare and complex operation, Hadassah Medical Center surgeons have reattached a 12-year-old boy’s head to his neck after a serious accident in which he was hit by a car while riding his bicycle, the Jerusalem h ....
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Posted 7/21/2023 12:59 PM |
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# 4345 At Face Value
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Q. If I can choose a place where to learn in a Beis Midrash, is it better to choose one facing the Mizrach (east) as we do for davening, since we also say “Ki Mitzion Tetzeh Torah, Udevar Hashem M’Yerushalaim - Torah Comes to us from Tzion And Jeru ....
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Posted 7/16/2023 10:42 PM |
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# 4344 A Matter of Life and Death
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Q. Why is that on the day of the Yohrzait of a dear one, it is usual for many to give a kiddush after davening, give a Tikun and offer a ‘Lechaim’. Should not the day of Yohrzait be a sad and mournful day when we remember the dear ones departed?
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Posted 7/14/2023 12:30 AM |
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# 4343 Enlightening the Light
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Q. Kvod Harav; On the night of Tisha Beav if after returning from shul one goes home sits low, continues to recite Kinos or learns the permited Torah parts, does he also have to dim the lights or place some candles?
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Posted 7/14/2023 12:28 AM |
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# 4342 Be Patient with the Patient
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See question above. Is one allowed to sit before Chatzot on Tisha
Beav morning when visiting a patient and staying a while?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a
opinion is that if there is a benefit for the sick person one is ....
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Posted 7/14/2023 12:24 AM |
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# 4341 Careful What you Wish
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Q. When someone has to visit a family sick person during Tisha Beav morning, can one wish him a Refuah Shleima or is that prohibited since it may be seen as a prohibited salutation on that day?
A. Kovetz Halochos (p. 421) permits wish ....
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Posted 7/14/2023 12:23 AM |
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# 4339 Know Where You Stand
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Q. Dear Rabbi. If one travels by subway or bus during the morning of Tisha Beav, does one have to remain standing or can one seat before Chatzot? (midday).
A. Kovetz Halochos (p. 221) rules that on both cases one may sit down, since it ....
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Posted 7/14/2023 12:19 AM |
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# 4338 Curiosity Didn’t Kill the Cat
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Q. If I am home alone for a meal and my cat is sitting with me, can I still say the line about blessing all those that are seated here?
A. Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit'a maintains that he literal translation of המס• ....
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Posted 7/14/2023 12:17 AM |
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# 4337 A Tip on a Mezuza
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Q. I walk by a house that has the Mezuzah on the right side of the door post but tipped away from the house. I mentioned it to the Rabbi who knows the owners but it's still sitting there like that. Do I have any obligation to say anything such a ....
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Posted 7/14/2023 12:15 AM |
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# 4336 Count Your Chickens
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Q. Lab-grown chicken, meat could soon find its way onto American plates after USDA approval, Billed as "meat without the slaughter," lab-grown or "cultivated" meat made by two manufacturers has been approved for sale to U.S. consumers. What is Ho ....
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Posted 7/14/2023 12:13 AM |
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