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#5294 Go For a True Song
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- Q. As we are to read on this Shabbos Shirah the song that gives the name to the Shabbos, does it all have to be read with a special tune
A. There are indeed different traditions. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlita opinion is that indeed th ....
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Posted 2/9/2025 10:49 PM |
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#5293 An Eating Problem?
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Q. See question above. I see that frum people go on vacation times or dates to places and restaurants that serve both Kosher and non-kosher food. Is that permitted?
Is there any reason to worry about ma’aris ayin when doing so?
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Posted 2/9/2025 11:36 AM |
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#5292 A Drink Problem?
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- Q. Can someone traveling and being in an airport or plane, consume a coffee or tea served in what seems to be just items that are essentially kosher? What is Horav Miller’s Shlit’a opinion?
Would he drink it?
A. Although it is c ....
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Posted 2/7/2025 12:15 PM |
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#5291 Sounds Are To Good to Be True?
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- Q. Kvod Moreinu Horav Shlit”a: What is the Halacha regarding the prohibition of Kol Isha (listening to the voice of a woman singing) if the music in question is changed to either raise or lower the pitch? If the voice now sounds like a mans is ....
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Posted 2/7/2025 12:13 PM |
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#5290 Don’t Trim the Shovavim!
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- Q. See question above. Another explanation is because Shovavim falls after the winter solstice, which is when the days start to get longer.
This connects to the narrative recounted in Avodah Zara (8a) that after Adam sinned, he asc ....
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Posted 2/7/2025 12:06 PM |
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#5289 The Shovaim Meaning
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- Q. Dear Rov Shlit’a: I overheard in our shul that we are now at the very special time of the year known as Shovavim. What exactly is the time period of Shovavim? And what does it mean? Why is it so special?
A. Shovavim is the word ....
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Posted 2/7/2025 12:02 PM |
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#5288 Get the Right Day Right!
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Q. See question above . Thanks Rabbi for the enlightenment. Yet, why is the minhag to recite it on that particular day of the week?
A. Sefarim explain that Tuesday was the day that plants, vegetation and fruits were created.
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Posted 2/7/2025 2:34 AM |
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#5287 Always “Heaven On Earth"
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Q. We were asked a number of Shailos this year, significantly more than in others regarding the reciting this week of Parshas Haman on Tuesday.
I sent to them the following Teshuva, we once wrote:
A. “1606 - Q. What is the sour ....
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Posted 2/5/2025 3:49 PM |
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#5286 Let Women Forget?
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Q. See questions above. As Tu Bishvat is approaching and one of the fruits traditionally eaten that we serve are olives, often people ask, (as reflected above), if it is correct to eat olives, since the Sages teach that it affects the Torah lear ....
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Posted 2/5/2025 10:35 AM |
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#5285 Living with Olives V
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- Q. We must add the following part to the answers above.
“Does it make a different if the olives are lightly chewed or well-chewed? Does it make a difference if they are eaten by themselves or with garlic or in something (e.g. cottage chees ....
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Posted 2/4/2025 9:57 PM |
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#5284 Living with Olives IV
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- Q. See question above. What is the definition of “Rogil” How often is it?
A. On question 452 and 2550 regarding the eating of olives, we wrote:
“What is meant by Rogil? How often? How many? Does it make a difference in which c ....
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Posted 2/4/2025 7:08 PM |
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#5283 Living with Olives III
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- Q. See question above. Since it is common to consume olive oil, is that also included in the prohibition above?
A. (Mor Uk”tzio 170, Kaf Hachaim 157: 27 et. al.) Poskim maintain that on the contrary, adding olive oil (which i ....
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Posted 1/31/2025 1:25 PM |
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#5282 Living with Olives II
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- Q. See question above. What kind of olives are included in this prohibition?
A. Many Poiskim opine that the Talmud is only referring to raw or fresh olives not the ones that have been pickled or salted.
(Mor Uk”tzio 170, Kaf ....
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Posted 1/31/2025 1:24 PM |
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#5281 Living with Olives?
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- Q. As we approach Tu Bishvat and prepare for our party that includes all the fruits that Hashem blessed us with, our large Kiruv and Ba’aley Teshuva group has many questions regarding the eating of olives that are also included.
Is ....
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Posted 1/31/2025 1:21 PM |
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#5280 No Parking Allowed
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- Q. Is one allowed to park a car in a prohibited parking spot when going to shul or doing any another mitzva. I see that often people do so, is that correct? If they do, do they comply with the intended mitzva?
After all is that not a ....
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Posted 1/31/2025 1:17 PM |
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#5279 The Blessed Wine?
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- Q. See question above. How about someone who has a Shabbos guest that visits often and usually brings as a gift a wine bottle.
On occasions he arrives late after the host made already kiddush, (there are young kids in the family).
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Posted 1/31/2025 1:15 PM |
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#5278 The Brew Bracha
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- Q. When someone is taking part in a Kiddush and makes a brocho on wine and then he drinks other liquors such as beer, does one have to recite another brocho? How about a mixed drink that also contains some wine?
A. On question 3029 w ....
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Posted 1/31/2025 1:12 PM |
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#5277 Listening To the Shema!
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- Q. I always wondered why in the most important reading of the Shema, that we repeat a number of times every day begins in a singular form, yet it ends in plural?
A. It could well be that the beginning of Shema Yisroel is addressing ....
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Posted 1/31/2025 1:07 PM |
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#5276 Fruits For All?
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- Q. Dear Rov Shlit”a. I and many women in my family and friends take part on a Seuda of Tu Bihvat or eat the assorted fruits on Tu Bihvat as men do. Yet I wonder: Why are women required to comply with that Minhag and tradition, after all it should ....
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Posted 1/31/2025 1:05 PM |
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#5275 Women On Time?
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- See question above Q. Is it okay (as a woman) to skip davening in the morning so I can be part of a large group of women who say tehillim together and do mincha later in the day when I have less time pressure?
If this on line group i ....
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Posted 1/31/2025 1:03 PM |
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