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# 3085 Into the Drink?
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Q. Recently you posted a Q&A about drinking on Purim where ones parent has asked a child to not drink on Purim. In the answer you write that the boy should listen to his parents and not drink. However you then write in the name of Rav Sh ....
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Posted 3/12/2021 11:02 AM |
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# 3084 Name your Dream
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Q. My partner (see question above) also had a dream were his mother told him that his true name is not just Moshe as he has maintained all his life, until the dream and as is written in his Kesuva. She revealed to him in that dream, that he was also ....
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Posted 3/11/2021 11:20 PM |
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# 3083 Dream Away
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Q. If a partner of mine told me that his deceased mother came to him in a dream and told him that he owes me five thousand dollars and gave me an envelope with the cash. I went through our accounts and could not find anything to reflect his noble as ....
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Posted 3/11/2021 11:10 PM |
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# 3082 Leave in Peace
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Q. It says in the Mishna Berura not to leave until the end of davening (siman 55) unless he heard all the kaddeishim until aleinu. May one be lenient with this when leaving to go to another shul where they struggle with a minyan and one was asked to ....
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Posted 3/11/2021 10:18 PM |
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# 3081 Rise From the Dead
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Q. I was told that Horav Miller mentioned that one of the reasons for our terrible Covid Pandemic is related to the lack of honor given to the dead such as cremating the bodies. Did he really say that? What is the reason or source for such an assump ....
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Posted 3/11/2021 10:13 PM |
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# 3080 Late or Up to Date?
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Q. This year (5781-2021) when Erev Pesach is on Shabbat, does one read the Haggada then or is it better to read it on the prior Shabbat as the Shabbat Hagadol drasha is also preceded to Parshat Vayikra?
A. Mishna Berura (430: 2) maintai ....
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Posted 3/11/2021 10:04 PM |
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# 3079 Welcome Aboard
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Q. See question above. Can one invite a prospective Ger who is already in the process of conversion to the Pesach Seder?
A. As mentioned on last question (3078), Gentiles in principle should not be invited to the Pesach Seder.
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Posted 3/7/2021 11:03 PM |
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# 3078 Care and Share
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Q. Can one invite a totally irreligious relative, that one wants to be mekarev (bring close to Judaism) to the Pesach Seder?
A. Shulchan Aruch and Mishna Berurah (512 : 1) rule that one should not invite Gentiles on Yom Tov for a meal, ....
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Posted 3/7/2021 10:44 PM |
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# 3077 More or Less?
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Q. If in a newly established minyan there is a disagreement whether to say yotzros (added tefilos for special dates) or not, what is the correct thing to do?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that in principle every congregati ....
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Posted 3/7/2021 10:06 PM |
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# 3076 Eat One's Matza and Have It Too?
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Q. Someone that has a minhag not to eat matza thirty days before Pesach, can he eat then shemura matza left overs from last Pesach that were likely placed on a chometz table during the year and he would certainly not eat them during next Pesach?
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Posted 3/5/2021 1:15 AM |
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# 3075 Shabbos Purim Seuda?
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A Q. Someone was eating the Purim Seuda last Friday and drank wine and time went by fast, (he didn't fall asleep). Then he realized that it was already Shabbos (he davened Mincha before the seuda). If he still wanted to eat and drink something or co ....
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Posted 3/5/2021 1:10 AM |
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# 3074 Giving Trouble
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Q. Does one comply with Shalach Monos when giving chomentashn or cakes to a diabetic?
A. Nishmas Avrohom (695) quotes RS'Z Auerbach zt'l who maintains that one complies, since the receiver can offer them to members of his family and gue ....
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Posted 3/5/2021 1:08 AM |
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# 3073 Smell the Shalach Manos?
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Q. I have a dear friend that is in hospital and is being fed intravenously as he can't digest any food. I would like to send him Shalach Manot to rise his spirits this Purim. He complained to me that he dislikes the smell in his multiple people ro ....
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Posted 3/5/2021 1:04 AM |
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# 3072 What a Place!
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Q. Dear Rabbi I'm a Shaliach that collects for an important Torah institution and I visit Mexico City usually once a year. I read recently and also checked it out, that the downtown of that city is full of buried corpses. I'm a Cohen and I do visit ....
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Posted 3/2/2021 10:21 PM |
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# 3071 That's a Shame
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Q. One went to a shul to wish mazel tov to a Rav for a simcha. One planned to stay only a short while at the kiddush, since one has a guest in his house who is waiting for him. However, as one prepares to leave, the Rav gets up to speak, and one fee ....
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Posted 3/2/2021 10:15 PM |
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# 3070 Directions for the Phone Directory
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Q. Is a phone book muktze during Shabbos? Could it be used then by youngsters to keep the score on games played, (by turning the numbered pages to the desired number), such as Scrabble?
A. In principle a phone book is muktza since it is ....
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Posted 3/2/2021 10:08 PM |
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# 3069 An Eye on Your Apple
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Q. If someone recited Haetz bracha on an apple or any other fruit and there was apple sauce in front of him but he did not have in mind to include it, does he have to say a Shahakol bracha on it?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion ....
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Posted 3/2/2021 10:00 PM |
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# 3068 Checking the Bags
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Q. I was wondering, when I open my Tefilin bag, as all others I recall seeing, the zipper opens from right to left. The Tefilin Shel Rosh (head Tefilin) are placed on the right and since the Shel Yad (hand Tefilin), which we put on first are on the ....
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Posted 3/2/2021 9:51 PM |
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# 3067 The Robot and the Monkey
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Q. In hospitals that already use robots for carrying and delivering meals for the patients, can one place Shalach Manot to be delivered by them to the sick?
A. Chashukei Chemed (Megila 7a) quotes a story of A Rov that complained to the ....
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Posted 2/28/2021 12:11 PM |
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# 3066 The Customs of Costumes
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Q. Can one wear a Purim costume when davening?
A. Shulachan Aruch requires that one davening the Amida, to be dressed properly as if he would be standing facing a king.
Therefore, Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion ....
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Posted 2/28/2021 12:07 PM |
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