23 Nisan 5772;8th Day of the Omer; 42 Days Until Kabolas HaTorah
April 15, 2012
CURRENT TOPIC:
HALACHOS OF SEFIRAS HA'OMER
1) Once we start counting the second week of the Omer, when we count the weeks as well as the days, if you responded to the inquiry of "what night is tonight?" saying "Tonight is 9", as long as you didn't add the information "...Which is one week and 2 days" you haven't satisfied your obligation, and may go ahead and still count with a Bracha. (Mishna Berura Siman 489:22 and Sha'ar HaTziyun Os 28)
2) Therefore, if you tell someone on the night of the 33rd day of the Omer that "Tonight is Lag B'Omer", there is no need to worry, and you are still required to count the Omer with a Bracha. (This is a very common occurrence, and many mistakenly do not make a Bracha after it happens
QUESTION & ANSWER CORNER
Reader Submitted Questions of interest on topics related to Halachos we covered, as well as other interesting topic and Answers.
These Q&A are taken from the Q & A pages on the Halacha For Today website.
Although the answers I give to questions are taken directly from the Sifrei HaPoskim, and aren't my own, they are still for study purposes only, NOT for Psak Halacha.
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Reader's Question:
If one is fleishig can he eat parve products made with dairy equipment?
Answer:
If the parve food cooked in the dairy pot is not a davar Charif (sharp food such as an onion, garlic etc.) it may be eaten even though you are fleishig.
If the food, however, is a davar Charif it becomes milchig according to all opinions if the pot was used within the past 24 hours, and according to some opinions even if the pot was not used in tha past 24 hours, therefore it is best not to eat the food while you are fleishig. (Based on Pri Megadim brought in Darchei Teshuva Siman 89:42 and Yad Yehuda 89:5
CHIZUK CORNER
This section is dedicated L'Ilui Nishmos the Telzer Rosh Yeshiva, HaRav Chaim Yaakov Stein Zatzal , the Mir Rosh Yeshiva, HaRav Noson Tzvi Finkel Zatzal and the Rosh Yeshiva of Torah Ohr, the great Posek HaRav Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg Zatzal.
May we all strive to follow in their ways and may they both be Melitzei Yosher for all of Klal Yisroel.
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זכר צדיקים וקדושים לברכה
HaRav Chaim Shmulevitz Zatzal explains the appellation of 'ben olam haba' (literally, a 'son of the World to Come').
A person who sees himself as temporarily displaced in this world, with his real home the World to Come, is a true ben olam ha'ba. For example, the Torah describes someone who is just temporarily visiting the Land of Israel as a ger toshav, i.e. a foreigner - for it is obvious that he is there only temporarily.
Similarly, one whose demeanor and behavior make it clear that he is only 'passing through' this temporal world is called a ben olam haba: a citizen of the World to Come.
Submitted by my dear Chaver R' Eli Nasson of www.DivreiChizuk.com
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