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#41 - Children Given 2 Names for Mazal
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Q. We named our newborn daughter in honor of a aunt that passed away young. At the time of the naming we were advised to add another name to the original to add a better Mazal to the child. In reality we only use the original name. Do we now have t ....
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Posted 12/31/2010 2:39 PM |
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Posted 12/23/2010 10:24 AM |
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#39 - Two Kitchen Kashrus Questions.
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Q: I have two kitchen kashrus questions.
1) My son's babysitter used one of our parev knives to cut up carrots she had cooked in her home. She is not jewish. My understanding is that they were boiled in water to soften them.
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Posted 11/19/2010 3:58 PM |
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#38 - Pouring vinegar or any salad dressing containing vinegar and salt into salads.
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Q- Is it permitted to pour vinegar or any salad dressing containing vinegar and salt into salads, avocado, cabbage, tomato, lettuce, peppers, onions, endives, anise, carrots, corn, etc on the Sabbath right before the meal?
Can you use le ....
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Posted 10/29/2010 1:14 PM |
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#37 - Wine made from grapes imported from Italy?
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Q. Would it be OK to drink wine a friend is making from grapes imported from Italy?
A. The fact that the grapes are imported from Italy is not an issue in the kashruth of wine. The kashruth laws involving wine are concerned m ....
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Posted 10/22/2010 12:46 PM |
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#36 - Tolaim in Smoked Salmon with Hechsher
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Q: Since there is a problem with worms in the pacific salmon fish, does that include the pacific salmon lox with the OU certification?
A: We consulted with Rabbi Y. Felder Vice-chairman of the COR and he advised the following: "The i ....
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Posted 9/18/2010 11:14 PM |
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#35 - Cutting down a fruit tree.
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Q - I have a grape vine that I am allergic to can I destroy it? If so, should I get a non-Jew involved?
A - Darchei Teshuvah 116:51 writes that all fruit trees are included in the prohibition mentioned in Parshas Shoftim of cutting f ....
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Posted 6/9/2010 12:00 AM |
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#34 - Being Motzei a Brocho Achronoh with Berkas Hamazon.
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Q. Dear Rabbi, If a person is unsure if he ate enough cake to require a Brocho Achronoh, can someone who needs to recite Berkas Hamazon be Motzei him?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit"a opinion is that Birkas Hamazon is Motzei Brocho Ach ....
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Posted 5/22/2010 12:00 AM |
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Posted 5/18/2010 12:00 AM |
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#32 - Drinking Coffee Shavuos Night
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Q. Dear Rabbi, On Shavuoth night when we stay awake all night learning, if someone keeps on drinking coffee does he have to make a Brocho each time he drinks a cup or is one Brocho enough for all the night? How about Brocho Achronoh?
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Posted 5/18/2010 12:00 AM |
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Posted 2/13/2010 12:00 AM |
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Posted 2/13/2010 12:00 AM |
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#29 - Naming a Jewish baby girl born from a non Jew.
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Q. BS"D Dear Rabbi, Shalom, A friend asked me the following question. A Jewish woman who recently had a baby girl from a union with a non Jew. She wants to name her baby girl. What is the advised procedure? When announcing it should the name of her ....
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Posted 1/29/2010 12:00 AM |
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#28 - Using Maiser for Fundraising Events
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Q: 1) There is a Hilula at my kehila to raise funds for the Jewish religious school my daughter goes to: Can I use maiser money to pay for the tickets to the Hilula? (there is diner and refreshments served). 2) There will be there a silent au ....
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Posted 1/22/2010 12:00 AM |
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Posted 1/9/2010 12:00 AM |
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#26 - Attending a Simcha after Shloshim.
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Q. Good friends have invited me to a L'Chaim in honour of their son's engagement. It will be after my Shloshim observance for my Father. There will be no music and guests will be coming and going over a three hour period. Can I attend?
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Posted 1/9/2010 12:00 AM |
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Posted 12/27/2009 12:00 AM |
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#24 - Can I cook pizza in Fleishig oven
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Q: I would like to make Pizza, but I have only one oven in which I cook my fleishig food uncovered. Can I make the Pizza? How? Also, If I bake cakes in my fleishig oven, can I eat them with milchigs? Thank you.
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Posted 12/3/2009 12:00 AM |
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Posted 11/30/2009 12:00 AM |
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#22 - Lost Track of Ma'aser.
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Q: I try to keep track of how much ma'aser money I
owe. However I did lose track of some small amounts of money that I earned. How
should I go about giving ma'aser for this money?
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to Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit"a, the main is ....
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Posted 9/19/2009 12:00 AM |
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