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# 4520 Honor the Check
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Q. I always wondered why when we daily check the tzitzis of a taalis or smaller begged to see if they are complete and if the knots are loose we tighten them as required, why don’t we do the same to the upper part of the threads that are connected ....
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Posted 11/3/2023 10:32 AM |
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# 4519 Make Yourself at Home
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Q. Re question above. When exactly does one recite the blessing; when signing the contract or when actually taking possession of the property, as when moving in?
A. Birchas Habbais (24: 33) and others rule that the best time to reci ....
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Posted 11/2/2023 8:22 PM |
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# 4518 A Blessed Home
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Q. Does one recite a Sheheyanu when buying a dwelling such as a house or a condo?
A. Shulchan Aruch (O.H. 223: 3) rules that if one builds a new house recites Shecheheyanu. Mishna Berura mentions that if it is a property shared by oth ....
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Posted 11/2/2023 8:09 PM |
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# 4517 Mixed Blessings
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Q. Kavod Harav, I made a bracha on chocolate and had in front of me prune juice. However, I mistakenly thought the prune juice is grape juice until I picked it up to make a bracha. Does it require a bracha even though it was in front of me since ....
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Posted 11/2/2023 7:57 PM |
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# 4516 Intent and Redempt
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Q. When a father makes the Pidyon Haben for his first born son does he have to have a special Kavana or intention to comply with the mitzva? How about the Cohen?
A. It is commonly known that there are three mitzvos that require an ad ....
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Posted 11/2/2023 5:38 PM |
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# 4515 - Great Grand Life Blessing
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Q. Does a grandfather recite a Shecheheyanu when seeing first time his great grand son?
A. Biur Halocho (223: 1) debates whether a brocho should be recited for the birth of a
grandson since he won’t necessarily provide the aid ....
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Posted 11/2/2023 5:30 PM |
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# 4514 The Law of the Letter
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Q. I was matched up with a guy from across the sea. He wants to come to Toronto to meet me and see if we are compatible. He wants to know what documents to bring, in case we want to get married. He is divorced so he knows he will need a copy of his ....
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Posted 11/2/2023 5:18 PM |
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# 4513 Rabbis First
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Q. Someone travelling by car and about to enter or exit a parking lot realizes that next to him and also waiting to enter is a Rabbi driving next to him, does he have to honor him and give the right to go first? Does it matter if the parking lot ....
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Posted 11/2/2023 1:29 AM |
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# 4512 Shtik or Treat
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Q. Dear Rabbi. In our troublesome days, when we experience such a rise in hate to Jews so and plain antisemitism encouraged by Muslims, should we engage in the costumes of Halloween that in a wide sense promote friendliness and human friendsh ....
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Posted 10/31/2023 5:42 PM |
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# 4511 Buried and Alive
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Q. We recently received the following Shaila from a dear friend of my old country (Mexico) who made Aliya many years ago and sends me occasional yet important Shailos.
As Mazel goes, one of his children’s family settled in the south and a ....
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Posted 10/29/2023 10:27 AM |
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# 4510 The Voice of the College of your Choice
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Q. Can someone that follows the Torah and Halacha continue to attend a college, where like most others, the majority of the professors and teachers are antagonistic to our Holy Torah values and side with the terrorist Muslim and Chamas? (He needs ....
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Posted 10/26/2023 11:42 PM |
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# 4509 The State of the Real Estate
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- Q. Dear Rabbi Shlit’a. As we spoke and you asked me to send this as a written question. Here it is. I deal with real estate and building houses and I have also used for many years a Real Estate Agent that has an Arabic name. Recently, when I ....
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Posted 10/26/2023 11:24 PM |
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# 4508 Great Greatly Great Gut Guitar
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Q. If someone bought a new expensive great guitar, he uses for playing during simches, does he recite Shecheyanu or Hatov Vehameitiv?
A. On question 3759 regarding reciting Shecheyanu bracha when a new Sefer Torah is donated and int ....
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Posted 10/26/2023 10:48 PM |
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# 4507 Partial B’ahav Love?
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Q. See question above. Is there value to fasting until chatzos on B’ahav and or diminishing food in ones meals?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that there is even if one does not join a minyan for Selichos. However not o ....
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Posted 10/26/2023 10:39 PM |
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# 4506 B’ahava to B’ahav?
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Q. See question above. Is there value to fasting until chatzos on Bahav and or diminishing food in ones meals?
A. Maseches Sof’rim ( 21) mentions that there were talmidim who fasted on a Monday, Thursday, and following Monday in th ....
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Posted 10/26/2023 10:34 PM |
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# 4505 Have the B’ahav
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Q. What is the meaning and source for some congregations and people keeping a fast day or reciting Selichos during ‘Bahav.’ firstly, what does ‘Bahav’ mean?
A. There are several minor customary fast days, that are not universally o ....
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Posted 10/26/2023 10:27 PM |
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# 4505 Peace With the pizza
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Q. What bracha should be said on pizza? Does it matter what kind of pihe Pizza it is or how much one eats? What does Horav Miller recommend?
A. pies are one form of pas haba’ah b’kisnin, and the bracha is Mezonos. Similiarly, dough ....
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Posted 10/26/2023 10:14 PM |
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# 4504 Scratching About Scraching
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Q. Horav Kalman Ochs Shli’ta wrote regarding two of the following shailos last week.
Question 4456: “If someone who is careful during Shabbos not to even scratch his hair or ruffle his beard as a precaution for not tearing his hair simi ....
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Posted 10/26/2023 9:59 PM |
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# 4503 The Best of all Months
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Q. My family is planing to erect the Matzeiva of our grandfather A’H who died during the month of Cheshvan, in the near future.
What is most correct when writing the date; to name the month as Cheshvan or MarCheshvan?
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Posted 10/26/2023 9:42 PM |
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# 4502 In Peace With the Pizza
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Q. What bracha should be said on pizza? Does it matter what kind of pizza it is or how much one eats? What does Horav Miller recommend?
A. pies are one form of pas haba’ah b’kisnin, and the bracha is Mezonos. Similiarly, dough fil ....
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Posted 10/26/2023 8:30 PM |
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