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# 4220 It’s About Time
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Q. We, who live in Eretz Yisroel, are expected to be in Toronto for the Shabbos of the 28th of Sivan. In Eretz Yisroel they will be leining Parashas Korach, while in Toronto they will be leining (reading) Parashas Sh'lach. If I could convince the b ....
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Posted 4/27/2023 11:07 PM |
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# 4219 The Family Tree?
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Q. Is it better to wait to recite the blessing on the new fruit of the blooming trees on Shabbos with all the family present and with more people?
A. On question 1708 we addressed the following similar questions:
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Posted 4/26/2023 10:34 PM |
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# 4218 What Counts to Count
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Q. Our grandfather who is an elderly patient is also undergoing treatment after a severe brain operation. He is sometimes conscious and alert. He asked to be helped by to count the Omer as he did all his life.
He can’t count himself, b ....
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Posted 4/23/2023 12:25 PM |
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# 4217 Who is on The Phone?
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Q. Dear Rov. I program my phone to remind me to count Sefira before I go to sleep in case I forgot. I don’t count in shul since we daven Maariv early.
Can I have the phone remind me also on Friday night since we are Mekabel (receive) Shabbat ....
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Posted 4/21/2023 10:48 AM |
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# 4216 Zoom Gali – Gali Zoom...
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Q. A Daf Hayomi shiur that zooms nightly, and after the end of the shiur it is already the correct time for Sefira counting, is it correct that all join and count together? Most davened Maaariv before the correct time for Sefira.
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Posted 4/21/2023 10:46 AM |
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# 4215 Music to our Ears
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Q. Can someone who is in need to calm the nerves and find peace of mind train to play a musical instrument such as an electric keyboard during the Sefira days?
A. On question 2635 regarding if one may listen to music during sefira to ....
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Posted 4/21/2023 10:44 AM |
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# 4214 Great Grains of Enlightment II
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Q. Hello Rav, My wife lights Shabbat candles with edible kosher olive oil every week. Just before Pesach I noticed in the COR magazine that olive oil requires a Pesach Hechtsher. I was wondering if the olive oil she uses exclusively for lighting w ....
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Posted 4/21/2023 10:40 AM |
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# 4213 Money Talks
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Q.Hello Rav, I recently heard a story about a Frum Yid that went to visit his dying Non-Frum brother and declined accepting a large sum of money from him because the brother had been involved in business ventures that were not necessarily closed ....
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Posted 4/21/2023 10:38 AM |
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# 4212 A Quick Shave
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Q. If an elderly patient is required to have an Electroencephalogram (EEG) and has long hair and the physicians said in his case it is better to cut the hair shorter, but it can wait until after Lag Baomer. Is it better to wait or it really does no ....
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Posted 4/21/2023 10:36 AM |
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# 4211 Put on Paper
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Q. When someone places a piece of paper or a tissue into a Siddur as a bookmark to save the place and keeps it there for a while, can that be thrown away? How long would that be to make a difference?
A. It would depend on the inte ....
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Posted 4/21/2023 10:35 AM |
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# 4210 A Close Shave?
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Q. I have hair that grows on my face under my eye. I was told it may be a problem to shave that high up. Is there an Issur (prohibition) to shave so high up?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that it is considered the eye a ....
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Posted 4/21/2023 10:33 AM |
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# 4209 Feel the Squeeze?
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Q. See question above. Also curious about S’chita (squeezing prohibited during Shabbos). Is it an issue for squeeze bottles (or eye drop dispensers) on Shabbos?
How about if some of the drops fell on a tissue next to the eye, can I squeeze ....
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Posted 4/21/2023 10:32 AM |
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# 4208 An Eye View
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Q. Prescription post surgery. I have two prescriptions eye-drops for post surgery, that I have to take 3-4 times a day. Is there any problem for Shabbos?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that if it is medically required ....
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Posted 4/21/2023 10:28 AM |
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# 4207 Our Best Hair Day
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Q. A Bachur who normally tries b’n to avoid haircuts the entire Sefira and also on Rosh Chodesh, like the Arizal, may he take a haircut this coming Friday, Rosh Chodesh Iyar, in order to have a fresh haircut L’kavod the new Z’man and to be able t ....
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Posted 4/21/2023 10:26 AM |
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# 4206 Thank You Please
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Q. Is there a Torah obligation that one has to say thank you for a favor received? Where exactly is that mitzva written? How about asking ‘please’?
Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that there is a most basic mitzva and obli ....
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Posted 4/17/2023 11:05 AM |
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# 4205 Wrapped in a Mystery...
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Q. On question 4198 the Rov mentioned that for one taking medicine pills during Pesach, making them not tasty by adding drops of vinegar, would not make any difference. If one is able to wrap them in a piece of thin tissue would that help? If that ....
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Posted 4/14/2023 5:57 PM |
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# 4204 Promises, Promises
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Q. I heard that there is a big Shailah if a father can promise his child that he will buy him a toy or give him some money if he returns the Afikomen. Is that correct?
A. Firstly one must say as usual that it is all B’li Neder.
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Posted 4/14/2023 5:56 PM |
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# 4203 Not Cut from the Same Cloth
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Q. Chag Kasher Vesameach Rov. I received as a present from my dear father-in-law, a most beautiful and greatly decorated Kitel that he wants me to wear at the Pesach Seder we are celebrating together.
There is no doubt that I much appr ....
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Posted 4/14/2023 5:54 PM |
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# 4202 A Flowering Shaila
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Q. Can one buy after Pesach flour from a Jewish store that may not have sold the Chametz properly?
A. See Shulchan Aruch (O.H. 453: 4) and Mishna Berura (ibid 24).
Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that one should ....
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Posted 4/11/2023 6:04 PM |
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# 4201 Need Something Yesterday
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Q. Our family was invited to eat a Pesach meal at a great neighboring friends house, who is a known Chacham. They are Sephardim and very careful with all the stringencies of Pesach, yet as their tradition is, they do eat Kitniyot. They promised me ....
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Posted 4/10/2023 12:17 PM |
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