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# 4111 Clean as Fresh Snow
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Q. Someone walking to shul on snow during Shabbos had to adjust his boots. As he was also learning Torah while walking, he wanted to clean his hands by using the snow. Is that permitted?
A. On question 394 regarding shoveling snow on ....
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Posted 2/16/2023 10:29 PM |
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# 4110 Geeks Bearing Gifts?
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On question above, since the Frum tenants in the building do not want to appear as being antagonistic to the united group of other residents seeking collaboration and unity for the benefit of all during this Valentine party, can they just send gifts ....
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Posted 2/16/2023 10:27 PM |
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# 4109 A Free Ride but No Lift
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Q. A person who was Mekabel Shabbos early by saying it with his mouth and then while walking in the street was offered a ride and forgetfully accepted and entered the car, what should he do now?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinio ....
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Posted 2/16/2023 10:24 PM |
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# 4108 Is this a Yom Tov? Really?
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Q.Can one join a building Valentine party to which some of the prospective Baalei Teshuva of our Kiruv group belong in order to be Mekarev them?
A. On question # 3563 we were asked the following; “I’m a Frum father living in a buil ....
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Posted 2/12/2023 5:08 PM |
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# 4107 Let the Good Times Already Begin!
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Q. Is there a purpose for someone that requires a delicate medical intervention to wait until Chodesh Adar?
Can it be done as needed after Tu Bishvat?
A. On question 1634 we mentioned that Adar is a time when good mazal prevails ....
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Posted 2/9/2023 11:12 PM |
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# 4106 The Torah Honoring our Kedoshim
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Q. Recently someone donated a Sefer Torah in honor of the Kedoshim of the Holocaust. Before giving it to the shul he attends, the terror attack in Neve Yaakov on the Shabbos night (Friday Jan. 27) Parshas Bo occurred, and he lost there a dear friend ....
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Posted 2/9/2023 11:08 PM |
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# 4105 The Labor of your Fruits
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Q. A Kiruv organization that has an established well attended and successful shiur on Monday nights want to make a Tu Bishvat special party and Seuda on Monday night (year 2023) and make a Seder on eating the fruits that usually has a great response. ....
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Posted 2/9/2023 10:56 PM |
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# 4104 Enjoy your Meal
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Q. Is there a mitzva to make a Seuda or special meal on Tu Bishvat when you eat the fruits of trees?
A. The common accepted minhag is to increase the amount of tree fruits one usually eats on Tu BiShevat the Rosh Hashana of trees.
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Posted 2/9/2023 10:46 PM |
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# 4103 A Full Day
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Q. Does one need to keep Shabbos until 77 minutes after Shkia due to Tosefes Shabbos? or is 72 enough?
A. Horav Dovid Pam Shlit’a and Horav Aharon Miller Shlit’a maintain that the few minutes of the Tosefes Shabbos are added to the 72 ....
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Posted 2/9/2023 10:43 PM |
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# 4102 Live a Full Life
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Q. Dear Rabbi thank you for the class. During the class you touched the subject of euthanasia. This left me seriously thinking. As you know, the doctors at the critical care in the hospital tried to make me sign a DNR when my husband was fighting f ....
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Posted 2/9/2023 10:41 PM |
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# 4101 Curtain Lecture?
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Q. See questions above. I have often wondered when being in a similar situation of having to enter or exit a home or hall and women are present at the entrance, if I’m holding on to my coat that can be placed over my hand bellow the elbow, and it b ....
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Posted 2/9/2023 10:39 PM |
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# 4100 Watch Where You Go
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Q. In the future how should he avoid walking between women in a similar case? How severe is that walking between women prohibition?
A. On question 3755 regarding seating in a full plane between two women, we wrote: “The source for this ....
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Posted 2/9/2023 10:37 PM |
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#4099 Talk the Walk
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- Q. See question 4092 - Regarding the unfortunate incident of being arrested, does the Yungerman need to apologize for putting his hand on the child without the mother’s permission? In the future how should he avoid walking between women in a simil ....
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Posted 2/9/2023 10:34 PM |
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# 4098 Bottle Down II
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Q. Re question 4087. While carrying out the procedure of opening a grape juice bottle as described by the Rav, lets say one bachur offers to open it in the regular manner relying on the lenient opinions. How should the Rebbi respond? Is it permit ....
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Posted 2/9/2023 10:32 PM |
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# 4097 In the Swim of Things?
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Q. My children saw a nice artistic drawing of a Chasidisher Rebbe dancing while crossing back and fort some water pond representing the Yam Suf, while his many Chassidim were singing around him. They want to do the same in our basement this Shabbo ....
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Posted 2/5/2023 6:57 PM |
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# 4096 First Save Lifes
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Q. Kvod Horav. I’m a Rebbe in a high school Yeshiva and I also give shiurim in the nearby shul where I daven, so practically Be’H I dedicate my full time to Torah learning and teaching. The Mispalelim in that nearby big shul are mostly aged and o ....
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Posted 2/3/2023 12:10 PM |
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# 4095 A Late Shabbos
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Q. The Mishna Berura says not to do Melacha 30 or 20 minutes before sundown. May one refrain from Melacha without formally accepting Shabbos in case something comes up, and when should one make the formal acceptance?
A. Indeed, even th ....
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Posted 2/2/2023 10:15 PM |
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# 4093 Getting Away with Murder?
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Q. I’m a Frum medical student and one of the fundamental steps that allows a doctor to expand their expertise and graduate is completing an internship or residency program in a hospital and that involves examining patients and making treatment reco ....
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Posted 2/2/2023 10:10 PM |
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# 4092 False Alarm
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Q. There was a very unfortunate incident where a very Choshuve Ben Torah, an extremely close personal acquaintance of mine, needed to walk between two women. He gently placed his arm on the shoulder of a 9 year old Frum boy and asked him to walk t ....
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Posted 2/2/2023 10:08 PM |
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# 4091 Queer Beer
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Q. Can one that has the Minhag of drinking beer on Tu Bishvat comply comply by drinking some barley vodka?
A. The minhag of drinking beer on Tu Bishvat is based on the fact that we eat fruits of the seven species (Shivas Haminim, Devar ....
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Posted 2/2/2023 10:06 PM |
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