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# 4078 Watch Your Seat
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Q. Dear Rov Shlit’a. I’m a member of a Bikur Cholim group and B’H I visit a number of the ill every week. I heard that when someone visits a sick person one should should avoid sitting at or near the bottom end of the bed is that true?
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Posted 1/26/2023 10:11 PM |
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# 4077 A Real Hard Question
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Q. Why does the Torah use three different expressions for the hardening of Pharoh’s heart in Parshas Vaeira?
A. The hardening of Pharaoh’s heart is referred to no less than twenty times in the course of the story of the Exodus. Sometim ....
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Posted 1/26/2023 10:08 PM |
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# 4076 Lost ithe Wash?
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Q. HoRav Miller mentioned that Erev Yom Kippur there is a possible obligation to immerse in a Mikva. If one would find it extremely uncomfortable to do so due to Tznius reasons such as a person who was not brought up with the idea of going to the ....
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Posted 1/26/2023 10:06 PM |
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# 4075 A Delete Shailah
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Q. Is it permitted to flush a toilet on Shabbos if a paper such as a receipt fell inside or is it Mochaik (erasing)? In need, can one use the left cover of the roll or other printed paper material as toilet paper? Does it matter which side one use ....
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Posted 1/26/2023 10:04 PM |
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# 4074 Have a Real Happy Birthday
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Q. Dear Rabbi. My Hebrew birthday is on the coming up Rosh Chodesh Shevat. I heard that the day is of great importance and has an influence on those born on that day. Could you please explain. Thanks.
A. The name of the month Shev ....
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Posted 1/20/2023 11:22 AM |
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# 4073 Shower Again?
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Q. I was wondering if it is OK to shower using hot water on Shabbat. The water was warmed before Shabbat, and is kept inside a well insulated tank on the attic, that has no connection to any fresh water and comes done simply by gravity. Is that ....
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Posted 1/20/2023 11:11 AM |
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# 4072 Face the Music
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Q. Dear Rov. As you know my father passed away last year and I’m about to commemorate his first Yohrzait. I have seen people listening to music on the day they have Yohrzait. Is that permitted? Even on the first one? Thank you.
A. On ....
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Posted 1/20/2023 11:07 AM |
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# 4071 Please Take a Shower
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Q. A man who goes to the Mikva for the honor of Shabbat or after having relations, can he take a shower after exiting the Mikva. This is most important in our times when we a very concerned with possible infections?
A. On question ....
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Posted 1/20/2023 11:03 AM |
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# 4070 Shows a Lot of Promise!
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Q. When I was a kid (close to Bar Mitzva) while I was in Eitz Chaim. I made a Neder (oath) not to get married until I am 40 minimum and until I am wealthy.
How can I be matir (release me from) this Neder?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller ....
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Posted 1/15/2023 12:28 PM |
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# 4069 Confused by Mixed Plants?
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Q. Does Hilchos Kilayim (mixed plants) for Zeraim (not trees or grapes) apply outside of Eretz Yisrael? If there is some application outside of EY, to what extent is it Assur? Specifically I'd like to know if I can plant several herbs and vegetab ....
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Posted 1/15/2023 12:17 PM |
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# 4068 At Your Earliest Convenience
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Q. I, along with countless others in a Haredi Community, were able to be Mekadesh the Levana (moon) literally on the last night, on Friday night. It was a tremendous Pachad (fear), with many traveling out of state on Thursday night in hopes of s ....
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Posted 1/11/2023 1:14 PM |
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# 4067 Don’t Get Carried Away
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Q. May one carry a Siddur during Shabbos in a place with an Eruv, if he usually tries to avoid relying on it, in order to be Mekadesh the Levana (moon) during Shabbos?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that it depends wh ....
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Posted 1/11/2023 12:55 PM |
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# 4066 Not a Cook Up Storm
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Q. Kvod Harav. A non-Jewish cook intentionally added a non-kosher ingredient to a kosher food pot, and the non-kosher ingredient is actually Bottel Be’shishim - (annulled in sixty parts), is the food permitted?
If by his own will after the ....
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Posted 1/11/2023 12:38 PM |
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# 4065 Making a Long Story Short
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Q. May one who is elderly and weak person go outside, see the moon, and then return indoors and be Mekadesh it from a siddur (recite the blessings), if it is too cold or one cannot carry there on Shabbos the siddur and there is also no window a ....
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Posted 1/10/2023 6:45 PM |
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# 4064 Above and Beyond
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Q. Is there a Chiyuv (obligation) to travel to a different state (or very far) to look for the Levana (moon) if it is the next to last night to be Mekadesh it and the last night is Leil Shabbos kodesh? Is there a Chiyuv to remain awake in hopes of ....
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Posted 1/10/2023 6:19 PM |
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# 4063 Blood in the Water
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Q. See questions above. What is the reason and why should one not drink water during the beginning of the Tekufa?
A. Luach Davar Beito quotes Sefarim that mention they involve a danger of infection and bloating and are connected to tr ....
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Posted 1/10/2023 6:09 PM |
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# 4062 Sink the Drink?
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Q. (See question above). Does the not drinking water tradition at the start of the Tekufa apply every month? How stringent should one be in keeping this tradition?
A. It applies only at the four beginning of the Tekufos every year as m ....
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Posted 1/10/2023 6:00 PM |
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# 4061 Come into Season
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Q. (See question above). Dear Rov. I just saw this question (above) and it was totally strange to me. First what exactly is the "Tekufa" mentioned? Why should one not drink water then"? (Never heard anything like that before).
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Posted 1/10/2023 2:43 PM |
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# 4060 No Drinks Allowed?
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Q. I keep usually the Tekufa Minhag not to drink any water at the time it starts. Tekufas Teves began, following the luach, on Thursday night(Jan.5) 10.30 PM Israel time. How long does one have to avoid drinking water?
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Posted 1/8/2023 1:26 PM |
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# 4059 Being in Deep Water
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Q. See question above. Since they gave up on finding their dear one alive, should they still spend effort and money to find the body for proper burial?
A. As mentioned in last question, Halacha dictates that even if a person drowns in ....
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Posted 1/5/2023 10:59 PM |
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