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# 3184 Fuss the Feathers?
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Q. See question 3183 above. When the cat brought me a live bird it caught on Shabbos, there were feathers everywhere. Since I am allergic to them, I automatically cleaned them up. Then I wondered if they are mukztah and if I should have don ....
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Posted 5/23/2021 5:54 PM |
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# 3183 For the Birds?
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Q. My cat brought me a live bird on Shabbos (door to backyard was open). Usually, when it does that on weekdays, I wrap it in a towel and release it before my cat kills it.- Fortunately, the bird went on its own into my garbage can, so as it ....
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Posted 5/23/2021 5:32 PM |
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# 3182 Watch Out for That Shemira
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Q. Can a woman be a Shomeres and watch over a deceased? Can the wife of the deceased do so?
A. Poskim disagree whether women can do shemira even for other women. Beer Sorim (2: 77) prohibits, while others permit for women (Zichron M ....
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Posted 5/20/2021 11:22 PM |
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# 3181 To The Last Drop
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Q. If one made a bracha on a drink and it spilled out, is one mechuyev to take a drop with his finger from the floor?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a advise is that he should rather take a drop from the container where the liquid was h ....
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Posted 5/20/2021 11:17 PM |
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# 3180 Let The Minyan Count
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Q. If five people already davened and five need to daven, may one of those that already davened say a tefillas nedava so that there will be six mispallelim? May this be done in a case of need, such as where they will be very hurt by not having tefil ....
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Posted 5/20/2021 11:02 PM |
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# 3179 Lost in the Wash?
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Q. My wife entered a bathroom during davening in order to obtain a tissue or piece of toilet paper with which to blow her nose. A local Rebbetzin told her that even in such a case she is supposed to wash her hands before continuing to daven.
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Posted 5/20/2021 10:48 PM |
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# 3178 Thank You, but Yes Thank You
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Q. The Mishna B'rura says that the reason, according to the Ramo, for joy on Lag BaOmer, is that the disciples of R. Akiva stopped dying on that day.
The custom is to behave with signs of mourning on the days on which they died. When they sto ....
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Posted 5/20/2021 10:39 PM |
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# 3177 Just a Handshake?
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Q. Re- question 3176 above. If I use a virtual office of the new Gather Town technology, with holographic Avatars that really resembles the person it represents and it shakes hands with a customer in a business deal will that become a kinyan as when ....
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Posted 5/20/2021 10:10 PM |
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# 3176 Look At Me!
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Q. I'm of a Chasidic background and I run an office for a company that is planing to update their Zoom office program, (as we work from home, and it is likely to continue) to the new Gather Town technology. Basically it has the added component of se ....
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Posted 5/20/2021 10:06 PM |
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# 3175 Have a Number on Mind
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Q. We learned recently on the Daf that one should not count people directly. When making sure one has a minyan for davening, can one count the present attendants mentally, by just looking at them?
A. Although some Poskim are lenient, Ho ....
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Posted 5/20/2021 10:02 PM |
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# 3174 No Tears On a Tear
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Q. If someone touched his hair on his head or pulls or tears some hair from his head or beard, does he have to wash hands three times?
A. Shulchan Aruch (O.H . 4: 21) rules that someone scratching his head should wash hands. Poskim writ ....
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Posted 5/20/2021 9:57 PM |
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# 3173 Earn One's Daily Bread Brocho
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1) Q. In reference to question 3156, since the flour goes through a process and the result is only wheat starch, why isn't it different than other starches or products that have totally changed their form? When an apple changes its form into apple sa ....
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Posted 5/13/2021 6:15 PM |
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# 3172 Hair Splitting?
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Q. If someone touched his hair on his head or pulls or tears some hair from his head or beard, does he have to wash hands three times?
A. Shulchan Aruch (O.H . 4: 21) rules that someone scratching his head should wash hands. Poskim ....
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Posted 5/13/2021 11:34 AM |
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# 3171 Get the Swing of This
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Q. Someone bought a nice swing for the young kids in his family that they much desired. It was delivered on Erev Shabbos a few hours before the shekia (sunset), Since the children so much wanted to have it assembled and use it on Shabbos, and were ....
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Posted 5/12/2021 10:36 PM |
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# 3170 Listen Yisrael
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Q. When one reads Krias Shema and extends the word Echa'ad as required, does he say the elongated alef letter (Sefardi pronunciation) together with the 'chet' or just by itself. I have heard in shul both customs. Which is correct?
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Posted 5/12/2021 10:26 PM |
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# 3169 A Close Shave
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Q. I recently became a caregiver for a few elderly patients that require help and are high risk for Covid contamination. I have to use a double mask, but it is ineffective since I have a large beard that I have grown for many years. Can I cut it ver ....
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Posted 5/11/2021 9:46 PM |
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# 3168 A Long Short Cut
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Q. Hello Rav, If an adult gets a small cut on Shabbat and need to put a band-aid on, is it okay to add a bit of Antibiotic cream (e.g. polysporin) to the inside of the band-aid (ie. you are not smearing it yourself)? The cream is not absolutely nec ....
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Posted 5/11/2021 6:12 PM |
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# 3167 See The Light?
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Q. Hello Rav, On Shabbat, are we able to move the new kosherlamps (or any similar light) that have LED or CFL lightbulbs in them? I know fire (and thus incandescent bulbs) can't be moved, but maybe these are not considered fire? If not, can they be ....
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Posted 5/11/2021 5:47 PM |
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# 3166 Get the Name Right
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Q. The name on the Matzeiva of my cousin is different from the Hebrew name that her mother told me when I asked her. Which name should I use for remembering her at Izkor?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit'a opinion is that it is more lik ....
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Posted 5/9/2021 5:50 PM |
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# 3165 Women Count
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Q. I belong to a group of women that meets every night for a short zoom shiur on Lashon Harah, and we count Sefira at the end with a bracha. We have been criticized that it is not correct. Should we continue?
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Posted 5/9/2021 5:38 PM |
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