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Lifnei Ivar with a Gentile
Question: Is a kosher wine store allowed to sell wine to a pastor who says he buys only kosher wine for his religious libation ceremony in his church? Would it be lifnei ivar to sell him the wine since...
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Cremation Form For A Jewish Patient
Question: A jewish doctor is the only on call doctor working in a hospice. She is asked to sign a cremation form for a non-observant Jewish patient who has just passed away on the ward. Completing the...
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Choosing Gender with PGD
Question: Is there any issur for a couple with four children of one gender using PGD to insure a fifth child of another gender? Answer: While this would be permitted according to the letter of the law,...
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Non Observant Employee
Question: What is the rules of relying on a non observant joy or non jew at work for kashrus maachalim? and is it different or similar to having a maid or goyim working in a restauraunt? If one can't...
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Hefsek in Birchas Tallis and Tefillin
Question: Gut Voch May I ask Moreinu`s opinion on the following two questions: 1. The M`B paskens (Siman 8) that if the Talis falls of during davening and then one puts it on again one should make a...
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Nuvaring and Bedikah
Question: לכבוד מרן הגאב׳ד שליט׳א The contraceptive Nuvaring must be in place for 7 days before it is effective and therefore it must be inserted no later than nightfall after a hefsek, meaning it will...
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Bankruptcy
Question: שאלה למעשה A Jew, who resides in America, who incorporated his business with an LLC, bought close to $50,000 of merchandise from a Jewish-owned business in Eretz Yisrael. This is in addition...
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Forgot to Buy a Train Ticket
Question: Sholom uVrocha, If one forgot to buy a train ticket while going on the train in chutz laaretz and only remembered about it after he left the train, is there chiyuv to buy a ticket and to trow...
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Chuppah in Conservative Temple
Question: I was asked to be m'sader kiddushin at an upcoming wedding. The parents of both the choson and the kallah are not Orthodox, rather staunchly Conservative. The mother of the bride chose the...
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טעות עכו”ם
Question: A non-Jewish lawyer gave a Jewish lawyer a retainer of $350 to be an expert witness on a case. The case subsequently closed without the Jew having to be a witness at all. The non-Jewish...
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Attending a consevative wedding of a student
Question: Dear Rav, My wife and I are in Kiruv. My wife also teaches kallahs. A few months ago my wife got a phone call about a girl completely not religious and unaffiliated who got engaged. Her...
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Adding Table Leaves on Shabbat
Question: According to Maran Shlita is one permitted to add leaves to a table on shabbat? Can we compare the addition of table leaves to the same case in the gemara (shabbat 47a) of the plasterer's...
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Minhagim of ellul-signing off emails
Question: לכבוד מרן שליט׳א Does the minhag of signing letters off with כתיבה וחתימה טובה during the month of ellul apply to emails as well? Many thanks Answer: Presumably it would, as after all this is...
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Mincha / Mariv
Question: Sholom, In a community where there is only one Tefillah of Mincha followed by Maariv and a person is late and misses Mincha. The question is based that there is no Shkia issue and also that...
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Misasseik
Question: Sholom A question which has halocho lemaysse implications: The acharoinim argue about the concept of misasseik. R Akiva Eiger`s opinion on the one side who holds its merely a p`tur in korbon...
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kashering stove and oven
Question: Someone said one can kasher a stove by putting on the fires for ten minutes,other say less, is that true? My father zl would blow torch it . he also said one can use a non-kosher stove or...
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Tzitzis when exercising
Question: Shalom alecha Rav, Moreinu haRav has written about soldiers removing their tallis katan during compulsory training exercises. I am wondering about voluntary exercise, such as jogging or...
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Excercising before davening
Question: Is it mutar for a person to exercise before davening if the purpose of the workout is for mental reasons (less stress, get himself awake, full healthy, etc.)? Answer: Yes, if it gets him into...
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tefillin retzuot
Question: shalom. there has been some publicity here in london recently about retzuot for tefillin where the black "paint" peels off like a layer of plastic. what is the rav's view on such retzuot and...
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Loshon hora to prevent someone sinning
Question: I received the following question from a doctor: Dear Rabbi, One of my patients is a Jewish man from the area who went on a dating service and made contact with a woman who was not Jewish. It...
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