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What is the proper spelling and pronunciation of the name Raya? - I want to name a daughter after a great-grandmother, but don’t have proper records. Answer: Unless the great-grandmother…
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May I host a Sheva Brochos for my granddaughter on the night of my mother’s first Yahrzeit? - Yes. Sources: See Aruch Hashulchan YD 391:10 and Shmiras Shabbos Kehilchasa vol. 2 65:66. #9475
Am I allowed to set my oven on AutoStart before Shabbos and on Shabbos AFTER the oven turns off, put (dry) bread in it to warm up? - Question continued: For example, can I have the oven turn on at 11:00am then turn off at 12:00pm and…
If there are exactly ten men in the Minyan by Krias Hatorah, and one of them leaves in the middle of an Aliya or in between Aliyos, what should they do? - As long as there are six men remaining, the kriah should be finished, followed by kaddish. If it is…
Interrupting during the last paragraph of the Amidah to say Kaddish - Question: I started saying kaddish for my father a"h and in the one minyan in town, we share being…
Hot water from a kettle was poured directly on a milchig hot cocoa powder mix. Did the kettle become milichig? - Question continued: If afterwards someone unknowingly poured from that kettle into a fleishig cup, what's the status of the…
The Shul where I Daven is raising money to rebuild the Shul. Can I use money from Maaser to contribute? - Maaser money may be used. Sources: ראה: שו"ע יו"ד סי' רמ"ט סעי' א' בהגהה (בשם מהרי"ל), ובש"ך ס"ק…
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