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למעשה האם מותר להגות השם אהי’? - אין לאומרו לבטלה. ונהוג לאומרו בשינוי - אהקה. אבל באומר לא בתור שם השם, כמו בפסוק (שמות ג, יב)…
Can you test Hashem – ובחנוני נא בזאת – with regular Tzedaka or only Ma’aser? - There are different opinions about this matter. The consensus is that applies to all forms of tzedaka. בטור…
I work for a Jewish non-profit, at times we get mail from non-jewish individuals with letters or paraphernalia that use the word G-d (in its full form- with an “O”) or the word Lord, can I throw it out in the garbage? - Hashem’s name written in other languages has no kedusha and may be erased. Nonetheless, one should not write it…
What Brocho does one make on frozen grape juice ices? - This is a machlokes. However, according to most poskim, it would be hagofen and al hagefen. See here and…
האם ניתן להשתמש בכספי מעשר עבור דמי מעמד? - אין להשתמש בכספי מעשר עבור מעמד. טעמים ומקורות: אג״ק מוהריי״צ י ע׳ שכד. (ולהעיר מאג״ק יד ע׳ תיח.…
I know that giving Tzedakah in merit of something specific is allowed – ובחנוני נא בזאת, my question is, is this the ideal way of giving Tzedakah? - I'm asking because I'm working on a children's project, and I'm wondering if it's appropriate to mention to the…
I’ve seen in pictures and videos that the Rebbe’s Tallis doesn’t have the knots on the edges like all Taleisim have. Why did the Rebbe remove them? Did the Rebbe untie the knots or cut them off? Is this something that a chossid should be doing as well? - Although obviously I can not answer why the Rebbe does something, we can try to explain the minhag of…
האם האות ב׳ בתיבת “לדבר” בתמונה המצורפת כשירה? אחד עורר שיש בעיה בזה שנראה כאות נ׳. - המשך השאלה: לענ״ד לא נראה בכלל כאות נ. ואפילו אם כן, בבעיה כזו זה שאלת תינוק. ואיני חושב שתינוק יקרא…
Growing up, my family would never gift knives, since knives can shorten lives etc. Is this something we should be careful about? - I was trying to look up a source and came across this. In the name of the Ba'al Shem…
What is the minimum size a Tzitzis garment can be? and that of the Tzitzis strings? - The garment (Beged): Should be 1 Amah (48cm) in length, and 1 Amah in width on both sides (i.e.…
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