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It is a partnership as old as Am Yisroel (the Nation of Israel) itself. The shevatim (tribes) of Yissachar and Zevulun entered into a joint venture: The members of Zevulun navigated ships from…

Is disinterring and re-burying allowed?

Question: Someone who died in a NY hospital was deemed an apparent indigent person, no family or contacts. The family living in a different state found out a couple…

Am I allowed to use a plastic bottle nipple without Toiveling it and then not reuse it even if it’s meant to be reused?

I'm Makpid on Toiveling plastic. Answer: This solution doesn’t work. Nonetheless, you may give the baby the nipple without tevilah, even if it wouldn’t be plastic, if you…

I was sick in bed with the virus for the past two and a half weeks leading up to Pesach, and unable to take a haircut. Today, is the first day BH I was able to get up and I really need a haircut badly. Can I take one before the end days of Yom Tov?

No. It is a Mitzvah to have hair cut before every Yom Tov, so as not to enter into Yom Tov unkempt. The prohibition of haircutting on Chol…

האם עדיין יש להדליק ה’ נרות בשעת התפילה אף שאין מנין בבית?

כך מסתבר. ולהעיר מאג"ק ח"ג ע' שעב (לאחד שלא יכול לעבור לפני התיבה בשנת אבילות): ונכון במאד שבזמני התפלה יתן לצדקה לעילוי הנשמה וילמוד משניות, וגם ישתדל לברך…

האם אכן מותר לאבל לאכול עוף או בשר?

לאכול בשר ולשתות יין - מותר. מקור: שו"ע יו"ד שעח, ח: כיון שנקבר המת מותר לאכול בשר ולשתות יין מעט בתוך הסעודה כדי לשרות אכילה שבמעיו אבל לא…

My wife A”H was niftar last summer. I learned that you must wait for three Yomim Tovim to pass before you can remarry.

Question: Could I get married Lag B’omer or Should I better wait until after Shavuot? In other words, Does Shmini Atzeres count as one of the three? You…

מהו שיעור משהו שנאמר בחמץ?

נסתפקתי בנוגע "לשעור משהו": מחד גיסא כשאומרים איסורו במשהו פירושו שאין לו שעור כלל למטה. לאידך, הרי מצינו לגבי איסור שרצים וכו' שרק אלו שרואים בעין גשמי ללא זכוכית…

If Moshiach comes on Acharon shel Pesach will it be Ois Yom Tov sheini shel guluyos that day or will is still be asur bimlacha till the end of the day?

We might keep two days Yom Tov then regardless. Additionally, the Rebbe considers the possibility that once it has been established as Yom Tov it will remain that way…

May one light a match on Yom tov (for lighting candles) by touching the red part of the match to an electric burner that is on?

No, unless the electric burner is red from the heat. אז נדברו ח"ז סי' סא, ושו"ת רבבות אפרים ח"א סי' שמו, וע"ע שמירת שבת כהלכתה פרק יג סעי'…

All NY citizens are now receiving $1200 from the state because of the current situation. Is one obligated to give Maaser from this money?

Yes, as it’s there to replace your paycheck. #7985

Were the Rabbeim pro religious Zionism?

Question: Were the Rabbeim pro Zionism? Or more specifically religious Zionism? Someone from Anash just told me that there is a Chiyuv to rebuild the Beis Hamikdosh when the…

I have a tree outside my window that produces some kind of inedible berries, right now it looks like there is some flowers sprouting, can I make a Bracha on such a tree? I don’t know what kind of tree.

The Bracha can be recited upon seeing any “fruit bearing tree” that is blossoming. The fact that most people would not eat these fruits (for safety reasons) does not…

May immediate family members: father, brother, sons, her children, see a woman’s hair or payos within her home while not reciting a davar shebikdusha? Does age matter?

A man may not look at any hair of a married woman, including that of a relative. The exceptions are a husband and children, who may see the “payos”…

Does a woman need to cover her ‘payos’ before her husband?

Question: The Magen Avrohom brought in Shulchan Orach 75 says the strict observance outlined in the Zohar (not a single hair of a married woman exposed in her home)…

If I’m going to drink a bottle of water, cup by cup, with 30 minute intervals does one Bracha suffice or must I make a Bracha Acharona and new Bracha for every cup?

You should L'chatchila make a Bracha Achrona after each cup, and Bracha Rishona on the next cup. Sources: ראה שו"ע אדה"ז קפד, ג שיש "מצריכים לברך מיד באכילה…

האם יש עדיפות בטבילה בנחל שיש בו משום זוחלין על ט’ קבים במקלחת?

יש בזה מה שאין בזה. ולמעשה, בנהר עדיף כשאינו מכזב לעולם. דיון: יש מכשירים זוחלין בטבילת עזרא. וכש״כ משום תוספת טהרה. וי״א דאדרבה טבי״ע קיל טפי. אבל רוה״פ…

Am I allowed to leave a reading lamp on my desk to learn over Shabbos? (Without any extra precautions keeping me from moving/adjusting it)?

Yes. Nonetheless it is advisable to make some type of Heker (sign), to remind you not to adjust it on Shabbos. ראה שו״ת מהרש״ג א, כט. ובשו״ת שואל…

Can one bring a Sefer Torah to their son who is Bar Mitzvah for Leining in their house without Minyan on Zoom with family? No Birchas Hatorah just Leining. Friday afternoon. Has been preparing.

One should not transfer the Sefer Torah out of it's set place to bring to read it in a home. There is no such an obligation to read the…

Now that we cannot Daven with a Minyan and must Daven at home, am I allowed to Daven in my bedroom if it is the most quite and easy to concentrate location? Is it important – as far as Davening is concerned -, that I make my bed, and make sure the room is clean?

Ideally, one should Daven in a place which has windows which are facing towards Yerushalayim. Rashi (Berachot 34b) explains that windows are an aid to concentration, as one looks…

Is there any issue in teaching the last Perek of Mishnayos Moad Katan to children as part of a camp curriculum, being that it deals a lot with the subject of Aveilus?

Although there is a reservation regarding learning the laws of Aveilus when not necessary, this does not apply to learning mishnayos and gemara which is not Halacha L'maase, especially…

Letter from the Badatz [#8] – Reminder: Erev Rosh Chodesh

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האם זה שאומרים ויתן לך יחד זה דווקא בסידור אחד? או שניתן לומר ביחד אך בסידורים נפרדים?

כנראה בסידור אחד. מקורות: אף שעיקר הענין האמירה בשנים (ע״פ זהר בהקדמה יד, א: צבורא. ומיעוט רבים שנים. או שכ״א אומר לחבירו. וראה גם דברי יחזקאל עניני שבת. טעמי…

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