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Comment Post #290265 Does the common (not universal) practice of repeating [Devarim 25:19](https://www.sefaria.org/Deuteronomy.25.19?lang=bi&aliyot=0) Zecher/Zeicher count?
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4 months ago
Edit Post #290258 Initial revision 4 months ago
Answer A: Tevillas Keilim on Used things
As I understand it, the Tevilah requirement comes in when: A vessel for use with preparing or eating food is manufactured by a non-Jew A vessel for use with preparing or eating food is owned by a non-Jew Manufactured by a Jew, sold to a non-Jew, sold to a Jew - requires Tevilah Manufactur...
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4 months ago
Edit Post #290257 Initial revision 4 months ago
Answer A: Halacha applied differently dependent on the situation
Anecdotally, if people know you're a Baal Koreh, they will often let you - or ask you to - Layn your Aliyah. Many years ago I used to help a Sephardi Minyan (I am 100% Ashkenazi) with anything from one Aliyah to the whole Parasha, planned in advance each week, until they eventually had enough people ...
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4 months ago
Comment Post #289015 **Fascinating question!**. In addition to the "can it make something nearby fleishig" question, there may be additional issues: If the beef is from an animal that was not slaughtered properly, does that add additional issues? If the candle is made from an animal that is inherently non-kosher (pig, ...
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8 months ago
Comment Post #288717 That is a valid question. But I am saying that if we don't (as in my Shul) allow the Aveil to lead Davening during the week of Shiva even on a weekday and don't call it a "Shiva Minyan" for Tachanun, etc. then all the more so for a Minyan on Shabbos when all would agree that he can't lead Davening.
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9 months ago
Comment Post #288717 As with a *lot* of things with Aveilus, it is often more Minhag than straight Halacha. Logically (though not necessarily 100%) if the Aveil can lead Davening then the Minyan becomes a Shiva MInyan and therefore no Tachanun. In my Shul though that's not allowed. If I remember correctly, there are diff...
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9 months ago
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9 months ago
Edit Post #288717 Initial revision 9 months ago
Answer A: Tzidkat'cha in the presence of a mourner
during the week,one does not say tachanun in the house of a mourner (or, if the mourner must daven in shul, in the shul). (Emphasis added to the key phrase.) Except, that's not the case, at least in my Shul. A Chassan during the week of Sheva Brachos, or a same-day Bris (father, Sandek or Mohel...
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9 months ago
Comment Post #288444 I have certainly heard of it in the context of describing/explaining different types of Maror. The usual issue being people used to horseradish not understanding how lettuce can count as "bitter". But I don't know if any real sources actually tie it to the two different types on the Seder plate.
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10 months ago
Edit Post #288445 Initial revision 10 months ago
Answer A: Why is Pesach in the singular?
Shavuos is about the weeks. That's the easy one. Sukkos is about more than one Sukkah. Not just that we need to build more than one to celebrate the holiday, but because Vayikra 23:43 refers to the Sukkos (plural) that the Jews lived in. Pesach is singular because it refers not only to the sacr...
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10 months ago
Comment Post #287921 I have always worked under the assumption that physically cleaning your hands (e.g., soap & water until no visible residue) is all that is ever needed. Tumah issues would apply in the time of the Beis Hamikdash but not (practically speaking) today, and Tumah can apply in a lot of different ways, so I...
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10 months ago
Comment Post #287924 Interesting question. Another point: Arguably including the information (both Mishkan and clothing of the Cohanim) once (Terumah/Tetzaveh) would make sense because of the central importance of the Mishkan in the desert and as the prototype for the Beis Hamikdahs, but why repeat everything (Vayakhel/P...
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10 months ago
Edit Post #288444 Initial revision 10 months ago
Answer A: Why two types of maror?
One possible reason, but I have no source for it being a requirement in any way, is that we have two different categories of Maror. One is things like horseradish - immediately and unequivocally bitter. The other is things like romaine lettuce - bitter after a while but not obviously bitter. This ...
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10 months ago
Comment Post #288144 @rosends 100% correct, and exactly what I was going to say. Write it up as an answer.
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10 months ago
Comment Post #287290 I don't think it is the Bracha, though perhaps that is a factor. Sephardim stand for Hallel in Shul, but most of them (depends on Syria vs. Morocco vs. Egypt etc.) don't say a Bracha on Rosh Chodesh (except Chanukah) or Chol Hamoed Pesach or end of Pesach. Plus we do make a Bracha at the Seder at the...
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about 1 year ago
Edit Post #286645 Initial revision almost 2 years ago
Answer A: Worshipping outdoors in the COVID era, issues and options
Fortunately, I live in an area that has had an active Eruv for the last few years. For the first few months of the pandemic, this was actually not much of an issue. Local regulations prohibited group religious gatherings, indoors or out. When regulations loosened a bit to allow small gatherings, indo...
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almost 2 years ago
Comment Post #286475 5 - As far as an Epi-pen, while clearly if someone is having a severe allergic reaction it would be permitted to go and get an Epi-pen (and to call 911), I don't know if there is any basis for allowing preemptively carrying an Epi-pen without an Eruv. My hunch is that there is not, and that the answe...
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almost 2 years ago
Comment Post #286475 Comments on a few of the issues: 1 - Basic concept is "if you can only Daven in a group outside due to legal health-based restrictions" you either "Daven outside in an Eruv (which can be as easy as an already fenced back yard with everything brought before Shabbos)" *or* you simply Daven by yourself ...
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almost 2 years ago
Comment Post #285319 Let's say it is 1/3 the distance (once you get past that, you are above the Arctic Circle and have all kinds of issues - essentially the standard "by the sun" calculations fall apart). So instead of 1,500 for a 1 second change, it might be 500 feet. Arguably at that sort of distance (exception: Beis ...
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over 2 years ago
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over 2 years ago
Edit Post #285319 Initial revision over 2 years ago
Answer A: At what distance does a zman change?
The amount that matters varies depending on the particular Zman, the time of year and location on this planet and on your specific concerns. For a simple example, the circumference of the Earth is 24,901 miles. Which means if you move 0.2882 miles = 1,521 feet (if I did the math correctly), your lo...
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over 2 years ago
Comment Post #285188 Exactly. It wasn't a question of names/words, it was the meaning behind that he "didn't know" or more to the point "didn't believe".
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over 2 years ago
Comment Post #285101 I have definitely seen this at Mussaf. IIRC, we had this at least once at a COVID-19-restricted-size Minyan, either Pesach or Shavuos of this year. At the time we also had "Baal Koreh gets all the Aliyahs", so no knowledge from Layning (unless Baal Koreh was a Cohen or Levi) of who was a Cohen or Lev...
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over 2 years ago
Comment Post #285069 Fascinating question. On a simpler level, sometimes not telling someone about a Halachic problem if you know they won't follow the Halacha, is definitely the Halachically correct thing to do. For example, if you know the Eruv is down and you see someone carrying, if you know they will do the right th...
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over 2 years ago
Edit Post #285101 Initial revision over 2 years ago
Answer A: How does a firstborn know to wash the kohen's hands?
I have seen this a few times. Really quite simple. Just like the Gabbai will, unless he knows everyone, ask "Is there a Cohen?" or "Is there a Levi?" when it comes to Layning, he will do the same, if needed, for Duchening. Either "Is there a Cohen?" to find out if there will be any Duchening, or "Is ...
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over 2 years ago
Comment Post #285009 I will try to get more sources about the exact definition. What is clear to me is that common secular sources and Halachic sources (e.g., MyZmanim) are using the exact same formula for sunset (and pretty sure sunrise too, though I didn't double-check that today). And that the 18 minutes is unquestion...
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over 2 years ago
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over 2 years ago
Edit Post #285010 Initial revision over 2 years ago
Question Blessing on Salt
The Bracha on salt, as listed in Mishneh Torah, Blessings 8:8 is Shehakol. I have found confirmation in modern generally accepted Halachic sources. According to Mishneh Torah, Blessings 8:7 spices normally have no Bracha at all, before or after, as they are not food. Salt seems to be in the sam...
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over 2 years ago
Edit Post #285009 Initial revision over 2 years ago
Answer A: For starting Shabbat, is sunset astronomical or visible?
TL;DR Shabbos starts at the generally accepted astronomical definition of sunset, and the 18 minutes is before that time. There are a few separate issues here: Halachically, when is "Shkias Hachamah" == Sunset? Sunset is actually a relatively universally agreed upon time. A quick look at MyZ...
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over 2 years ago
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over 2 years ago
Comment Post #284313 I believe that we actually get the Halachah for Sukkah **from** the Halachah for Pesach - see the last line of [this piece of Mishneh Torah](https://www.sefaria.org/Mishneh_Torah%2C_Shofar%2C_Sukkah_and_Lulav.6.7?lang=bi) כְּדִין אֲכִילַת מַצָּה בְּפֶסַח "like the law of eating matsa on Passover."
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over 2 years ago
Edit Post #284313 Initial revision over 2 years ago
Answer A: Why do we dwell in booths every day during Sukkot, but we don't have to eat matzah every day during Pesach?
It is actually very much the same thing, at least ignoring the "sleep in Sukkah" part which most people don't do these days for a variety of reasons, especially outside of Israel. Basically, with both Sukkah and Matzah the rule is: First night - required. So we must eat in the Sukkah on the fi...
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over 2 years ago
Comment Post #284170 In particular, I suspect that using *Otzar Beis Din* - effectively a community storehouse for all the produce that then gets distributed to all - makes a lot more sense with commercial farms, as Beis Din hires people to work the fields and harvest. With a home garden that gets a bit awkward. On the o...
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over 2 years ago
Comment Post #283913 Still just comments, but a little more info: Just started studying Mishneh Torah Hilchos Brachos. In introductory, mostly general, rules, mentions that a *relevant* interruption is not a Hefsek - classic example is "pass the salt" between Hamotzi and eating bread (Mishneh Torah actually has this exam...
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over 2 years ago
Comment Post #283913 Bracha Levatalah is a real issue, and so the question is quite relevant (and which is why I am only commenting, as I don't have the actual answer). So *planning* properly in terms of minimizing time/interruptions between Bracha and Mitzvah is quite important. But in the end, if there is a delay/inter...
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over 2 years ago
Comment Post #283913 Keep in mind that the Bracha is not usually required. AIUI, the only two Torah Mitzvos (as opposed to Rabbinic) where the Bracha is required are Birkas Hamazon (Grace after meals) and Birchas Hatorah (the blessings said both as part of morning blessings and before/after reading an Aliyah/Torah readin...
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over 2 years ago
Comment Post #281772 For some reason I didn't notice it when I looked the first time. Interesting question...
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almost 3 years ago