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the type of tefillin has nothing to do with the nussach you daven. I daven nussacg Asshkenaz while I put on tefillin nussach sefard.
My father and grandfather’s tefillin had the double daled therefore I and my son’s have the double daled.
LB: There is a prohibition about “wasting things” especially food known a BAAL TASHCHIS”. He stated that if you have food that you consider assur then you are not violating BAAL TASHCHIS by throwing it out.
As for shalach manos, lets say you give someone 2 pareve items and 1 chalav stam, you were yotzai the mitzvah with the the two pareve items. It is practically impossible to know everyone’s personal chumros. What if a person doesn’t eat from “Hashgacha A” and all your items are from that hashgacha? Do you have to worry about that? No.
As for giving food items to a goy, he stated it was better to give it to someone you don’t know.
I have friends who are makpid on chalav yisroel but their children aren’t. They just give the chalav stam to their children.
LB: I listened to Rabbi Tahan and his discussion was enlightening. However, I would not base any decision about this issue without discussing it with my personal LOR. Even Rabbi Tahan stated that it is only based on a statement by Rabbi Shlomo Kluger that one is not yotzai shalach manos. He did not mention if their are others who disagree.
Did you try the “snipping tool” , saving as a GIF or JPG and then pasting the graphic?
LB: IMHO, there is a difference between a person’s name and Yerushalayim. I have never heard anyone shorten the name of Yerushalayim.
Shlomo is the name of Dovid Hamelech’s son and has nothing to do with the name Sholom. In addition, Sholom is one of the names of Hashem and I don’t anyone who uses a shortened version.
Yerushlayim is a name comprised from what Malkitzedek called it (Shalaim) and What Avrahom called it (Hashem Yireh). To call it it “Yerush” has no meaning nor is it a term of endearment.
You don’t mention where you live. Most people go to a local seforim store or to a sofer to purchase tefillin. Rabbi Heshy Pinkus (onwer of Tiferes Stam Judaica, 1664 Coney Island Ave. in Brooklyn) sits with the bar mitzvah bachur and his (parents, siblings, grandparents etc) and discusses the entire process of how tefillin are made. It takes about 45 minutes to an hour.
LU: Depending on the filling, YES (purposely shouting). My wife makes a blueberry filled one and my niece makes a chocolate filled one.
LU: No. IN the NYC area 72 minutes after shkia was approximately 7:10 PM (19:10 GMT -0500). Many shuls started the megillah right away after Maariv. Others may have waited 1/2 hour to give the women a chance to come. DST started at 2:00 AM EST (3:00 AM EDT). NYC is now at GMT -0400. Yesterday Netz (sunrise) was at 06:12 EST; today it is 07:12 (EDT).
cchocker: my son spent 3 years learning in Yeshiva Ner Aryeh in Valley Village and his spiritual growth was amazing. The families he met out there were interested in making sure that their children experienced a frum atmosphere and tried hard to lower the gashmius. I would suggest trying to contact Rabbi Stuhlberger of Valley Torah High School.
LB: I sell the chametz in my house and my mother’s house. Since my mother goes away for Pesach the Rav just asks for her address and writes “wherever “chametz is stored” and writes that I have the keys. For my house, I have to list all the specific rooms and cabinets where chametz is stored. And yes, I sell real chametz.
You may want to view the Star-K’s website for information regarding Pesach. They have a pro-forma “contract of sale of chametz” as well as what is actual chametz. There are items that an individual might think is chametz but is not (at least according to the Star-K).
No, I am in NYC. I wasn’t hungry. Thirsty yes but hungry no.
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LU: Bliyos is not grease residue on the pots. It is what is absorbed in the “walls” of the pot. Since it comes out when you reheat the pot it is considered chametz and this is what is sold.
LB: CLARIFICATION: I would eat riced cauliflower and if someone else mistakenly thinks its regular rice then he/she will think I am eating kitniyos and not actual chametz.
One of the biographies of the Chazon Ish mentions that he baked his own matzos and the oven was small so only 3 or 4 matzos were baked at one time.
I would eat it. Rice is not chametz.
LB: Matzos are made differently so the circumference is not uniform. Also there are thin and thick matzos (relative terms). Some bakeries have 6 matzos to a pound (relatively “thick”) and some have 9 or 10 matzos to a pound (relatively “thin”). The thinner the matzo, more of the matzo has to be eaten to satisfy the measurement of a “kezayis” (size of an olive). The friendswithdiabetes dot org website has a chart for this.
Moderators: here are the actual links if you will allow it. I know the rules. Since it is for a mitzvah….
LB: There is no requirement that the afikoman has to be hidden. The custom for children to “chaap” the afikoman is twofold: 1) so that they should stay awake for the seder.
2)It is related to Yaakov Avinu receiving the brochos instead of Eisav which took place on the day we celebrate Pesach. The passuk says ????????? ???? ??????? ?????????? ????????? ???????????:
The numerical value of ?????????? is 287. Beis =2, mem =40 (x2=80) resh=200 and hay =5. 200+80+5+2=287.
afikoman is also 287 (alef=1, pey=80, yud=10, kuf=100, vav=6, mem-40, nun=50 (1+80+10+100+6+40+50=287).
It does not actually have to be hidden away unless the adults want to look for it.
I heard the following from R’ Chaim Segal A”H, Menahel of Mesivta Chaim Berlin (Niftar in 1998):
All yomim tovim are divided Chetzyo L’Hashem and Chetzyo Lachem (half for Hashem (davening and learning) and half to you (eating and drinking). The exception is Yom Kippur which is Kulo L’Hashem. Therefore we have Purim which is the Chetzyo Lachem for Yom Hakipurim!
LB: to answer Q2 of your OP, yes I would allow my child to wear a sticker that said “I am a hero!”.
I think you need to see a psychotherapist regarding your bagel obsession.
rebyidd23: I never said that I don’t eat the “scooped out” part of the bagel.
Either way, people who do this are not “horrible” and I hope that you take a more reasonable approach to your frustrations in the future.
LB: IMHO, scooping a bagel is taking out the soft center leaving only the outside crust. This way it makes a neater sandwich. This is also done for Italian heroes.
WTP: I learnt that Mordechai was Esther’s uncle…..brother to her mother. Therefore he can be both Her cousin (nephew of Avichayil through his father) and Esther’s maternal uncle.
No I am not in Kollel….
Rebyidd23: sorry but I am not a “horrible person” since I sometimes scoop out a bagel. However, if you think this is a terrible avla I will make sure not to be meshadech with you and your family.
If you think one of the criteria for being in Kollel is not scooping bagels shows how shallow some people are. This thread should be shut down now.
Never, not even as a passenger!
Regarding drinking on Purim, you may want to read what Rabbi Eliezer Ginsburg wrote in this weeks edition of the Flatbush Jewish Journal printed on page 46. He quotes the Rambam that one is supposed to drink wine only by the seudas Purim.
The best way to quit smoking is never to start!
“Top bochur” is a subjective term, not an objective term. To some it means the best in hasmadah, to others its the best middos. While I personally do not smoke, IMHO, the status as top bochur is not diminished if that bochur smoked at one time but quit.
Possibly because they don’t grow well where you live.
LU: as Avram in MD wrote, it depends on the person. There is no consensus on whether the arm with the tefillin is put in the jacket sleeve or not. It all depends on the person’s comfort. If my jacket sleeve is big enough, I will put my hand into the jacket sleeve. If not, I leave it out.
The covering of the arm tefillin is based on the words UKKSHARTEM LOS AL YADCHAH (tied as a sign on your hand) as a reminder to the wearer not to the observer.
No. Since I already know that YWN headlines are not always accurate, I made sure to read the article.
ans what about those who collect on Purim night ringing door bells at 1:00 AM?
LU: It depends on “where” you are. EY, US, or some other country. Even here in NYC you will see that almost every minyan is different. Most “yeshivishah” minyanim will have men wearing jackets; other types of minyanim will have men wearing jackets, windbreakers, or no jackets at all. The president of my shul generally is the shliach tzibbur and he hardly ever wears a jacket. In addition, many sephardim don’t wear jackets. I don’t often agree with “kj” but he is correct when he says ” better be a ehrliche yid who goes to shul with ur work clothing”.
I personally wear a jacket although my father A”H generally did not.
Not a “pilot” but a “pilot program” as in “the first of it’s kind”.
catch yourself: In NYS it is illegal to serve alcoholic beverages to any minor anywhere except your own child.
Section 260.20 of the Penal Law
TrainingShadchan: See Biur Halacha Siman 695 D”H CHAYAV INISH where it states specifically wine.
http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14166&st=&pgnum=323
Yehudayona: I was recently told it is based on 60 minute hours not shaah zmaniyos.
The OU has a blog on their website that discusses the different waiting times. Search the OUKOSHER site for “the-halachot-of-waiting-between-meals”.
[Original Dutch Jews wait only one hour.]If a woman of German descent, who is accustomed to waiting three hours, marries a man who waits six hours, she must then wait six hours. Similarly, if a woman who waits six hours marries a man of German descent who waits three hours, she may then wait only three hours.
YW – Moderator 29: Sorry, I thought your 3rd comment was directed at me so I used your tag as the label.
LB: Thanks – In NYC, segways and hoverboards are considered “moving vehicles” and therefore need to be licensed by NYSDMV. NYSDMV does not license such vehicles and therefore cannot be used on any public property including sidewalks.
My shul allows scooters and bicycles in the hallway although there is room for only 2 or 3 bikes.
Depends on the shadchan. We normally call the shadchan and follow his/her instructions.
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YW Moderator 29: Their is a halacha to drink by the seuda until “ad dlo yada”. Not to serve wine/alcohol the entire day.
Talk to Hatzala members about how many underage drinkers are treated every year on Purim in the ER for alcohol poisoning. It’s a sobering statistic.
Again, you are asking some questions that require a psak from a Rav not the CR.
A person’s personal minhag generally does not change when they move somewhere else. In addition, it does not matter if the homeowner waits longer and the guest doesn’t.
One explains to children that there are different customs as to waiting between meat and dairy. While your friend waits a shorter period we wait longer.