WHY DO PEOPLE ASK SHAILOS IN THE COFEEROOM INSTEAD OF CALLING A ROV? You can call the Bais Horaah at 732-905-9992.
I’m especially annoyed at people like mdg and rsrh who sound like lomdim and “pasken” on line – yes people take what you write and then decide for themselves!
For the record it’s a mchlokes poskim – see dvar halacha siman 8 – so you need a rov to aactually be machria!
p.s. i’m not a practicing rov so dont accuse of me of defending my profession