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| Halacha - Shabbos | | Submitted by Yehoshua Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: Is someone allowed to put food in an oven (or on a platta) erev Shabbos not cooked with a timer in order that it should turn on at the end of Shabbos and be ready to eat only on motzei Shabbos (not on Shabbos itself.)
| | Answer: No. One may not cook on Shabbos, even with a timer.
| | posted:2012-05-08 06:59 |
| Halacha - CHANGING FROM MILCHIG TO FLEISHIG | | Submitted by RAIZY Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: I HAVE A SET OF FLATWARE - SPOONS FORKS, KNIVES - WHICH I DID NOT USE FOR AT LEAST 10 YEARS. I USED THEM FOR MILCHIG. IS THERE ANY WAY I CAN KASHER THEM TO USE THEM FOR FLEISHIG.
| | Answer: While the general Minhag is to avoid Kashering items from Milchig to Fleishig or the reverse, there are Poskim who are lenient when the objects have not been used for at least 12 months. One may rely...read more | | posted:2012-04-29 16:56 |
| Halacha - Asher Yotsar, Al Netilas Yadayim | | Submitted by anonymous Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: If waking up during the night for pressing bathroom call what are the Halochos as far as doing "Negel vasser" if at all as one does intend, hopefully, to go back to sleep. In other words, does one say Al Netilas Yadayim before the bathroom call even if difficult to hold back or not? Does one just say Asher Yotsar at the end and go back to sleep without Al Netilas Yadayim? In other words does the intent to go back to sleep nulify the nedd for "Negel Vasser"? Also when eventually finally getting up in the morning with an urgent bathroom call, what order does one say these two Brochos? Doe sone do "Negel Vasser" with Al Netilas Yadayim regardless of the bathroom call urgency or is there another order of priority. Thank you
| | Answer: Before Alos HaShachar it is not necessary to wash at all. Any time you intend to go back to sleep, you should not say a Beracha on washing.
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| Halacha - Aliya | | Submitted by Aharon Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: Hi, Is a man allowed to divorce his wife if he wants to make aliya and she doesn't? Does he have a right to take the children with him?
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This is a sensitive issue which can depend upon numerous individual factors. It would be best to have both sides sit down together with a Rav who knows them personally.
| | posted:2012-04-09 08:35 |
| Halacha - Matzah Farfel in Soup | | Submitted by AA Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: What is the bracha on chicken soup with matza farfel (crushed matza) in it? Is it mezonot of hamotzi?
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Generally, small pieces of bread or Matza that are cooked in liquid lose their Hamotzi status ad would become Mezonos, as the new Bishul undoes the original baking. However, here the...read more | | posted:2012-04-08 22:50 |
| Halacha - Pesach - non Pesach margarine | | Submitted by anonymous Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: We just realized that the margarine block that we used in some of the food was just kosher, but bot kosher for Pesach. What is the status of the food, the oven, the utensils, etc.? Is this mararine chometz or kitniyos? What should we do?
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If it had no Pesach supervision at all, I have no way of knowing what might be in there and what the machinery may have been used for previously. If so, the food must be disposed of and the...read more | | posted:2012-04-05 21:40 |
| Halacha - basar bchalav | | Submitted by anonymous Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: Hello, A milchig non stick frying pan was put accidentally inside the fleishig oven. The frying pan was clean and last used to fry parve pancakes. I discovered the frying pan as I was about to take out parve food from the hot oven. Do I have to throw the frying pan? is now treif? Thanks Leah
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That will depend on the cleanliness of the oven. If the oven was clean and the milchig pan did not come into direct contact with any fleishig residue, the pan remains Kosher. However,...read more | | posted:2012-04-04 20:32 |
| Halacha - chometz hair spray before pesach | | Submitted by Etah Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: Can I use a chometz (it contains denatured alcohol) hair spray on a shaitel before pesach that I will wear on pesach?
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Yes. It is not edible and is not coming into contact with food.
| | posted:2012-04-03 10:08 |
| Halacha - Hashem's name on a digital screen | | Submitted by anonymous Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: I have heard b'shem R' Eliashiv shlita that you should be machmir when it comes to erasing Hashem's name on a computer screen. R' Wosner shlita writes that min hatorah it's muttar but you should be choshesh to a machlokes rishonim when you write the shem Hashem shelo lishmah and therefore it should only be done bshaas hadchak. R' Shternbuch shlita writes that it's muttar but if you're machmir then tavoh alecha bracha. I don't understand how you can open and close programs like hebrewbooks.org and otzar hachochma. Also, how would it be muttar to write on a computer on chol hamoed if writing on a screen is considered a ksav? I am currently trying to researcg this shaila This shaila came up by taking a picture with a digital camera of a wall that had a Hashem's name on it. Are you allowed to crop or erase the picture? Most poskim seem to hold that it's not a problem, but according to the above mentioned poskim how would seforim databases and writing on a computer on chol hamoed (and in the case of the camera) be muttar? Thank you very much
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I recently had the opportunity to discuss this subject with the author of an authoritative Sefer on the topic.
First of all, the accepted Halacha does not follow their view and...read more | | posted:2012-03-30 16:18 |
| Halacha - kettle used on shabbat by goy | | Submitted by renee Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: Thank you in advance. My mother lives in her own apt with a caretaker who is a goya. We have trained her as best as possible, labeled everything, etc. and we stop in frequently and unexpectedly . We just discovered that she has used Mom's electric kettle on Shabbat. Is it now treif? Can it be koshered? Is it treif only if she heated the water for a Jew? Thank you very much.
| | Answer: It is permitted to continue using the urn, whether the Goyta used the hot water for herself or for your mother. In the future, she should be discouraged from using it for a Jew.
| | posted:2012-03-28 12:14 |
| Halacha - lottery and shabbos | | Submitted by ari Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: Can one purchase a lottery ticket when the drawing will be made on Shabbos?
| | Answer: Yes, it is permitted.
| | posted:2012-03-15 23:10 |
| Halacha - crockpot | | Submitted by CHacham Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: is it muttar to do chazarah on a crockpot
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Assuming all the other conditions for Chazara have been met, a crockpot that does not have variable temperature settings is permitted to return to. If it does have a high and low...read more | | posted:2012-03-11 11:42 |
| Halacha - Tanach at night | | Submitted by anonymous Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: Is a person allowed to learn tanach after chatzot
| | Answer: The Mishna Berura deduces from the Pri Megadim that it is only a preference to refrain from mikra at night but not an obligation, however the mekuballim are very strict on this issue based on the...read more | | posted:2012-02-28 15:17 |
| Halacha - Answering Amen when in the bathroom | | Submitted by anonymous Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: Can one answer amen to a bracha while in a bathroom if one is fully dressed? It is very common to hear people read the Asher Yatzar out loud. If someone is brushing their teeth or drying their hands, can they respond? Would it matter that the toilet is covered and flushed?
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Generally speaking one may not answer Amen in a bathroom. the Rema OC 84:1 rules that Amen may not be said in response to any Beracha in a bathroom. However, in 83:4 provision is made that a...read more | | posted:2012-02-27 14:12 |
| Chumash - Length of Kohen Gadol's Belt | | Submitted by Avraham Shmuel Answered by Rabbi Shaul Rosenberg | | Question: I want to know how long was the Avinet or belt that was worn by the Cohen Gadol? Was it really 32 amos long? How was it worn?
| | Answer: The Avnet of the Kohain Gadol was 32 amos long . It was wound around him again and again until it was completed , and then it was tied. (Rambam Hilchos Klei Hamikdash 8:19)
| | posted:2012-02-27 09:37 |
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