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| Hashkafa - quote | | Submitted by Alisa Avruch Answered by | | Question: | | Answer:
This sentiment has been achoed many times in various forms since the Ramban wrote of the concept of being a Naval B'Rishus HaTorah, an abomination of a person without violating a single...read more | | posted:2015-07-16 23:29 |
| Halacha - Kashrut | | Submitted by anonymous Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: | | Answer: The grapes may be eaten. Grapes are generally not infested to a degree that we would assume that there are bugs, it is merely a suspicion.
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| Money Matters - Pruzbul question | | Submitted by Sylvain Blumenfrucht Answered by Rav Yehonoson Hool | | Question: | | Answer: Unpaid loans are cancelled at the end of the Shmittah year, Unless a pruzbul is written, which is usually done shortly before the end of the Shmittah year.
The above applies mainly to loans....read more | | posted:2014-08-31 02:27 |
| Halacha - Relationships | | Submitted by anonymous Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: | | Answer:
HaRav Moshe Feinstein has an extensive Teshuva in Igros
Moshe Even HaEzer vol 4 Siman 60 where he concludes that...read more | | posted:2014-07-18 19:03 |
| Halacha - Ancestry | | Submitted by anonymous Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: | | Answer:
You should continue following the customs your father and
grandfather observed. The essence of a Minhag is continuing one’s parent’s
practices; as no...read more | | posted:2014-07-14 15:07 |
| Halacha - lo silbash | | Submitted by anonymous Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: | | Answer: I don't see why there should be any issue of Lo Silbash on shaving cream. Obviously, the act of shaving itself for men presents its own isues.
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| Halacha - Prutah | | Submitted by Israel Sh. Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: | | Answer: I recently calculated it as being worth approximately 1.5 US cents.
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| Halacha - candle lighting | | Submitted by yehuda Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: | | Answer: You cannot light the Shabbos candles in a place you are neither eating nor sleeping. It would be best to light in the hall where you are eating.
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| Halacha - knife sharpener | | Submitted by steve Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: | | Answer: It is highly recommended, as a knife might be sharpened when not perfectly clean and grease would accumulate on the sharpener.
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| Halacha - kaddish for two people | | Submitted by Sylvain Blumenfrucht Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: | | Answer:
The simplest solution would be to designate one Kaddish for the cousin and a different one for you grandparent.
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| Halacha - Cooking on Shabbos | | Submitted by anonymous Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: | | Answer: If it is hot enough to warm the small pot to the temperature of Yad Soledes Bo, around 110F/45C, it is forbidden to place a cold liquid and is considered cooking.
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| Halacha - Chanukah Gifts | | Submitted by Yaakov Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: | | Answer: There doesn't seem to be any source for gifts. Nitei Gavriel quotes a number of Chassidishe Rebbes who gave Chanuka Gelt, but the Minhag is not mentioned in Bnei Yissoschar and seems to be of...read more | | posted:2013-12-05 10:25 |
| Halacha - break in seuda | | Submitted by martin Answered by Rav Peretz Moncharsh | | Question: | | Answer:
First of all, assuming you are Ashkenazi and had already eaten a kzayis of bread before stepping outside, you do not need to make a new Beracha when you continue your meal....read more | | posted:2013-12-02 14:30 |
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