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231 questions linked to/from Why is it necessary to ask a Rabbi?
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Dunkin Donuts MUFFINS - are they kosher?
Ok - everyone talks about donuts and whether they are kosher everywhere or not, etc. what about muffins? Those need some love too. All i want right now is a pumpkin muffin and the only nearby DD is ...
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Selling chametz if two people share a house?
I was just wondering a general law about the sale of chametz (specifically through chabad.org but also in general), that if two people jointly own a house, then should they each individually fill out ...
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Can one eat together two salads with onions (charif) cut with different knives?
Two salads have been prepared and both have raw onions. One salad was prepared with meaty utensils and the other prepared with dairy utensils. The onions were chopped with their respective knives. All ...
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If a local store holds a "Christmas Sale" in the days leading up to Dec. 25th, may I shop there?
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In mid-December, I received the weekly advertising flyer of a local store chain. At the top, the flyer said "Christmas Sale".
If a sale is advertised like this, with the name of a non-...
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bracha on unflavoured seltzer if one's not thirsty
It's well known that a bracha isn't made on plain, unflavoured water if one isn't [that] thirsty, the question is: what about plain seltzer (e.g. refreshe from Vons)?
Is the addition of the bubbley ...
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Creating songs in your head (lyrics and melodies) on Shaabath
What I've noticed is that when there is not too much to talk about with haShem, I get kinda 'hyper'. In this state I like to go a bit primal and just shout out some noises, do some clapping and stuff ...
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Turning in a lost object to the "front desk"
"I" found an object left behind after a Jewish event in a public venue (let's say a hotel). "I" don't know who the owner is. The owner will likely come back to the venue to ask if the object was ...
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Checking strawberries with a magnifying glass
Most resources mention some type of process of rinsing with detergent etc.
Can I just use a magnifying glass in order to see a potential bug?
Also, why do the resources say to use soap or detergent.....
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Can one establish a minyan in a nursing home?
SA O.C. 90:26 mentions that one cannot say amidah in an area where there is a bad odor such as from feces.
There is a nursing home near my home that has a minyan. Occasionally, the hallway gets a bad ...
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Cooking meat and milk but not benefitting from it
Is it forbidden to cook meat and milk if one wasn't to benefit from it? The situation is being a culinary class in a non-Jewish school - would I not be able to participate in cooking if there was meat ...
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Different Sized Strings for Begged
If I am replacing the tzizit on a begged and I use different thincknesses of strings for different corners, is it okay to wear such a begged? Specifically, if 2 corners have thin, dak strings and 2 ...
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Hot pareve pot on fleishig (or milkhig surface)
If one's intention is to keep food pareve, is it permissible to put a hot pot (above yad soledes), full of pareve liquid onto a meat or dairy surface?
Does the pareve liquid become fleishig/milkhig? ...
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What partition is needed to wash your hands in a bathroom for bread or davening?
I heard rumours that after walking into a bathroom, nowadays, you're required to wash you're hands three times (as in, I've seen some Rabbi do this: after just walking into a bathroom to get something,...
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Journals that have “Gd” and “B’H, BS”D”, can I throw them away? Why or why not?
I know that according to halacha, any notebook (etc.) which has the name of G-d written in it needs to be buried in geniza.
Does the same apply to abbreviations of G-d's name? For example, writing &...
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Status of books printed by the "Society for Distributing Hebrew Scriptures"
There are ostensibly a bunch of Christians who want to encourage Jews to learn Torah and keep mitzvot because they believe that will bring the Moshiach, so they have a Tanach they have printed and ...
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