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Snow in Halacha

A description of the color-shade of tzara'as. Whether it counts as water vis-a-vis a mikva.
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Shoveling snow on Shabbos

Well said. I heard Rabbi Herschel Welcher address exactly this question. There's a disagreement in the Achronim whether pushing muktza indirectly is subject to the "indirect" loophole if that's the …
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Bracha on thunder and lightning - how often?

As long as it looks overcast, it's once per day. If it totally completely absolutely clears up bright and shiny, then later thunderstorms, you'd make a new bracha. SO: Once per day, OR Once per …
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If it rains on my sukkah and I put up a tarp, should I stay in the sukkah?

Nope. If the s'chach isn't valid, it's not a sukkah. The practical advantage is, you can have all sorts of nice stuff in the sukkah; if it starts to rain, just put up the tarp; as soon as it stops ra …
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Was the fire within each hailstone or within the hailstorm?

I think the common Midrashic interpretation was that each hailstone had fire within it. (That's the way it's illustrated when taught to kids.) Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan translates instead as "hailstorm", an …
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What to do if Shabbat candles go out

If she just lit them but didn't yet say the bracha, and it's still before sunset, she hasn't yet accepted Shabbat. So relight them and then make the bracha. If she already made the bracha but it's s …
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