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Why not take high elevation into account for calculating zmanim?
A correction is necessary - the זמנים כהלכתם explicitly writed that only for צאת הכוכבים does elevation not matter.
The explanation given is that צאת הכוכבים is determined by the darkness of the ...
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Non-Halachic Marriages, Mamzerim, and Baalei Teshuva
Many returnees to Judaism were born out of reform or conservative
marriages. In the case of such a person, assuming their parents were
not learned in Torah whatsoever, but whose mother is Jewish and ...
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Accepted
Wiping toilet seat on Shabbos
The שולחן ערוך 208:34 allow moving disgusting things such as excrement and allows it if it is in an area that people live in. A bathroom is part of such areas.
כל דבר מטונף כגון רעי וקיא וצואה בין של ...
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Accepted
Do any poskim permit one to recite Parshas Hamon on Tisha b’Av?
The פסקי תשובות סימו תקנ"ד אות ד brings a minhag that relies on the ט"ז ס"ק ג which the פ"ת understands to hold that according to the רמ"א, anything that is part of the ...
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