ArchiveShowing posts from August, 2017
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Shofar in Elul
Question: I will be away for a couple of days in Elul without a minyan . Do I need to blow the shofar for myself? Answer: The Tur (OC 581) provides two reasons for the minhag of blowing the shofar throughout the month of …
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Silver Atara
Q uestion: I see some people with a silver atara on their tallis . Is it preferable to wear one? Answer: The Magen Avraham (OC 8:6) quotes the Shela who writes that some have the minhag to affix a piece of silk onto the …
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Photographing a Sunset
Question: I know that one isn’t supposed to draw the sun or moon. Does that prohibition also extend to taking pictures of a sunset? Answer: The Gemara (Rosh Hashana 24b) asks how Rabban Gamliel could have had diagrams of the…
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Waiting after Tasting
Question: I tasted some chicken to see if it was too hot before feeding it to my baby. Am I now meaty? Answer: The Tur (YD 89:1) writes that there are two different reasons for why we have to wait between eating a meat mea…