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Collective or Individual Gomel
Question: Our family has just returned from a holiday abroad. Should each of us bench gomel individually, or can one person recite it on behalf of everyone? Answer: The Shulchan Aruch (OC 219:5) rules that if one person reci…
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House Minyan on Friday Night
Question: We daven in someone’s house on Friday night for a few weeks during the summer. There was a debate as to whether we should be saying magen avos or not. Should we be saying it? Answer: The Gemara (Shabbos 24b ) teac…
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Playing with Food
Question: I am a madrich (counsellor) over the Summer and have been asked to create stamps out of potatoes with the children. Is this allowed? Answer: The Torah (Devarim 20:19) prohibits soldiers in battle from destroying fr…
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Eating Shiurim on Tisha B’Av
Question: I take regular medication and have managed successfully to fast on Yom Kippur by eating a small piece of cake and a shot of juice with my pills. What do I do on Tisha B’Av? Answer: A choleh she'ain bo sakana i…