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From the Rav’s Desk: Should one who has a Kosher Megillah say the blessings to himself?
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From the Rav’s Desk: The issue with making a breakaway minyan for Megillah reading
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From the Rav’s Desk: If you snooze do you lose? Momentarily falling asleep during the Megillah reading
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From the Rav’s Desk: Was Mordechai the uncle or cousin of Esther?
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From the Rav’s Desk: Alexa bathroom smart system on Shabbos
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From the Rav’s Desk: Retracting Compromise agreement
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From the Rav’s Desk: TURP surgery in Halacha
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From the Rav’s Desk: Hafrashas Challah on wheat and spelt doughs which were placed on same counter
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From the Rav’s Desk: Shaving body Hair on Rosh Chodesh
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From the Rav’s Desk: Retracting from a Zabla
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From Rav’s Desk: Abortion of illegitimate pregnancy
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Washing Neigal Vaaser for baby
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From the Rav’s Desk: Do brick posts by a yard entrance serve as a Tzuras Pesach to allow one to carry on Shabbos?
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From the Rav’s Desk-Preventing an incompliant debtor from leaving the country to pressure him to pay
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From the Rav’s Desk: How many people died due to Chet Haeigel?
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From the Rav’s Desk: Why is Rishon and Sheiyni of Ki Sisa so long?
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From the Rav’s Desk: What is a Zabla?
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From the Rav’s Desk: Should an Avel lead the prayers also for Pesukei Dezimra?
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From the Rav’s Desk: Repeating Ani Hashem Elokeichem by Kerias Shema Sheal Hamita
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From the Rav’s Desk: Charging money for lectures given on Shabbos
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From the Rav’s Desk: Restaurant & Catering ethics-Allowing your employees to eat from the food they prepare & serve
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From the Rav’s Desk: The status of a girlfriend regarding needing a Get
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From the Rav’s Desk: May one invest his Maaser funds and give the dividends to charity?
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From the Rav’s Desk: What to do if accidentally answered Amen or Kedusha in middle of Shemoneh Esrei?
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From the Rav’s Desk: How many Basherts or Zivugim does a person have? One, Two, Seven?
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From the Rav’s Desk: Did the Rebbe ever discuss recreational drugs?
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From the Rav’s Desk: Are all Jews killed because they are Jewish considered to have died Al Kiddush Hashem
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Must children help support parents who have a savings account
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From the Rav’s Desk: Spilling water on Shabbos if a neighbor passed away
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From the Rav’s Desk: Saying Shehechiyanu on dried fruits
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From the Rav’s Desk: Abortions by animals-Terminating the pregnancy of a pet
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From the Rav’s Desk: Kashrus of Torah scroll sewed in wrong order
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From the Rav’s Desk: Source for taking three steps back before Shemoneh Esrei
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From the Rav’s Desk: Accidentally skipped the Mizmorim of Shabbos said before Baruch Sheamar
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From the Rav’s Desk: Locking versus Knocking-Locking the door of the bathroom behind you
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From the Rav’s Desk: What blessing is recited over cranberries such as craisins-Haeitz or Hadama?
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From the Rav’s Desk: Looking at a church
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From the Rav’s Desk: Reciting a Mi Shebeirach for IDF soldiers in Shul
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From the Rav’s Desk: Bal Tashchis by water
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From the rav’s desk-Hating someone who offended you-When hate is wrong but not a crime
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From Rav’s Desk: Walking by a church
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From the Rav’s Desk-Pouring the liquid out from a can of olives on Shabbos
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From the Ravs Desk: Giving jewelry to one’s Kallah before the wedding
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From the Rav’s Desk-Bishul Akum by electric stove-Maid cooking in home
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From the Rav’s Desk: Jumping into a Mikveh
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From the Rav’s Desk: Chasan and Kallah not meeting for a week before wedding
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From the Rav’s Desk: May one taste the food on Erev Shabbos if it is a fast day?
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From the Rav’s Desk: Should children light with oil versus wax candles?
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From the Rav’s Desk: No one fulfills obligation with shul or public or store Menorah lighting
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From the Rav’s Desk: May a wife light Chanukah candles in addition to her husband?
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From the Rav’s Desk: If a guest is eating by one host and sleeping by another, where is he to light the Chanukah candles?
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From the Rav’s Desk: Washed hands for bread as one washes in the morning, switching hands between pourings
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From the Rav’s Desk: Women Carrying guns
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When to celebrate birthday if born on the 30th of Kisleiv
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