From the Ravs Desk: Latest articles and Q&A [Wednesday 19th Adar 5785]

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Recent Q&A

There is no need to hold onto the candle during Havdala, and it may be placed in a candleholder.

Sources: See Admur 296:16 where no mention is ever made about holding the candle, and only the holding of the spices and the kiddush cup is mentioned

May the prayer of Vayiten Lecha be recited if one does not have another person to say it with?

Yes. While encouraged and the custom, there is no requirement to say it with another person, and hence when another person is not available then one should say it to himself.

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12. The blessing on wild fruits and herbs – Sabras, Crabapples, wild pears, wild herbs

The Bracha on Chili [i.e. Chile] peppers – Jalapeno, Habanero, Serrano, Fresno, Anaheim, Poblano

The Bracha on Ginger

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About The Author

Rabbi Yaakov Goldstein is a 6th generation descendent of the famous Chief Rabbi of Izhmir, Rav Yehoshua Avraham Krispin, who authored a number of Sefarim, and was a colleague of Rav Chaim Falagi, and father in-law of the Pesach Hadvir. He currently lives with his wife Shayna, and twelve children K”H, in Tzfas, Israel. Rabbi Goldstein received Semicha from Rabbi Schneur Zalman Labkowski of the Tomchei Temimim headquarters in 2005 and served as a chaplain in the Lotar/Kalatz and K9 unit of the IDF from years 2005-2008. He is also a certified Shochet, and has performed Hashgacha work in slaughterhouses. Rabbi Goldstein is the director of Shulchanaruchharav.com, the world’s leading web-based Halacha database, and is the director of the Home Study Semicha Program, a self-study web-based Semicha program. He is a prolific author of over 50 Sefarim studied by a wide range of readers throughout the world, which is used regularly in Semicha programs around the globe. He is a world renowned Posek, answering questions to a web-based market, and serves as a local Posek, Rav, and Lecturer, in the Tzemach Tzedek community Shul in Tzefas, Israel. His many classes can be heard both from his website, Vimeo and YouTube channel. Students can join live to classes given in the Tzemach Tzedek Shul, through the “בית חבד צפת Chabad Tsfat” YouTube channel.

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