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By Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz
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Engaging and current Halachic issues brought to you straight from the desk of Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz. Discover not only the resolution but the process of resolving modern-day issues in Jewish law.
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The Shabaton Without a Minyan
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Online Reviews for Jewish Businesses
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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Have a Heart!
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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This Deal is a Steal!
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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Switching Shifts to Work on Shabbos
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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Tefilin is my Birthright
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Jan 18, 2026 |
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Linen Tzitzis
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Jan 11, 2026 |
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Linen Tzitzis
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Jan 04, 2026 |
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Betting on My Friend to be Mechalel Shabbos
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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The School Lunch Destined for the Garbage
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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Taking Vertical God Out of My Body
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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The $35k Menorah
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Dec 14, 2025 |
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Half the Estate to the Helper
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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Chanukah Issues
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Going Back to His Old House for Shabbos
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Bringing Back the Holy Water
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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What Should R' Teller Tell Her?
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Oct 25, 2025 |
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Teshuva Edition
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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Teshuvah
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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Competitive Eating
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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Getting a Ride With a Mechalel Shabbos
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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Wontons for Shabbos
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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Window Shopping at the Supermarket
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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Taping the Kids to Their Rooms
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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The Lonely Rosh Chodesh Davening
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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The New Talis Smell
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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Very Early Shabbos in the UK
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Jul 27, 2025 |
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My Aunt is the Worst!!!!!!!!!
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Jul 27, 2025 |
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Cruising Before Shabbos
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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A Restrained Yichud
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Jul 20, 2025 |
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Birchas Hagomel After My Personal Yetzias Mitzrayim
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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Insensitive Gratitude
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Jul 13, 2025 |
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The Issur of Shnayim Mikra?!
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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Substandard Mikvah or Chilul Yom Tov
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May 14, 2025 |
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Ashkenazi Kallah Continuing to Say Beracha on Sefirah
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May 12, 2025 |
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Getting Paid Twice for the Damaged Car
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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Purim Questions
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Mar 09, 2025 |
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Parshas Zachor At What Cost
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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Moving Jewish Bones from a Nazi Grave
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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Unemployed Teenagers
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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Unethical Amazon Returns
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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Don't Bloody Touch Me!
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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The Uber-Chavrusa
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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Retroactively Avoiding an Aveira
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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It's Rosh Chodesh for the Next Two Minutes!
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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It's Me or You, Mom
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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Introduction, Five Dollar Bill, Cursing Somebody Who Won't Pay
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Jan 12, 2025 |
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Sushi Shailos
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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Say Cheese!
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Dec 15, 2024 |
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Segulos
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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Taking Out Shatnez Without Permission
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Dec 08, 2024 |
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Questions That Emerged From The Recent Fires in Israel
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Recovering the Grandfather's Pre-Holocaust Sefer
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Dec 01, 2024 |
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Valentine's Day Gift for Secretary, Beracha on Thousand Dollar Sandwich
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Teaching Six and a Third Mitzvos Bnei Noach
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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Voting for Death
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Nov 24, 2024 |
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Wedding Questions
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Suicide Notes
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Nov 16, 2024 |
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Washing and Bentching Seven Times for a Shidduch
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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What To Do With The Extra Money
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Nov 10, 2024 |
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When The Author Disagrees With His Own Sefer, Ownership of Instagram Account
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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Women In Music Videos and Magazines
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Nov 03, 2024 |
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I am 39 Years Old And My Tefillin Are Passul
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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When Can We Sit in Daddy's Chair
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Oct 27, 2024 |
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Hospital Circumcision
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Oct 27, 2024 |
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Yichud, Aron Kodesh
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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I Slept in One Little Sukkah and My Mom Got Scared
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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Hosting a Geirus Candidate for a Yom Tov Meal
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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Teshuvah
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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When the Minyan Isn't a Minyan
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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Teshuva Edition
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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Stem Cell Donation on Erev Yom Kippur
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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Hedging Ticket Sales, Fidget Spinners
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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Hashavas Aveida for Things in Yeshiva Coat Room
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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Halloween Questions
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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Halachos of Waze
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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Hair Removal on Yom Tov
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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Greek Mythology in Junior High School
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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Going To A Church
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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Glass Plates at the In Laws
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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Giving Away my Non-Tzanua Clothing
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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Girls Water Park Trip
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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Girls Scout Cookies
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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Garbage Pale Lunch on Tzom Gedalya
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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Formerly Frum Leading Bentching
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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Milk From Another Mother
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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The $35k Menorah
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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Raffle Now, Pay Later
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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Wearing a Linen Shirt Over Wool Tzitzis
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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The Heretical Kiddush
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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Aveilus for Suicide
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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The Contraband Key
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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Thank You Hashem In The Bathroom
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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The Curling Iron and the Couch
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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Counting Sefirah in the Bathroom
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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Swimming on Shabbos in North Woodmere!?!?
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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Forgiving the Stolen Tzitzis
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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Forced Mechilah
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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Finding News About the Pigua
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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Forbidden Marriages
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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Embarrassing the Unvaccinated
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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Elderly Kohein Duchening Sitting Down
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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Driving Help
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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Drinking the Baby's Milk Bottle
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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Drinking For a Test
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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Don't Cry Over Spilled Coffee (But Somebody Should Pay For It), Kitniyos Shailos
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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Don't Bury Me In Israel!
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May 29, 2024 |
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Donating Years of Life
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May 26, 2024 |
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Disposing of the Skunk and the Rodeif Fish
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May 24, 2024 |
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Disagreeing With Parents
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May 20, 2024 |
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Destroying Banana Art
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May 17, 2024 |
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Post Pesach Questions, Goodbye to Dad
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Apr 27, 2024 |
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Smoking Marijuana on Pesach, False Rebate
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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When Donald Trump Comes to Your Pesach Program
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Apr 20, 2024 |
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Halachic Issues That Can Come Up on Pesach Hotel Programs
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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Deception
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Dealing With Hatred Toward Others
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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Davening Toward the Church
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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Davening in a Clown Suit
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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Davening For Election Results
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Davar Ha'aveid Sale!
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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Dan's 'Toys R Us' Deal
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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Damaging During Wedding Dancing
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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Corona Vaccine on Shabbos
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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Conservative Geirus Now What
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Choosing a Recipient, Diverting Tzedakah
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Choose Which Long Life
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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Checking Mezuzos for Misfortune, Damage with Diesel
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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Chameitz Frame, Wicked Father
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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Canine Unit, Beracha on Sushi
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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Buying a Megillah
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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Buying a Computer With The Intention to Return It
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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Business With Disgraced Rabbi, Lost Theology, Pidyon Haben at Night
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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Bringing the Missing Aliya Paper on Shabbos
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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Birchas Hagomel for Children, Sefira for Friday After Kabalas Shabbos
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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Bipolar and Highly Excitable
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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Berachos for the Not Yet Observant
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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Beracha on Tevilah in the Ninth Month
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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Beracha on Shaq
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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Beracha on a Talmid Chacham
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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Believing Dad About Kehunah
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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Beer, Wine and the Utensils That Hold Them
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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Backing Out on a Financial Commitment
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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Aveilus for an Estranged Spouse
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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Attending a Wedding on a Yahrtzeit
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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Naming for Heroic Chayalot
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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Attending a Parent's Forbidden Wedding
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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Assisting in Problematic Medical Procedures
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Dec 29, 2023 |
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Looking at the Picture of the Fallen Soldier
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Dec 25, 2023 |
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Art History, Women's Beis Medrash, Car for Mechalel Shabbos
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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Are People Innocent Until Proven Guilty
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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Apple Cake, Hair Plugs
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Am I Jewish, Plastic Wrap
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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Am I a Kohein or a Mamzer?
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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Affection Therapy, Yichud and Bishul Akum for a Ger
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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Accepting a Second Opinion
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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A Yichud Date in the Basement
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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A Week of Shailos
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Nov 24, 2023 |
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A Touch of Discovery
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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Office Manager, Ordering Flowers, Buying Contracts
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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A Profane Therapy
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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Segulos
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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Going Into a Church To Stop Anti-Semitism
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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Teshuvah
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Loud Davener, Testing Employees
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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Are You a Jew!?
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Oct 29, 2023 |
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Garbage Pale Lunch on Tzom Gedalya
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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A Donation to the Wrong Ohr Torah!
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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A Grape Juice Project
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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Naming for Both Living Grandfathers
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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A Questionable Conversion
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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A Tribute To Rav Wosner ztl
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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Sleepy Tefilah
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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Shailos of the Simchas Torah War 5784
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Oct 14, 2023 |
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Migraines From Hair Covering
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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Glass Plates at the In Laws
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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Giving Away my Non-Tzanua Clothing
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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Relying on the Siyum of a Non-Jew
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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Loud Davener, Testing Employees
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Sep 24, 2023 |
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Rescuing and Selling Sifrei Torah
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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Returning Lost Cigarettes
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Sep 17, 2023 |
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Nichush in Not Going to Harrisburg
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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Nurturing Hugs, Lost Earring
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Sep 10, 2023 |
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Stopping the Forbidden Haircut
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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Taking Out Shatnez Without Permission
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Sep 03, 2023 |
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Mourning for Non-Jewish Father
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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IVF Bris on Shabbos
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Aug 27, 2023 |
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Recovering the Grandfather's Pre-Holocaust Sefer
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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Returning Merchandise and Deceptive Buying
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Aug 20, 2023 |
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Shaking the Doctor's Hand, Betting on Bad Language
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Aug 13, 2023 |
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Canine Unit, Beracha on Sushi
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Aug 06, 2023 |
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Who Own the Curriculum?
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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Can We Swimply?
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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A Pidyon Haben on My Eight Year Old Son
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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Pidyon Haben for a Ger in Utero
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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Speaking at Adirei Hatorah During Shiva
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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Deception
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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Mother's Request
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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Kesubah Stories and Issues
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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The Limits Of Pikuach Nefesh
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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The Adopted Convert, Palm Reading
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May 29, 2023 |
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Elderly Kohein Duchening Sitting Down
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May 22, 2023 |
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Kohein Who Wants to be a Patzua Daka
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May 15, 2023 |
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Taking Adderall Before a Big Exam
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May 08, 2023 |
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Secret Philanthropist
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May 01, 2023 |
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Proposing on One Knee, Birthday Candles
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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Birchas Hagomel for Children, Sefira for Friday After Kabalas Shabbos
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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Car Shailos
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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Sous Vide Cooking For Shabbos (and Through Shabbos)
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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Tevilas Keilim, Broken Ipad
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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Voting for Death
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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Alone For Pesach
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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The Prohibition to Say Thank You
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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Why Are Dozens of Jews From Brooklyn Sifting Through Garbage in Rochester
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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Shadchan for Nochrim
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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Questions That Emerged From The Recent Fires in Israel
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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Sushi Shailos
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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Mother's Request
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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Kesubah Stories and Issues
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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Tefilah and Genetic Testing
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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Damaging During Wedding Dancing
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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Going To A Church
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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The Used Sheitel Case
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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Wedding Questions
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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Pidyon Haben Questions
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Dec 26, 2022 |
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Milah Questions
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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Greek Mythology in Junior High School
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Dec 18, 2022 |
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Tis The Season... For Interesting Shailos
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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Chanukah Issues
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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Shabbos Project Questions
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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Mechilah and Mechilah
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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Lifnei Iver at Starbucks, Sirus For a Service Dog
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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Introduction, Five Dollar Bill, Cursing Somebody Who Won't Pay
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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Kidney or Kid
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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Believing Dad About Kehunah
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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Burning My Yeezys
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Oct 31, 2022 |