From the Ravs Desk: Latest articles and Q&A [Monday 12th Shevat 5785]

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It is best in such a case to restart day one the next day, however, in a time of need one may be lenient per the directive of a Rav.

See below [To note that the Heter applies even more so in this case, being that it is possible the Bedika was done before Shekia Ha’amitis!]

The law if one checked herself on 1st day and Bein Hashamshos of 7th/8th day of Nekiyim

 

Not forbidden, but discouraged and purposeless, as his Neshama isn’t there, and it can lead to sadness, or requesting ones needs. Nonetheless, since this is not an intrinsic prohibition, those whom are accustomed to Daven on Shabbos by the Kever of Rashbi in Meron, and inside the Rebbe’s Ohel [however, outside is forbidden being that it has status of a regular cemetery in which prayer is forbidden], may continue to do so and so is indeed the custom in many places in Israel, to have set Minyanim on Shabbos in the Tziyon of various Tzadikkim, as the Tziyon has been turned into a Shul.

Is it forbidden to visit a Kever of a Tzadik on Shabbos?

 

Some do, some dont. Mainly Ashkenazim do so, but many Sephardim do not. Regarding Chabad, some do while others don’t. Practically, unless your shul has a set custom, you can choose not to do so if you follow Chabad Minhag.

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18. Switching seats in Shul during Aveilus

 

 

Chassidus Articles

Only the Jewish people have ability to draw G-dliness below through the performance of Mitzvah’s:

 

If not for the giving of the Torah there would’ve been many Josephs in the marketplace

The level of Moshe is the level of Bittul in every Jew

Each Mitzvah draws G-dliness to a different attribute

The 248 spiritual limbs of G-d that correspond to the 248 positive commands

 

Halacha Articles

Dropped or spilled food or drink – What one is to do in the event that after the blessing, the food spilled or got lost:

 

Saying a blessing when Drinking water by a river [or running faucet]

 

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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