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Question No.	1661
Category	Miscellaneous
Date Posted	19 May 2009
The Question	Rav Leff, I would like to thank the Rav for his time. I am a Gioress living a beautiful jewish life. My husband is in Kollel and we are a "typical" yeshivish couple. We love it! My entire family convertered when i was younger. I feel like my whole family fell apart since we converted. My parents divorced & my siblings are all struggling badly with life and the Jewish world and the problems they see. 2 are religious 1 has gone back. Why does HaShem have gerim? Many people look down on them and dont want to marry them. We as gerim always felt different and didnt fit in. We did this all for Hashem! What is there status? Once they convert are they always Jewish? I wanna be positive about the siuation but its been difficult. V'ahavta es HaGer?!? —Bas Sarah Imeinu, Israel
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Question No.	1660
Category	Miscellaneous
Date Posted	17 May 2009
The Question	Dear Rabbi Scientists have evidence of dinasoars living at least a million years ago but we say the world is 5769 years old.How can one explain this discrepancy regards —Anonymous, South africa
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Question No.	1659
Category	Kashrus (Kosher Laws)
Date Posted	17 May 2009
The Question	Very often you pour some wine (or any liquid) and you want to pour back the unused portion back into the bottle. Is there an issue regarding the k'li that wasn't toiveled? And in general if the k'li was bought for the contents inside it (a wine bottle) can it be used later on once its empty to keeep for ex. water without toiveling the k'li. —Anonymous, Jerusalem
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Question No.	1658
Category	Chinuch (Educating/Raising Children)
Date Posted	13 May 2009
The Question	L'kovod HaRav Shlita Is speech therapy considered an area that as a parent one must provide for a child who needs it and if so is it permissible to use maaser money towards it? —Anonymous, California
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Question No.	1657
Category	Halacha (General Jewish Law)
Date Posted	12 May 2009
The Question	My non-frum grandmother passed away, and according to her last instructions, she was tragically cremated by her non-frum children. Before this, I had been planning to arrange to say Kaddish for her as I knew her sons wouldn't say it. Should I drop the arrangements now? Please advise. —Anonymous, brooklyn
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Question No.	1656
Category	Halacha (General Jewish Law)
Date Posted	11 May 2009
The Question	Dear rav Leff, are there any poskim who allow to wear shabbos belt for keys on the tie or shirt? What are the best possible or halachically acceptable ways to wear such belts. If possible please cite the sources where I can look it up inside. The reason why I am asking this question is because I saw Igros Moshe on this topic where he explicitly forbids doing so. So, I was wondering if there are poskim on the level of hoRav Moshe zt'l who allow to wear such belt on tie or shirt. My second question: is it acceptable for a rov to pasken on his own against deos of Igros Moshe in case where no major poskim (like rav Moshe) offer different psak on the matter? Thanx very much, Dovid —Anonymous, Eretz Ashkenaz
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Question No.	1655
Category	Tanach (Bible Topics)
Date Posted	11 May 2009
The Question	If Dovid HaMelech "sinned" with Batsheva and got severely punished for it, why did Batsheva need to be punished by her baby dying if she didn't chose to be with Dovid? —Anonymous, Far Rockaway, NY USA
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Question No.	1654
Category	End of Days/Messiah
Date Posted	11 May 2009
The Question	Can one person on their own,merit Moshiach by their own effort i.e. not having to wait for the generation to catch up with them? —Anonymous, The Northern Hemisphere
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Question No.	1653
Category	Hashkafa (Jewish Thought/Philosophy)
Date Posted	10 May 2009
The Question	Is churban beis hamikdosh related to chet hameraglim only or to chet haegel as well? On shiva aser betamuz -huvka hair (referring to yerushalyim); the walls of yerushalayim got broken,yet it was the same day that the luches got broken after chet haegel - is the event of huvka hair a consequence of chet haegel or not? —Anonymous, Belgium
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Question No.	1652
Category	Eretz Yisrael (Israel Topics)
Date Posted	8 May 2009
The Question	K'vod HaRav. Is it permitted to hitch a ride in Israel? I saw brought down in a sefer that it's forbidden for physical and spiritual dangers as follows: physical ( a person may be picked up by an arab terrorist ) spiritual (you may see or hear inappropriate things) But arabs go on buses too; and I think that there have been many more instances of terrorist attacks on buses, than attacks / kidnappings from hitching. As for the spiritual dangers, it's not like buses don't also have those very same spiritual dangers. In addition, one can usually see before they get into the hitch whether or not it would be OK spirtually to get in the car. If it is not, they don't have to go in. Thanks —Anonymous, Israel
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Question No.	1651
Category	Kashrus (Kosher Laws)
Date Posted	6 May 2009
The Question	I've heard that when boiling eggs, one must boil an odd number eggs at a time. Is this true, and if so, why? Thank you. —Anonymous, Rechovot
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Question No.	1650
Category	Halacha (General Jewish Law)
Date Posted	4 May 2009
The Question	The Rav mentioned in question #831 that a man's private parts could be shaved if the reason is not for cosmetics. If a man and his wife simply prefer it that way because of how it feels and it enhances their time together, would it then be permitted and by what methods? Thank you —Anonymous, Canada
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Question No.	1649
Category	Women in Judaism (Laws/Customs)
Date Posted	1 May 2009
The Question	What is the significance of 7 + 33 for boys and 14 + 66 for girls, is anything meant by the numbers involved, why is the price for a girl twice that as for a boy? Thank you. —John Angles, Pleasant Hill, CA
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Question No.	1648
Category	Halacha (General Jewish Law)
Date Posted	30 Apr 2009
The Question	Can a person enter a non-kosher restaurant, like McDonald's, and use the bathroom or purchase a bottled kosher drink or food? —David Slotkin, Queehs, NY USA
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Question No.	1647
Category	Miscellaneous
Date Posted	29 Apr 2009
The Question	Not really a question. Following up to the question about sleeping on your side. "Anonymous" was probably refering to Kitzur S'A, Siman 71 Halacha 5, " And it is good to lay in the begining of his sleep on the left side, and in the end on the right, and it is good for health of the body.. " Yashar Koach . —Yisrael Dov, Rechovos
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Question No.	1646
Category	End of Days/Messiah
Date Posted	28 Apr 2009
The Question	how is your mom —hey, alma wi dunn
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Question No.	1645
Category	Halacha (General Jewish Law)
Date Posted	27 Apr 2009
The Question	Can two siblings in one family marry two siblings of another family? For example, two sisters from one family marrying two brothers from another family. —Anonymous, Canada
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Question No.	1644
Category	Halacha (General Jewish Law)
Date Posted	23 Apr 2009
The Question	Dear Rav Leff; On the one hand, I've always heard that it's improper and even forbidden to visit Har Habayit today. On the other hand, I just watched a video (youtube - type in cw91yrKuQec) of Rav Moshe David Tendler, who I've been told is a big Talmid Chacham, on his yearly visit to Har Habayit, explaining to a group of frum journalists his reasons. Are there different (accepted) opinions in this matter and what is the reason some hold that it's forbidden? Thank you. —Anonymous, Jerusalem
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Question No.	1643
Category	Miscellaneous
Date Posted	23 Apr 2009
The Question	I am a baal tshuva for may years, and on my father's side of the family, I only know the name of my gr. gr. grandfather from Galicia who did not come to America. His son, my gr. grandfather, came to America early and was not raised by his father, therefore, nobody in my family has any genealogical information going backwards. I have absolutely no other frum relatives (other than my wife.) How hard should I work to find out about my ancestors and their customs? It would entail extensive research through census reports and ship manifests, perhaps, which soulds like fun in a way, but is it really necessary? I don't plan on taking on Chassidish minhagim since I was "raised" by a very litvish BT yeshiva. Or is it good to know? Thanks! —Anonymous, brooklyn
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Question No.	1642
Category	Halacha (General Jewish Law)
Date Posted	22 Apr 2009
The Question	Could you please help resolve an apparent contradiction in the mishnah breura that is really bothering me. In a case where one forgets to mention the weeks when counting the omer the MB says in 489:7 that one should repeat the count without a brocha, wheras in 489:22 if he tells a friend the omer count without mentioning the weeks it's as if he hasn't done anything and should count again with a brocha. Whats the difference? —Anonymous, UK
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