Beit Midrash מדורים חמדת ימים

Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions

Tamuz 14 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
Accidentally Staying on the Bus Longer than Envisioned
What is the Halacha in the following scenario? I am on an intercity bus, in which the price depends on how far you go. I fall asleep and miss my stop. Should I go to the driver to pay for the additional distance I will end up going?
שו"ת "במראה הבזק"נושאים נוספים
Tamuz 5 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
Toveling which Utensil First
I made a beracha before toveling several utensils, primarily glass, which I started with. Then I noticed that one of the utensils was metal. Since toveling metal is a Torah obligation and for glass it is Rabbinic, could the beracha on the glass utensil count for metal? Should I have made another beracha on the metal utensil?
שו"ת "במראה הבזק"דיני כשרות
Sivan 27 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
Fulfilling Kiddush from One Who Did Not Eat
If the person making Kiddush in shul does not eat after Kiddush, is his Kiddush valid?
שו"ת "במראה הבזק"תפילות, קידוש וסעודות
Sivan 21 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
Reciting Kri’at Shema at the Very End of its Time
My shul sometimes misses sof z’man Kri’at Shema (=szKS) by a few minutes. The rabbi instructs people to say the three parshiyot of Shema before davening, but I usually go ahead to make Kri’at Shema on time and wait during the following beracha for the tzibbur to catch up. Is that an improvement and/or a perfect system?
שו"ת "במראה הבזק"פסוקי דזמרה וקריאת שמע
Sivan 18 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
Answering Amen to Hamakom Yenachem
Should a mourner (or others present) answer Amen to the words of consolation, “Hamakom yenachem etchem b’toch she’ar aveili Tzion v’Yerushalayim”?
שו"ת "במראה הבזק"נושאים שונים
Sivan 10 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
Secrecy in Beit Din
In Israeli government courts, records of the proceedings are open to the public, but the proceedings in arbitration courts (including batei din) are supposed to be private. Is there halachic basis for this distinction?
שו"ת "במראה הבזק"סדרי הדין והדיון
Iyar 29 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
Kaddish Rights – According to the Deceased or Mourners?
I am in the midst of the year of Kaddish/chazanut for a parent. Two brothers have been davening due to shloshim. After they finish shloshim, should we have a rotation of three or, considering that our recitations are to bring merit for the deceased, should I be chazan half the time? (We will not fight over it but would like to do the correct thing.)
שו"ת "במראה הבזק"הקדיש
Iyar 21 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
Kri’at HaTorah at Mincha
When it is not possible to get a minyan together for a weekday Shacharit, may we lain at Mincha?
שו"ת "במראה הבזק"תפילה בציבור ובבית הכנסת
Iyar 18 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
Reheating Liquids on Shabbat
Regarding the prohibition to reheat liquid foods on Shabbat (in cases where there is not a problem due to returning food to a heat source), what constitutes a liquid?
שו"ת "במראה הבזק"מלאכות שבת
Iyar 11 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
Lying to Avoid Embarrassment
If someone asks you a tactless, unnecessary question, the answer to which is embarrassing, and refusing to answer is like admitting the truth, is it permitted to lie?
שו"ת "במראה הבזק"אמת ושקר
Iyar 4 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
Sitting Next to Someone Who Is Davening on the Bus
I was sitting next to my wife on a bus, and she was davening. Was I allowed to remain seated when she got up to Shemoneh Esrei?
שו"ת "במראה הבזק"תפילת העמידה
Nisan 27 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
When to Make a Beracha for Inheritance
The executor of my mother’s will is starting to distribute funds. I saw in P’ninei Halacha (online) that the beneficiaries should say Hatov V’hameitiv when they receive the funds. In our case, distribution will be piecemeal. When/how often should I recite the beracha?
שו"ת "במראה הבזק"שיעורים נוספים
Nisan 13 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
The Way to Make Charoset
Are there halachot of how to make charoset, or is the (approximate) final product the important thing?
שו"ת "במראה הבזק"שיעורים נוספים
Nisan 6 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
The Logic Behind the Unusual Fast of the Firstborn
What type of fast is ta’anit bechorot on Erev Pesach? If it is a real fast, why do people use a loophole (taking part in a siyum) to get out of it?
שו"ת "במראה הבזק"הלכות ערב פסח
Adar II 28 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
Temporary Markings in a Sefer Torah
Is it permissible to mark a place in a sefer Torah with a “post-it” or the like to know where a reading starts?
שו"ת "במראה הבזק"שיעורי הלכה נוספים
Adar II 21 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
Alerting People to Stand
At our minyan, we take a sefer Torah from a beit midrash in which people are learning and return it to there. Sometimes when we return the sefer Torah, someone bangs so that everyone will stand up for it. Is this necessary?
שו"ת "במראה הבזק"תפילה בציבור ובבית הכנסת
Adar II 13 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
When Does a Negative Practice Become Binding?
If one decided to accept a stringency and is refraining from doing something, without a verbal acceptance of a neder (oath), at what point is it considered binding? While for something active, three performances make it binding, how does refraining from action work to accomplish it?
שו"ת "במראה הבזק"נדרים ושבועות
Adar II 7 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
Extended Purim Seuda
שו"ת "במראה הבזק"הלכות פורים
Adar I 29 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
Davening Late with a Minyan
I went for Shabbat for a family simcha to a community with one shul, which started tefilla at 10:00 AM, after sof z’man tefilla. Was it better to daven with a minyan or by myself at the right time?
שו"ת "במראה הבזק"תפילה בציבור ובבית הכנסת
Adar I 23 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
Moving Kugel into a Cholent Pot – Revisited
May I take a potato kugel that was on a hot plate on Shabbat and put it into a cholent that is in a crock pot?
שו"ת "במראה הבזק"מלאכות שבת