All Halocha Shailos and Tefilla Questions

[Moshe Green]

Is there Tachanun on Sunday, outside Yerushalayim?

If your sober enough to daven then you should be saying Tachanun.

[davidd75]

You are totally right about that מעיקר הדין just plain טעימה is muttar but the Magan Avraham posted above writes that even so one should be machmir even not to be טועם before Megillah with the sole exception being a צורך גדול (even though regarding different mitzvos he isn’t this strict) and he also knew that “if there was ever a time to be lenient it’s here!” So obviously factoring in the reasons I wrote above he doesn’t think this is the right place to be lenient!

Regarding the second point many poskim are just generally more lenient in regards to women because they are considered to be much weaker (in some places women in general don’t fast especially on Taanis Esther)

So at the end of the day why are the poskim machmir in this situation(where as you can see I think leniency is justified .  I guess the only reason that seems directly on point is that coming out of a fast one might be tempted to eat a full meal?

[EliJelly]

If your sober enough to daven then you should be saying Tachanun.

Tachanun with a shtreimel? Ain't happening. 

[BCL]

Like most things in Yiddishkeit there are different opinions regarding this.

Most do say Tachanun but some don’t because they don’t say Tachanun on the 16th and 17th of Adar.

The question was for those who usually say Tachanun on the 16th.
Since this year, Yerushalayim is still celebrating.

[myi]

In regards to 2 recent ebay sales. They requested to return the item they purchased as it wasn't needed anymore.
 Even though I have it set up that I don't accept returns, but I usually tell the person sure go ahead and return it if it was never used.  Now I'm not sure why people like waiting until after 30 days after requesting to start a return and then ship it out. But by then eBay automatically closes the case and sides with me as it's past the return window.

  I don't see it any different from owning a store and having a 30-day return policy if you come after the 30 days I just won't give you back your money.

Only issue is here I have the item that I originally sold.

What would you guys do?

[Ver hut gazugt]

In regards to 2 recent ebay sales. They requested to return the item they purchased as it wasn't needed anymore.
 Even though I have it set up that I don't accept returns, but I usually tell the person sure go ahead and return it if it was never used.  Now I'm not sure why people like waiting until after 30 days after requesting to start a return and then ship it out. But by then eBay automatically closes the case and sides with me as it's past the return window.

  I don't see it any different from owning a store and having a 30-day return policy if you come after the 30 days I just won't give you back your money.

Only issue is here I have the item that I originally sold.

What would you guys do?

charge a restock fee?

[BESED]

The question was for those who usually say Tachanun on the 16th.
Since this year, Yerushalayim is still celebrating.

The answer will still be the same albeit the opinions narrow down with most in favor of reciting tachanun. But R’ Shlomo Zalman writes that it should not be recited.

[BESED]

@davidd75 how was the Megillah reading ?
Did you manage to concentrate?

[davidd75]

@davidd75 how was the Megillah reading ?
Did you manage to concentrate?

Yeah I did the night reading without tasting anything but the next morning I drank water

I still would not mind delaying the night reading for people to drink and have some fruit etc..

[BESED]

Yeah I did the night reading without tasting anything but the next morning I drank water

Do you generally refrain from drinking anything even before the day reading?
From what I know lots of people are lenient about this and drink coffee, tea etc. before the day reading just like before davening.

[davidd75]

Do you generally refrain from drinking anything even before the day reading?
From what I know lots of people are lenient about this and drink coffee, tea etc. before the day reading just like before davening.

why is it more lenient  in the morning halachically?

[EliJelly]

why is it more lenient  in the morning halachically?

Posted above

וגם נראה לי כיון ששרוי בתענית אם נתיר לו טעימה ודאי ימשך לאכולי

[HudZ]

In regards to 2 recent ebay sales. They requested to return the item they purchased as it wasn't needed anymore.
 Even though I have it set up that I don't accept returns, but I usually tell the person sure go ahead and return it if it was never used.  Now I'm not sure why people like waiting until after 30 days after requesting to start a return and then ship it out. But by then eBay automatically closes the case and sides with me as it's past the return window.

  I don't see it any different from owning a store and having a 30-day return policy if you come after the 30 days I just won't give you back your money.

Only issue is here I have the item that I originally sold.

What would you guys do?

Halacha aside, how does having that $ feel?

That's how I would answer.

[BESED]

why is it more lenient  in the morning halachically?

First of all as @EliJelly mentioned the ER doesn’t apply here.
Another possible explanation is that since there’s already an existing issur of not eating before davening shachris we aren’t chosesh that one will come to eat…

[Saulius]

Can one rely on a psak halacha that surfaces years after a Gadol HaDor has passed—based solely on audio or video whose authenticity was never verified at the time it was recorded?

We are now living in an era where deepfakes—AI-generated videos and audio that realistically mimic real people—can replicate a person’s face, voice, gestures, and speech with terrifying precision. These are not the crude forgeries of the past. These are sophisticated, hyper-realistic creations that can make it appear as though someone said or did something they never actually said or did.

It’s already happening in the secular world. In the film industry, if an actor passes away during production, studios use AI to digitally reconstruct their voice and appearance to finish the film. Viewers can't tell the difference—the technology is that advanced. Entire scenes are created without the actor ever being present.

I am not implying that this has ever happened yet, but what happens when someone uses this same technology to fabricate a video of a Gadol Hador issuing a psak din? What if a voice clone is used to produce audio of a psak or daas torah that was never said? If the footage was never verified at the time of recording—no chain of custody, no documentation, no confirmation —how can how can such a recording be trusted?

Our gedolim cannot defend themselves after they are niftar,  ר”ל. So how do we guard their words, their honor, and the integrity of our mesorah from being manipulated by the tools of our digital age?

The risk is not theoretical. It is real, immediate, and devastating. We are not speaking about entertainment—we are speaking about psak halacha, daas Torah, and the spiritual direction of klal Yisroel.
The potential for misinformation is enormous—and the consequences, devastating.

[yfr bachur]

Can one rely on a psak halacha that surfaces years after a Gadol HaDor has passed—based solely on audio or video whose authenticity was never verified at the time it was recorded?

We would never have really given it any credibility until this point, so your whole question is null.

That's not the way mesorah/halacha works.
It's not really a new question. We've had this regarding the authenticity of ksavim...
For a similar reason, most poskim IINM regard the last 2-3 volumes of Igros Moshe as interesting seforim, but nothing that is "mechayev" a psak.

You are confusing public relations propaganda with the halachic process/haskafic mesorah.

With regard to the current issue that obviously triggered your question, I highly doubt that ANY rav gave his psak simply based on the existence, or non existence of a video of any particular adam gadol saying that he's is either in favor or against the issue.

[TheAsh]

In regards to 2 recent ebay sales. They requested to return the item they purchased as it wasn't needed anymore.
 Even though I have it set up that I don't accept returns, but I usually tell the person sure go ahead and return it if it was never used.  Now I'm not sure why people like waiting until after 30 days after requesting to start a return and then ship it out. But by then eBay automatically closes the case and sides with me as it's past the return window.

  I don't see it any different from owning a store and having a 30-day return policy if you come after the 30 days I just won't give you back your money.

Only issue is here I have the item that I originally sold.

What would you guys do?

As far as eBay goes, this people could leave nasty reviews as a seller.
If the item was returned in the same condition sent, id refund minus shipping cost, even months later (I've actually done this).

[yfr bachur]

Are april fool pranks an issue of בחוקותיהם לא תיליכו?

[yelped]

Are april fool pranks an issue of בחוקותיהם לא תיליכו?

חוקותינו? 

[Moshe Green]

I've heard that April Fools is actually a Jewish invention.
It's the day that the people who believe in Oso HaIsh say he was "concieved by G-d"  [April 1st is 9 months before December 31st]
So we say what a joke it was and that it was actually Pundrik...