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Author Topic: All Halocha Shailos and Tiffeh Questions  (Read 950548 times)

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Re: All Halocha Shailos and teiffa Questions
« Reply #1120 on: December 11, 2015, 09:15:06 AM »
Said yaleh vayovo in shachris by mistake?
Not yet :)

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Re: All Halocha Shailos and teiffa Questions
« Reply #1121 on: December 11, 2015, 10:39:08 AM »
Are you allowed to take a sleeping pill on shabbos?

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Re: All Halocha Shailos and teiffa Questions
« Reply #1122 on: December 11, 2015, 11:38:04 AM »
Are you allowed to take a sleeping pill on shabbos?
IIRC it's not a problem as you aren't any kind of חולה (in this regard at least)
Meaning it's not a form of real medicine.
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Re: All Halocha Shailos and teiffa Questions
« Reply #1123 on: December 11, 2015, 12:11:46 PM »
IIRC it's not a problem as you aren't any kind of חולה (in this regard at least)
Meaning it's not a form of real medicine.
And real medication is what's not allowed?

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Re: All Halocha Shailos and teiffa Questions
« Reply #1124 on: December 11, 2015, 12:29:43 PM »
Iirc Vitamins are not permitted either. See igros moshe

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Re: All Halocha Shailos and teiffa Questions
« Reply #1125 on: December 12, 2015, 11:24:59 PM »
Iirc Vitamins are not permitted either. See igros moshe
+1. and birth control pills. See igros moshe. (looking for the can of worms emoji)

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Re: All Halocha Shailos and teiffa Questions
« Reply #1126 on: December 12, 2015, 11:35:03 PM »
I heard a shiur from r' hershel shachter where he said that once during his shimush someone called and told the rabbi that they had gotten a hetter from r' moshe to take birth control pills (didn't want to give details to the rabbi) and wanted to know if they could take on shabbos. He said obviously its not a problem.
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Re: All Halocha Shailos and teiffa Questions
« Reply #1127 on: December 12, 2015, 11:36:01 PM »
Iirc Vitamins are not permitted either. See igros moshe
My rabbi told me that if its something you take daily like vitamin c so that you shouldn't get a bad cold it's allowed.
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Re: All Halocha Shailos and teiffa Questions
« Reply #1128 on: December 13, 2015, 12:05:23 AM »
I heard a shiur from r' hershel shachter where he said that once during his shimush someone called and told the rabbi that they had gotten a hetter from r' moshe to take birth control pills (didn't want to give details to the rabbi) and wanted to know if they could take on shabbos. He said obviously its not a problem.
I misremembered, he says explicitly in a teshuvah that they're mutar on shabbos. Vitamins he has a big arichus (OC 3:54) and I believe he comes out lechumra.
Sleeping pills is a מאכל בריאים I would think, as would be caffeine pills, but ask your LOR

Reb Ovadiah: http://halachayomit.co.il/he/Default.aspx?HalachaID=3319

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Re: All Halocha Shailos and teiffa Questions
« Reply #1129 on: December 13, 2015, 12:25:08 PM »
Does dish soap need a hechsher?

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Re: All Halocha Shailos and teiffa Questions
« Reply #1130 on: December 13, 2015, 12:38:33 PM »
Sleeping pills is a מאכל בריאים

Without looking up the מראי מקומות recently, the סברא to not allow sleeping pills / vitamins / caffeine pills etc. is that they do not differ from Tylenol or Advil. They are both not treating a 'sickness'. People take pain killers to fall asleep too.
מאכל בריאים is therefore understood to mean something that people eat for the sake of eating (taste or nourishment) as oppose to something that people take because of an effect  they want it to have on their body.

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Re: All Halocha Shailos and teiffa Questions
« Reply #1131 on: December 13, 2015, 12:39:19 PM »
Does dish soap need a hechsher?
Depends who you ask

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Re: All Halocha Shailos and teiffa Questions
« Reply #1132 on: December 14, 2015, 09:24:08 AM »
Does dish soap need a hechsher?
no it does not

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Re: All Halocha Shailos and teiffa Questions
« Reply #1133 on: December 14, 2015, 09:41:25 AM »
Does dish soap need a hechsher?
GIYF
no it does not
I think yochiek93 had the right idea.
Depends who you ask

Quote from: https://oukosher.org/faqs/dishwashing-detergent/
Do dishwashing detergents require kosher supervision?

It is generally assumed that dishwashing detergents are not edible entities, and halachically they do not have a non-kosher status, even if they contain non-kosher ingredients, as is often the case. Nonetheless, some Poskim maintain that it has been the established minhag Yisroel (Jewish custom) to use kosher detergents on plates, pots and utensils that come in contact with food. An OU on a detergent insures the kosher status of that product. That said, if one used non-certified dishwashing detergent, Bidieved (after the fact), the kosher status of the utensils would not be compromised.
Of course you'd have what to rely on if you wanted to use dish soap without a hechsher, but it's not like everyone agrees it's a complete non-issue.

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Re: All Halocha Shailos and teiffa Questions
« Reply #1134 on: December 14, 2015, 09:45:08 AM »

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Re: All Halocha Shailos and teiffa Questions
« Reply #1135 on: December 14, 2015, 12:11:09 PM »
the CRC is a bit more confident
https://twitter.com/crckosher/status/430448915830145024
Correct, which is exactly why 'it depends who you ask' is the proper answer to the question.

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Re: All Halocha Shailos and teiffa Questions
« Reply #1136 on: December 14, 2015, 12:17:35 PM »
Correct, which is exactly why 'it depends who you ask' is the proper answer to the question.
well then no question should ever be asked on this thread (for other reasons too, also for this one)
there arent many clear cut shailas that are posed, and there are probably several answers to most.

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Re: All Halocha Shailos and teiffa Questions
« Reply #1137 on: December 14, 2015, 12:24:12 PM »
well then no question should ever be asked on this thread (for other reasons too, also for this one)
there arent many clear cut shailas that are posed, and there are probably several answers to most.

but I got my answer so Im happy

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Re: All Halocha Shailos and teiffa Questions
« Reply #1138 on: December 14, 2015, 12:24:55 PM »
well then no question should ever be asked on this thread (for other reasons too, also for this one)
there arent many clear cut shailas that are posed, and there are probably several answers to most.
Just use the ignore thread option if you're not interested.
Tia

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Re: All Halocha Shailos and teiffa Questions
« Reply #1139 on: December 14, 2015, 12:27:10 PM »
Just use the ignore thread option if you're not interested.
Tia
+1