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Rabbi Avrohom Dovid Waxman, author of the Minchas Halevi seforim, Shivti Rosh Chabura (Bais Efraim Zvi) and noted Yated Ne’eman Halacha columnist, will speak about the minhag of reciting Hallel during Maariv, and how many kzaysim of Matzah one is required to eat at the seder.
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Adapted from a shiur delivered by Rav Avrohom Dovid Waxman
בענין אם הנוהגין לומר ההלל בערבית בליל פסח כדעת המחבר אם מברכין עליו אף ביחיד או לא
(מתוך שיעור שנאמר לחבורת ‘בשבתך בביתך’ של מפעל ‘שבתי’)
הרב אברהם דוד וואקסמאן
מחבר ספרי ‘מנחת הלוי’
פסק המחבר סי’ תפ”ז סעי’ ד’ בליל ראשון של פסח גומרין ההלל בציבור בנעימה בברכה תחילה וסוף, וכן בליל שני של שני ימים טובים של גליות. וכתב עלה הרמ”א, הגה, וכל זה אין אנו נוהגים כן, כי אין אנו אומרים בלילה בבית הכנסת הלל כלל, עכ”ל.
ויש לעיין לדעת המחבר שפסק שגומרין ההלל בציבור בברכה תחילה וסוף, אם הוא דוקא בציבור, או אפי’ ביחיד.

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By Rabbi Elchanan Poupko

AirFryer, the new device that is quietly making its way into the hearts and kitchens of people around the world is growing in its popularity day after day. More and more people are starting to use this unique form of culinary advancement with little knowledge of what its halachic status is. I will be honest, when I first got a Shayla about this device I myself did not know what it was and had never heard the name before. It is only after researching and asking several rabbinic colleagues that I began to understand the magnitude of the issue.

Some years ago, an unofficial poll taken in Far Rockaway, New York, revealed a startling and alarming fact. Over 90% of women polled were unaware of the halacha of “lochem.” The Torah tells us of a requirement in the laws of lulav and esrog that applies on the first day of Sukkos. The Arba Minim, the four kinds taken on Sukkos, must belong to the person who is performing the mitzvah. It may not be borrowed – it must be owned. One may, of course, rely on the concept of “Matana al menas lehachzir” – a conditional gift where the recipient will eventually give back the item – but this is not akin to borrowing. It is still considered ownership.

{Matzav.com}

Q. What if I made Kiddush in the sukkah and it began raining and I cannot see into my house. What should I do? Should I repeat Kiddush in the house? 

A. In this case, if one leaves the sukkah and enters his house, he will be required to repeat Kiddush. He will not have fulfilled the mitzvah of Kiddush with his recitation in the sukkah, unless he ate there a kezayis of bread. If in fact he leaves the sukkah and enters his home, it will turn out that the Kiddush said in the sukkah will have been a bracha livatala (a blessing recited in vain).