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_*]:min-w-0″>  By Rabbi Yair Hoffman _*]:min-w-0″> The Controversial Mishna Brurah Ruling The Mishna Brurah (672:11) states that if one arrive home before alos hashachar – and all are asleep – he should awaken family – in order to fulfill the Mitzvah wi

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman What follows is a halachic discussion about a device that has been described by some cardiologists as the financial equivalent of implanting a BMW in the heart.  Other cardiologists have described i

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman The Gemorah in Brachos 60a seems to imply that one may not pray for a miracle.  One reason given is that doing so causes one’s merits to be lessened.