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What is done with fruit grown in the fourth year? (sefer Hamitzvos)
It must be eaten in Jerusalem.
Did the Frierdiker Rebbe know how to speak Russian?
Yes
What is the minimum number of candles should be lit?
at least two.
(In desperate times even one)
Why does someone in a place with an Eiruv still have to check his pockets?
in case he has something Muktza in his pocket.
Why did Beis Din make a rule that they only accept Eidus of people who are familiar?
Because of the Minim.
What was the name of the Baal Shem Tov’s father?
Reb Eliezer.
Why did the Chassid run away from the Policeman?
He once put a stamp with the picture of the czar upside down
If there are two Shuls and one of them said Barchu, does it become Shabbos for the people of the other Shul?
NO
In what order should you cut your nails?
right 24135 בדאגה.
Left 42531 דבהגא.
How would Beis Din spread the word about the new month in later years?
They would send Shluchim.
What does a farfel symbolize?
constant struggle round and round…
What do we learn from the story of the Alter Rebbe with the Slippers?
that everything a yid uses becomes a vessel for G-dliness.
What is the Minhag in Beis Harav to use for Shabbos candles? why?
wax candles.
We do not know the reason.
Why did certain Chassidim not wear silk Kapotes?
because they were poor in Russia.
If Eidim wish to go to Yerushalayim but they are sick in bed, and there are tons of bandits on the way, and he will have to bring food for his journey, what should he do?
He can be brought on a donkey or even in a bed. They may take clubs or other weapons in their hands. They may take sustenance with them.
What did the Rebbe tell the Yid who said he doesn't come because he’s “dirty”?
Come as you are (קום ווי דו ביסט)
Why did the Tzemach Tzedek tell Rebbetzin Rivkah to eat before Davening?
גלײַכער עסן צוליב'ן דאַווענען ווי דאַווענען צוליב דעם עסן
Why do the women light Shabbos candles? (2)
1) because they spend more time at home.
2) As a correction for Chava who extinguished the light of the world and the candle of Adam’s Neshama.
What is the Machlokes between the Alter Rebbe and the Vilna Gaon on how to do Shnayim Mikra?
Gr”a: full Parsha twice then Targum.
Alter Rebbe: each pasuk twice with targum.
If a father and a son see the new moon, can they be Eidim together? Can they even travel to Yerushalayim on Shabbos?
(Two opinions).
Tanna Kama: No. But they should travel to Yerushalayim just in case one of them is disqualified, the second may join together with another witness.
Reb Shimon: Yes, they can be Eidim together.
what does a פּאָסטמאַרקע mean?
stamp.
What did the Rebbe Rashab ask a Tikkun for when he was 7 years old?
שבָּת האָט ער געגעסן ניסלאַך, דערנאָך האָט מען עם געזאָגט אַז דער אַלטער רֶבֶּי שרײַבט אין סִידוּר אַז שבָּת דאַרף מען ניט עסן קיין אֱגוֹזִים.
Why should the women Daven Mincha before lighting candles?
because once she lights she takes in Shabbos and cannot daven a weekday mincha
how were the Rabbeim מעביר סדרה?
1 or 2 parshios on Thursday night.
Friday after Chatzos - the entire sedra from the beginning and haftarah.
Shabbos morning before Davening - again from Shvi’i.
(when there are 2 haftorahs, the haftarah of the parsha on friday and the extra one on Shabbos).
On which mountains would they light torches on to signal the new month?
They would transmit the message from the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem to Sartava, and from Sartava to Gerofina, and from Gerofina to Ḥavran, and from Ḥavran to Beit Baltin.