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13 07, 2021

Kiddush Without Mezonot

July 13th, 2021|Kiddush, Seudah, Havdalah, Orach Chayim|

QUESTION

Midwest, USA

Shalom Rabbi Linzer, if one is making kiddush on Shabbat morning in shul after Shacharit for the kehilah but there will be no kiddush food afterwards, should kiddush still be made? If so, does the one making kiddush need to eat mezonot or can they just drink, make a berakhah acharonah and then go home and make/hear kiddush again over a proper meal? Our shul hasn’t yet brought kiddush back and someone suggested that the rabbi make kiddush in the sanctuary for those who won’t hear it at home and as a morale booster as we still slowly return to regular

12 10, 2020

Someone on the Atkin’s Diet and the Requirement of Mezonot at Kiddush

October 12th, 2020|Kiddush, Seudah, Havdalah, Orach Chayim|

QUESTION

Atlanta, GA

If someone is on an Atkin’s-like diet, South Beach etc., with the basic principle that eating bread is a problem for the diet, how should one deal with Shabbat/Tom Tov with Kiddush and challah if the diet forbids eating bread or other mezonot?

ANSWER

First, let’s consider whether there might be a possibility to make HaMotzi. You can eat a very small amount – the actual size of an olive. Also, you can make the bread from oats, which don’t have gluten and I think

2 10, 2020

Hiking During Sukkot

October 2nd, 2020|Orach Chayim, Sukkot|

QUESTION

New York, NY

If one is going on a hike on Chol HaMoed Sukkot, does one have to not bring mezonot or HaMotzi on the hike, or can one treat a future event as a situation where one doesn’t have access to a sukkah and bring sandwiches to eat?

ANSWER

Rav Lichtenstein has an article on this from about 30 years ago. His conclusion is that it is mutar me’ikar hadin based on הולכי דרכים. I would totally agree based also on תשבו כעין תדורו, and people

30 09, 2020

Limited Access to a Sukkah During the COVID-19 Pandemic

September 30th, 2020|Orach Chayim, Sukkot|

QUESTION

Riverdale, NY

Under what circumstances can apartment dwellers or anyone unable to build a sukkah be considered exempt from the mitzvah (specifically, able to eat mezonot at home)? For example, they are hungry at times that their shul or apartment sukkah is closed, or the slots for that meal are all filled. Or, should they avoid mezonot/HaMotzi all week?

ANSWER

If someone’s only sukkah options are sukkot where they are concerned for COVID, then they are exempt because of mitzta’eir. It is no different than leaving a

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