4.43 Eikev 5784

1) When saying a Brocho Acharona after fruit of the Seven Kinds that are actually produce of Eretz Yisroel, instead of על בארץ ועל הפירות we say: על הארץ ועל פירותיה.[1] If one had also drunk wine – that isn’t from EY, we have a misleading text: על הארץ ועל פרי הגפן ועל פירותיה – implying that these fruit are the produce of the vine! 2) There is a dispute as to the spelling of word Dakoh in the Torah: דכא or דכה. May one have an Aliya where the Sefer Torah is spelt contrary to one’s mesorah? And what about Parshas Zochor? [2] 3) What are the guidelines re. mentioning one’s father or mother by name?[3] 4) May one lay Tefilin with a man who has embraced a different faith?[4] 5) What is the status of the Yad of the Sefer Torah?[5] 6) One was eating ‘mezonos’ and then decides to ‘upgrade’ and have as a meal; he now wishes to eat a piece of fish: new brocho or not? [6] 7) I recently saw a Tefilin-container that appears like a Thermos-flask, in which the Hand-Tefilin is placed above the Head-Tefilin, and I was wondering if that is proper? [7] 8) Feedback on giving Tzedoko at night: [8] 9) May one give Tzedoko whilst being in an impure location?[9] 10) Feedback on whether an Ovel RL should be Chazan on Tisha b’Av: [10] ________________________________________ [1] ראה סדר ברכת הנהנין פ"א הי"ב-י"ג. [2] נידון בנתיבים בשדה השליחות ח"ב פ"ד, על פי קצות השלחן סוף סי' פז. [3] אוצר כבוד אב ואם ע' 45. [4] ראה שוע"ר סי' קפט ס"ד. [5] ראה ס' גנזי הקודש פ"ה הע' כא. [6] שערי הברכה פט"ז הע' קכח. [7] שוע"ר סי' כח ס"ח. [8] תורת מנחם תשד"מ ח"א ע' 266; לקוטי שיחות ח"ט ע' 321; שיחות קודש תש"מ ח"א ע' 663. [9] פסקי תשובות סי' עו אות א, וש"נ לס' הליכות שלמה (תפלה) פ"כ הע' לו. [10] כי אז הכל אבלים, ולמה יגרע?