Panorama of Halacha 23

The following issues are discussed by Rabbi Raskin in this week’s episode: May a peeler be used on Shabbos to peel an apple? [1] What about Pesach, when we avoid eating unpeeled produce? [2] Despite our caution to the extreme to avoid wetting Matzo during Pesach, on the 8th day of Pesach many of us did cook Gebroktz. Do the utensils involved need to be kashered before next Pesach? [3] During Pesach we made some kind of sweet, combining mashed banana and crushed nuts. Some remained after Pesach, but it had become mushy, so we mixed in some rolled oats. Is the brocho now Mezonos or Shehakol? [4] A kazayis of chocolate cake is 30% sugar. Is the after-brocho Al haMichya or Borei Nefoshos? [5] Many Jewish communities in the Former Soviet Union do not have their own dedicated burial grounds. In order to discourage cremation, we have been assisting Jewish burials within non-Jewish cemeteries. Is this allowed? [6] We have a room that was a bathroom, but the porcelain has been removed and it is now used as a storeroom. Is a mezuzah required? [7] When the Sefer Torah is brought out on Yomtov, we recite the 13 Attributes of Divine Mercy, followed by Ribono Shel Olam. When Yomtov occurs on Shabbos, the 13 Attributes aren’t recited. What about Ribono Shel Olam? [8] Naming a child after a deceased parent is seen as a virtue. [9] But when I call that child by name, am I not compromising my respect to my parent? [10]