Yesh Letmoha English Questions and Answers

1. If seven people ate bread and three only ate vegetables, they can make a mezuman with Hashem’s name (Alter Rebbe’s Shulchan Aruch 197:2).
2. The kerashim that stood on the north side of the Mishkan remained on the north side throughout the Jews’ journey in the desert. The Shaloh (cited in Magen Avraham, Orach Chaim 8:6) learns from this that the tzitzis in the front of the tallis should always remain in the front each time the tallis is worn. (Some, however, are not particular about this—see Alter Rebbe’s Shulchan Aruch 8:9.)
3. A servant may read a list of names of those invited to a meal, but the owner may not, as he might decide to erase some of them (see Alter Rebbe’s Shulchan Aruch 307:23).
4. If you are taking a Shabbos afternoon nap, you may not say you are taking it in order to do a melachah on Motzoei Shabbos (see Alter Rebbe’s Shulchan Aruch 290:2).
5. When Yom Tov is on Motzoei Shabbos, kiddush and havdalah are made on a single cup of wine. If you do not have wine, some say you can make kiddush and havdalah on bread (Alter Rebbe’s Shulchan Aruch 296:11).
6. We say 100 brachos daily because of a plague that occurred in the days of Dovid Hamelech (Menachos 43b).
7. Fasting for two days without interruption is like fasting for forty days (Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 568:4).
8. On 18 Nissan, 5638. (18 Nissan is also the day of the Rebbe’s bris.)
9. On 28 Teves, 5640.
10. That they should tell him that sonei matanos yichyeh—despising gifts brings life.
11. It is stated in Shulchan Aruch that one can immerse in anything which originates from water, such as red mosquitoes: if they are in a pit, and they are in the amount of 40 se’ah, it is permitted to immerse in them. The Maharil writes that one can even immerse in a large pile of gathered fish.
12. Human blood: If it is in a utensil, it is forbidden. But while still in a person’s mouth, such as blood from between the teeth, it is permitted for that person to suck and ingest it. — Shulchan Aruch
13. A Jew who is uncircumsized because his older brothers died after mila, should lay tefillin on Shabbos. This is because every Yid needs 2 witnesses about their bond with Hashem. During the week, these are mila and tefillin, and on Shabbos, they are mila and Shabbos. But for one who does not have mila, he must lay tefillin on Shabbos to compensate, and have 2 witnesses also on Shabbos. — Shulchan Aruch
14. If a non-Jew touched the wine of a Jew, specifically in order to anger the Jew, and cause it to be forbidden to them — the wine is permitted, and it should be drunk specifically before the non-Jew, so they will not become accustomed to doing this. — Shulchan Aruch (The Nekudas Hakesef adds that if the non-Jew knows this halacha, then it is forbidden for the Jew to drink the wine.)
15. If someone tells partners in a barrel of wine that their wine has become yayin nesech, and partner one is silent while the other contradicts: The wine is forbidden for the silent one and permitted for the one who contradicts. — Shulchan Aruch

Questions

1. Regarding which din does a group of seven people have value?
2. What is the connection between wearing a tallis and building the Mishkan?
3. What page may one person read on Shabbos while another person may not?
4. When may you do something, but you may not say why you are doing it?
5. When can you make havdalah on bread?
6. What do we do every day because of a plague that occurred thousands of years ago?
7. When are two days considered like forty days?
8. When was Reb Levi Yitzchok (the Rebbe’s father) born?
9. When was Rebbetzin Chana born?
10. What did the Rebbe say when someone bought a new car for him?
11. In which case can one immerse without water? (שו"ע יו"ד סימן ר"א סעי' ל"ג)
12. What is something which may not be eaten when in a utensil, but is permitted when in one’s mouth? (שו"ע יו"ד סוף סי' ס"ו)
13. How could it be that a Yid will be obligated to lay tefillin on Shabbos? (שו"ע יו"ד סי' רס"ה, בבית הלל בשם ת"ה)
14. In which manner is it permitted to drink wine touched by a non-Jew, and should actually specifically be drunk in front of the non-Jew? (שו"ע יו"ד סי' קכ"ד)
15. How can it be that one of two people who own wine in a barrel could drink it, but the other cannot? (שו"ע יו"ד סי' קכ"ז סעי' א' בהגה"ה)