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Q. What is this I hear about saving the Lulav and Etrog until Passover? 

A. The idea of keeping the Lulav until Passover is to burn it together with the Chametz, this way we continue its use in another Mitzvah, acting as fuel for the fire of burning the Chametz. This is a custom ...

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Q. Where did you get so many bamboo poles for the Sukkah? 

A. Bernie Saul (obm) owned and operated “Saul Equipment” a restaurant supply business in downtown Albany. His shop near where the Times Union Center (formerly The Perpsi and before that the Knick...

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Q. I’ve become more religiously observant than my family. I go out of my way to be sensitive, but now they’re asking me to compromise way more than I ought to?

A. Here’s what we’ve found. There are three types of people in your situation:

(1) They never budge, never accommodate.

(2) Forever compromising, forever giving in.

(3) Alway...

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Q. Suppose everyone in the congregation was a Kohen. Who would do the Priestly Blessing?

A. If there are more than a Minyan, all aside for ten go up to do the blessing. If there’s a tight minyan of exactly ten Kohens, they ALL go up to do the priestly blessing which benefits not only &hell...