David Solomon passed away around 2025. He was born and raised in Stamford Hill. His Bar Mitzvah was celebrated in the Grove Lane Federation Synagogue and during the Musaph Davening, his grandfather - a pious warm Chassidish Jew was struck by cardiac arrest and was taken to hospital. David married and settled in Southgate and attended Palmers Geen United Synagogue, eventually becoming one of the wardens.
3. Why are women not allowed to officiate as Rabbis? Is this a biblical prohibition?
4. Why is the baby a Cholol or a Mamzer he did not choose this!?
5. Who created the Kaddish?
6. Why is the mourner the one who is supposed to say the Kaddish?
7. Why is the mourner only saying Kaddish for 11 months?
8. Who were the Rabbis who enacted all additional laws on top of the ten and the 613 commandments?
9. What is wrong with hearing a woman say Kaddish for her parent?
10. What is wrong with hearing a woman layn the Torah? Miriam the Prophetess sang the Shirah!
16. What is the origin of the Hebrew Alphabet?
17. What is the name by which you would make a Mi Sheberach for a sick ger - he has no mother!
18. עפ"ל - How can we extol the virtues of King David, if he knowingly sent a man to his death?!
19. He married out but wants to be called up for an Aliyah or Chosson Torah. Which one is easier to give in these circumstances?
As for your quest to unearth details about your long lost cousins in Belgium, here are some links:
a. http://www.1914.org/partners-
From: David Solomons [mailto:davsolo.6@talktalk.net
Sent: 02 July 2015 07:02
To: Menasche Scharf
Subject: RE: Holidays
Please can you share with me the product name to treat ulcers in the mouth, which one can buy in Paris?
Hi, I have missed you at the Mynion. The name of the product is PANSORAL RED BOX. This is for adults. A blue box is for babies. It is made in France. If you go to France could you buy 2 boxes for me and I will pay you when you get back. Regards David Solomons
Julian Charing: The reason why haShem commanded the Jews to smear the blood on the doorposts in Egypt is because this acted as a Mezuzah - it provided safeguarding for the Jewish people who were living amongst the Egyptians.
Julian Charing: May we give Hagbah or Gelilah to a non-Jew who is in Shul as he wants to convert to Judaism?
Q. When was the first mention of a person being down / depressed / melanchony?
A. AI: round 2000 BCE to 1800 BCE - think: Moshe Rabbenu, Yaakov Ovinu, King David, King Saul, Kayin,
Q. Who was the first killer in history?
A.
Q. Who was first killed in history?
A. HaShem killed the female Whale
Q. When did Psoriasis make its first appearance on humans?
A. AI: Psoriasis date back to ancient Greece and Rome, around 400 B.C.E..
Q. Is it’s ok to bring children to the Shofar?
A. We have in our Shul many elderly people who might become restless when they are disturbed by little (and not-so-little) children and so if you can bring them to Shul and let them play with the toys in the anteroom, this will be a win-win situation. Please, I am the appointed Rabbi for Finsbury Park United Synagogue; can you ask this Sha’aloh to your Rov? Reply from petitioner: “After consulting with my Rabbi and further consideration we have decided that it would not be appropriate to grace your congregation with our potentially vocal presence during the ram’s horn ritual on the New Year.”.
Q. The parent of the Chazzan passes away the day before Erev Yomtef. As the Levayah will be on Erev Yontef the Chazzan will only sit Shiv’ah for half an hour, so it would be impractical to expect the Chazan to want to Daven at the Amud.
A. Find an alternative Chazzan
Q. What to do when a mistake is found during the Leyning, ?
A. Learn the Halachos!
Q. Are both parents allowed to ascend the Bimah and give
Birkat HaBonim to their Bar / Bat Mitzva Child?
A.
Q. Is Stone setting allowed on Chol HaMo’ed
A.
Q. Is a funeral held exactly the same way on Chanukah as any
other Yoma dePagra/
A.
Q. What is the best way to run a communal Seder?
A. Prepare, prepare, prepare!
Q. Is it permitted to wish Happy Birthday / Mazal Tov to an
Oveil?
A. Yes
Q. If staying more than 30 days in a cabin on a cruise ship,
does it now require a Mezuzah
A.
Q. Is the Rabbi allowed to tell the caretaker to switch the
heating on / off
A. If people might suffer from overheating, then it falls
into the category of a Choleh she‑ein boy sakkonoh. That’s why every
Rabbi, Gabbai and Kitchen worker at the Shul needs to learn the KLBD’s Shomer
Guides: the regular one and the one for Shabbos!
Q. Are all KLBD restaurants Cholov Yisroel?
A. Yes
Q. Is there a problem selling your Chometz in the UK, which a
country that has the Consumer Protection Act “30-Day Right to Reject: Consumers
can claim a full refund for faulty goods within 30 days”? If so, when selling the Chometz, is the sale
final or not?
A.
Q. If the Maftir stopped where it says כאן מסיימים
הספרדים and starts finishes the first
blessing after the Haftoroh, may he stop and finish the full Haftoroh according
to Minhag Ashkenaz and then continue the rest of the blessings of the Haftoroh?
A.
Q. Is the community required to stand up when saying חזק חזק ונתחזק?
A. Each Shul according to its Minhag
Q. Someone in FPUS approached me with the following Sha-aloh:
I have urgent hospital appointments, one of which falls on Rosh HaShono. Am I allowed to go to the hospital by public
transport, so as not to miss the appointment, otherwise they will postpone it
for another three months or longer, which might endanger my life. This person, aged ca. 70, is a walking
miracle and a moving pharmacy… After
losing a couple of stones, there is hope that life could be extended by another
twenty years and – taking into account the ways of the NHS, I’m convinced that
the above is an honest reflection of the medical situation.
A.
Q. Ask about reading Vayechal on a fast Day, when there
aren't six people who do fast
A. Rabbi Yonah Schneck replied that there is a leniency, but
we should try to ensure there are six “fasters”
Q. How to explain to the lady in the kitchen that a cheese
or/and vegetable grater or a mandolin (Kitchen Slicer) should NOT
be used on Shabbos – even if it’s for the Kidush in honour of the president’s
birthday?
A.
Q. There’s a WBG (=Would Be Ger / Giyores) and they help
with preparing a Kiddush. Is there an
issue with Bossor Shenis’alem Min ho’Ayin?
A.
Q. If doing Kabbalat Shabbat and straightaway the meal
inside the Shul premises, do we still need to make Kidush before Oleynu?
A.
Q. May we prepare a vegetarian cholent in a meaty oven,
where the oven was not used for the previous 24 hours?
A.
Q. If Rosh Chodesh falls on Shabbos Parashas Mato-Mas'ey, do
we still need to take out two Seforim, given that the extra ones that we have
are of doubtful Kashrus and we can just Gollel (=roll) back to Pinchos?
A.
Q. Do you count Sheloshim from the day of the Petirah or
from the day of the Kvurah?
A. Count Sheloshim from the day of the Petirah
Q. On Simchat Torah, are two brothers in law allowed to be
called up to the Torah one after another?
A.
Q. Why is it that on the High Holidays, the Aron Kodesh is
opened many times and by different people – wouldn’t it be easier if one person
opens the Aron Kodesh and it stays open until the last time it needs to be
opened?
A.
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