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Hello Rabbi, I have a question regarding Ashkenazi tradition. I know that we don't typically name children after living relatives. However, I'm wondering about the practice of using the maiden name of a relative/friend/person I love and admire as a way to honor her. Since the person no longer carries the maiden name after getting married, could using it be considered against Jewish tradition? Or would that be considered as a meaningful and respectful gesture? Could you please provide some guidance? Thank you for your time and advice. Marina.

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I am scheduled to be the Bal Koreh at my shul this coming Shabbos. I need to rehearse the reading some time this week. But I am busy with work all week and have little free time. The one exception is I am off the entire day on Thursday for Tisha B’Av. I know one is not supposed to study Torah on Tisha B’Av. But in this case it is a necessity. Making time on other days is not an option. The congregational rabbi is away now and is unreachable at the moment and he has entrusted me with this task. Can one study Torah reading on Tisha B’Av in order to be able to read properly at a later date?

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Please help me I’m scared of the nine days of av. I’m terrified of doing something wrong I’m following laws of reframing laundry music many things but I’m so scared. I’m having a nervous breakdown. Please please help me

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I would like to present a class to a group of women on Shabbos about whether one should ask forgiveness to having bullied when younger because asking forgiveness can bring up old and painfull memories to the bullied person you want to ask forgivenss from.

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We have become vegetarians (who eat cheese, eggs, fish) and would like to use our fleishig dishes, pots, and pans with milchig recipes. We have incomplete sets of both fleishig and milchig dishes and cookware, so we thought it would be much more economical to combine both sets. We know that we can can boil the silverware, but what about dishes, pots, and pans?