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My work schedule does not always give me time to go to the mikvah on erev Yom Kippur. So I haven’t gone every year. How important is it to go? How bad is it to skip sometimes?

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Shalom aleichem Rabbi Lauffer. Thank you for answering my last question. If someone has a web of connected Xmas lights hanging from the schach that are strung across the entire width and breadth of his sukkah, would these lights be considered more than 4 tefachim wide, so that one would not be permitted to sit under them if they are 4 tefachim lower than the schach, or would they not be considered to be more than 4 tefachim wide. Thank you.

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Hello. What do rishonim and even Chazal say about the halachic matter of kapara without the activity of the Kohen Gadol in the Beis Hamikdash on Yom Kippur? I am aware of the general concept of prayers replacing sacrifices, but specifically, what is the effect of not having the kapara through the avoda of the Kohen Gadol? Do we have anything in the Oral Law that indicates the alternative (as we do in the matter of the calendar through cheshbon instead of testimony)? Thank you.

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Does a man who hears a woman blow shofar fulfill his obligation? Or is it considered equal to totally neglecting the mitzvah?

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What is the view in Jewish law of one who fails to fulfill the mitzvah of sukkah either because they cannot afford a sukkah of their own, or they have no place to build one where they live, or for any other reason they do not have access to a sukkah?

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Dear Rabbi, why is there a practice to dance in a circle in the Synagogue on the holiday called Simchat Torah?

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Hi, is there something unique about doing the mitzvah of living in a succah during the holiday of Succot?

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Dear Rabbi, can you please explain to me the mitzvah of the “four species” and what’s special about it? Thanks!

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I have read articles that say throwing bread in a river for tashlich is very harmful to the ecosystem. Are there any environmentally friendly alternatives that are acceptable?