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Questions about terminology and in general

שו”תCategory: generalQuestions about terminology and in general
asked 1 year ago

Hello Rabbi!
A. What do you think about the phrases ‘with the help of God’ or ‘in the name of God’? Do you use them? Because as far as I understand, God is not watching over and changing reality today.
B. There are people here who write to you as if you were their friend and some who refer to you as the Rebbe Shlita. Do you prefer to be called Rabbi? Doctor? Michael? Miki? First or third person? Just to know how you prefer me to address you
C. Are you wearing a tzitzit? Apparently, wearing a tzitzit is like eating bread to bless the blessing of food. Or maybe it’s a ‘custom of Israel is law’? By the way, what do you think about this expression?
Thanks in advance!


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מיכי Staff answered 1 year ago
A. I have been asked about this more than once. In every column I begin with the basic principle. I wrote that it is mainly out of habit. But beyond that, there is help from God, the Almighty, in that He created nature and my abilities, thereby enabling me to act. B. Why is that excellent? C. I was asked about this just now. There are many poskim who say that there is a special interest in tzitzit because of the story of Idna Dritcha. But some of the first ones wrote that it is only correct if you avoid wearing a garment with four fringes in order to get rid of tzitzit. But here we do not wear such clothes at all. Therefore, from the perspective of the opinion, there seems to be no special problem with this. But there is still a custom of wearing tzitzit and it does not detract from any other good custom. Beyond that, what is wrong with earning more mitzvot?  

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