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#60 Pictures of Women 

Based on a number of factors, there can sometimes be room to permit hanging the picture of a woman at home or publicizing such a picture in a magazine. The issur is only in the following circumstances: a) when one is gazing at a picture rather than just looking temporarily, b) if it is a colored picture, not a black and white one, and c) only if it is a woman the onlooker actually knows. Of course, if such a picture causes a person to experience Hirhurim, inappropriate thoughts, it is forbidden in all situations. Also, obviously, it is not Mishnas Chassidim, pious behavior, to hang or publicize such pictures. However, in a place where there is a real need to do so for proper purposes, such as to encourage people in Torah and Mitzvos or other such needs, then in a case like this it is acceptable to have such a picture, provided the conditions for permissibility are met.

 

Practical Halacha: One minute a day. By Horav Yosef Yeshaya Braun, shlita, member of the Badatz of Crown Heights.

Text by Miss Esther Rochel Elkaim

61 Making Enough Brochos? 

There is a Halacha dating back to the time of Dovid HaMelech, and perhaps even earlier, that one must say one hundred Brochos every day. On most days this is very easy to achieve, although sometimes one would have to actually keep count in order to ensure they really say one hundred Brochos that day, such as on days when the Shemonei Esrei does not include all nineteen Brochos as on Shabbos and Yom Tov, and on fast days where there are no Brochos on food and drink. There is a debate amongst contemporary Poskim if this Halacha also applies to women and children. There are many Brochos in the usual count of one hundred Brochos that women would not ordinarily make on a regular day. The Rebbe stated very clearly that it is a custom to give children sweets and candies in order to train them in saying many Brochos so as to get to one hundred Brochos. The Rebbe also mentioned the idea of women saying one hundred Brochos. This may not be an obligation, but rather a meritorious behavior. However, there is clearly a point for women and children to try to say one hundred Brochos every day.

Practical Halacha: One minute a day. By Horav Yosef Yeshaya Braun, shlita, member of the Badatz of Crown Heights.

Text by Miss Esther Rochel Elkaim