Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz

But Rabbi Kivya Yeager says, no, that's a problem, because if it was a Kel and you're making it into an El, that's also a Mechikas Hashem.

I had a fascinating Shaila.

I heard it from a Bereisman, actually, but it's a fascinating Shaila.

So, okay, these are the kinds of things you have in your back pocket, so you could talk with someone, talk with someone in learning.

Another guy came over and talked to me, and he raised a very fascinating Shaila about a Sukkah.

We're not holding anywhere near Sukkah's time now, but why shouldn't we talk in learning?

So there's an interesting Shaila about a good Asik on the Sukkah that I never heard before, so he wanted to talk about that.

Great!

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I think it's a good idea to do a little less sikh betel in our lives.

Now, I do want to be clear.

It's important to be nice.

It's important to, you know, small talk, it does have value.

I know I make fun of it a lot, but it does have value to make sure that, you know, you're expressing concern for other people.

And if it's something that another person has on their mind and they want to talk about, then that's not sicha betelah, then that's important.

But, you know, to the extent that we can make our conversations meaningful, that's always a good thing.

Okay, final question.

Is it permitted to build a snowman on Shabbos?

There were a lot of snow questions this past Shabbos because it snowed in New York this past Shabbos.

For those who live outside of New York, maybe unaware.