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    KASHRUS QUESTIONS OF THE WEEK WITH RABBI MOSHE ELEFANT

    Can one use a BBQ grill for
    both milchig and fleishig
    by changing the grate?
    Changing the grate would
    be inadequate. The bottom of the grill also
    becomes fleishig and so changing the grate
    wouldn’t do much.

    Chutz La’aretz is one week behind
    Eretz Yisrael in leining. Is someone
    that is visiting America from Eretz
    Yisrael allowed to get an aliyah
    since he was yotzei the parsha that
    we are reading right now in America
    last week?
    He is allowed to get an aliyah. Should he
    lechatchila get an aliyah? I would suggest not.
    If he is called to the Torah, then absolutely,
    but if he’s asked whether he wants an aliya

    then he should say maybe not. If it’s on
    Shabbos, the obligation of krias ha torah on
    Shabbos is to give seven people an aliya. So if
    the shul is giving out extra aliyas and he gets
    one of the extra ones, then it’s not a problem.
    In general, if he wants an aliyah because he
    wants to bench gomel or for a yahrzeit, I dont
    see any problem with him getting an aliyah.