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Category: Daily Living
After blessing when drinking
Question: After eating or drinking you normally say an after blessing. Some people informed me that when you had a drink, for example coffee, that after a certain ammount of… Read more »
daily sacrifice
Question: dear rabbi, It is said “Torah study is of more value than the offering of the daily sacrifice” [Babylonian Talmud, Eruvin 63b]. Reciting the Shma, however is obligatory (at… Read more »
Lifnei Iver non frum or off the derech
Question: If one generally says brachos out loud, is it better to say a bracha silently when in front of a non frum or off the derech person if one… Read more »
Discussing arms for tefillin use
Question: Dear Rabbi, Are there instances why a man may put his tefillin on over his right arm rather than his left? Curious if this has come up. Medical studies… Read more »
Minhagim for Baal Teshuva
Question: About a year ago I walked into a Chabad house, with no intention to become a Lubavitcher, but to become more observant. Ever since then I got Chabad tefillin… Read more »
Davening Barefoot
Question: I recently saw a ruling that davenning barefoot is not permitted (in response to a question about learning Torah barefoot). Does that hold for davenning at home without a… Read more »
Davening during punishment
Question: If chas vshalom a person is being punished and they are suffering from the punishment, is it okay to daven for help, or is that chutzpadik? Answer: When we… Read more »
When heading the catskills from Boro Park where is the correct place to say Tefillas Haderech?
Question: If one is headed to the catskill mountains from Boro Park where is the correct place to say Tefillas Haderech? Thanks Answer: You should say Tefilas Haderech either after… Read more »
Prayer said after chatzos (midday)
Question: If a prayer was said a few minutes passed chatzot, does it still count in G-d’s eyes or simply not anymore? (In terms of Shacharit). Answer: The time for… Read more »
Eating and Drinking while extended cycling
Question: While on extended bike rides lasting 2 hours or more without stopping , sometimes over 4 hours, we are constantly eating dried fruits or other sources of carbs including… Read more »
What if someone missed saying Kaddish?
Question: What if someone missed saying Kaddish? Answer: If someone missed saying kaddish it is still possible to say kaddish at another minyan. If there isn’t any other minyan, I… Read more »
Using two hole Tallis koton
Question: Hi, I was at a sale of tallisim recently and the supply was low. I found begadim for a tallis koton, but they were the Chassidishe type (two holes… Read more »
Negel vasser
Question: Hi, first thank you so much for your website, it’s an invaluable resource and service. Since I moved to a new apartment 2 years ago I’ve been filling up… Read more »
A single wearing a Tallit
Question: Can an older Ashkanazi single male wear a tallit to shul, and can he cover his head with the tallit during Shomana Esrei and other times when married men… Read more »
Answering Amen to Berichu in Kadish for ashkenaz in nusach sefard shul
Question: Hi, If I am davening in a nusach sefard or nusach Ari shul and they answer in Kadish to berichu amen, am I allowed to answer amen in an… Read more »
anus in tefila
Question: hello, my job , a night shift , starts at 2 pm i am permitted to take time for only one of 2 tefilot, either micha or maariv ,… Read more »
Wetness on body during tefilla
Question: Does a person have to make sure when going to the bathroom before davening and in general that the מקום המילה is clean and what about shabbos? Is it… Read more »
Selfish davening
Question: Is it okay to say anything in davening? I don’t have much to say right now in davening other than selfish requests and selfish venting. Mainly I just want… Read more »
Checking Teffilin to make sure that they are black
Question: Does a person have to keep checking his ritzuas and battim to make sure their black or his he יוצא as long as פרשיות are כשר Answer: A person… Read more »
Unspoken tefillah
Question: Does tefillah count if there are no words, not even words held inside? If it’s just feelings and thoughts consciously directed toward Hashem, is that still tefillah? Sometimes it’s… Read more »
Bedside hand washing
Question: I grew up in a very frum home and my parents wash their hands in the morning either in the kitchen sink or in the bathroom. I am now… Read more »
How can we pray for something if we don’t ever really know whats good for us
Question: how can we pray for something if we don’t ever really know whats good for us meaning why should someone pray for more money maybe its not good for… Read more »
Alos
Question: I’m in New york I usually try to hold of the first zman alos which today was 3:36 am second zman 4:13 can I still daven mariv now? Answer:… Read more »
הנחת מקצת חברים with a גוי
Question: With regard to the הלכות of הנחת מקצת חברים; 1) Would this concept apply if the person waiting there is a גוי? 2) Would this concept apply if the… Read more »
Nectarines are not a Hybrid
Question: I asked this question Do we say Shehechianu on Nectarines? You answered “Therefore we do say shehechiyanu on a peach, and most other fruits because of this reason.” I’m… Read more »
Do we say Shehechianu on Nectarines?
Question: Do we say Shehechianu on Nectarines, or are they a hybrid of a peach and something else? Are all hybrid fruits patur from Shehechianu? Today, all fruits are being… Read more »
Davening when soiled
Question: If someone davens and discovers that while he was davening his under garments had a small amount of fecal matter, does he need to daven over? Furthermore, if one… Read more »
Chatzee kaddish after leining
Question: Can you provide sources for who says the kaddish-the baal kriya,the oleh, or anyone who is a chiyuv,even without an aliyah? Answer: There are poskim that are of the… Read more »
Davening Ma’ariv after Plag without a minyan
Question: Can a person daven Ma’ariv after Plag by himself if he davened Mincha before Plag, or is that only possible BeTzibur? Thank you. Answer: The minhag is that we… Read more »
these 2 prayers are good for a good night’s sleep
Question: it is true that before bedtime reading the shema Israel and hamapil together are 100 percent effective for having a great night’s sleep and warding off all nightmares and… Read more »
Covering head with Tallis for Aliya
Question: Are there any sources which specifically say to cover your head with the Tallis while getting an Aliya? (Some Shuls have this as their minhag and insist that all… Read more »
Should Al netilas yadayim and asher yatzar when was up most of night
Question: Should Al Netillas Yadayim and Asher Yatzar be said when one didn’t use the bathroom in the morning and only slept about an hour unintentionally on his bed between… Read more »
saying birchot hashachar when one fell asleep unintentionally for about an hour
Question: When one was planning to stay up all night, but ended up falling asleep unintentionally on his bed for about an hour between midnight and alos hashachar, should birchos… Read more »
meharher kedusha in middle of davening
Question: When still in the middle of teflilat amidah and the tsibur is reciting kedusha, one is supposed to be silent and listen. However, what the tsibur says is often… Read more »
How to Connect with g-d towards prayer?
Question: How can a person fully show gratitude to the almighty, without even understanding the hebrew words (read out) straight from the Sefer Torah? I heard, that reading in the… Read more »
Untiol when can one say Birchas Hamazon
Question: Washed For breakfast at 9:00 finished eating at around 9:30 and got busy in managers office until now. Am I still allowed to Bentch? Thank you Answer: The rule… Read more »
plastic tefilin/tallis bag – considered a 2nd cover?
Question: When traveling and tefillin must be taken into the airport/terminal bathroom, we need a cover within a cover. Is the clear plastic bag, whose purpose it is to protect… Read more »
Tachnun on the day of a yahrtziet
Question: If I am daveniing in a shul and that minyan is not not saying tachnun that day, for a Yartzeit or some other reason should one say tachnun B’tzina… Read more »
Birkas Ha’Ilanos
Question: Do you make a Bracha on a Crab apple tree..? Thank you very much! Answer: We don’t say birkas ilanos on the fruit of ilaney srak (non fruit bearing… Read more »
Bed placement
Question: I once heard that one should not place the bed so one’s feet are facing the door as that is the direction in which a meis is taken out…. Read more »
Feeding fish before eating
Question: Shalom Shalom, Must one feed their fish before eating themselves? Thank you Answer: A person is obligated to feed his fish before eating, as with his other pets. However… Read more »
A person with hearing aids leading the prayers
Question: I were hearing aids n When I want to be the שליח ציבור-leading the prayers people don’t want because of my hearing aids so I want to know what’s… Read more »
timeframe for al hamichya
Question: if i ate a mezonos, or a fruit that requires al haetz, and then ate and drank on and off for several hours, may i still make the brocha… Read more »
Tov U’Metiv
Question: Would one say a bracha on passing a test that they have failed numerous times, and which gives a strong sense of joy? If it also benefits one’s family… Read more »
Bringing luggage with food into the bathroom
Question: When there is food in a suitcase or hand-luggage is it permitted lechatchila to bring it into the bathroom? Answer: This may sound surprising to you, but according to… Read more »
prayer in vain
Question: A bachur who is dating and he is davening that the lady should say yes to him (as opposed to turning him down), may he daven for this even… Read more »
Edible flowers
Question: What bracha does one make on edible flowers (like orchids)? Answer: If it is a normally eaten item then it would be hoadomo, however I don’t think that this… Read more »
Birkas Ilanos versus Sitting in Sukkah
Question: The Talmud specifies Nisan, but in the southern hemisphere there are no blossoms in Nissan, so it is logically inferred (as poskim indicate) that one could say the bracha… Read more »
הסתכלות
Question: עבודה זרה דף סה. אזל אשכחיה דיתיב כו׳ וקיימן זונות ערומות קמיה כו׳ לכאורה צריך לומר שרבא ובר שישך יצאו מן המרחץ כדי לדבר,(אולם לא משמע כן מלשון הגמרא)… Read more »