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  • Blessings (brachot)

How long does it take for a bracha on ANY kinds of food (with same bracha) to wear off/fade?

Question: How long does it take for a bracha on ANY kinds of food (with same bracha) to wear off/fade? For instance, I’ve eaten an apple and made Ha’eitz. In… Read more »

Blessings (brachot) brachos hefsek
24/02/2021
  • Prayer (tefilla)

Chasidish/ Litvish Havarah

Question: I come from a and chassidishe/heimishe background so my grandparents have a more of a chassidishe havara, however my father went to a litvishe yeshiva, so his havara is… Read more »

Prayer (tefilla) tefila
24/02/2021
  • Blessings (brachot)

Washing when eating mezonos

Question: Hello, I am new to washing halacha and was wondering whether one would wash for the following: Oatmeal Gluten free cake/cookies/bread (assuming one eats enough to qualify as a… Read more »

Blessings (brachot) netilas yodayim Washing hands
16/02/2021
  • Laws of Meals

Proper method of cleaning bread crumbs

Question: What is the most proper manner to clean bread crumbs respectfully and Halachically from a tablecloth or countertop? Does it matter how big the crumbs are or bigger pieces?… Read more »

Laws of Meals bread crumbs
08/02/2021
  • Laws of Meals

Proper bentching rules:

Question: For the proper bentching rules. What are some general thoughts to keep in mind beforehand? For instance, standing/sitting, allowed to recite outdoor/indoor (only). Anything else that can be useful… Read more »

Laws of Meals Birkas Hamazon
07/02/2021
  • Prayer (tefilla)

Amen to a Brocha Levotolah

Question: The Shluchan Oruch says in Siman 124 that if a minyan doesn’t have at least 9 people have kavanoh and and answering amen to the Shatz’s brochos, it is… Read more »

Prayer (tefilla) chazaras hashatz
07/02/2021
  • Blessings (brachot)

Bracha on snack onion rings

Question: I want to know the bracha on snack onion rings. I have heard that different companies make them differently so the bracha is different but I wanted to understand… Read more »

Blessings (brachot) brachos
06/02/2021
  • Prayer (tefilla)

Order and obligations of morning prayers when sleeping is divided

Question: If one wakes early and feels like he will fall back asleep, says the morning brachos and full Shema so he won’t miss its time, then does fall back… Read more »

Prayer (tefilla) tefila zman tefilla
05/02/2021
  • Tefillin

Taking off tallis before tefillin (so it doesn’t get sweaty)

Question: After davening Shachris I like to learn Mikra or Mishna with my Tefillin. But if I keep my Tallis on, I get hot and the distraction harms my learning…. Read more »

Tefillin Tefillin
05/02/2021
  • Prayer (tefilla)

Completing minyan with whom already prayer

Question: Hi! I heard that, although we can do chazarah and kedusha when we have up to 4 men who have prayed in a 10-man minyan. there is a difference… Read more »

Prayer (tefilla) Tefilla B'tzibur
03/02/2021
  • Behaviour in the morning

Learning Torah and Davening after Netilat Yadaim

Question: I know that one is not supposed to daven or learn until after having done Netilat Yadaim. In retrospect, does running one’s hand under a tap count enough to… Read more »

Behaviour in the morning washing hands in the morning
02/02/2021
  • Prayer (tefilla)

Is the chazzan required to take three steps back after completing chazaras hashatz?

Question: Is the chazzan required to take three steps back after completing chazaras hashatz? Answer: The chazzan does not have to take three steps back after completing chazoras hashatz. The… Read more »

Prayer (tefilla) chazan tefila
01/02/2021
  • Blessings (brachot)

Bracha on Mary’s Gone Crackers

Question: Hi, I’m wondering with the bracha rishona is on Mary’s Gone Crackers. Thank you! Answer: From checking up on similar recipies, it would seems that the rice content is… Read more »

Blessings (brachot) brachos
31/01/2021
  • BIrcas Kohanim

custom/tradition Talit, Bircat Kohanin

Question: BS”D 1 – Is halakha or custom/tradition, of covering yourself with the tallit at Bircat Kohanim? 2 – The left-right movements of covering up with the Tallit, is related… Read more »

BIrcas Kohanim Birkat Kohanim
29/01/2021
  • Blessings (brachot)

Are the brachot on tefillin Rabbinical or bibical?

Question: 1. Are blessings made on Tefillin biblical or rabbinical? 2. When were they instituted? 3. Why were they instituted? 4. How severe is it to say a blessing in… Read more »

Blessings (brachot) brachos
27/01/2021
  • Blessings (brachot)

Proper Al Hamichya for Shabbos gray insert and Al Hamichya process for adding two brachos simultaneously:

Question: 1. Al Hamichya on the bottom (in the gray box) it says to insert on Shabbos – ורצה והחליצנו ביום השבת הזה – And may it be pleasing to… Read more »

Blessings (brachot) Al Hamichya
27/01/2021
  • Prayer (tefilla)

Binding yourself to a Tzaddik

Question: With the Rav kindly assist with the following; When some chassidim pray, they begin by being mekasher themselves to a Rebbe or a Tzadik with the following lashon: “I… Read more »

Prayer (tefilla) tefillah
26/01/2021
  • Behaviour in the morning

ברכות השחר למי שלא ישן כל הלילה

Question: שלום! לא ישנתי כל הלילה. האם אני צריך להגיד ברכות השחר? Answer: רוב ברכת השחר צריכים להגיד, יש שלש ברכות שיש לך בעיה לומר. לגבי ברכה נטילת ידים אם… Read more »

Behaviour in the morning birkas hashachar
26/01/2021
  • Kriyat Shma

Possibly missing Krias Shema

Question: A person who is up until 3 in the morning for some reason and knows that he will almost certainly miss zman krias shema if he goes to sleep… Read more »

Kriyat Shma kriyas shema
25/01/2021
  • Reading the Torah

Baal Koreh leined without saying every word from the Sefer Torah

Question: Hi, If the Baal Koreh leined the parsha without saying every single word from the Sefer Torah (ex. when going from one end of the line to the beginning… Read more »

Reading the Torah kriyas hatorah
25/01/2021
  • Prayer (tefilla)

Skipping parts of davening

Question: Can one skip parts of Pesukai Dezimra in order to daven Shmoneh Esrai at hanetz hachama? Is there a difference if he is davening alone or with a minyan?… Read more »

Prayer (tefilla) pesukei dezimra tefila Tefilla B'tzibur
20/01/2021
  • Blessings (brachot)

safek beracha lehakel – part 2

Question: But when a person does not remember whether he made the beracha or not, why in this case does he consider Safek Gezel? Answer: It is only considered gezel… Read more »

Blessings (brachot) brachos
14/01/2021
  • Tzitzit

Obligation to replace tzitzit on tallit katan

Question: I understand that the tallit katan is a piece of garment specifically made and designed to fulfill the mitzvah of wearing tzitzit. However, if the tzitzit are no longer… Read more »

Tzitzit Tzitzis
14/01/2021
  • Prayer (tefilla)

Lowering the head while saying Tachanun

Question: What is the position if one cannot be in shul for Tachanun, with no sefer torah present , but is, for example , davenning at home in a room… Read more »

Prayer (tefilla) tachanun
14/01/2021
  • Blessings (brachot)

Fruit pieces in yogurt proper bracha

Question: Shehakol would be on a simple yogurt. How does real fruit pieces inside work? In other words, aside artificial flavors, how to apply a bracha with real fruits? Would… Read more »

Blessings (brachot) brachos
14/01/2021
  • Laws of Meals

AL NAROT BAVEL WHEN?

Question: Is Al naarot bavel said after mayim achoronim, or before? Answer: Al naarot bavel and Shir Hamaalos are said before washing mayim achronim. The reason is because we should… Read more »

Laws of Meals mayim achronim
14/01/2021
  • Tefillin
  • Tzitzit

Forgot to have kavanah on tzitzis and hefsek for shel Rosh

Question: If someone forgot to have in mind to be yotzeih his bracha for his tzitzis when he made his bracha on his talles, does he have to make a… Read more »

Tefillin Tzitzit birchas tzitzis brachos Tefillin
13/01/2021
  • Blessings (brachot)

safek beracha lehakel

Question: If one must make a blessing before eating because if not it is gezel, if a person supposes that he made a blessing, safek beracha lehakel, Why is it… Read more »

Blessings (brachot) safek brachos
13/01/2021
  • Prayer (tefilla)

Coughing in Shemnei Ezrai

Question: If in the middle of shmonei esrai someone gets a cough attack where he’s embarrassed and/or he’s worried it will be disturbing other people davening, can he walk outside… Read more »

Prayer (tefilla) tefila
12/01/2021
  • Washing hands (netilat yadaim)

Status of the washing cup

Question: What status, if any, does a washing cup retain? May i use the same cup that i use for netilas yadayim or negel vasser in the morning to drink… Read more »

Washing hands (netilat yadaim)
11/01/2021
  • Prayer (tefilla)

Hefsek in shemoneh esrei for kavanna

Question: Is it permitted to stop in the middle of a brocha in shemoneh esrei to think one’s requests and reflect on the meaning of the words etc. in order… Read more »

Prayer (tefilla)
10/01/2021
  • Blessings (brachot)

HaMotzi standing

Question: BS”D Shalom, is there any halakha forbidding to do hamotzi standing? Answer: Hello, Halachicaly one is allowed to say hamotzi while standing. However, since the meal should be eaten… Read more »

Blessings (brachot)
08/01/2021
  • Tzitzit

Why are tzitzis all the same in the 21st Century?

Question: In Germany in the 19th Century, there is the example of light blue silk tzitzis with gold embroidery (attached). This is one of the only surviving examples of the… Read more »

Tzitzit
07/01/2021
  • Tzitzit

Tape used to tape tzitzit on side of garment

Question: Can a person use tape to keep the TZIZIT in its proper place so that it does not slide to the edge of the corner but properly stays in… Read more »

Tzitzit
06/01/2021
  • Prayer (tefilla)

Zman shehatzibbur mispallelein

Question: The Halocho is that if one cannot daven with a Minyan at least one should daven when the Zibbur is davening. 1. How do we deal with this today… Read more »

Prayer (tefilla) tefila
04/01/2021
  • Blessings (brachot)

Mezonot after bracha calculation possibility:

Question: A bracha mezonot is said on certain types of foods. You snacked on cake, muffin, donut and brownies. You make one bracha for all. You don’t make an after… Read more »

Blessings (brachot) brachos
04/01/2021
  • Blessings (brachot)

Clarity on vegetables blessing

Question: A bracha on vegetables are recited as follows: “Boreiy peree ha’adamah” (who create fruits of the ground). This is said after eating various of vegetables. It’s interesting. Why said… Read more »

Blessings (brachot) brachos
04/01/2021
  • Prayer (tefilla)

asara rishonim

Question: Should one go to sleep early, at the expense of learning Torah, in order to wake up early and be from the asara rishonim the next day? (He will… Read more »

Prayer (tefilla) tefila
04/01/2021
  • Behaviour in the morning

order of clothing

Question: Hello, I was wearing disposable gloves to do laundry and then removed the right one because it was dirty after I used that hand to do something (I could… Read more »

Behaviour in the morning clothing
04/01/2021
  • Laws of Meals

Duration of a bread meal

Question: B”H If someone eats enough bread to require benching at the beginning of a meal and they proceed to have a meal that lasts about 4 hours, and they… Read more »

Laws of Meals Birkas Hamazon meal
03/01/2021
  • Tzitzit

tzizit QUESTION #2

Question: If someone tried to make the tzizit not droop to the edge even while making it flush to the corner, but it droops any how. Is the person still… Read more »

Tzitzit Tzitzis
03/01/2021
  • Prayer (tefilla)

Tachanun

Question: If one finishes shmone esrei when the tzibur is already up to aleinu, is he supposed to say aleinu with them or say tachanun first since it is connected… Read more »

Prayer (tefilla) tachanun
03/01/2021
  • Prayer (tefilla)

Abiding to COVID regulations in Shule

Question: Hi, I live in Australia where the COVID rules are currently very strict. Masks must be worn indoors. From a halachic point of view, am I obligated to daven… Read more »

Prayer (tefilla) COVID-19 corona tefillah
01/01/2021
  • Tzitzit

Making a Bracha on a Talis Kattan

Question: When someone puts on a Talis Kattan do they make a Bracha, even though they will later put on a Tallis Gadol by davening. Do they need to have… Read more »

Tzitzit Tzitzis
31/12/2020
  • Prayer (tefilla)

Vesein Brocha

Question: The poskim bring an eitzah to not have to repeat shmone esrei when in doubt if one said the correct addition of vesein brocha or vesein tal… where one… Read more »

Prayer (tefilla) tefillah vsein bracha
30/12/2020
  • Tzitzit

MAKING TZIZIT

Question: Im making myself a new pair of TZIZIT. I would like to make it LCHATCHILA BEZRAT HASHEM. When making the first knot , should it be made tight to… Read more »

Tzitzit Tzitzis
30/12/2020
  • Prayer (tefilla)

Requests in Shemonah Esrei

Question: I know that it is permitted to add personal requests in the middle brochos of shemonah esrei if they are relevant, concise and requests for current needs, not for… Read more »

Prayer (tefilla) shmona esrei tefila
30/12/2020
  • Laws of Meals

Ends of bread

Question: Is there a prohibition to eat the end of bread? Is it only the very first or last piece or any piece with extra crust on it? Answer: There… Read more »

Laws of Meals bread
30/12/2020
  • Reading the Torah

Going to the right while holding the sefer torah

Question: Can you please provide a source for the widespread custom of walking the sefer Torah on the right side of the bima both to and from? is it simply… Read more »

Reading the Torah sefer torah
28/12/2020
  • Blessings (brachot)

Which comes forst Al Hamichya or Borei Nefashos

Question: What happens if I’ve ate a meal without bread. For instance, spaghetti and tomato sauce with a side of potato salad. What would be the after bracha. Each one… Read more »

Blessings (brachot) bracha achrona
28/12/2020
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