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Category: Daily Living
I made pizza from a bread.
Question: BS”D Shalom dear Rabbi, Question: I got a loaf of bread and made a pizza, put cheese and tomato on top, which brachar should I make Chamotzi? Answer: Yes,… Read more »
Shecheyanu on different variety of fruit
Question: I have eaten bananas within the last year. However, there is a special variety of bananas that I have not eaten within the last year. Do I need to… Read more »
Tefilah with only five people
Question: We were 5 people that did not daven maariv and 5 people did daven already .they told us we need to have 6 people that did not daven yet… Read more »
Saying bore nefashot to corn
Question: Hi rabbi how are you The corn is kazayis but the part i ate is not what should i do say bore nefashot or i shouldnh (Sepharad) Answer: I… Read more »
cleanliness during davening
Question: I generally try to clean myself thoroughly after a bowel movement. However, on motzoi Shabbos I had a feeling that I was dirty over there, and when I went… Read more »
Tefilin Hand
Question: This is a question re my son who is getting Tefilin now for his BM iyH I am unsure if he is considered left or right handed. He writes… Read more »
Rainbow
Question: In light of the first mishna brura bshem the chayei odom in hilchos rainbow bracha is it not considered motzi diba if you say, “there is a bracha opportunity… Read more »
Left shoe before right shoe
Question: What should one do if one accidentally places his left shoe on first before his right shoe? Should he remove the left shoe, then place his right shoe on,… Read more »
Shehechianu Again
Question: BS”D Shalom dear Rabbi. Question: if a person makes a purchase of a new object for his personal use and then makes the B’rakhah of Shehecheianu, but soon after… Read more »
Davening behind someone else in shul
Question: Am i permtited to stand SE behind a certain person when I know, or suspect, that this person will daven very quickly and then step back into my dalet… Read more »
Handling object placed in mouth before netilas yadayim after awakening
Question: Sometimes my baby wakes up crying in the middle of the night, and I try to calm him by placing his pacifier back in his mouth. In handling the… Read more »
breaking minyan
Question: A person is makpid to always daven with asara mispallelim, as required by some poskim, and not to rely on six (which is questionable). If one is in a… Read more »
Interruptions after kerias shema al ha’mitta
Question: What should one do if he is reciting kerias shema al ha’mitta before going to bed, but is concerned that he might get interrupted (e.g. the baby will wake… Read more »
Stopping for kadish
Question: When one is davening for example uleini or uva litzion in shachris and kadish is being said should he stop and answer for all the amens or he should… Read more »
Shechyanu on shoes?
Question: Can one make Shechyanu on nice new shoes? Answer: Congratulations on the new shoes. The minhag is not to make shehechiyanu on new shoes. There are a few reasons… Read more »
Chazaras hashatz without six people who davened
Question: Can one daven Chazaras Hashatz if there were not even six people who davened SE together? Does it make a difference if it is anyway after the zman tefilla?… Read more »
Stopping for Kaddish
Question: When one is davening and in the middle kadish is being said should he stop for entire kaddish as well does it make a difference which part of tefillah… Read more »
chesed at the expense of tefilla b’tzibbur
Question: If one is asked to come to a certain place to help them with a minyan, but one knows that they are not makpid on having asara mispallelim, whereas… Read more »
Saying Asher Yotzar after Hamapil
Question: if one forgot to say asher yatzar and then said hamapil should he reapet Asher yatzar, ( I don’t see a צד why he can’t) Answer: Yes he should… Read more »
Brocha on having a baby
Question: I have heard in the name of R’ Aharon Kotler and others that the minhag is not to say a “hatov vehameitiv” when one has a baby boy and… Read more »
Kezayis of a Tortilla/Wrap
Question: Shalom Rabbis, Practically speaking, is there a way I can go about figuring out (or even estimate) how much of a tortilla/wrap is a kezayis? Thank you! Answer: It… Read more »
New car part
Question: Does one make a shehechiyanu on a new car part? My car was damaged and the insurance ordered a new trunk hood and it is actually a fancier trunk… Read more »
Coffee in the middle of davening
Question: If one is in the middle of pesukei di’zimrah or birchos kerias shema and one feels tired and is falling asleep, is it permissible to stop and have a… Read more »
Passing gas while wearing tefillin
Question: I know that one is not allowed to pass gas while wearing tefillin. What are the parameters of this din? If one is wearing tefillin and senses the urge… Read more »
Playing with child prior to davening shacharis
Question: Sometimes my one and a half year old daughter wakes up in the morning before I have a chance to daven shacharis. My wife is still sleeping at the… Read more »
2 cm left of a tzitzis string left
Question: Shalom, I noticed that only 2 cm is left of one of my tzitzis strings. Is it still kosher for wearing? Answer: Since it is only one of the… Read more »
Hefsek between netilas yadayim and hamotzi
Question: When washing netilas yadayim for bread, sometimes there is no bread available near the washing station on which to make hamotzi. For instance, this might come up by a… Read more »
Tziztis and It’s Bracha
Question: When putting on a Tallis in Shul, Kaddish is sometimes said, and I didn’t quite wrap it fully over my head. When am I able to answer Amen Yehey Shmei… Read more »
Davening SE loudly for sick person who can’t daven himself
Question: There is a person who is not able to daven on his own because he r”l had a stroke and it takes him very long to say the words…. Read more »
Can I make a shachris minyan and Bris in a Conservative temple?
Question: Can I make a shachris minyan and Bris in a conservative synagogue which no longer has any services on a regular basis ( I am not sure about the… Read more »
Is there a preference which side of the Aaron one approaches from when he goes to do Pesicha?
Question: Hi, Is there a preference which side of the Aaron one approaches from when he goes to do Pesicha? Answer: There is no preference which side to go to… Read more »
How many people should stand by the Bimah during Kriyas Hatorah
Question: Hi, How many people should stand by the Bimah during Kriyah, and when do we need that many people? ty Answer: Halachically there has to be two people standing… Read more »
Netilas yadaim after bathroom
Question: After using the bathroom, is one allowed to say asher yatzar without drying the hands, then wash for netilas yadaim? Thank you Answer: There are different opinions about this…. Read more »
Cutting TZIZIT from TALIS
Question: If someone has a talis with TZIZIT but is not sure if the TZIZIT were made LISHMA or properly by G_D FEARING JEWS or whatever one wants like puting… Read more »
Glue on end knot Tzitzit
Question: I found an (old) new talis that has glue at the end knots of the TZITit.(not string ends) The END KNOT HAS glue to keep knots from untieing. IS… Read more »
Back of hand touches unclean
Question: Sometimes the back of my hand will touch something unclean (eg someone’s shoe, or the area above someone’s elbow, etc). Does this necessitate washing my hands? Thank you Answer:… Read more »
Taking three steps in shemoneh esrei in a crowded place
Question: If I am davening in a crowded place, such as a shul, where there are many other people davening around me, I sometimes find it difficult to take three… Read more »
Baby with dirty diaper?
Question: What’s the halacha regarding davening around babies? Am I mechuyav to check their diaper to see if it’s soiled, before davening? Is it considered covered? How about if it… Read more »
Learning during davening
Question: 1) Why do so many chashuve people learn during chazaras hashas, when it’s not permitted? 2) Am I allowed to learn during birchas krias shma (eg while waiting for… Read more »
saying a bracha achrona after eating in a car
Question: If someone is eating in his car on the way to work but then needs the bathroom so he doesn’t want to say a bracha achrona. After using the… Read more »
Shehechiyanu New Tallis
Question: Hello, I bought a new Tallis over 1 month ago and never said Shehechiyanu. Should I still say it now? Answer: If you have been wearing the tallis for… Read more »
Tefila when taking out sefer torah
Question: Someone once told me that the tefila said when taking out the sefer torah is very important and powerful, but he didn’t explain why. Can you please enlighten me… Read more »
Brocha on dessert
Question: If one washed for a meal and had hamotzie, when he gets up to dessert does he make a brocha on: a cookie and a hot tea? Also, if one… Read more »
Vesain brocha from Eretz Yisroel
Question: If a Ben Eretz Yisroel will be traveling to chu”l after starting to say vesain tal umatar, but before it is being said in chu”l, and will be returning… Read more »
Starting shmone esrei after tzibbur
Question: Many times the tzibbur will start shmone esrei while I am in the middle of shma. The people by the table behind me are all standing in shmone esrei…. Read more »
Washing hands after relations
Question: Is the purpose of washing hands after relations to remove tumah or for cleanliness? The difference being, can one touch their eyes or take a drink before washing? Answer:… Read more »
When to say netilyat yadayim/asher yatzar in morning
Question: In most Nusach Ashkenaz siddurim, netliyat yadayim and asher yatzar are included in the beginning. Should these be said at home after washing hands and going to the bathroom… Read more »
asara mispallelim
Question: When davening by the minyan of a tzaddik who is makpid that there should be asara mispallelim, am I obligated to inform him that I already davened earlier? Answer:… Read more »
Where to daven
Question: Is it better to daven in a large minyan (brov am) or in a struggling minyan, where one can also comply with the mitzvah of chessed (by helping the… Read more »