Question: Is it permitted to wash negel vasser into a sink when there are dishes inside it? Answer: The Shulchan Aruch writes that the water of vegel vasser should not… Read more »
Category: Daily Living
Run-off water from netilas yodayim or asher yatzar
Question: When washing the hands after the restroom, or to wash to eat bread, is the run-off water considered tomeh? Is it allowed to run into dishes, glasseware, pots n… Read more »
Bracha on water
Question: Does one recite a bracha on water if one is not thirsty, but has some enjoyment from the temperature of the water (such as one who drinks a nice… Read more »
Tachanun During Selichos when at a Bris
Question: Do we say Tachanun at the end of Selichos when there is a Bris at the end of davening? Answer: If the selichos is before also hashachar, everyone agrees… Read more »
Bracha for Pretzilla brand Soft Pretzel Bread Bites
Question: What is the bracha for Pretzilla brand Soft Pretzel Bread Bites. They are bite-size soft pretzel made for a snack, but the same as any soft pretzel. Answer: Since… Read more »
asara mispallelim and maariv
Question: I came 5 minutes late to Maariv at shul X where there are more than asara mispallelim. Should I try to quickly catch up and then daven SE (doable,… Read more »
Brochas and Korbanos before selichos
Question: Can I recite the morning brochas and korbanos before selichos? Thank You! Answer: Not only can you, but you should say some of them before selichos. You should say… Read more »
asara rishonim
Question: There is a mitzvah to be from the asara rishonim, and this mitzvah applies to all three tefillos. If one came to shul for Maariv (first person there) but… Read more »
Handling wet netilas yadayim cup
Question: After using a cup for netilas yadayim for bread, and then eating some of the bread, is it a problem to then touch or handle the wet netilas yadayim… Read more »
minyan
Question: I am getting paid to daven in a minyan where there are 6 or 7 mispallelim (others are just sitting). I am also getting paid to learn beforehand. However,… Read more »
Mirrors to be mitztaref for bentching
Question: If 2 chaburos are eating in same house and they only see eachother through a mirror can they be mitztaref for a zimun? Answer: The two chaburos are not… Read more »
Working the night shift- Shachart, Negel Vasser, Birkat HaTorah, HaMapil
Question: I am starting a job soon that will require me to be up all night. My shift will end just before the zman for Shacharit with tallit and tefillin…. Read more »
Throwing up and bentching
Question: Can You bentch if you threw up? Answer: Essentially since the food was thrown up, the person is no longer benifiting from it and there would no longer be… Read more »
Sleeping on back
Question: Thank you for everything u doing. Please adviseIn halacha. Heard the position of sleep on left side, but due to spinal cord issues doctors say to sleep on back…. Read more »
Ashkenazi Davening in sfardi minyan
Question: The minhag in this sfardi minyan is to daven mincha with the chazzan starting shmone esrei out loud and everyone also starting with him. Everyone says kedusha and then… Read more »
How to take off shoes
Question: How to take off shoes by Halacha? Is there different minhagim? Shoes I mean with shoes laces and without buckles etc Thank you Answer: There are different opinions to… Read more »
Activities before davening
Question: What is allowed halachically for a woman to do before davening? I sometimes get up with my babies/children at the same time. Feeding kids breakfast? Preparing their bags/lunches? What… Read more »
davening with kavana
Question: A person who davens in a shul in someone’s living room where the rav’s children run around and make noise during davening, which many find disturbing – in the… Read more »
Skipping brachos after krias shema to daven btzibur?
Question: If one misses all the brachos after krias shema to daven btzibur should he make them up afterwards and if so with a bracha? Answer: During Shacharis a person… Read more »
Saying Tehillim for two people
Question: If I have been asked to recite certain kapitlach for one choleh, and then asked to choose some to say for a different choleh, can I say both names… Read more »
Learning during krias Shema, Halel, pesukai dizimra
Question: Shalom. Is it permitted to learn (look in a sefer) during halel, Shema, and pesukai desimra? I would appreciate a source. Thank you! Answer: After you finished saying Yishtabach… Read more »
MAVARTA CUTS ON TEFILLIN BLACk
Question: DO MAVARTA CUTS on tefillin need to be blacken in? Answer: In Piskei Teshuvos 32 ftnt. 463 he brings from Zichron Eliyahu chap. 20 that the cuts should be… Read more »
Losing one’s place in middle of shmoneh esrei bracha
Question: If one is in the middle of an individual bracha of shmoneh esrei and loses focus and doesn’t remember where he is up to in that individual bracha, what… Read more »
Do tzitzis need to have any white strings at all?
Question: There is a dispute among the Rishonim regarding the minimum number of strings on tzitzis that must be tekheles in order to fulfill the mitzvah (Tosafos says two, Ravaad… Read more »
13 middos
Question: Why is emes a good thing to mention in the 13 middos when we’re trying to get rachamim, in light of the gemara in AZ daf 4b says emes… Read more »
Saying Dayan Emet
Question: Is this blessing recited upon hearing bad news in general? Death of innocent gentiles? Righteous gentiles? Answer: This bracha is only meant to be said when the person had… Read more »
Tashlumim for Maariv for Women
Question: If a woman usually davens Maariv and forgot one night does she need to daven Shachris twice? Answer: In the sefer Peninei Tefillah (Psakim in the name of R’… Read more »
Davening Shemone Esrei While Scrolling
Question: If one doesn’t have a siddur and the only way to daven shemone esrei is by accessing an online siddur, is one allowed to continuously tap the mouse to… Read more »
Can musaf be said during bein hashmashos like mincha?
Question: Can musaf be said during bein hashmashos like mincha? Also, which should be said first, mincha or musaf? Thank you! Answer: We should be careful to say mussaf… Read more »
tefillin
Question: When I take off my tefilin shel rosh, I very often notice a significant amount of dandruff (white specks) on the retzuos and sometimes on the box itself. Do… Read more »
Eating before mincha for a woman.
Question: I’ve been learning the halachot of tfillah and just learned that it is prohibited to eat before davening mincha, from the time that zman tfillah begins until you have… Read more »
Anxiety about mistakes in davening
Question: Hi, I have a question regarding mistakes in the amida – I suffer from a postpartum anxiety disorder, and I find that many times while davening the amida, I… Read more »
Mistakes in amida
Question: After a long tiring day, I was davening mincha and was became unsure that I recited the last line of a Bracha in the amida. I repeated the Shmona… Read more »
Hatov Umaeitiv on a car
Question: I recently bought a car and as I understand it since my wife also benefits from it I should be saying a Hatov Umeitiv on it, however originally I… Read more »
Minhagim
Question: I am a baal teshuva through Chabad and began wearing tefillin with the Chabad kasher and davening Nusach Ari. A few years ago, I left the chabad movement and… Read more »
Is Perek Shira a form of Tefilla?
Question: I find it very hard to daven the standard tefillos bec of their time constraints with raising little kids and working full time. I find I feel close to… Read more »
Can you stop wearing Tallit Gadol
Question: If a Baal T’shuva was raised in Conservative Judaism where you are given and wear a tallit gadol on your bar mitzvah to daven with and has davened with… Read more »
bentching hagomel
Question: Our 1 year old son was missing for 15 minutes and B”H we found him safe. He was found down the block in the middle of a busy street…. Read more »
Tallis and gartel by davening
Question: Dear Rabbi, I am quite to make a change in my attire in davening. I am unmarried and with an unfortunate limited sexual history from wrong mention by reform…. Read more »
Davening in a room where someone is sleeping
Question: Is it permissible to daven in a room where someone is sleeping? For example, can I say shma Al hamita, personal tfillot and/or tehillim and prayers for sick in… Read more »
Chofetz Chaim Tefillin Minhag
Question: Is it known how the Chofetz Chaim wrapped Tefillin? I.e., the type of knot used, how many times on bicep, and how he wrapped on the fingers/hand? Answer: In… Read more »
When eating wet fruit
Question: Do you need to wash your hands before eating wet fruit? Answer: This idea is brought in Shulchan Aruch, however many (or most) people are not makpid on this… Read more »
Eating before Maariv for a woman
Question: I know there is a halacha about not eating mezonot/hamotzi from 30 mins before tzeit hakochavim until one has davened Maariv. Does this halacha apply to women who have… Read more »
Brochos and challah on an oatmeal-banana mixture
Question: I was wondering what is the appropriate brocha for the following item. Instant oatmeal (whole oats) are mixed together with mashed bananas and are then baked forming a cookie…. Read more »
delaying people
Question: One who is being driven to the mountains and suddenly remembers that he did not daven Maariv, and he can tell the driver to pull over and wait 15… Read more »
Water and Bracha
Question: In the summer its hot. I like to drink SELTZER for 2 reasons hydration and thirst. I am thirsty when I drink the seltzer and am refreshed. Can I… Read more »
Covering Shel Yad Tefillin
Question: Dear Rabbi, Does one need to cover the shel yad tefillin with his sleeve from jacket/tallit as well as the protective box? I see lots of people who do… Read more »
Women Davening
Question: Hi, Regarding http://dinonline.org/2019/07/29/kavana-in-davening/ I have a follow up to a question. I asked about kavannah for women during shacharit. In your answer you mentioned that a women should ideally say… Read more »
Kavana in davening
Question: In a situation where a woman has a limited amount of time for tfillat Shacharit, is it preferable to say more off the tfillot with less concentration and focus… Read more »
Breaking the minyan to put on tefilin
Question: There was a person in shul for Mincha and it is about five minutes before shkia. He is # 10. They are in the middle of davening Mincha, but… Read more »