Question: Hi, I am a former yeshiva bochur living in a community where very few wear hats for davening. If I want to start wearing one for davening, it is… Read more »
Category: Daily Living
Yayn or yayin
Question: In pitom haketores, how do I pronounce the word speed yud yud nun? Is it yayn or yayin? Thank you Answer: The word has a tzerei, which would make… Read more »
Saying tachanun on days of slichos
Question: Hi, if I said tachanun during slichos, do I say the ashamnu and do nefilas apayim after shemona esrei? Or do I skip to vhu rachum (mondays and thursdays)… Read more »
Davening Shemona Esrei with crying baby
Question: If one is davening shemona esrei and a young baby (under 8 months old) starts to cry severely. What is the Halacha? Should she continue to finish shemona esrei… Read more »
Brachos when I eat crackers and peanut butter
Question: When I eat crackers and peanut butter, or crackers with chummos, I personally don’t do it just to have a better tasting cracker, but also because of the added… Read more »
Tefillin straps black on both sides
Question: What are advantages and disadvantages of Tefillin straps black on both sides? Answer: Before answering your question, it should be noted that I am not coming to say what… Read more »
kriyat shema al hamitta
Question: Hi I am a little bit confused in how to behave regrading kriyat shema before bed. (1) I understand there are diffirence of opinions wether it is a beracha… Read more »
Wine and meat
Question: When a person cooks meat with wine, what brachah should do? HaGefen or Shehakol? Answer: The bracha is shehakol. The reason for this is because the wine is only… Read more »
Tale of 2 Sandwiches
Question: We know that by Mishloach Manos the filling of the sandwich is considered part of the bread in which it is in. [https://dinonline.org/2020/03/07/mishloach-manos-with-sandwich/, “According to R’ Moshe Feinstein zt”l… Read more »
Learning in the street when there are immodestly dressed women there
Question: Hi, I would like to know if it’s permitted to learn, talking or just thinking, in the streets. I live in area where the goyim are dressed inappropriately. Thanks… Read more »
Falling behind in Monday and Thursday tachanun
Question: I say the Monday and Thursday tachanun much slower than the tzibbur does. 1) I understand that I can continue saying tachanun whilst the sefer Torah is taken out… Read more »
Where to daven on Rosh Hashana
Question: Given the choice, where should one daven Shaharis on Rosh Hashana: in a (relatively small) vasikin minyan in the Rosh Yeshiva’s office, or at a regular time in a… Read more »
order of getting dressed
Question: If one gets dressed initially with the proper order of shirt before bottoms, then if one changes the shirt, does one have to get completely undressed and then redressed… Read more »
Missed shacharis and davening after chatzos
Question: Hi It’s possible there are other questions like this around, but I wasn’t able to find an answer Basically what are the actual halachos involved for someone who slept… Read more »
Tzitzit of wool or cotton at night
Question: Shalom, Is there any opinion or halakha that says that night is better to wear a wool tzitzit at night? Answer: Essentially we are not commanded to wear tzitzit… Read more »
Buying bread
Question: Is washing required before buying bread or is it ok to use a public restroom in grocery store and buy without other washing! Answer: Washing before eating bread is… Read more »
Touch shoes
Question: If an object falls and touched sneakers, does it need to be washed ? Or only hands touching shoes? Answer: It only applies if a person touches the sneakers… Read more »
Kavana when reciting brachot
Question: Dear Rav My wife would like to know what is preferable: (1) reciting the morning Brachot by herself and then attending to our 5 month old baby (2) singing… Read more »
Saying pasukim Hashem’s name in inappropriate places
Question: Hello Rav, I have a few questions please: 1. Is it permissible to sing or hum pasukim or zemirot with and/or without Hashem’s name while in the bathroom? 2…. Read more »
Shehecheyanu on vacuum cleaner
Question: Does one make a shehechiyanu on buying a new (expensive) vacuum cleaner? If married and both benefit from it would it be a hatov umetiv? If yes, how long… Read more »
Meals without bread
Question: Hello, Aside from holiday meals, does bread need to be part of every dinner? For example, on a non-holiday, Tuesday night, could someone just have a salad without bread,… Read more »
Hard to put tefillin on my arm
Question: I am left handed which means I use my left hand to place my tefilin on my right arm… I had surgery on my left hand which is bandaged… Read more »
Practicing hagba’ah on a Sefer Torah
Question: Hi, Thank you for your great site. May one take a Sefer Torah out of the Aron Kodesh to practice doing hagbah on it? Answer: Halachically it is not… Read more »
Didn’t say Ova L’tzion
Question: Hi If I missed Uva Letzion on Shabbos by Mincha and forgot to say it until after Shabbos was over should I say it then? IF I remembered that… Read more »
If one missed or skipped parts of davening should say them after davening?
Question: If one missed or skipped parts of davening should say them after davening? Are there certain tefillos that should not be said? Answer: Here are some of the halachos…. Read more »
Regarding tzitzis, what is Menupatz Lishma and Avoda Yad
Question: What is the difference between MENUPETZ LISHMA THICK and AVODAS YAD THICK? Answer: In the process of making the tzitzis strings there are a number of stages. The first… Read more »
Bracha on Bulgur
Question: What is the question on cooked bulgur? (I’m referring to the kind that comes in kitov vacuum sealed packages.) Thank you. Answer: While I am not familiar with what… Read more »
WASHING NEGEL VASSAR in BATHROOM
Question: Can a person wash NEGEL VASSAR in a clean bathroom with a shower? Answer: Please see the following post https://dinonline.org/?p=57962&preview=true Sources: Also see Shevet Halevi 8-168- 2, that if one… Read more »
Making Bracha on talis katan
Question: If I won’t be wearing a talis godol, do I make a Bracha on my talis koton ? Do I need be choshesh for the general concerns of making… Read more »
Standing for brachos during kriyas hatorah
Question: I thought one has to stand when the oleh to the Torah says ‘baruchu’ and the tzibbur answer ‘Baruch hashem umevorach’ (Mb 146:4). However most people seem to sit… Read more »
Davening in a very fast minyan
Question: On occasion, I am stuck with a minyan for shachris that davens so fast that I can’t possibly keep up, with having a basic level of kavana. Are there… Read more »
Sleeping on back or stomach for women
Question: Hi, Does the prohibition against sleeping on the back or stomach apply to women as well? or only men? I find it easier to sleep on my stomach or… Read more »
OPEN BATHROOM DOOR
Question: CAN A person keep a clean bathroom with a shower door open to cause a breeze to flow through the home ? No smell at all. In terms of… Read more »
Davening with Netz
Question: Is there a hidur to start Shmone Esraei at the exact second of netz, or is there a problem of ose tefiloso keva? Answer: The hiddur is in fact… Read more »
May my son daven without minyan? We live far from shul.
Question: Boy age 14 lives with single mom who doesn’t own a car, and shul is 3 miles away (1 hour walk) from the house). He usually has a ride… Read more »
Listening to shiur when sweating from exercise
Question: Is it permissible to listen to a shiur while sweating from exercise? Answer: It is permitted. Sweating doesn’t not mean that you can not learn, if you touch the… Read more »
Can a 13 year old boy say bedtime krias shema before maariv?
Question: Hi, My son age 14 has had anxiety and depression sometimes, and my family has gone through a years long messy divorce so there is a lot of stress… Read more »
Washing hands in the morning
Question: 1) If a person goes straight to the bathroom upon waking , how does he wash his hands afterwards and which brocha does he make 2) If a person… Read more »
New bracha after taking tefillin off for bathroom
Question: If you took your tefillin off to use the bathroom, do you need to make the two brachos again before putting them back on? Answer: It depends on why… Read more »
Order of drying hands
Question: I know there is a proper order to wash body. Does this also apply to drying? Or is it okay to dry either side first? And is law or… Read more »
bracha on tallis katan
Question: Hi. On Shabbos I put on my tzitzis when I wake up and then learn for an hour or more. Then I daven with a tallis. Should I say… Read more »
100 Berachos on Shabbos
Question: I daven plag on Friday, can I use the berachos of maariv, washing, kiddush & challah for 100 berachos for Shabbos or since its still light outside, it would… Read more »
Tefillas haderech Jerusalem to beis shemesh
Question: Is it necessary to say tefillas haderech when travelling from Jerusalem to Beis shemesh (and vice versa)? Answer: Yes, one should say tefillas haderech between Yerushalayim and Beit Shemesh…. Read more »
Why do people say tachanun quietly?
Question: Why do people say tachanun quietly? Answer: The reason is because tachanun is a continuation of Shemona Esrei, which is said quietly. Best wishes Sources: M:B 133-5
Davening holding a baby
Question: Is it a problem to daven shmoneh esreh while holding a baby? ie is it like having another person in front of you when davening which would be problematic?… Read more »
Early Shabbos with minyan or no minyan
Question: If the choice is to daven early Maariv Friday night in a minyan of asara (or more) mispallelim, or to daven at tzeis (or at least after shkia) in… Read more »
Brachos during seuda
Question: By shalosh seudos, a person ate bread, herring, wine, and an apple. Does the apple require a bracha? Answer: The minhag of many is to make a bracha on… Read more »
Bracha on tea
Question: Does one make a bracha when drinking a bland tea (there is sugar and corn syrup, etc., but when I drink it I don’t feel any taste)? Answer: Yes… Read more »
Drinking during shacharis
Question: Are women allowed to drink during psukei d’zimra? Are men allowed to drink at any points during shacharis, for example after the amidah or after tachanun? Thank you Answer:… Read more »
Washing before eating wet foods
Question: What is the halacha regarding washing before eating wet foods? Thank you Answer: Essentially this is what it says in Shulchan Aruch O:CH 158-4, However there are many people… Read more »