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 »
Category: Daily Living
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 »
What is the Bracha recited on Bagel Chip
Question: What is the correct Bracha to say on Bagel chips Answer: Please see the following post where your question is discuused. https://dinonline.org/2015/10/27/bracha-for-melba-toast-and-bagel-chips/ Best Wishes
Personal Prayers before Shacharit
Question: Hi. I recently came across a Sefer Chassidim תשנב that says it is inappropriate to pray for personal needs before davening. I currently get up before davening and say… Read more »
Blessing on coffee
Question: If I make a shehakol on a coffee in shul and then walk out side to my car or even walk down the block do I have to make… Read more »
Caring for elderly father during davening
Question: I take my elderly father – who is unable to look after his physical needs – to shul on Shabbat. What is the halacha if he has to go… Read more »
When do you say “Melech” on Rosh Chodesh?
Question: I’ve noticed in both the Artscroll and the Koren Siddurim, that there’s a difference between “Yaaleh v’yavo” in the Shmonei Esrei and in Birkat Hamazon. In the Shmonei Esrei,… Read more »
How to do the before bed prayer?
Question: How must I do the before bed prayer? Most of the time I just read it from my prayer book (whilst sitting because of a leg problem I have)… Read more »
After Brocho on a Cholent
Question: If I ate a cholent, which consisted of vegetables and barley, but did not eat a כזית of barley כדי אכילת פרס, although I did eat a כזית of… Read more »
Tachunum during hazaras ha shas
Question: Can one say tachumun during haazaras ha shas if it will finish after Shkia and his custom is not to say tachumun after Shkia? Answer: You are allowed to… Read more »
Drying hands on the morning
Question: If one washes their hands in the bathroom in the morning should they step out of the bathroom before drying their hands? Answer: It is better not to wash… Read more »
chillul hashem if davening in public
Question: Today, I missed the Mincha minyan that is near my college, so I was davening Mincha in the stairwell, which is a relatively quite place. However, there was a… Read more »
KADDISH
Question: What and why is KADDISH? Must one stand when hearing a KADDISH or can one remain seated? Must one wear a Talis when saying KADDISH? What is a group… Read more »
Giving charity before davening
Question: There is a mitzvah to give charity before davening, but where I daven the gabbai brings around the pushka during ashrei/ uva t’zion goel, and earlier than that the… Read more »
Blessing over unusual looking people
Question: Should one recite the blessing over seeing a picture of a very unusual looking person? KS”A 60″13 Answer: As a general rule for all Birkas Hariyah, we don’t say… Read more »
Blessing recited upon seeing Jewish graves
Question: When visiting Poland to visit the site of camps, ghettos, graves, where all and how often should the blessing over seeing Jewish graves be recited? Thank you Answer: When… Read more »
Tzitzis tying at night
Question: Can I tie tzitzis onto a talis at night, since many hold that there is no chiyuv tzitzis at night, do we need to tie them at a time… Read more »
Last second krias shema
Question: If there is no time to wash hands or say birkas hatorah and still squeeze in krias shema before the zman ends, may one say shema before taking care… Read more »
Eating breakfast late
Question: Pesachim 12: & O”H 157,1 says if you didn’t eat anything by Chatzos, the eating afterwards will be worthless, unless you tasted something beforehand. Is a drink enough for… Read more »
Type of Tefillin that I should continue wearing
Question: I grew up with custom of Chabad style tefillin in Chabad family, and I later went off the derech for a few years and stopped wearing tefillin; I became… Read more »
Praying clean
Question: If I saw zera when I woke up, I have to take a shower to be able to pray? Answer: Preferably you should make sure that there is no… Read more »
A Shaliach Tzibbur Who is Not “Merutzeh” To You
Question: The Shulchan Aruch talks about not answering Amen to a Shaliach Tzibbur who is not “merutzeh l’kahal.” Can an individual who was exploited by said Shaliach Tzibbur and embarrassed… Read more »
Tefillah b’tzibur with the chazzan
Question: Hi i missed the minyan for musaf today, and instead I thought to go as the shliach tzibbur to daven my shmonei esrei out loud (the whole thing. Is… Read more »
Zimun when Baal habayis is kohen
Question: A Baal habayis is a kohen and the person he asks to be mzamin is not a kohen, what is the nusach the mzamin should say? Thank you Answer:… Read more »
Nusach of zimun when kohen is present
Question: What is the proper nusach of zimun when kohen is present and the mezamin is non kohen? What is the proper nusach of zimun if the baal habyis is… Read more »
Can a men dip in the mikva wearing a rubber band or a pin on his beard? Is it considered a chatzitza?
Question: Can a men dip in the mikva wearing a rubber band or a pin on his beard? Is it considered a chatzitza? If yes, is there a need to… Read more »
A halachaly incorrect amen, can it work bedevid?
Question: If someone response with an amen chatufa can he yotzei himself or motzei someone else by say an incorrect amen? Answer: When being yotza with someone else’s bracha we… Read more »
If someone response with an amen chatufa did he really say amen?
Question: If someone response with an incorrect “amen”, does his amen counts like he said amen or is it considered invalid or insignificant? Thank you Answer: When answering amen we… Read more »
saying kel melech neeman later than the tzibur
Question: If you say krias shema later than the tzibur bec. you came late and have not caught up do you say kel melech neeman or not Answer: Regarding saying… Read more »
Mincha after shkia
Question: Shalom. Today I davened mincha close to Shkia and realised that the chazaras ha shas would finish after Shkia and therefore tachunun would not be said. I said tachunun… Read more »
Bracha on doughnuts
Question: If I use my challah dough to make doughnuts and then eat lots of the fried doughnuts, what bracha would I make on those doughnuts? Answer: The bracha on… Read more »
Desert Items in course of meal
Question: For Seudat Shlishis on Shabbos we usually have a “Seuda matakim”, A seuda of Nush. After making a hamotzei, the only items served during the meal would be bissli,… Read more »
Baal keri and Tefilin.
Question: Can a baal keri tie tefilin, read from sefer torah and even kiss it when he has not gone to the mikveh? References on the leniency and stringency would… Read more »
Saying Kel Melech neeman when davening with a quick minyan
Question: I sometimes daven ahead when I am davening with a quick minyan. Should I say Kel Melech neeman before krias shema , or am I always “yotzi” with the… Read more »
Location of Bedtime Shema
Question: Must Keriat Shema Al Hamita actually be said on one’s bed or can it be recited elsewhere? Answer: Kriat Shema Al Hamita is the shema that we say right… Read more »
Horrible smelling liquid sprayed at hafganos
Question: At Israeli hafganos, sometimes the police use a horrible smelling liquid to disperse the crowd. It smells absolutely putrid! The smell remains in the area for a long time…. Read more »
Tefillin that fell inside their case
Question: A pair of (special) Tefillin that were wrapped in their plastic cases inside their pouch, which was inside a larger pouch which altogether was inside a carrying case (kis… Read more »
Mute boy and aliyah l’Torah
Question: Can a mute boy be given an aliya, for example on his Bar Mitzva, or afterwards and how would this work? Would the answer be different if he is… Read more »
No Taggin on the Shins on my Tefillin
Question: If my tefillin shel rosh doesn’t have taggin (crowns) on the two shins, are they still kosher? Answer: Yes they are still kosher, even if the shin of the… Read more »
Long hair- Chatzitza for Tefillin
Question: Please help me clarify these questions regarding long hair for men, as they pertain to chatzitza for tefillin. I saw a different question on the site regarding long hair… Read more »
Cutting tzitzis
Question: Can I cut my tzitzis as the strings are very very long as long as I keep them to the required length? Answer: We are allowed to cut the… Read more »
Ezekiel tortillas (sprouted grain tortillas)
Question: Can I said mezonot or shehakol for this tortilla?? I normally eat this as a wrap Answer: I spoke with the Chof-K, the agency that gives the hashgocho in… Read more »
Birchas Krias Sh’ma – After Sh’mona Esrei
Question: If one comes late to Marriv and skips Birchas Krias Sh’ma in order to daven Tefilla B’tzibur, does one immediately go back to Birchas Krias Sh’ma upon completing Sh’mona… Read more »
Covered Areas of Child – Hand Washing
Question: What are the criteria for washing hands when touching a child on parts of the body that are usually covered? I.e., what age does one have to be machmir,… Read more »
do you have to give chatity if you get an aliyah
Question: Do you have to give chatity if you get an Aliyah? Answer: You don’t have to give the charity when you get an aliya. However many shuls use the… Read more »
Gel in hair- chatzitza for tefillin?
Question: I put gel in my hair in the morning to keep my hair in shape— is that a chatzitza for my tefillin (shel rosh)? By the time I put… Read more »