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Category: Daily Living
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 »
Wearing a tallis to and from shul on shabbat
Question: Why do some wear their tallis when walking to and from shul on shabbat? If spending shabbat in a community where people put their tallis on at shul and… Read more »
Saying shir shel yom on Rosh Chodesh
Question: On Rosh Chodesh, when barchi nafshi is said, should you also say the the normal shir shel yom? Answer: The minhag in E.Yisroel is to do like the Vilna… Read more »
Davening outside
Question: I hope you and your family are well. I wanted to know, is it a halacha that one is not allowed to daven outside? Thank you! Good Shabbos, Answer:… Read more »
where to daven
Question: Is it better to daven in one’s makom kavua in a beis medrash and b’rov am, or to daven in a shiva house (where they will have a minyan… Read more »
Coloring Tzitzit Blue
Question: If today we no longer have the techelet, which was used to paint one of the threads of Tzitzit, with the color techelet, Sky blue, Since nowadays we have… Read more »
Women using nail polish
Question: Is it a shilah according the halachah for a women to Thanks Answer: It isn’t clear from your question what topic you are asking about. On one hand, nail… Read more »
Birkas Kohanim 2
Question: I Recently asked a question to Dinonine-https://dinonline.org/2020/06/24/birkas-kohanim/ Question: If one is next to a sefard minyan that does Birkas Kohanim should he or could he go listen even if… Read more »
Eating ice cream after wine
Question: When I eat a seuda with wine and ice cream, do I make a bracha on ice cream even though I already made hamotzi as well as hagofen? Would… Read more »
Birkas Kohanim
Question: If one is next to a sefard minyan that does Birkas Kohanim should he or could he go listen even if he will miss a kadish or kedusha of… Read more »
How to wrap a tallis
Question: I have seen many (Ashkenazi) people put on tallis in a particular way: they bring the back half of the tallis to the front of their body and then… Read more »
How unwell does someone need to be for a refuah shleima
Question: How unwell does someone need to be to say a refuah shleima for them? For example, is it permitted if somebody had a serious virus and although they no… Read more »
Nefillat apaim when davening outside
Question: In order to minimize the risk of spreading COVID-19, we have moved our davening from the sanctuary of the synagogue to an outside area in which the Succah is… Read more »
Do you need to eat a kezayis of the bread you made hamotzi on?
Question: Do you need to eat a kezayis of the bread you made hamotzi on? For example, at seudah shlishit, if you have two shalem less tasty breads and one… Read more »
Talis Gadol by Mincha
Question: Shalom, is there a halakha prohibiting the use of talis in Mincha prayer? Answer: It isn’t the minhag for the tzibbur to wear one, although in some places the… Read more »
Said H-shem sefosai and realized there is no minyan
Question: A person who came to Mincha and after saying Hashem sefosai tiftoch and Baruch ata Hashem realized there wouldn’t be asara mispallelim, may he say lamdeini chukecha and daven… Read more »
Saying all four Parshios when wearing Tefillin
Question: Hi. While I know there is the common minhag to say the two parshios right after you put on your tefillin, do they have to be said right then… Read more »
What’s considered ba’al tishaktzu?
Question: Hi, how badly does a person need to use he bathroom for him to reach the level of ba’al tishaktzu? Thank you. Answer: The Shulchan Aruch Horav says that… Read more »
Tefillin
Question: Question: Hi. I know that there is a din that the Tefillin shel rosh must be behind the hairline, but does that mean that all of the shel rosh… Read more »
Place of Tefillin Shel Rosh regarding ones hairline
Question: Hi. I know that there is a din that the Tefillin shel rosh must be behind the hairline, but does that mean that all of the shel rosh must… Read more »
Using a pasul sefer torah where there isn’t another one available
Question: In the current situation, many minyanim don’t have a Sefer Torah available to them. A minyan had one, but found several psulim in it. There is not another Sefer… Read more »
Is wearing tzitzit necessary when working at cemetary?
Question: Shalom. I work at a cemetery, that’s why I always wear my tzitzit inside my pants. Besides, that my work involves a lot of sweating and I feel it… Read more »
Latest time for shema and amidah
Question: Do most non-chassidim follow the Magen Avraham or Gra for the latest time of shema and amidah? Thanks Answer: Most people follow the Gr”a in this regard, as is… Read more »
HaMapil
Question: Shalom, How should one approach HaMapil when there is a chance of tashmish being requested? Can one engage in tashmish after HaMapil, especially since talking will be necessary? Kol tuv!… Read more »
Minyan in shul now during Covid19
Question: Hello I am wondering what to do regarding minyan. At this point, the shuls are more open. However, I am extremely concerned regarding this because it seems more to… Read more »
Hamapil and then cannot fall asleep
Question: If one said hamapil and then cannot fall asleep, was it a bracha l’vatala? Answer: No it wasn’t, because according to most poskm, the bracha essentially is on the… Read more »
Meah Brachos on a fast day
Question: It says that one is permitted to fast a taanis cholam on Shabbos. When doing so, how does one reach meah brachos? Answer: He should find different besomim to… Read more »
What is Better Tefillah Btzibbur or Vasikin
Question: Hi If I have an option – either to daven Tefillah Kvasikin without a minyan or Tefillah Btzibbur later which is the better course of action? Answer: According to numerous… Read more »
Drinking water and bracha achrona
Question: I have a brachos shaila. It arises in the following situation… I am drinking water throughout the morning. At some point I may eat some other food like a… Read more »
Tefilla b’tzibbur when helping a sick person
Question: There is a bachur in the yeshiva who r”l had a stroke, cannot daven on his own, and someone stands next to him and davens out loud to be… Read more »
How to put on a tallis
Question: I have seen many (Ashkenazi) men put on tallis in a particular way: they bring the back half of the tallis to the front of their body and then… Read more »
Brocha question regarding Ikar Vtafel
Question: I understand that when I am eating a bowl of noodles and I take some cheese from on the table and mix it into the noodles so then when… Read more »
Davening Outside
Question: Is there a chiyuv to daven with an outdoor minyan in these circumstances? If my porch is 10 tefachim higher than the ground on which my neighbors are gathered… Read more »
Is it a problem to bring a sefer torah to a outdoor minyan?
Question: is it a problem to bring a sefer torah to a outdoor minyan? Answer: It is permitted to bring the Sefer Torah to the outdoor minyan. Although it is… Read more »
Cleaning oneself after bathroom
Question: 1) When wiping oneself of feces after using the bathroom, to what extent must one wipe themselves to remove all traces of feces? Often times, one can keep finding… Read more »
Gomel on zoom
Question: Can gomel be said on zoom? Also, are there any sources that the reason gomel needs 10 men is because of pirsum hanes? Thanks Answer: 1. Unfortunately we can… Read more »
Wearing shoes, slippers for davening
Question: Should one wear shoes for tefilla? If so, are slippers sufficient? If it is permitted for some parts of tefilla and forbidden for other parts of tefilla, please specify?… Read more »
Tallis over coat
Question: Is there any reason to wear a tallis gadol over your outer coat? or is it fine if its under Answer: It is fine to wear your tallis gadol… Read more »
Ben Eretz Yisroel saying Tehillas H (the last part of shir hamalos) when in Chutz l’aretz
Question: If i’m not mistaken, the main minhag for bnei Chol is to say “tehillas H” (the last part of shir hamalos) before benching, whilst the main minhag for bnei… Read more »
Sleeping on one’s back
Question: Is it forbidden to sleep on one’s back? If one sees their spouse sleeping on the back, should they wake them to tell them to roll over? Thanks Answer:… Read more »
PERSONAL PRAYERS IN SHAMONA ESRI
Question: GUTA VOCH and GOOD HEALTH BEZRAT HASHEM. Where in ALOKAY NAZUR is a proper place to make personal requests? The best place. IS IT BEFORE LMON SHMECHA or before… Read more »
Opinion of the MB on drinking or speaking about something important after shema al ha-mita
Question: Can you help me understand the words of the MB in simun 239, 4. First, the MB says if you want to drink and speak about something important, it… Read more »
A hefsek after saying shema al ha-mita
Question: If you have a hefsek after saying shema al ha-mita, Rav Chaim Kanievsky says not to say bircas ha-mapil again. I think this is because there is a machlokes… Read more »
Late maariv
Question: Dear Rabbi, Due to health, some days I may sleep the evening until after 11pm. Is there a time top late to do maariv? If I am up all… Read more »
Pesach sheini dinim
Question: Do we say shir ha Malos when benching birchat hamazon on Pesach Sheini? Answer: The rule is that we say Shir Hamaa’los before bentching on days that we don’t… Read more »