Question: Does the Mishnah Berurah, Shulchan Aruch or Igros Moshe mention anywhere that is one is not allowed to learn during Chazaras HaShatz? Please provide me with the exact text…. Read more »
Category: Daily Living
Reciting tehillim accordingly:
Question: I’ve obtained the Hebrew and English version. I’ve noticed that on the very top it says weekend to week days. For instance, 1st day Ch. 1 Sunday all the… Read more »
Pasuk for Name: Yosef
Question: The Pasuk corresponding to my name, Yosef, is “ה’ יגמר בעדי ה’ חסדך לעולם מעשי ידיך אל־תרף”. I say this Pasuk three times every day in the Amidah, but… Read more »
How to recite tehillim:
Question: I’d like to take upon myself to start to recite tehillim. I don’t have anyone specific in mind. I’d like to maybe read a little a day. In hopes… Read more »
Should a woman who missed davening shachris make it up by davening two minchas
Question: Is there a din tashlumin for women? Answer: Since they are obligate to daven, there is a din tashlumin also for them. We even see this idez that if… Read more »
Davening Shacharit – starting after the Shema should have been recited
Question: If you get up in the morning too late to say the Shema at the time which you are supposed to say it can you still daven the Shacharit… Read more »
Psukei dzimrah and zman tefila
Question: Is it kdai to skip parts of psukei dzimrah in order to make zman tefila? Answer: Not only is it kdai, but we are obligated to do this. However… Read more »
praying (location)
Question: Shulem Aleichem Rabbi. That everyone in mishpoche & kfar is with briut I hope. – Elijah ben Solomon Zalman said that it’s better to pray in one’s private chamber. is… Read more »
Outdoor minyanim
Question: Hi As to minyan outdoors, how far can people be away from eachother and still be part of a minyan? Answer: People davening outside in an open place… Read more »
Davening in Shul without a minyan
Question: There is a mitzvah to daven in shul even if there is no minyan. Therefore, in the current matzav, is it OK to come to shul and daven there… Read more »
Epidemic restrictions
Question: The world is implementing rapid and intensive responses to the Covid 19 viral epidemy. Shiurim, Minyanim, shuls and schools have been suspended in countless countries temporarily. Whilst obviously it is… Read more »
Pitom haketores and akeidas Yitzchak
Question: Can a woman say pitom haketores and akeidas Yitzchak in Shachris without a minyan? Answer: Yes she can say it the same way a man can say it without… Read more »
virtual minyan
Question: Is there any significance to davening with a virtual minyan; i.e. everyone in the shul davening at the same time? Would that be a fulfillment of tefillah b’tzibbur? Answer:… Read more »
Preparing breakfast before shacharis
Question: Is it permissible to prepare breakfast for my wife or another person if I have not yet davened shacharis? Answer: It is permitted. Although we should not engage in… Read more »
Aliya without a minyan
Question: I was in a shul where there were ten people and one person of the ten was sleeping (I saw him sleeping by the first Aliyah on Shabbos). When… Read more »
machlokes over minyan
Question: I was in a shul with ten people where one already davened. I told the rav (and he already knows from before) that I need asara mispallelim. The rav… Read more »
Is it acceptable to pray minchah outside or not:
Question: Are you allowed to pray minchah outside? If not, which option to consider for proper minchah prayer in that current position? Thank you. Answer: The Shulchan Aruch O:CH 90-5… Read more »
Washing hands
Question: Is one allowed to drink water in middle of marital relations or not allowed? If permitted, is one required to wash one’s hands each time before drinking? If a… Read more »
Slichot for Epidemic
Question: Should we be saying the printed Slichot for an epidemic tomorrow on Taanis Esther because of the coronavirus outbreaks? It’s in all the siddurim and starts אל נא רפא… Read more »
Krias Shema Al HaMita & HaMapil
Question: Shalom Rabbi, How does one proceed with krias shema al hamita and hamapil at night when one knows that he may be getting up sometime in the middle of… Read more »
Mincha gdola vs Mincha ketana
Question: What’s the difference between mincha gedola and mincha ketana? Thank you. Answer: The time to daven mincha is from a half hour after chatzos (halachic midday) and sunset, which… Read more »
Woman swaying while praying
Question: BS”D When a woman pray she can be rocking like a man? or is there halakha that prohibit this? Answer: I am not aware that there is any difference… Read more »
Bracha on Caramel Apples
Question: What Bracha would one make on a caramel-coated apple? What about if one dips apple slices in peanut butter or cookie spread, should they be making a bracha for… Read more »
BRACHA FOR NUT BUTTERS
Question: I like eating ALMOND BUTTER (like peanut BUTTER) straight from the jar? Its thick. Is it SHAKOL or HAETZ? Does this go for all nut butters straight from the… Read more »
Shema during day/nap to be said? Passed Chatzot Layla should Shema be recited?
Question: Every person says bedtime shema before full night rest hours. Women say morning prayer with shema and women normally don’t say mincha (for it isn’t a must) yet some… Read more »
Birches Hagomil
Question: Is there any brocha a parent should make after there minor child has a small surgery with general anesthesia? Answer: No, there isn’t any specific bracha that a parent… Read more »
Forgot Ya’aleh V’yavo on Rosh Chodesh
Question: At what point is it considered that one started modim (and thus has to go back to Retzei) is one forgot to say ya’aleh v’yavo? Once he said the… Read more »
Saying “Good Shabbos” or “Shabbat Shalom” before prayer
Question: Hi, It seems to be common practice to say Good Shabbos, Shabbat Shalom or some other variation when seeing another Jew on Shabbos. It seems that Shabbos morning, on… Read more »
What time can I eat in the morning prayer
Question: Where in the morning prayer (Shacharis) I can already eat something, if I am very hungry and weak? Answer: Essentially it is after davening Shemona Esrei, however depending on… Read more »
tefilla without ten people vs. davening together with the chazzan
Question: Is it better to daven with the chazzan (e.g., by Mincha) or to daven in a minyan where there won’t (or might not) be asara mispallelim? {According to Rav… Read more »
Al hamichya vs Borei nefashos clarity:
Question: For al hamichya – You gave a clear set of grains. Do these examples make sense to NOT recite al hamichya on: Apples, bananas, oranges, tangerines, cherries etc… In… Read more »
תפילת הדרך – pls define and when used:
Question: When is this said? And what does this generally mean? Thank you. Attached: Attached file 1 Answer: This is called Tefilas Haderech- lit. The Travel Prayer, and it is… Read more »
Food bracha card define:
Question: Part 2 – This brachos card has a small paragraph on the very bottom. When is that said? Thank you. Attached: Attached file 1 Answer: The paragraph at the… Read more »
Food brachos card define:
Question: Part 1 – Here’s one of the foods card. ( Al Hamichya card) How is this used/said accurately? Thank you. Attached: Attached file 1 Answer: This food card is… Read more »
Learning about Brachos
Question: I’ve decided to take upon myself to start making brachos (not only on foods) with using various different cards (from my local judiaca store) in order to enable within… Read more »
clarification re tefilla b’tzibbur
Question: There is a person who wanted to daven for the amud (yartzeit or other chiyuv) and in the other shul it is quite possible that they won’t let him… Read more »
Why for zimun you need 7 of 10, and for Shmonei Esrah only 6 is sufficient, plus 4 more?
Question: Why for zimun to say Elokeinu you need 7 of 10 to eat bread and for shmonei Esrah only 6 is sufficient ,plus 4 more? Answer: This is a… Read more »
Learning during shacharis minyan, after I finished Vasikin alone
Question: Dear kvod haRav, I daven vasikin/netz at shul alone. Later the Minyan comes and davens shacharis. I stay, in order to partake in hazaras hashatz and borchu. When the minyan begins,… Read more »
Beracha on caffeine based mints and drinks
Question: Sholom and Thank You! I have “viter energy” mints I take purely for the caffeine though it has a good taste and gives good breath both of which I… Read more »
Wrong bracha vs. no bracha
Question: If a person makes an incorrect Bracha on food – is it the same, better or worse than not making a Bracha at all? Answer: It depends on which… Read more »
Shmoneh Esrei Situations
Question: What is the proper procedure if one is davening SH”E word-for-word with the SH”TZ (either came late or wasn’t able to keep up with pace but still wants his… Read more »
Bread after too much cake
Question: If one ate enough cake that would require him to bench (without intending to do so before starting ie without first washing and saying hamotzei) and then wants to… Read more »
Torn Tzitzit- taaseh v’lo min ha’asui
Question: I have tzitzit strings on one corner only that have torn. Can I simply replace that corner and tie on new strings, or must I undo all the strings?… Read more »
Grapes and apple, What After Blessing?
Question: If someone eats grapes and an apple, or Grapes and pistachios, does one make an BOREH NEFORSHES for the apples or pistachios as well as al HAETZ for the… Read more »
Eating End Pieces of Bread
Question: Shalom, I’ve been refraining from eating end pieces of bread as קשה לשכחה. What ends up happening in the family is that they gets thrown out (is that בל… Read more »
Goyim Using tefilin
Question: BS”D Can goyim wear Tefilin? Answer: Technically they can however it is only under certain conditions, and in general it shouldn’t be done. Sources: Rambam Hilchos Melachim 10-10 and… Read more »
Negel vaser water
Question: 1) What is the status of clothes that negel vaser water splashed on? Does it make a difference if its in middle of the process (while washing) or if… Read more »
Answering to kedusha – before finishing praying
Question: Hi. It takes me quite a while to pray. When I’m still in the middle of my silent amida and the chazzan is starting the repetition, should I stop?… Read more »
Tefilla
Question: In the town I live in, during the week there is usually a minyan after neitz. However, It happens every so often that there is only one shacharis minyan… Read more »
Reminders for davening
Question: If the time for one of the tefillos (e.g. shacharis, mincha, and maariv) arrives, and one doesn’t wish to daven right away, I have heard that one may delay… Read more »