Question: Is a woman who has difficulty finding a free moment to daven allowed to daven Shmoneh Esrei and other parts of tefilla while pushing her young child back and… Read more »
Category: Prayer (tefilla)
Can a non-Jew say Tehillim for a sick Jew
Question: Is a non-Jew permitted to say Tehillim for a sick Jew? Answer: If the gentile wants specifically to say Tehillim, we don’t have to stop him, however I wouldn’t… Read more »
Chasidish/ Litvish Havarah
Question: I come from a and chassidishe/heimishe background so my grandparents have a more of a chassidishe havara, however my father went to a litvishe yeshiva, so his havara is… Read more »
Amen to a Brocha Levotolah
Question: The Shluchan Oruch says in Siman 124 that if a minyan doesn’t have at least 9 people have kavanoh and and answering amen to the Shatz’s brochos, it is… Read more »
Order and obligations of morning prayers when sleeping is divided
Question: If one wakes early and feels like he will fall back asleep, says the morning brachos and full Shema so he won’t miss its time, then does fall back… Read more »
Completing minyan with whom already prayer
Question: Hi! I heard that, although we can do chazarah and kedusha when we have up to 4 men who have prayed in a 10-man minyan. there is a difference… Read more »
Is the chazzan required to take three steps back after completing chazaras hashatz?
Question: Is the chazzan required to take three steps back after completing chazaras hashatz? Answer: The chazzan does not have to take three steps back after completing chazoras hashatz. The… Read more »
Binding yourself to a Tzaddik
Question: With the Rav kindly assist with the following; When some chassidim pray, they begin by being mekasher themselves to a Rebbe or a Tzadik with the following lashon: “I… Read more »
Skipping parts of davening
Question: Can one skip parts of Pesukai Dezimra in order to daven Shmoneh Esrai at hanetz hachama? Is there a difference if he is davening alone or with a minyan?… Read more »
Lowering the head while saying Tachanun
Question: What is the position if one cannot be in shul for Tachanun, with no sefer torah present , but is, for example , davenning at home in a room… Read more »
Coughing in Shemnei Ezrai
Question: If in the middle of shmonei esrai someone gets a cough attack where he’s embarrassed and/or he’s worried it will be disturbing other people davening, can he walk outside… Read more »
Hefsek in shemoneh esrei for kavanna
Question: Is it permitted to stop in the middle of a brocha in shemoneh esrei to think one’s requests and reflect on the meaning of the words etc. in order… Read more »
Zman shehatzibbur mispallelein
Question: The Halocho is that if one cannot daven with a Minyan at least one should daven when the Zibbur is davening. 1. How do we deal with this today… Read more »
asara rishonim
Question: Should one go to sleep early, at the expense of learning Torah, in order to wake up early and be from the asara rishonim the next day? (He will… Read more »
Tachanun
Question: If one finishes shmone esrei when the tzibur is already up to aleinu, is he supposed to say aleinu with them or say tachanun first since it is connected… Read more »
Abiding to COVID regulations in Shule
Question: Hi, I live in Australia where the COVID rules are currently very strict. Masks must be worn indoors. From a halachic point of view, am I obligated to daven… Read more »
Vesein Brocha
Question: The poskim bring an eitzah to not have to repeat shmone esrei when in doubt if one said the correct addition of vesein brocha or vesein tal… where one… Read more »
Requests in Shemonah Esrei
Question: I know that it is permitted to add personal requests in the middle brochos of shemonah esrei if they are relevant, concise and requests for current needs, not for… Read more »
Going to daven when I am in pain
Question: I have severe pain in my knees and it is very painful to walk to shul on Shabbos — on top of which I have ADHD, and the distraction… Read more »
Studying in the morning
Question: In the morning, for various reasons, there is often a considerable amount of time from when I wake up until I go to shul to daven. Can I study… Read more »
Learning and Davening after non kosher
Question: I am in the process of becoming more observant and therefore have not fully begun to adopt the laws of Kashrut. Therefore, at times I eat something non-kosher and… Read more »
Praying using specific terminology
Question: When we pray we are taught to be as specific as possible. This is one of the reasons why we invoke the mother’s name as opposed to the father’s… Read more »
Modaah & Giluy Dat
Question: Cvod Harav, I’m replying to questions 59650 and 59669. Here is a copy of the Ben ish Chai’s ZTL modah & giluy dat: והריני מגלה דעתי ורצוני לפני הקדוש… Read more »
Shemonah Esrai when possibly not clean after bathroom
Question: If an individual flatulated before the Amidah and then again after the Amida and when he went to wipe that area noticed that it was brown (on the paper… Read more »
FORGOT TO DAVEN MINCHE
Question: WHEN I DAVEN MAARIV I EXPECT TO MAKE IT UP QUESTIONS: WHICH COMES FIRST REGUALR MAARIV and then the makeup or vice versa? Do I say Yaale Vovou Thx… Read more »
Is one allowed to daven with severe depression?
Question: When I was very young I was diagnosed with chronic clinical depression. I’ve had long stretches of life, sometimes months or years, without being able to feel any kind… Read more »
Microphone for weekday davening
Question: Hello and thank you for this service. To give a little background. I am the gabbai for the outdoor minyan which has taken place in the chatzer between a… Read more »
Terminology for women in morning blessings
Question: Alright, it says with a star * גוי – Blessed are you, hashem, our god, king of the universe, who did not make me a gentile. For men it’s… Read more »
Star indicator meaning in prayer
Question: In prayer the blessing (standing up) section, I’ve noticed a star * indicator near a few brachos. Does this mean that for a women a few wordings should be… Read more »
Reciting Shmone Esrei with the Shliach Tzibbur
Question: HI, 1. Can you explain the concept of davening together with the Shatz as tefillah btzibbur? Must every word be said together, including Kedusha, Birchas Kohanim, Elokai Netzor, etc?… Read more »
Daven A Second תפילה after donating a kidney
Question: Lechvod Harav, I donated a kidney. The surgery was in late afternoon. In the morning when I davened שחרות I did not remember that I did not daven מעריב…. Read more »
Finishing Shemona Esrei before kedusha
Question: Due to different circumstances, I often need to daven in a minyan that goes at a quicker pace than me. I know that if one starts later than the… Read more »
Minyan with only ten men
Question: I was in a shul with exactly ten people and four already davened. I was of those that had not davened. However, I am makpid to daven with asara… Read more »
Eating meal before mincha or maariv
Question: It seems to me, from the Shulchan Aruch, that it is only muttar to sit down to a meal after mincha ketana, if there is a person in town… Read more »
When does a night worker say birkas hatorah
Question: Hi, I have several questions: I work all night basicly every night in a bakery all night long and sleep by day, lefi what I remember learning in kollel… Read more »
Minyan with exactly 10 men and one left
Question: Regarding exactly 10 men and someone runs out in the middle, if the baal korei or chazan realizes someone went out in the middle of an aliyah or in… Read more »
mincha for women
Question: B”H Thank you for your help, it is really appreciated. If a woman bli neder wants to begin praying mincha, but does not know for sure if she will… Read more »
Pasuk for Shmone Esrei
Question: What pasuk do I say in shemoneh esrei corresponding to my name? My name in devoireh braindel bas mirel faigel Answer: For דבורה- “דאגה בלב איש ישחנה ודבר טוב ישמחנה”… Read more »
Is there power to yud gimmel middos recited without a minyan and said with “trop”
Question: You posted a question about reciting the yud gimmel middos without a minyan and you posed the question, is there the same “power” to the yud gimmel middos recited… Read more »
What to do if intentionally missed shacharis after chatzos
Question: I’ve asked many rabbis but i haven’t been able to get a clear definite answer, some are too afraid to comment on it, one Rav even said “i don’t… Read more »
Wearing a hat in a community where the rov don’t wear hats
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
