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: Prayer (tefilla)
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Minyan during Covid19
Question: The minyan I can participate in at this time of covid19 is me in my backyard, with a minyan about 3 houses distance away that I can see parts… Read more »
If one missed Mincha and Mussaf, should one say three Maariv Amida prayers?
Question: If one missed Mincha and Mussaf, should one say three Maariv Amida prayers? Answer: No, he will only say two. This is because Mussaf does not have a tashlumin,… Read more »
Davening with a Virtual Minyan
Question: In my neighborhood, because of Covid-19, one of the shuls started a virtual minyan with Zoom. They don’t say any davar sh’bekedusha, but it gives people the “feeling” of… Read more »
zmaninm
Question: If i realized that I didn’t daven mincha yet right after shkia do i daven right then or daven 2 maariv’s? Answer: It depends where you are. In europe and… Read more »
Davening for Cholim
Question: Hi, If I daven for Cholim in Rifaeinu should I mention them all again by name in Shema Koleinu when I daven for other things? Answer: There is no… Read more »
where to daven
Question: If one has the choice to daven in an outside minyan which the poskim are allowing at this time versus davening b’yechidus in a beis medrash that one has… Read more »
Tehillim for sick people
Question: With the recent Pandemic I have been davening for R’L many people. BH many of them have come home from the hospital and are even back to work. Is… Read more »
tefilas tal when davening alone
Question: What is thee procedure regarding tefilas tal this year when so many of us will be davening without a minyan? Answer: Start saying it at tefilas mussaf,specially for those… Read more »
Hebrew-English Siddur
Question: When using a Hebrew-English siddur, would reading a sentence in Hebrew and then pausing to glance at the English translation be considered a hefsek? Answer: No it is not… Read more »
Mashiv haruach during corona when there are no minyanim
Question: For a community that normally says mashiv haruach in the silent Shmoneh Esray of Mussaf on the first day of Pesach, but not in chazzaras hashatz, what should they… Read more »
Tehillim at Night
Question: Is it proper to say tehillim at night even during this time of tzora? Shkoyach Answer: Yes it is proper to say tehillim at nigh during this es tzarat…. Read more »
Learning During Chazaras HaShatz
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 »
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 »