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: Prayer (tefilla)
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Kadusha while DAVENING SHOMONA ESREI or else where
Question: Can you please review the pertinent laws regarding a person in the middle of DAVENING SHEMONA ESREI or else where in DAVENING (PESUKEI DEZIMRA ,or SHEMA Or BRACHS before… Read more »
What tehilim do you say before a civil court hearing
Question: What do you say before a civil court hearing Answer: Essentially saying any part of tehillim which will strengthen your emuna is good. If you want some specific ones… Read more »
Holding a child while davening
Question: If one is davening and needs to hold a child at the same time, what are the parts of davening in which this is permissible and what are the… Read more »
Passing in front of someone who is davening
Question: Hi. I am learning Orach Chaim siman 102 which states that one must not pass in front of someone who is davening. I have an issue that often comes… Read more »
Telling people that you are ill?
Question: I want people to daven for me if I have a serious illness but I also know that some people feel that אין הברכה מצויה אלא בדבר הסמוי מן… Read more »
Drinking before shacris
Question: Can I drink seltzer with a natural lime flavor added to it before davening shacris Answer: If there is a need to drink before davening, for example to help… Read more »
tefilla b’tzibbur
Question: I was learning in a shul where I was # 10 for Mincha. I was willing to stay there, but I did not wish to daven with them. However,… Read more »
Minyan in Bad Weather?
Question: Winter is upon us! I used to live in the tropics and am finding the cold weather to be really difficult. I’ve been one-and-off sick for much of the… Read more »
Hours earlier Shmoneh Esrei
Question: BS”D Shalom dear Rabbi, Question: What is the earliest time to do Shmoneh Esrei, because one has to get up early to go to work? can you do Shmoneh… Read more »
Tefilah with only five people
Question: We were 5 people that did not daven maariv and 5 people did daven already .they told us we need to have 6 people that did not daven yet… Read more »
cleanliness during davening
Question: I generally try to clean myself thoroughly after a bowel movement. However, on motzoi Shabbos I had a feeling that I was dirty over there, and when I went… Read more »
Davening behind someone else in shul
Question: Am i permtited to stand SE behind a certain person when I know, or suspect, that this person will daven very quickly and then step back into my dalet… Read more »
breaking minyan
Question: A person is makpid to always daven with asara mispallelim, as required by some poskim, and not to rely on six (which is questionable). If one is in a… Read more »
Stopping for kadish
Question: When one is davening for example uleini or uva litzion in shachris and kadish is being said should he stop and answer for all the amens or he should… Read more »
Chazaras hashatz without six people who davened
Question: Can one daven Chazaras Hashatz if there were not even six people who davened SE together? Does it make a difference if it is anyway after the zman tefilla?… Read more »
Stopping for Kaddish
Question: When one is davening and in the middle kadish is being said should he stop for entire kaddish as well does it make a difference which part of tefillah… Read more »
chesed at the expense of tefilla b’tzibbur
Question: If one is asked to come to a certain place to help them with a minyan, but one knows that they are not makpid on having asara mispallelim, whereas… Read more »
Coffee in the middle of davening
Question: If one is in the middle of pesukei di’zimrah or birchos kerias shema and one feels tired and is falling asleep, is it permissible to stop and have a… Read more »
Playing with child prior to davening shacharis
Question: Sometimes my one and a half year old daughter wakes up in the morning before I have a chance to daven shacharis. My wife is still sleeping at the… Read more »
Davening SE loudly for sick person who can’t daven himself
Question: There is a person who is not able to daven on his own because he r”l had a stroke and it takes him very long to say the words…. Read more »