Question: I recently lost my smell due to covid. Do I make a bracha on bissamin by Havdalah? Answer: No you would not make a bracha. A person can be yotza… Read more »
Category: Ending of Shabbat
Drinking before Kiddush/Havdala
Question: Is one allowed to drink water or any other beverage before Kiddush and Havdala? Answer: After shkiya we are not allowed to drink anything, even water until after… Read more »
Havdalah on water with sugar
Question: Are we allowed to bless on water and sugar for Havdala if no other drink is available. If yes please quote the source in the Halachah. Tizku laMitzvot! Answer:… Read more »
What can you use for bsamin at havdalah
Question: What can you use for bsamin at havdalah? For example, are any of the following ok – cinnamon, rosemary, tea bags, ground black pepper, plants from outside? Thank you… Read more »
Going ahead of the shatz on motzei shabbos
Question: On motzei Shabbos, even if I start ‘veyhi noam’ (after the amidah) at the same time as the shatz, he normally reaches the kedusha d’sidra in u’va ltzion before… Read more »
lectern changing
Question: During shabbat, we usually use a silver lectern dedicated to shabbat and moadim. For weekdays, we use a wood lectern. Considering that in motsae shabbat our bet akeneset is… Read more »
Havdalah on Coffee
Question: We did not have any wine in the house so we made havdalah on Ice Coffee. Was that allowed? & is one permitted to make havdalah on whiskey? Thank… Read more »
Missed end of havadallah
Question: If I couldn’t clearly hear the full Bracha of hamavdil during havadallah, and didn’t answer amein so I could repeat it and be yotzei, but I already heard the… Read more »
Havdallah
Question: While listening to my husband recite havadallah, I was distracted my the dripping the candle during the last Bracha of hamavdil and while i heard every word, I wasn’t… Read more »
Cell phone for havdala
Question: I think rav moshe feinstein allowed answering amen or havdala over a phone. Would this apply to cell phones which dont create sound thru vibration? Answer: I would assume… Read more »
Being yotzei an unclear Bracha
Question: At was at my parents home for shabbat, and when my father was saying havadallah, he was mumbling some of the words, and I couldn’t hear all the words… Read more »
Havdalah on Sunday morning
Question: In northern Europe in the summer shabbos ends very late, close to midnight. So if the family goes to sleep before the end of shabbos how does one make… Read more »
Cutting hair, nails or shaving motzey shabbos
Question: I was taught that we do not shave cut hair or nails motzey shabbos. Is this halachah? Answer: It is true that there are people that say that we… Read more »
Motzaei Shabbos
Question: Dear Rav, I wanted to know whether what I’ve been doing is correct: I finish Shabbos at 72 minutes as a chumrah, but I do derabannans from 60 minutes,… Read more »
Amount of wine for Havdallah
Question: How much of the Havdallah wine should a person drink? If its less than a Reviis, should a Bracha Acahronah be made? Answer: Essentially one has to drink male… Read more »
3 stars after Shabbos
Question: Is it acceptable to count 3 stars and decide Shabbos is over? I used to do that. Do I need to do teshuva? Answer: Technically shabbos is finished when… Read more »
extending shabbos
Question: A person who is davening Maariv on motzoi Shabbos 50 minutes past sunset, and his custom is to prolong Shabbos for 72 minutes, or longer, should he skip ata… Read more »
Alos
Question: I usually try not to eat before davening once it’s the first aman alos I didn’t eat melava malkah yet and its it’s no second aman yet here in… Read more »
Drinking from the havdala kos
Question: The Mishna Berurah in 296:6 says that only the one who makes the havdala should drink because he has to make sure he has enough for a bracha acharona… Read more »
Can’t use candles for Shabat
Question: We will be on a cruise during Shabat where lighting a fire is strictly forbidden. Can we use a flashlight for hadlokas neiros and havdaleh instead ? Thx Answer:… Read more »
Tosefet Shabbat – How late may Shabbos be ended?
Question: Tosefet Shabbat – How late may Shabbos be ended? At the risk of appearing humorous – For instance can one choose to continue Shabbos through yom 2? Are any… Read more »
Can a 13 year old be motzei a woman for havdalah or the megillah?
Question: May a 13 year old boy who was just bar mitzvah make havdala for women? May he read the megilah for others? Answer: A 13 year old that was… Read more »
Atah Chonantanu before Tzait HaCochavim
Question: Hi, if I said atah chonantanu before tzait hacochavim, do I need to say Baruch hamavdil after tzait, before doing melacha, and do I need to make havdala al… Read more »
Missed part of havdalah
Question: In the blessing of Havdalah, are all the phrases me’akev? If one missed hearing one of them (such as he missed hearing “bein Yisroel lo’amim” or “bein yom hashviii”… Read more »
A woman that ate before Havdalah
Question: A woman who davened Maariv on motzoi Shabbos and omitted Havdalah in her tefilla, and subsequently ate prior to Havdalah on wine, is she mechuyev to repeat her SE?… Read more »
Zman Rabbeinu Tam
Question: Hi, Hi, Almost exactly two years ago my wife and I “took on” the zman of Rabbeinu Tam for tzais shabbos. As far as I remember there was no… Read more »
Repeating SE when forgot to say Ata Chonanantu
Question: One forgot to recite ata chonantanu on motzoi Shabbos. Prior to reciting Havdalah on a glass of wine, one transgressed a rabbinic prohibition (whether through handling muktzah, or any… Read more »
Besamim
Question: Can you please tell me what some of the most lechatchila options there are for besamim by havdala? We enjoy the aroma of esrog as well as mint leaves,… Read more »
havdalah
Question: If one realizes during the Fast of Gedalia that he did not make Havdalah last night, what should he do? Answer: Should say havdalah on Fast of Gedalia and give… Read more »
havdalah Tisha baav
Question: How does on make havdalah when tisha baav falls on motzei shabbos? Answer: On motzei shabbos one only makes a brocho on the havdallah candle and on motzei Tisha… Read more »
Early havdalah
Question: If one makes Havdalah early (starting from Plag Hamincha) which in some cases is permitted, is it permitted for him to eat meat afterwards (during Nine Days), since technically… Read more »
late havdalah
Question: Yom Tov falls on Sunday night. Just before one is about to make Kiddush, one reminds himself that he forgot to make Havdalah on Saturday night. What should he… Read more »
Water Before Kiddush
Can I drink water before having made Kiddush Shabbos night/morning? Answer: No, it is not permitted to drink water before Kiddush. It is only permitted to drink water on Shabbos… Read more »
Kiddush Levana after Tisha Be’Av
How can Kiddush Levana be recited Motza’ei Tisha Be’Av if we are still noheg some Aveilus until Chatzot HaYom of the 10th of Av? Isn’t Kiddush Levana supposed to be… Read more »
Kiddush Levanah at Night
Whats the earliest time (not date, but hour in the evening) can one say kiddush lavanah? Is it tzeis hacochovim? Or after shkiah? Are there different opinions? Answer: The Rema… Read more »