Question: Dear Rabbi, The local synagogue owned a piano. I am told organs do not meet proper religious authority. I left the synagogue but ask if violation was the piano… Read more »
Category: Shabbat prayers and Torah reading
Short on time on shabbat
Question: If a woman is short on time for Shacharit on Shabbat, is there a difference in the order it importance for which tfillot should be said? I know the… Read more »
breaking minyan
Question: What should a person do when he is “stuck” in a shul – being the tenth man there, and there is no baal korei, and the person who is… Read more »
Haftorah Klaf with colored illustrations ??
Question: Can a kosher Klaf of a Navi have illustrations in color. Illustrations done by someone other than sofer. Above and/or below the text? Written in Lithuania in the 1930s…. Read more »
Reading Haftorah from klaf, Shmuel Aleph only?
Question: As a followup to question http://dinonline.org/2019/07/31/reading-haftorah-from-the-klaf-trei-asour/ What about Shmuel Aleph and Shmuel Bet? Suppose the Haftorah is from Shmuel Aleph, and we have a separate kosher sefer for Shmuel… Read more »
Reading haftorah from the klaf, trei asour
Question: Suppose the Haftorah is from Amos. Can one read from a klaf that is only Sefer Amos by itself? Or can one only read from a full set of… Read more »
Forgot to light shabbos candles.
Question: I forgot to light shabbos candles this week. They where in a fully lit room for the whole shabbos, I’m not sure if this makes a difference or not…. Read more »
Ashomnu everyday
Question: 1. Can a person say Ashomnu every day? 2. A person wanting to do Tshuva. Can it be said on Shabbos as well? Answer: There is nothing wrong with saying… Read more »
Tefilla for the government
Question: Dear Rabbi, Why is it that in most shuls that I have been in, I don’t see any tefillah for the American government if the Mishnah in pirkei avos… Read more »
Why is there no concern that someone may travel with a sefer torah in a r’shus harabim on shabbos ?
Question: Why isn’t there any concern that someone may travel with a sefer torah in a r’shus harabim on shabbos in order to ask a chacham how to read it… Read more »
Shnayim Mikra V’echad Targum
Question: (I read the whole parasha once then the whole again and the the whole Targum) If I have the option to read twice the parasha Friday night and once… Read more »
Clarifying consecutive aliyot
Question: Can you please clarify if the issues only pertain when one relative is called up immediately after another relative or even if there are other aliyot between the two?… Read more »
Tehillim on Shabbos
Question: May one say tehillim on shabbos for a sick (not-pressing) individual or for a relative’s shidduchim? Is there a difference if one says tehillim the entire week and continues… Read more »
Shnayim Mikra when Yom Tov is in middle of the week
Question: Is it permissible to conduct Shnayim Mikra for Parshat Nasso on 2nd day Shavuos during the day? Thank you. Answer: You may say shnayim mikra from the Sunday of… Read more »
Birkas hamozan requests on shabbos
Question: What is the reason we say the harachamans in birkas hamozan on shabbos? I thought we don’t say requests on shabbos? I saw the darchei moshe quoting the or… Read more »
Misnha Berura 188:6 Doubt if mentioned ‘retzei’ in bentsching
Question: Hi, The Mishna Berura 188-16 mentions that if one is uncertain whether they mentioned ‘retzei’ (for the obligatory meals of course) they should repeat, because de facto they would… Read more »
teshuva on shabbos/yom tov
Question: Can one do Teshuva on Shabbos/yomtov? Regreting sins and saying ASHOMNU, ect. Or only in ones mind? Answer: There is no problem to repent on Shabbos or Yom Tov…. Read more »
Fasting on shabbos
Question: One sees that the Mussaf prayer on Shabbos will be delayed and one will only get home/ have the opportunity to make Kiddush when it will be after chatzos… Read more »
Can I read Artscroll’s english translation instead of targum when doing shnayim mikroh?
Question: Can I read artscroll’s english translation instead of targum when doing shnayim mikroh? Answer: It depends on your level of understanding of the targum. if you understnad it then… Read more »
Davening at shkia
Question: What is the halacha on shabbos when its 1 minute to shkia, 10th man just arrives, do we start laining, or say shmonei esrei? Answer: Since one is starting… Read more »
Plag hamincha
Question: Is it permissible to daven Maariv/ make Kiddush on Friday after the Plag of the Alter Rebbe/ Baal HaTanya, even though it is before the plag of the Magen… Read more »
Incomplete Shnayim Mikra
Question: Hi Raabi Gut Voch, I wanted to know if one misses some of the parshiot with shnayim mikra and cannot make them up is it still a mitsva to… Read more »
Reading Onkelos
Regarding Shayim Mikra V’Echad Targum: if I do not understand Aramaic, is it still worthwhile to read Unkelos, or is it preferable for me to read another commentary that I… Read more »
Order Of Shnayim Mikra
can one do shnaiyim mikrah in the middle? can one do first one mikrah then targum then mikrah in that order? Answer: 1. What does “in the middle” mean? Please… Read more »
Shnayim Mikrah Aliyah after Aliyah
I have a question on “shnayim mikrah”. I have been reading each aliyah twice and after that aliyah, I read the targum. I find that way for me much easier… Read more »
Shayim Mikra for Bereishis
When is one allowed to be Mavier Sedrah this week for Parshas Bereishis? Answer: As with every year, one can only begin shnayim mikra of Bereishis after the reading of… Read more »