Tefillah

The Mitzva of Vidduy

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The Ideology Within Nusach Eretz Yisrael

Rabbi David Bar-Hayim's Historic Ascent to the Temple Mount

Wearing A Tallit For All Prayers

Prostration During Daily Prayer

Q and As with Rabbi David Bar-Hayim on Tefillah, Shema, & Brachot

Q and As with Rabbi David Bar-Hayim on Shabbat: Early Shabbat, Making Ice, Making Requests, Domains

Rabbi David Bar-Hayim leads Mincha, Nusach Eretz Yisrael, in Itamar

Machon Shilo's Rabbi David Bar-Hayim leads Birkat HaMazon, Nusach Eretz Yisrael

How Many Shophar Blasts Must You Hear?

How many shofar blasts must one hear? The Rambam says nine. So why do we listen to thirty blasts? HaRav Hai Goan determines whether the...

Switching, Changing, and Praying: Nusah Tefillah

Question: May I switch nuschei tefillah on a daily basis? For example, may I daven nusach Ashkenaz today, nusach Eretz Yisrael tomorrow,...

May one say the Amidah while in costume on Purim?

Not Changing Nusach Tefillah - An Invented Halachah

Is one allowed to change his Nusach HaTefillah? Sources: מגן אברהם, אורח חיים - ראש סימן סח תלמוד ירושלמי, עירובין - סוף פרק ג' שו"ת...

Is it obligatory to say the entire tahanun as printed in the siddur?

Question Is it obligatory to say the entire tachanun as printed in the siddur? Answer Nefillat Apayim is on the one hand a hovah...

P'suqe d'Zimrah - Obligation or Recommendation?

Question: Is P'suqe d'Zimrah obligatory? Answer: It is true that Hazal do not state that P'suqe d'Zimrah is obligatory. This is implied...

What is the Halakhic source for Selikhot?

Question What is the Halachic source for Selikhot? Is saying Selikhoth obligatory like other mitzvoth? Answer 1. Saying S’lihoth is a...

Q and As with Rabbi David Bar-Hayim on Tefillah & Berachot

Should the person who gets an aliyah to the Torah also layn (read from the Torah)?

Question Should the person who gets an aliyah to the Torah also layn (read from the Torah)? Answer 1. Hazal intended that the person...

How do I wash my hands in preparation for birkath hakohanim?

Question I am a Kohen. If I am not allowed to move from my place while standing during the chazarath hashatz, then how do I wash my hands...

Nusah Eress Yisrael: Piyyutim for Shabbat

Question: Kavod HaRav, In the Sidur Nusah Eretz Yisrael that I presently own there are many additions of later liturgy (Lecha Dodi,...