Women Reciting Blessings over Mitzvot
Question: What’s the Rav’s opinion on women saying blessings on commandments which they are not obligated in, such as lulav? Answer: The...
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Oats and Eating Bread on Shabbat
Question: Hi Rabbi, I'm writing now regarding the mitzvah of having seudot on Shabbat and Yom Tov after listening to your explanation of...
Shofar on Shabbat? Not Yet...
In my article, "The Misswa of Lulav on Shabbath-Getting Back on Track", I presented the Halakhic foundation for taking the Lulav on the...
Response to a reader regarding Kabbala and the Zohar
Shalom Rav There are points on which we agree. Briefly: We are in agreement regarding the period of time the Second Miqdash stood. You...
Tefillin on the Second Day of Rosh HaShana
In answer to the many who have asked: to those who have the z'khuth to live in EY, I recommend that one wear T'phillin, at least at some...
Kiddush Levana Customs
Question: When should one recite Qidush L'vana this month? Is there an Inyan of saying it with a Minyan? Answer: One should always recite...
Transitioning Between Shabbat and Tisha b'Av
Question: Could the Rav please describe the correct procedure for the transition from Shabbat to Tisha b'Av? For example, when does one...
Checking Knives and the Kashrut of Meat
Question: I have read in the Rambam's Mishneh Torah regarding the slaughter of animals that the Shochet must inspect the knife before and...
Teaching and Learning Kabbala Today
Question: What do you think of the modern practice of teaching Kabbalah to the masses through Hassidut? Doesn't the Mishna forbid this?...
Kashrut and the Halachic Paradigm
Question: I understand that all meat slaughtered by a Shochet who is Jewish and observes the Shabbath and Mitzvoth are kosher regardless...
Will We Follow Beit Shammai in the Future?
Question: There is an idea quoted in the name of the Ar"i (it was actually first written already generations after him) that in the...
Blessings on Dessert
Question: What types of b'rachoth are appropriate on desserts eaten during a meal with bread? Does it matter what type of dessert is...
Are all non-observant Jews tinokot shenishbu?
Question: What is the Rav's opinion on מחללי שבת בפרהסיא as תינוקות שנשבו? Should one refer to non observant Jews who don't observe...
Shaving, and Shaving during Chol HaMoed
Question: I don't understand why we are told (by some at least) that we can’t shave during Hol Hamoed. Would you also say the same? Does...
Women Counting Omer and Forgetting to Count
Question: What is your opinion regarding one who forgets to count the Omer for an entire day? My wife just realized that she did not...
Measurements for the Passover Seder
1. Massa One is required to eat one k’zayith (the volume of an average olive) of massa for both Akhilath Massa and for the Afiqoman at...
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,...
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...
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