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Q and A s with Rabbi David Bar-Hayim: Preparing for Passover

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...

Q and A s with Rabbi David Bar-Hayim: Shaatnez, E-cigarettes, Abortion, Yom Yov Sheni and more

Wearing A Tallit For All Prayers

A Brief Guide to the Three Weeks and the Nine Days

Prostration During Daily Prayer

Siyum on Sefer Vayikra in the Machon Shilo Triennial Cycle: Shiur by Rabbi Avi Grossman

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...

Rabbi David Bar-Hayim's Psak Halacha on Kitniyot: In Line with the Gra's Thinking

Why we Omit the Temple on Shavuoth

The minhag of staying up all night studying is only about 200 years old. The temple was the center of the holiday. The mishnah makes it...

Q and As with Rabbi David Bar-Hayim: Childbirth and Niddah, Halachic Prenups, Shmitta and Minhagim

Yom Niqanor and Taanith Esther: What To Do on 13 Adar?

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...

Should firstborns fast on Taanit Bechorot?

Saying Shem HASHEM

You can mention HASHEM's name when studying. Here's the proof.

The GR"A Supports Torath Eress Yisrael

Part 1 Despite local Ashkenazi custom, the Gra rules to say boreh nephashoth with the name of Hashem, following the Jerusalem Talmud and...

Tashlich on Rosh HaShana

Question: Should one do Tashlich on Rosh HaShana? Answer: No, one should not. As the Vilna Gaon (haGra) points out, this is an unseemly...

Bar Kochba and Sefirat haOmer

Rav Bar Hayim uncovers earlier manuscripts of the gemara that challenge the minhagim of sefirat haOmer. Part 1 Part 2

The roadmap from kitniyot to korban pesah

The original shiur that started the rebellion. Hear what some commentators say about the minhag of Askenazi Jews refraining from...

The real story of kitniyot

A shiur given in Efrat. Part 1 Part 2