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- Mar 15
- 2 min
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,...
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- Mar 7
- 1 min
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...
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- Mar 3
- 1 min
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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- Mar 1
- 1 min
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...
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- Mar 1
- 2 min
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...
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- Feb 15
- 1 min
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...
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- Feb 3
- 1 min
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...
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- Feb 3
- 3 min
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,...
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- Jan 9
- 1 min
When and Where to Say Birkot haShachar
Question: When should I say Birkot haShachar? Should I say the brachot that appear at the beginning of the siddur consecutively in shul...
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- Jan 9
- 1 min
Davening Shacharit
Question: What is one halachically required to say each morning as part of Shacharit? Answer: 1. The following is the minimal halachic...
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- Jan 8
- 1 min
Enunciating Words During Tefillah and Other Brachot
Question: When davening, how much should I pronounce the words? Is it enough to, as the Rambam suggests, say them in my mind? Should I,...
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- Dec 29, 2021
- 1 min
Standing for a Mizmor or Aleinu
Question: 1. What is the reason that we stand on Erev Shabbat for Mizmor leDavid? 2. Also why do we stand for Aleinu? Answer: 1. There is...
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