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Q and As with Rabbi David Bar-Hayim on Rosh HaShannah and Yom HaKippurim

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

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

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

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...

Should one say Tachanun when it is Purim elsewhere?

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

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,...

Rabbi Yochanan on Smichat Geulah LaTefillah in Maariv

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...