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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Davening Shacharit
Question: What is one halachically required to say each morning as part of Shacharit? Answer: 1. The following is the minimal halachic...
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,...
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...
Davening Shacharit Late
Question: In Hil. Tefillah 3:1 the Rambam says that we can daven shacharit until hatzot. Do you posken like him, or is the Kessef...
Taking in Shabbat Early
Question: Can one make an early Shabbat? Answer: 1. Yes, making Shabbat early is entirely acceptable. 2. Most people who do this,...
Nusach haTefillah
Why did hazal create a prayer framework? Part 2 -
Tefillat ha'tzibbur
Part 1 Rambam h' tefillah, perek 8. Is there a separate idea of hearing hazarat haShatz? Must one daven (lahash) in a minyan? Part 2 Is...
Removing Tefillin After Sunset
Question: If I say Mincha with tefillin on and then when I take them off it is already after shkiah (sunset) should I still say the...
Prayer and rain in Israel
What is 'mentioning rain' and what is 'asking for rain'. Rav Bar Hayim begins from the first mishna in taanit.
Is the Shema a Mitzvah De'orayta?
Is keriyat shema min ha torah? Part 1 Rashi's explanation of the Babylonian debate is inconsistent. Part 2 The two Talmuds answer...
Praying for the evil who are ill
Should (or may) one pray for an evil person who has fallen ill?
Psukei dZimra (Aruch haShulchan)
What is psukei dZimra? What does it add to our prayer?
Birkot haShachar (Aruch haShulchan)
Part 1 Part 2
Smichut geula l'tefilla at arvit
What is the requirement to be somech (connect) geula (shema) l'tefilla? OH 236 Part 1 Part 2
Praying in the field (Parshat Toldot)
Is it good to pray in the fields?
How many people are needed for a minyan?
How many people are required for chazarat haShatz and for pores al Shema?
The time of tefillat Arvit
Orah Hayim, 235 Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
האם יש נוסח מסוים?
האם יש נוסח מסוים שתיקנו החכמים הראשונים שחייב אדם לומר, או האם התקנה הייתה אחרית, דהיינו שחייב אדם להתפלל שמונה עשרה ברכות בסדר מסוים...
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