Q & A: An Unusual Shehecheyanu (Part I)
Question: Why does the chazzan reciting Shehecheyanu on Yom Kippur night?
Elimelech Feldman
(Via E-Mail)
Q & A: Women’s Simchat Yom Tov Obligation
Question: According to Chazal, it would seem that women have no simcha obligation on Yom Tov other than to purchase new garments. Is that, in fact, the case?
M. Schwartz
Q & A: Praying In Other Languages (Part XIV)
Question: When reciting a berachah in English, does a person fulfill his obligation if he says “Hashem” instead of “L-rd” or “G-d”?
Yosef
Q & A: Praying In Other Languages (Part XIII)
Question: When reciting a berachah in English, does a person fulfill his obligation if he says “Hashem” instead of “L-rd” or “G-d”?
Yosef
Q & A: Praying In Other Languages (Part XII)
Question: When reciting a berachah in English, does a person fulfill his obligation if he says “Hashem” instead of “L-rd” or “G-d”?
Yosef
Q & A: Praying In Other Languages (Part XI)
Question: When reciting a berachah in English, does a person fulfill his obligation if he says “Hashem” instead of “L-rd” or “G-d”?
Yosef
Q & A: Praying In Other Languages (Part X)
Question: When reciting a berachah in English, does a person fulfill his obligation if he says “Hashem” instead of “L-rd” or “G-d”?
Yosef
Q & A: Praying In Other Languages (Part IX)
Question: When reciting a berachah in English, does a person fulfill his obligation if he says “Hashem” instead of “L-rd” or “G-d”?
Yosef
Q & A: Praying In Other Languages (Part VII)
Question: When reciting a berachah in English, does a person fulfill his obligation if he says “Hashem” instead of “L-rd” or “G-d”?
Yosef
Q & A: Praying In Other Languages (Part VI)
Question: When reciting a berachah in English, does a person fulfill his obligation if he says “Hashem” instead of “L-rd” or “G-d”?
Yosef
Q & A: Praying In Other Languages (Part V)
Question: When reciting a berachah in English, does a person fulfill his obligation if he says “Hashem” instead of “L-rd” or “G-d”?
Yosef
Q & A: Praying In Other Languages (Part IV)
Question: When reciting a berachah in English, does a person fulfill his obligation if he says “Hashem” instead of “L-rd” or “G-d”?
Yosef
Q & A: Praying In Other Languages (Part II)
Question: When reciting a berachah in English, does a person fulfill his obligation if he says “Hashem” instead of “L-rd” or “G-d”?
Yosef
Q & A: Praying In Other Languages (Part II)
Question: When reciting a berachah in English, does a person fulfill his obligation if he says “Hashem” instead of “L-rd” or “G-d”?
Yosef
Q & A: Praying In Other Languages (Part I)
Question: When reciting a berachah in English, does a person fulfill his obligation if he says “Hashem” instead of “L-rd” or “G-d”?
Yosef
Daf Yomi
What Pidyon Haben?
‘To Me, Daughters Are Dearer Than Sons’
(Bava Basra 141a)
Q & A: Standing During Chazarat Hashatz (Part IV)
Question: Is one obligated to stand while the shliach tzibbur repeats the Shemoneh Esreh? I have observed that some people stand during the whole repetition of the Amida while others sit most of the time.
Menachem
Q & A: Standing During Chazarat Hashatz (Part III)
Question: Is one obligated to stand while the shliach tzibbur repeats the Shemoneh Esreh? I have observed that some people stand during the whole repetition of the Amida while others sit most of the time.
Menachem
Q & A: Standing During Chazarat Hashatz (Part II)
Question: Is one obligated to stand while the shliach tzibbur repeats the Shemoneh Esreh? I have observed that some people stand during the whole repetition of the Amida while others sit most of the time.
Menachem
Q & A: Standing During Chazarat HaShatz (Part I)
Question: Is one obligated to stand while the shliach tzibbur repeats Shemoneh Esreh? I have observed that some people stand during the whole repetition of the Amida while others sit most of the time.
Menachem
Q & A: A Bar Mitzvah During Sefirah
Question: Should a boy continue counting the omer with a berachah once he becomes bar mitzvah?
A Reader
Chicago, IL
Q & A: Do Women Count The Omer?
Question: Are women supposed to count Sefirat HaOmer?
S. Feldman
Q & A: Do Women Count The Omer?
Question: Are women supposed to count Sefirat HaOmer?
S. Feldman
Q & A: Attending Weddings During Sefirah (Part II)
Question: My friends are getting married on Rosh Chodesh Sivan. I tried to convince them to do otherwise, as many people have a minhag not to attend weddings until three days before Shavuot. They told me they spoke to rabbis who allowed it. Is this right? May I attend?
Name Withheld By Request
Q & A: Attending Weddings During Sefirah (Part I)
Question: My friends are getting married on Rosh Chodesh Sivan. I tried to convince them to do otherwise, as many people have a minhag not to attend weddings until three days before Shavuot. They told me they spoke to rabbis who allowed it. Is this right? May I attend?
Name Withheld By Request