1) Why don’t we say Borchi Nafshi on Rosh haShono?[1] 2) In חמול על מעשיך there are two different sequences. Why the change?[2] 3) Why do we not bow at the mention of the Shem haMeforash at the Goralos?[3] 4) Why do lower our Taleisim for Maariv on Motzei Read more
1) What is the significance of the posuk אור זרוע לצדיק said at the beginning of Kol Nidrei?[1] 2) Why are we not particular to begin Kol Nidrei during daytime?[2] 3) Is Hatoras Nedorim valid if done at night?[3] 4) During the blessing of the Kohanim, our custom is not Read more
1) Poskim say that one praying Selichos alone should omit the paragraphs that are in Aramaic. But how does that reconcile with our reciting (the 1st) Yekum Purkon alone?[1] 2) May one carry freely within a fenced-in public park?[2] 3) I have a Yemenite-style Shofar, enhanced with silver rings. Is Read more
1) Feedback: Seder before Mincha in 770 on the 9th of Av 5747: https://link.jem.tv/iQxjfj 2) Overheard: One should avoid wearing new shoes on Shabbos. Please enlighten me:[1] 3) When receiving Malkos on Erev Yom Kippur, what is the correct posture?[2] 4) I have the possibility to do Kaporos, including Read more
1) In the AR’s Sidur: וכן (נ”א: וכאן) שני כתובים…. Why do we have both versions?[1] 2) What are the guidelines for repurposing a church to be a Shul? [2] 3) I am reciting Tachanun and the Oron Kodesh is opened. Should I interrupt to stand up and say ויהי Read more
1) The lower hinge that holds the door of my fridge, is broken. The door of the fridge has a gusset all around that encloses a magnet. Effectively, the door could be offered onto the frame of the fridge-body and it will hold. May one do so on Shabbos?[1] 2) Read more
1) A comment of the Rebbe זי”ע on a phrase in Musaf of Rosh haShono:[1] 2) When mentioning [colloquially] Avodah Zoroh as “Elokim Acheirim”, we avoid pronouncing the word normally. Why so?[2] 3) One who travelled between Eretz Yisroel and the Diaspora during the period that the Torah Reading is Read more
1) Does one who adopted a new name need to now rewrite their Kesuba?[1] 2) Is a plate broken at the engagement of a couple who were both married previously?[2] 3) Hayom Yom (19 Av) advises to study a chapter of Mishna when wearing Rabenu Tam Tefilin after Shacharis. Please Read more
1) When I do שנים מקרא, should I do both times with trop or is once enough?[1] 2) One who missed Ya’ale v’Yovoi at Maariv of Rosh Chodesh “is not obliged to repeat the Shmoine Esrei”. Is he permitted to repeat if he so wishes?[2] 3) After Kiddush in Shul, our Read more
1) Explanation of a passage in Yechezkel’s description of the Third Beis haMikdosh.[1] 2) May I – due to a possible allergy to wine – make Kiddush on wine but have someone else drink it; for the night Kiddush and for the day Kiddush?[2] 3) I called up a Levi Read more