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People often say that the most difficult prayer during the week is Minha. It has to be prayed at specific times...
Sunday, January 1, 2012/Tebeth 6, 5772
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Both the Qaddish and the repetition of the 'Amidah/Qedusha require a quorum of ten men in order to begin reciting...
Wednesday, December 7, 2011/Kislew 11, 5772
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Ordinarily, one who forgot to pray 'Arbith would have to pray the silent Shahrith 'Amidah twice, the first for...
Wednesday, November 30, 2011/Kislew 4, 5772
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Tashlumin (praying a make up 'Amidah for one that was missed) can only be done during the next prayer. If one did...
Tuesday, November 29, 2011/Kislew 3, 5772
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If one forgot to pray Musaf and the time for Musaf has passed, one cannot pray a make up 'Amidah during the next...
Monday, November 28, 2011/Kislew 2, 5772
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The Rosh (Rabbenu Asher, 'a"h) was born and initially lived in the Ashkenzi lands, but because of persecution...
Sunday, November 27, 2011/Kislew 1, 5772
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A man should make every effort to pray in a Synagogue with a congregation. Nevertheless, one must not do so in a...
Tuesday, November 1, 2011/Heshwan 4, 5772
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If one enters a Synagogue when the congregation are praying Minha, and finds that they are in the middle of the...
Tuesday, July 12, 2011/Tammuz 10, 5771
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ולא ראה עמל בישראל "He saw no perverseness in Israel" (Bamidbar 23:21). Onkelos translates this as...
Thursday, July 7, 2011/Tammuz 5, 5771
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A Cohen who does not know how to articulate the letters correctly, such as saying Aleph for Ahn or Heh for Heth...
Tuesday, October 19, 2010/Heshwan 11, 5771
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The Shulhan 'Arukh states that one should run when going to the Synagogue or when going to perform any commandment...
Monday, October 18, 2010/Heshwan 10, 5771
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It says in Parashath 'Eqeb, וזכרת את יהוה אלהיך כי הוא הנתן לך כח לעשות...
Thursday, July 29, 2010/Ab 18, 5770
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If there is no Kohen (Cohen) present in the Synagogue at the time of the reading of the Torah, in Sephardi...
Tuesday, July 27, 2010/Ab 16, 5770
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Any labor that is forbidden on Shabbath is likewise forbidden on Yom Tob (with a few exceptions). The reason for...
Monday, May 3, 2010/Iyyar 19, 5770
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In many communities, when the 'Omer is counted in the Synagogue, the Hazzan first recites the blessing and counts the...
Wednesday, April 21, 2010/Iyyar 7, 5770
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The Shulhan 'Aruch, quoting the Gemarra, states that after leaving the Synagogue one should go to the Beth Midrash to...
Sunday, January 3, 2010/Tebeth 17, 5770
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We are not permitted to use a Synagogue as a short cut. So if a Synagogue is in the middle of a block and has one...
Wednesday, July 15, 2009/Tammuz 23, 5769
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We mentioned previously that the Sages of the Anshei Keneseth Haggedolah instituted a Birkath Hoda-ah (blessing of...
Monday, June 29, 2009/Tammuz 7, 5769
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The Gaon Hida, 'a"h, writes that according to the Ari z"l, the Qaddish also helps the soul rise in...
Sunday, June 21, 2009/Siwan 29, 5769
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If someone needs to enter a Synagogue or a Beth Midrash (study hall), for a purpose not connected with prayer or...
Sunday, June 14, 2009/Siwan 22, 5769
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How important is it for a woman, to go to Synagogue on Shabbath?
Hakham Yoseph Hayyim 'a"h, answers...
Wednesday, June 3, 2009/Siwan 11, 5769
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According to Rabbenu the Arizal, the entire Qabbalath Shabbath prayer on Friday evening must be prayed facing west....
Thursday, March 19, 2009/Adar 23, 5769
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