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When wearing shoes, one must put the right shoe on first without tying the laces. One then puts on the left shoe...
Wednesday, November 9, 2011/Heshwan 12, 5772
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Maran z"l states in the Shulhan 'Arukh that there are those who stand the entire day on Yom Kippur and the entire...
Tuesday, October 4, 2011/Tashri 6, 5772
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Many of the Selihoth (Penitential prayers) have beautiful haunting melodies. (Hear some at
The purpose of the Selihoth is to bring oneself to feel contrite about the sins that one has committed,...
Tuesday, August 17, 2010/Elul 7, 5770
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Even though one can make Teshubah (repentance) any time of the year, the forty days from Rosh Hodesh Elul till Yom...
Wednesday, August 11, 2010/Elul 1, 5770
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The Seventeen of Tammuz is a fast day and the first of the twenty two days of the saddest period in the Jewish...
Wednesday, June 30, 2010/Tammuz 18, 5770
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"Yaer H' Panaw Elekha Wiyhonnekka" (G-d will shine His Countenance upon you and be gracious to you [Bamidbar 6:...
Friday, May 21, 2010/Siwan 8, 5770
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The fiftieth day of the 'Omer is the festival of Shabu'oth. Since there must be seven full weeks between Pesah and...
Monday, May 10, 2010/Iyyar 26, 5770
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At the conclusion of a Holiday (Yom Tob), both when it becomes Hol Hammo'ed or an ordinary day (Hol), the Habdalah...
Sunday, April 4, 2010/Nisan 20, 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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It is well known that there are people who talk during the prayers, the Derashoth (sermons) and the Qaddish. Not only...
Thursday, November 12, 2009/Heshwan 25, 5770
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If people are praying by heart and there are no prayer books available and someone does not remember the 'Amidah by...
Monday, October 19, 2009/Heshwan 1, 5770
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