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After the prayer on Shabbath morning (or Yom Tob), may the men fold their Sissith (Tallith Gadol) or not?...
Friday, January 13, 2012/Tebeth 18, 5772
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During the Minha prayer of Shabbath a Qaddish is read after 'Uba LeSion' before the Sefer Torah is taken out....
Friday, January 6, 2012/Tebeth 11, 5772
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On the four public fast days (apart from the 9th of Ab), the Torah portion of Wayhal Moshe (Shemoth 32:11-14 and...
Monday, January 2, 2012/Tebeth 7, 5772
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"And Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath"... (Bereshith 35,19)
The tomb of the Matriarch...
Friday, December 9, 2011/Kislew 13, 5772
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When answering the Qaddish, there are different customs. Some Ashkenazim answer from Yehe Shemeh Rabbah till...
Monday, December 5, 2011/Kislew 9, 5772
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On Simhath Torah, a Kohen can be called up as Hathan Torah. In such a case, another Kohen should go up for the...
Wednesday, October 19, 2011/Tashri 21, 5772
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We begin the request for rain, Mashib HaRuwah Umorid HaGeshem (according Sephardim or Gashem...
Tuesday, October 18, 2011/Tashri 20, 5772
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As is well known, there is a difference of opinion between Sephardim and Ashkenazim concerning whether women...
Wednesday, October 12, 2011/Tashri 14, 5772
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Bread and other Hames (leaven products) are probably the most commonly found food items in most households. Many...
Monday, March 21, 2011/Adar B 15, 5771
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All fruits grown in the Land of Israel require Terumah and Ma'aser Rishon (first tithes) to be separated from...
Wednesday, January 19, 2011/Shebat 14, 5771
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Maran Yoseph Caro (Qaro), 'a"h, writes in the Shulhan 'Aruch that the tablecloth and the bread must not be removed...
Friday, January 7, 2011/Shebat 2, 5771
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The Shulhan 'Arukh mentions that the Shema' contains 245 words. In order to make it 248 words to represent the 248...
Tuesday, October 26, 2010/Heshwan 18, 5771
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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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The prohibition of eating meat during the nine days (from Rosh Hodesh for Ashkenazim and from after Rosh Hodesh...
Tuesday, July 13, 2010/Ab 2, 5770
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If one is listening to the news during the 22 days (the three weeks), and the station has musical breaks between...
Wednesday, July 7, 2010/Tammuz 25, 5770
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The custom is not to hold weddings from the seventeenth (17th) of tammuz till the ninth of Ab. This applies even...
Sunday, July 4, 2010/Tammuz 22, 5770
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Painting/coloring is forbidden on Shabbath. However, the Shulhan 'Aruch states that one may put saffron into food...
Friday, July 2, 2010/Tammuz 20, 5770
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As, I think, everyone is aware by now, yesterday we lost one of our holiest sages and a great Rabbinic leader, HaRab...
Tuesday, June 8, 2010/Siwan 26, 5770
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One must be particular to pay close attention to the reading of the Ten Commandments on the morning of Shabu'oth and...
Tuesday, May 11, 2010/Iyyar 27, 5770
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There are varying customs concerning the laws of the 'Omer on Lagh La'Omer (the 33rd day of the 'Omer), especially...
Wednesday, April 28, 2010/Iyyar 14, 5770
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It says in Ben Ish Hai about the custom in his city of Baghdad when taking out the Sefer Torah from the Hekhal...
Monday, April 26, 2010/Iyyar 12, 5770
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When someone eats bread he has to first make Netilath Yadayim (the ritual washing of hands) three times on the right...
Monday, April 12, 2010/Nisan 28, 5770
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The middle Massa (Matzah) is divided into two pieces and the larger piece is set aside for the Afiqomen at the end of...
Monday, March 29, 2010/Nisan 14, 5770
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At the Seder on Pesah men are obligated to eat and drink the required quantities of Massa (Matza) and wine while...
Sunday, March 28, 2010/Nisan 13, 5770
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On the first two days of Pesah (Passover), the full Hallel is recited. The question is whether, when the full Hallel...
Wednesday, March 24, 2010/Nisan 9, 5770
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The order of the blessings and candle lighting on Yom Tob (a Holy Day) which does not fall on Shabbath is different...
Tuesday, March 23, 2010/Nisan 8, 5770
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Before going to sleep we read Shema' Yisrael. According to the Shulhan 'Aruch, it is sufficient to read the first...
Monday, January 25, 2010/Shebat 10, 5770
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One who is reciting the Qaddish (Kaddish), must do so in a calm temperate manner, and not hurriedly. This is because...
Monday, January 11, 2010/Tebeth 25, 5770
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We mentioned previously that it says in Ben Ish Hai, that one must never omit the Hazarah (repetition of the 'Amidah)...
Tuesday, January 5, 2010/Tebeth 19, 5770
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It says in the Shulhan 'Arukh that one may make a mark with one's finger nail in a book on Shabbath, the way that...
Thursday, December 3, 2009/Kislew 16, 5770
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If a person who is eating bread says the Beracha of "Shehakol" or "Borei Minei Mezonoth" or "Borei Peri Ha-adamah",...
Wednesday, December 2, 2009/Kislew 15, 5770
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Hatmanah, which is the act of insulating food by covering, is forbidden on Shabbath, when the food is in the vessel...
Thursday, November 5, 2009/Heshwan 18, 5770
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There are some differences between the customs of Ashkenzim and Sephardim when it comes to cutting one's nails.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009/Heshwan 2, 5770
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We must start the holy day (Yom Tob) of Yom kippur some time before sunset. On the eve of Shabbath we do this when we...
Sunday, September 27, 2009/Tashri 9, 5770
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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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It says in Parashath Beha'alothkha that those who were unable to bring the Qorban Pesah (Paschal sacrifice),...
Thursday, May 7, 2009/Iyyar 13, 5769
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Men are obligated to count the 'Omer every night with a Berakha ([Bracha] blessing), provided, of course, they...
Monday, April 13, 2009/Nisan 19, 5769
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It says in Parashath Miqqes that Yoseph Hassaddiq (Joseph) ‘a"h, locked away his brothers for three days....
Friday, December 26, 2008/Kislew 29, 5769
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Who should light the Hanukkah (the menorah) in the home?
There is a well known difference in this between...
Sunday, December 21, 2008/Kislew 24, 5769
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