Question: I have seen the seder of aliyos “Kohen-Levi-Yisroel” being disregarded way too many times, especially on Shabbos before Yud Shvat and Simchas Torah, when everyone wants an aliyah.…
Question: I have seen the seder of aliyos “Kohen-Levi-Yisroel” being disregarded way too many times, especially on Shabbos before Yud Shvat and Simchas Torah, when everyone wants an aliyah.…
שאלה: ראיתי ב'שערים המצוינים בהלכה' של כ' זקנו כמה אופנים שניתן לקרוא לישראל במקום כהן. כמדומה שעיקר ההיתר הוא בעת שמנדב לביהכנ"ס. וכן שמעתי שב770 נותנים רק כשנותנים הרבה…
מותר לעשות נפילת אפים, כל עוד ואינו יושב בשעה שהס"ת יוצא או נכנס לארון אלא כשהוא מונח על הבימה, כי אין חיוב מעיקר הדין לעמוד בשעת קריאת התורה או…
Question: When doing Oseh Shalom often there is no room to take 3 proper steps back or to the side, for example when the shul is crowded. What should…
It seems there is a machlokes haposkim regarding this. What does Chabad do? Answer: There is no official Chabad custom on the matter. I believe the common custom…
No, it is a matter of custom. However, there are clear sources against wearing a Talis during Maariv/Arvit. Sources: ראה ספר משנת חסידים התחלה (מפתח הכוונות). שו"ע אדה״ז…
As a general rule, they should not be given an Aliyah. This will also serve as a statement that doing such an aveira is worse than many other aveiros,…
No need. Sources: הנה בראשונים - שו"ת מהר"ם בר"ב [דפוס לבוב] קיג. תשובת האו״ז, הובא מרדכי מגילה תתלג, והביאו בב״י או"ח קמז. רמ"א שם ב - שהרשות למכור…
Question: Someone told me that the Alter Rebbe's Siddur is not the real Nusach Ari, because more recently they found in Shaar Hakavonos that Reb Chaim Vital writes that…
I recall once seeing in a Sefer that a minyan of just 6 davening doesn't have the advantage of הן א-ל כביר לא ימאס. Does this have a source…
Before one begins Shema: One should have in mind that he is about to fulfil the mitzvah of reading the portion of Shema (and to fulfil the mitzvah of…
Where women would be visible, however, no women are currently present? Answer: One may daven there when no women are present. ראה שו"ת מהר"י שטייף סי' קל"ו…
This is not completely clear: one approach is not to say it at all. A second approach is to say it after Kadish. A third approach, to say it…
Question: Is it tznius for over Bas Mitzvah girls to daven in a place like Prospect Park (not while on the go, specifically going to park to daven there)?…
אם לא תתבטל תפלת הציבור עי״ז, עדיף להתפלל ביחיד בזמנה מלהתפלל בציבור לפני הנץ החמה. ומכל מקום, נכון לבוא לתפלת הציבור ולשמוע קדיש קדושה וברכו וכו׳. ומה טוב, אם…
Ideally, two other people should stand by the bimah, one to his right and one to his left. The baal koreh should hold both atzei chaim. Sources: שיעמדו…
I've seen that there seems to be some dispute regarding this, but what is the halacha l'maase? Answer: You should answer only Amen yehei shmei... and the last…
Question: We are planning to make a brunch for the mechutamin on the 7th day after the chasuna. They will have had a sheva brachos the night before. Should…
Question: Our minyan often begins with only 8-9 people and the Chazan sometimes must wait at Borchu for a tenth. Can I say tehillim during this pause (between Yishtabach…
תשובה: אין אומרים חזרת הש"ץ, דהיינו כל זמן שאין עשרה כשמתחיל חזרת הש"ץ, אין לומר חזרת הש"ץ (חוץ מתפילת ערבית שאם הי' שם עשרה בשעת התפילה ויצאו אחר שמו"ע…
