Lchatchilah, you should wait for the 10th person to come to shul and only then start the Amida. However if you didn't wait and the 10th person arrived after…
Lchatchilah, you should wait for the 10th person to come to shul and only then start the Amida. However if you didn't wait and the 10th person arrived after…
It is permitted but should not be put at eye level. Nonetheless, rumor has it that the Rebbe was opposed to this, even when not on the eastern wall.…
Wordless Niggunim that help inspire and uplift a person while davening are definitely allowed, even to be sung by the person davening. In fact, the Rebbe encourages this often…
It can be said throughout the day. If it's said after Mincha it should not be said as obligatory, rather as if one is reading Torah (Tehillim). Sources: שו"ע…
שאלה: האם אפשר לשמוע ולהשתתף במנין ב770 בטלפון 770live ולענות לקדישים, ברכו, חזרת השץ, ופתיחת הארון? מענה: כמובן שאינו יכול לצאת ידי חובת תפילה במנין. אבל אפשר לענות…
If the cage is on a table, which is 10 tefachim high and 4x4 tefachim wide, as long as you cannot smell the smell from where you are, you…
During Davening and Birchas HaMazon one should wear a double covering, specifically a hat on top of the Yarmulke. It is the Minhag of some Ba'alei Nefesh to wear…
If you intended originally to wash your hands for Davening, then you do not need to wash your hands again after eating, so long that you didn’t touch covered…
This Shema is not like Shema during davening and one may be mafsik for a tzorech of any dvar mitzvah or mipnei hakovod, even in the middle of a…
If one has already answered Kedushah but hears a Minyan saying Kedushah, he should stop and say it with them. See here for more details. This answer is sponsored:…
Full Question: How is it possible to keep the Halochos of not walking in front of someone during Davening? Not to do עושה שלום if someone behind you is…
למרות שזה לא מצב אידיאלי, מותר לקרוא בברכה. וראה כאן ובמראי מקומות לשם.
1. From half-hour before the time for Krias Shma until after one Davens Maariv, it is forbidden to eat a proper meal. However, one may snack on small quantities…
No. Sources: שו״ע או״ח צו, א. אדה״ז שם.
Question: Sometimes by Shluchim on Rosh Hashana or Yom Kippur when Chazoras Hashatz is really long, they tell the Chazzan to read it quietly while he gives a speech,…
When Davening it is appropriate to use a Siddur. Besides for the Kedusha that the Siddur has, which the phone does not, the phone is likely to generate unwanted…
If you actually hear every word, even if it is quick, you are certainly Yotzei. Additionally, it is debatable if one is Halachically obligated to hear every word of Krias…
התחיל להגיע לבית הכנסת גוי ומבקש סידור וטלית. אני נמנע מלתת לו סידור וטלית איך שהוא הוא מצליח לקחת בעצמו או בעזרת מישהו אחר את הסידור/תהילים וטלית. שאלה: מה ההלכה…
There is a Machlokes about this matter. L’chatchilla one should wipe wet areas before putting on Tefillin. (If a little amount of water remains it’s not a concern). B'dieved, if…
One may interrupt for any pressing Mitzvah matter. Certainly one may - and must - answer אמן ,נקדישך and/or ברכו. One should not interrupt to talk during any learning…
Question: The Alter Rebbe writes in the Siddur “Lo Yafa Heim” about people that learn or say Tachanunim during Chazaras Hashatz, even if they listen to the end of…
Yes, it is Minhag Chabad. See below for the sources. Sources: נרות ביהכ״נ - הובא בגמ׳ ברכות נג, א. ובכ״מ בראשונים. וכ״ה בשו״ע או״ח קנא, ט. רחצ, יא…
Firstly, it is not our place to "correct" and edit any part of the Siddur. This Brocho specifically was composed by Rabban Gamliel in Yavneh with approval from all…
האם לפני חצות לילה של ב’ מרחשון, כלומר לילה אחרי ר”ח, גם לא אומרים תחנון כמו במוצאי שבת? או במוצאי ר”ח כן אומרים תחנון?
הרבי העלה שאלה זו בהתוועדות והשאיר את זה בספק. גישה אחת היא לחכות עד אחרי חצות ואז לומר תחנון. מקורות: ראה שיחת פסח שני תשמ״ג. ובהנחה - תורת…
You should go back to the last bracha you remember saying. Sources: לדעת רוה"פ חוזר להתפלל מהברכה שודאי אמר, מחמת ספק שמא דילג על אחת הברכות. וכמה אחרונים…
