If one is required to eat on Yom Kippur due to medical reasons, a Rov should be consulted in advance to receive specific dispensation from fasting. However, in case…
If one is required to eat on Yom Kippur due to medical reasons, a Rov should be consulted in advance to receive specific dispensation from fasting. However, in case…
In Chazars Hashatz of (Shachris and Mussaf of) Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur there are two parts, the Tefilah and the Piyutim/Slichos. During the Tefilah, the Chazzan must say…
.כדאי Sources: אף שנהגו בער״ה - ובמט״א תקפא סמ״ט מהשל״ה מס׳ יומא לעשות בכל עשי״ת - מ״מ פשוט שנכון תמיד. ובפרט בחודש התשובה. והרי יש שנהגו ארבעים יום קודם ר״ה.…
צריך להוריד המנעלים מיד. אם אינו יכול ללכת הביתה בלי מנעלים (מכיון שיורד גשם והדומה) יכול ללכת לבוש במנעלים - ויורידם מיד שיגיע לביתו. אם אפשר יחליף של ימין בשמאל…
The Alter Rebbe speaks of women going to Mikvah before Yom Kippur. What is the accepted Lubavitcher Minhag regarding this? Is there a specific reason why some married women…
It is permitted but should not be used unless necessary or one is concerned that the fast might have to be broken. Sources: .חלקת יעקב ב, נח. קנין…
A woman after birth - up to and including the third day since birth - need not fast. Within seven days - consult with a Rov. After that period…
Pregnant women or nursing women must fast like all healthy women. The dispensation from fasting is only if it's potentially a life threatening condition. Therefore, in low risk pregnancy,…
Continued: Usually during Aseres Yemei Teshuva if one does not remember if he said Hamelech Hakodosh, he must Daven Shmone Esrei over again because one is used to saying…
The Minhag is that boys under Bar Mitzvah don't not say Hataras Nedarim, even if they will become Bar Mitzvah within the year. Nonetheless, since his Bar Mitzvah is…
Pregnant women or nursing women must fast Yom Kippur like all healthy women. A woman after birth - up to and including the third day since birth - need…
