Fact or myth-Pouring liquids backwards:[1] A. The custom: Many of the populace are accustomed to not pour liquids backwards. Below we will discuss the details of this tradition, its sources, reasons, Halachic pushback’s, and whether its practice is to be encouraged or discouraged from being followed. B. Does it have […]
Fact or myth-Pouring liquids backwards
Fact or myth-Pouring liquids backwards:[1] A. The custom: Many of the populace are accustomed to not pour liquids backwards. Below we will discuss the details of this tradition, its sources, reasons, Halachic pushback’s, and whether its practice is to be encouraged or discouraged from being followed. B. Does it have […]
Kibud Av Vaeim-Communication and visitations-Staying in touch with one’s parents
Communication and visitations-Staying in touch with one’s parents:[1] A. Living near one’s parents:[2] It is proper for one to live near his parents in order so one can properly honor them and help them with their needs. This especially applies once parents are old. Nonetheless, this is not necessarily an […]
Kibud Av Vaeim-Communication and visitations-Staying in touch with one’s parents
Communication and visitations-Staying in touch with one’s parents:[1] A. Living near one’s parents:[2] It is proper for one to live near his parents in order so one can properly honor them and help them with their needs. This especially applies once parents are old. Nonetheless, this is not necessarily an […]
From the Rav’s Desk: Eating bread in a bag without washing while on a trip
Question: [Sunday, 15th Sivan, 5783] We were on a class field trip in the mountains the other day with our school and when it came time for lunch almost nobody bothered to wash their hands for the bread. They simply ate the bread through the bag claiming that when you’re […]
Eating bread in a bag without washing while on a trip
Question: [Sunday, 15th Sivan, 5783] We were on a class field trip in the mountains the other day with our school and when it came time for lunch almost nobody bothered to wash their hands for the bread. They simply ate the bread through the bag claiming that when you’re […]
Tzoa-Davening and learning near feces and urine: Summary of laws-Part 1
Tzoa-Davening and learning near feces and urine[1]: Summary of laws-Part 1 1. The Biblical prohibition:[2] It is Biblically forbidden for one to pray, say the Shema, or learn Torah, within the sight, or close proximity, of feces [i.e. Tzoa]. The source in scripture: This prohibition is derived from the verse […]
Tzoa-Davening and learning near feces and urine: Summary of laws-Part 1
Tzoa-Davening and learning near feces and urine[1]: Summary of laws-Part 1 1. The Biblical prohibition:[2] It is Biblically forbidden for one to pray, say the Shema, or learn Torah, within the sight, or close proximity, of feces [i.e. Tzoa]. The source in scripture: This prohibition is derived from the verse […]
What to do if absentmindedly Davened Musaf before Shacharis on Shabbos and Yom Tov?
Question: [Thursday, 12th Sivan, 5783] On Yom Tov when we got up to the Shemoneh Esrei of Shacharis and needed to turn the pages in order to reach the Yom Tov Shemoneh Esrei, I absentmindedly turned to the Musaf Shemoneh Esrei of Yom Tov, and ended up praying the entire […]
From the Rav’s Desk: What to do if absentmindedly Davened Musaf before Shacharis on Shabbos and Yom Tov?
Question: [Thursday, 12th Sivan, 5783] On Yom Tov when we got up to the Shemoneh Esrei of Shacharis and needed to turn the pages in order to reach the Yom Tov Shemoneh Esrei, I absentmindedly turned to the Musaf Shemoneh Esrei of Yom Tov, and ended up praying the entire […]
