What is better-To say the blessing on one’s own or to be Yotzei with another/Chazan?[1] Birchas Hamitzvos: Mitzvos that are fulfilled individually:[2] Whenever a Minyan of people are fulfilling the same Mitzvah at the same time, and each individual is performing their own Mitzvah, such as each person is wrapping […]
Arrived to Shul right before Shemoneh Esrei of Maariv
What is one to do if he arrived to Shul right before Shemoneh Esrei of Maariv?[1] One who entered a Minyan who already completed Kerias Shema and are now ready to Daven Shemoneh Esrei, he is to Daven Shemoneh Esrei with the Minyan, and [immediately[2]] after Davening he is to […]
Laws of Hesped/Eulogies
This article is an excerpt from our Sefer Eulogy/Hesped:[1] The law: It is a great Mitzvah to properly eulogize the deceased.[2] Whoever cries upon the death of a Kosher Jew, Hashem counts the tears and places them in his supernal treasure chest. Whoever is lax in eulogizing a Kosher Jew […]
Are children obligated to recite the Shema?
Are children obligated to recite the Shema?[1] Below age of Chinuch:[2] A child who is below the age of Chinuch is exempt from reciting Keiras Shema [by night and day].[3] Above age of Chinuch: A son who has reached the age of Chinuch is obligated in Shema [of both morning […]
Blessing children on Friday night:
Blessing children on Friday night: It is an old age custom for parents and Rabbis to bless their children and students with Birchas Kohanim on Friday night.[1] Doing so does not transgress the prohibition[2] against a non-Kohen reciting Birchas Kohanim[3], although it is forbidden for the person to raise his […]
Non-Kohanim reciting Birchas Kohanim and performing Nesias Kapayim:
Non-Kohanim reciting Birchas Kohanim and performing Nesias Kapayim:[1] It is forbidden for a non-Kohen to perform Nesias Kapayim. A non-Kohen who performs Neisas Kapayim transgresses a Biblical positive command.[2] This applies even if the non-Kohen performs Nesias Kapayim together with the other Kohanim.[3] [This applies even if the non-Kohen does […]
Stepping on egg shells
The mystical danger of stepping on egg shells:[1] One who steps on egg shells endangers himself to receive Tzaraas/leprosy. [Although many of the Talmudic, and even codified warnings of mystical dangers are no longer followed today[2], practically, many people are accustomed to abstaining from stepping on egg shells even today. […]
Peeled eggs, onions and garlic left overnight
Peeled eggs, onions and garlic left overnight:[1] One may not eat peeled garlic or a peeled onion or a peeled egg which stayed overnight.[2] [One who eats this food enters himself into danger.[3]] If the food was in a bag or container:[4] The above prohibition applies even if the peeled […]
Using a peeler on Shabbos
May one use a peeler to peel fruits and vegetables on Shabbos?[1] Inedible peels:[2] Those fruits and vegetable which majority of people do not eat together with the peel, and it is rather removed and discarded prior to eating, according to all opinions, it is [Biblically[3]] forbidden to use a […]
Giving Halachic rulings under the influence of alcohol or other substance
Giving Halachic rulings under the influence of alcohol or other substance:[1] Every person must beware not to give a Halachic ruling when under the influence of wine or other alcoholic beverages [or even non-alcoholic beverage which has slightly blurred his mind[2]]. [The same applies for one who is in a […]
