This article is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me on Amazon.com Learning Torah/Preparing for Purim: [1] The Maharil would not give a class on Taanis Esther in order to allow everyone the time to properly prepare for Purim. However others[2] write that the custom was to have classes on Taanis Esther. [According […]
Pidyon Haben
This article is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me on Amazon.com Pidyon Haben [1] If a Pidyon Haben is set to take place on a fast day the father and Kohen may eat just as is the law regarding a Bris.[2] However the meal is to take place at night, after […]
Bris Milah
This article is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me on Amazon.com Making a bris Milah on Taanis Esther:[1] One may not make a Seudas Mitzvah for the public on Taanis Esther and the meal is hence to take place after the fast. If the fast was pushed up to Thursday:[2] In […]
General laws of the Fast
This article is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me on Amazon.com General laws applicable on fast days: Rinsing the mouth: [1] On a public fast day one does not rinse his mouth in the morning. [If however this is causing one discomfort he may be lenient to rinse his mouth.[2]] Q&A […]
The Davening
This article is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me on Amazon.com The Davening: A. Selichos: Selichos are recited on a fast day.[1] The Chabad custom is to recite the Selichos within Tachanun[2], after Shemoneh Esrei of Shacharis.[3] Standing:[4] It is customarily recited while standing. This especially applies for the 13 attributes […]
Taanis Esther-The fast of Esther
Taanis Esther-A Yom Segula: The Kav Hayashar[1] writes that on Taanis Esther the gates of mercy are open, and it is hence an auspicious time for Hashem to accept one’s prayers. On this day one should recite psalm 22, which was recited in reference to Esther[2], and then […]
General Q&A on the 4 Parshiyos
This article is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me on Amazon.com During a leap year in which Adar are the four Parshiyos to be read?[1] In a leap year the four Parshiyos are read in the second Adar. What is the law if a congregation forgot to read one of […]
Parshas Hachodesh
This article is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me on Amazon.com Parshas Hachodesh: When: When [the second day of[1]] Rosh Chodesh Adar falls on Shabbos, Parshas Hachodesh is read on the fifth Shabbos in Adar which is the 29th of Adar.[2] When [the second day of] Rosh Chodesh Adar falls on […]
Parshas Parah
This article is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me on Amazon.com Parshas Parah and what to do if placed in quarantine: General laws:[1] A Biblical or Rabbinical obligation?[2] There are opinions[3] who say that there is a Biblical obligation to hear Parshas Parah.[4] [Many Poskim[5] however argue and rule there is […]
Parshas Zachor
This article is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me on Amazon.com Parshas Zachor: A Biblical or Rabbinical obligation:[1] There are opinions[2] which say that there is a Biblical obligation to hear Parshas Zachor.[3] Some opinions[4] rule this Biblical obligation is only fulfilled if one hears the reading of Zachor from a […]
