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May a person Daven Mincha in the middle of driving if he has no ability to stop at the side of the road, and Shekia will pass by the time he arrives to his destination?[1]

One should not Daven in the middle of driving, being that he must concentrate on the road, and hence applicable, he should daven Tashlumin of Shemoneh Esrei by the next prayer.

[1] Rav SZ”A in Halichos Shlomo 8:4; Leket Hakemach Hachadash 94:11; Piskeiy Teshuvos 94:8; See Admur 94:5-9

Does a Chilul Hashem apply towards Jews or only gentiles?

The Halachic concept of a Chilul Hashem is relevant to one of three scenarios:[1]

  1. One who transgresses a sin in public in front of 10 jews at a time of religious persecution or when a gentile threatens the life of the individual in order so he give up his religion.
  2. One who purposely transgresses a command for the purpose of an angering God.
  3. A Torah scholar or rabbinical leader who does things which are below his dignity.

Practically, we find the concept of Chilul Hashem primarily with regards to performing actions in front of other Jews, however, the concept is also applicable with gentles, such as the prohibition against cheating a Gentile even in a way that’s not legally forbidden due to it causing a Chilul Hashem, and from here comes the concept that doing anything which can cause another person to look down upon the Jewish religion is considered a Chilul Hashem.

[1] See Rambam Yesodei Hatorah 5:11; Encyclopedia Talmudit Vol. 15 Erech Chilul Hashem Vol. pp. 340-360

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Rabbi Yaakov Goldstein is a 6th generation descendent of the famous Chief Rabbi of Izhmir, Rav Yehoshua Avraham Krispin, who authored a number of Sefarim, and was a colleague of Rav Chaim Falagi, and father in-law of the Pesach Hadvir. He currently lives with his wife Shayna, and twelve children K”H, in Tzfas, Israel. Rabbi Goldstein received Semicha from Rabbi Schneur Zalman Labkowski of the Tomchei Temimim headquarters in 2005 and served as a chaplain in the Lotar/Kalatz and K9 unit of the IDF from years 2005-2008. He is also a certified Shochet, and has performed Hashgacha work in slaughterhouses. Rabbi Goldstein is the director of Shulchanaruchharav.com, the world’s leading web-based Halacha database, and is the director of the Home Study Semicha Program, a self-study web-based Semicha program. He is a prolific author of over 50 Sefarim studied by a wide range of readers throughout the world, which is used regularly in Semicha programs around the globe. He is a world renowned Posek, answering questions to a web-based market, and serves as a local Posek, Rav, and Lecturer, in the Tzemach Tzedek community Shul in Tzefas, Israel. His many classes can be heard both from his website, Vimeo and YouTube channel. Students can join live to classes given in the Tzemach Tzedek Shul, through the “בית חבד צפת Chabad Tsfat” YouTube channel.

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