The Law Regarding a Woman Who Forgets to Recite the Blessings of the Torah We have explained in the previous Halacha that if one forgets to recites the Blessings of the Torah and only realizes this after one has concluded Shacharit prayers, one may no longer recite these blessings, for one has already fulfilled his…
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Morning Blessings
The Law Regarding One Who Forgets to Recite the Morning Blessings The Morning Blessings (“Birkot Ha’Shachar”) are the blessings recited every morning beginning from the “Elohai Neshama” blessing until the end of the Blessings of the Torah. Both men and women must recite these blessings, as we have discussed in the laws of the Morning…
obligation to cover one’s head
Question: Must one wear a Kippa on one’s head at the beach? (Obviously, this refers to a situation where being present at the beach poses no modesty concerns, such as in Israel where there are kosher, separate beaches for men and women.) Similarly, when one wishes to recite a blessing, is placing one’s hand on…
Gospel of the Nazirenes
CHAPTER 46: The Transfiguration on the Mount. The Giving of the Law 1. After six days, when the Feast of Tabernacles was near at hand, Yeshua took the twelve and brought them separately up into a high mountain, and as he was praying his appearance was changed , and he was transfigured before them,…
Tu Be’av
Tu Be’av of the Sixth Year of the Shemitta Cycle This coming year, 5775 (beginning from this coming Rosh Hashanah) marks the Shemitta year (the Seventh year of theShemitta cycle). Beginning today, Tu Be’av (the Fifteenth of Av) of the Sixth year of the Shemitta cycle, some of the laws of Shemittacome into effect. The…
Kaddish
Use of Spanish The only Spanish traditionally included in the services is a translation of the Haftara on the Fast of Av. However, in recent years a Spanish table hymn – Bendigamos – has been introduced to the London community from New York, being sung immediately before or after Birkat Hamazon. Although not an authentic London custom,…
Tu Be’av
Tomorrow, Monday, marks Tu Be’av, the Fifteenth of Av. The Mishnah in Masechet Ta’anit (26b) states: “Rabban Shimon ben Gamilel said: There were no better days for the Jewish nation than the Fifteenth of Av and Yom Kippur, for on the Fifteenth of Av the young women of Jerusalem would go out wearing borrowed white…
Fast of Tisha Be’av
Those Who Are Obligated and Exempt From the Fast of Tisha Be’av Someone Ill with a Non-Life-Threatening Illness One who is ill (meaning that he is actually bedridden and the like, even if the illness is not life-threatening) is exempt from fasting on Tisha Be’av. When in doubt about one’s status, one should consult a…
G-d-fearing individuals
Question: Is there an obligation to leave an area in one’s home unplastered or unfinished as is the custom of some G-d-fearing individuals? Answer: The Gemara (Baba Batra 60b) states that following the destruction of the Bet Hamikdash, the Sages of that generation instituted that one may not build a house plastered and adorned like…
Motza’ei Tisha Be’av
The Laws of Motza’ei Tisha Be’av and the Tenth of Av After halachic nightfall on Tisha Be’av which is approximately twenty minutes after sunset, one is permitted to eat and drink. It is customary to recite Birkat Ha’Levana (blessing on the new moon) following Arvit prayers on Motza’ei Tisha Be’av; it is preferable to eat…
The Laws of Erev Tisha Be’av
The Sefer HaMinhagim, authored by Rabbeinu Eizik Tirna, states that one should not leisurely stroll around on Erev Tisha Be’av. The Rama, some great Acharonim, and seemingly Maran Ha’Chida as well, rule accordingly. On Erev Tisha Be’av during the “Seuda Ha’Mafseket,” last meal before the fast (which takes place following halachic midday, as we shall…
Laws Pertaining to Tisha Be’av
There are five categories of abstinence which must be observed on Tisha Be’av: Eating and drinking, washing one’s self, rubbing one’s body with oils or lotions, wearing leather shoes, and marital relations. Our Sages also prohibited learning Torah on Tisha Be’av, for the words of Torah gladden the heart. The only portions of Torah that…
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