Praying in a Minyan
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Prayer During the Ten Days of Repentance Some people have certain prayer customs on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur which are not accurate according to Jewish law. All the same, a person should not hastily renounce a custom which has be handed down from generation to generation.
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Praypal
Should the person who organized the minyan lead the prayers, or does the other man take precedence, because he is observing a yahrtzeit? -
Raising Doubts
If someone always disturbs others during Davening, is it permitted to "test" his awareness? -
Finding Out Late about the Presence of a Kohen or Levi
As a gabbai, sometimes I do not realize either that a kohen is present and I give the first aliya to a non-kohen, or that a levi is present and I give the second aliya to the kohen. What do we do when this is discovered? -
Who Can Be Counted in a Minyan?
Can Non-Religious Jews be counted as part of the Minyan? Can you count people who are still in the middle of Shemoneh Esrei? What should you do if people leave in the middle of the Minyan? -
Kri’at HaTorah in the Shadow of Corona
When minyanim are taking place with the permission of health authorities under social distancing rules, what should be done to separate “functionaries”? -
Minyan in a Stairwell
My apartment building has a Minyan in its stairwell. Are the steps a mchitza to be mafsik tziruf for a Minyan?
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