- Halacha
- The Chazzan
Prayer Leader Keeping Shabbat
Question
Sould the person acting as a prayer leader be Shomer Shabbat?
Answer
The Chazan that leads the Tfilah should be a man that represents the community before Hashem and as so should be an appropriate person of good characteristics.
In any case he mustn't be one that doesn't believe in G-d or the Torah. (Mishna Brura 126; 2)
Similarly he should be a Jew that keeps Shabbat according to Halacha. (Zichron Yehuda OC 6, Yalkut Yosef)
In cases of great need the local rabbinic authority should be consulted.

Leading a Service
Various Rabbis | 26 Elul 5763

Shaliach tzibbur for in a different nusach
Various Rabbis | Nisan 29, 5768

Birkot HaShachar
Various Rabbis | 23 Sivan 5765

Praying
Rabbi Jonathan Blass | 1 Elul 5763

Rabbi Elchanan Lewis
Former Rabbi of Jewish congregation in Perth, Australia

Meat and Dairy prohibition
10 Tammuz 5764

Prayer and Jerusalem
11 Tammuz 5764

Pregnant at Funeral
20 Tammuz 5764

Shaving During the Three Weeks
17 Tammuz 5764

Tzeitchem Leshalom
Various Rabbis | 3 Sivan 5763

Fire on Shabbat
Rabbi Jonathan Blass | 26 Cheshvan 5767

Mezzuzah for Non Jew
Rabbi David Sperling | Iyyar 18, 5773

Buying new things during the Omer
Rabbi David Sperling | Iyyar 18, 5775

Trimming the beard
Rabbi David Sperling | Iyyar 16, 5782

Chareidim and Israel
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Iyyar 22, 5782
