- Shabbat and Holidays
- Ten Days of Repentance
Fast for Aseret yemei teshuva
Question
In the Mishna brura it explains that people used to fast for Aseret yemei teshuva and today it seems that this custom is hardly in use - why is this ?
Answer
Fasting often precludes keeping other mitzvot- like studying Torah- with the required energy.

mourning
Rabbi David Sperling | Iyyar 4, 5777

Music during the 10 Days of Repentance
Various Rabbis | Elul 27, 5774

Rabbi Jonathan Blass
Rabbi of Neve Tzuf and Rosh Kollel "Ratzon Yehuda".

Yizkor for a Ger
23 Tishrei 5763

Aliyah Latorah for a Non Cohen
14 Tishrei 5763

Yom Tov Sheini vs. Work
14 Tishrei 5763

MUST a Cohen Duchin?
28 Tishrei 5763

Relations with a gentile woman
Rabbi Chaim Tabasky | Tevet 16, 5768

Mehadrin/Rabbanut
Various Rabbis | 16 Cheshvan 5764

Cutting hair after lag bomer
Rabbi David Sperling | Iyyar 17, 5772

Halachic Questions in General
Rabbi David Sperling | Tammuz 14, 5775
halachas
Rabbi Daniel Kirsch | Iyyar 21, 5782

Chareidim and Israel
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Iyyar 22, 5782

negiah with niece - level of prohibition
Rabbi David Sperling | Iyyar 21, 5782
