Lessons on Morning Brachot

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I just pulled an all-nighter, should I wash my hands?

The Halachot of washing when staying up all night.

Brachot When Waking Up

Does one recite a bracha after using the bathroom when waking up at night? Must one first wash his hands before reciting any bracha?

Specific Kapittel for help making a decision?

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Tallit for Gentile

How can a Non-jew pray to God? and can he wear a Tallit?

Unsure if he Recited Birkat Hatorah

Sometimes I am unsure if I recited Birkat Hatorah (=BKHT) and so I plan to remedy the situation by having in mind to fulfill BKHT with Ahava Raba. Sometimes, though, I am not sure whether I had that in mind while I was reciting Ahava Raba. What do I do in such a case?

Rabbi Daniel Mann | Adar I 21 5782

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One Minute Late

What drives a 90 year old man to come to the synagogue an hour and a quarter early? What can we learn from this?

Rabbi Yoel Gold | Kislev 3 5782

Electronic Communication before Davening

Is it permitted to email, WhatsApp, and use social media before davening?

Rabbi Daniel Mann | Av 19 5779

The Times of Birkot HaShachar

Chapter nine-part two

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 5775

Birkot HaShachar – The Morning Blessings

Chapter nine-part one

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 5775

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Rabbi Hershel Schachter
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Covenant & Conversation

Be Thyself

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | Kislev 13 5781

Covenant & Conversation

The Story We Tell About Ourselves

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | Tevet 29 5780

Prayer

The Kavanah in the prayer

Chapter one- part three

What should I do if I can't concentrate at the prayer?

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed

P'ninat Mishpat

Historical View of Rav Mordechai Yaakov Breish (Chelkat Yaakov)

Various Rabbis | 5775

Revivim

The Sin of the Spies - Today

The Land of Israel (Eretz Yisrael) is not the problem of Jewish existence – the Land of Israel is the solution.

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed

Prayer

The Blessing for Rain for those travelling to the Land of Israel

Praying for a Rainy Day When Traveling to or from Eretz Yisroel in November

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 5771

Shabbat

Hatzalah and Radios

May one carry a Shabbat Radio on Shabbat when no emergency exists in order to be available if one does? The differences between kli she'me'lachto l'heter and kli she'me'lachto l'issur. Carrying the radio on shabbat where there is no Eruv.

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 5769

Vayishlach

The Halacha and History of the Gid Hanosheh

The mitzvah of gid hanosheh forbids us from eating the sciatic nerve, a sinew that runs from the lower back over the top of the hip and down the leg. Another Mitzvah is not eating the Cheylev, some fats in an animal.

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | kislev 5769

Basics of Financial Laws

The Rights of a Copyright Holder

What is the halachic background to copyright law? Does the Torah have a concept of intellectual property rights, meaning that someone who creates or invents an item is owner of his invention? May a rav prevent people from taping his shiur? May one copy computer software or music disks?

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Iyar 5768

Laws of Hanukkah

Flying High - A Traveler’s Guide to Channukah

What does one do about Channukah candles in a hotel, while traveling and in other complicated circumstances?

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Kislev 5768

Modesty - Tznius

The Laws of Modesty

The trait of modesty, so imbedded in the Nation of Israel, has served as the foundation for all the giant spiritual advances achieved by the Jews throughout history. This is why the Torah laid so strong an emphasis on maintaining modesty and sanctity.

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 5764

Chassidish Stories

Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk: The Pioneering Rebbe

It would appear that his thirst for closeness to God, and his great longing for the Holy Land - the land wherein the Divine Presence rests - shook his inner being so strongly that no worldly enjoyment could compare to living in the land of Israel.

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Iyar, 5763

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