209 Lessons
Saying Kaddish
How Many Should be Saying Kaddish?
How Many Should be Saying Kaddish?
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 7 Iyar 5784
Let’s Talk Turkey – and Prairie Chicken and Muscovy Duck
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Av 23 5783
Between Yishtabach and Borchu
Since Az Yashir, which concludes pesukei dezimra, is in parshas Beshalach, this article about the conclusion of Pesukei Dezimra is most appropriate.
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff
The Why’s and Whey’s of Gevinas Akum
Animals and interactions between Jews and non-Jews both figure significantly in this week’s Parsha, which I use as my excuse to discuss: Say “Cheese!”
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Tevet 5783
May I Eat before I Daven?
Since the Gemara notes that a source in this week’s parsha teaches that Yaakov introduced the Maariv prayers…
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 4 Kislev 5783
Blended and Synthetic Tzitzis
According to Chazal, as reward for Avraham turning down the king of Sodom’s offer, and declining to take even a chut, a thread, his descendants were rewarded with the mitzvah of tzitzis.
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Cheshvan 8 5783
May I Daven in English?
The end of parshas Noach teaches about the beginning of languages…
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Cheshvan 5 5783
Must I Immerse a Candy Dish?
I have a gift business in which I sell glass candy bowls filled with candies, fruits, and nuts. Must I toivel these dishes before I fill them?
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Tamuz 7 5782
Grand Opening!
Why is Kaddish in Aramaic? Isn’t it prohibited to pray in Aramaic and Arabic? In which arm does a lefty hold the sefer Torah? Do I join everyone in reciting Berich She’mei when I am in the middle of pesukei dezimra?
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Sivan 21 5782
Taking out the Sefer Torah
Which Keil erech apayim should I say? My wife is due to give birth shortly, and I am saying kaddish for my father. On the days that the Torah is read, should I l daven before the amud”, open the aron hakodesh, or do both? When do I recite Berich She’mei?
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Sivan 15 5782