Learning Right after Shacharit

Me’ein Sheva at a Rotating Venue

Respect for the Elderly

Is one required to give special respect to an individual between 60 and 70 years old? I remember that one stands up only for those over 70.

Kashrut of a Tea Bag Holder

I have a porcelain tea bag holder (small saucer on which you put a tea bag after removing it from the tea). May I use it alternately for pareve tea served in both milchig (e.g., used for coffee with milk) and fleishig cups (e.g., used for chicken soup)?

How Many People Together to Start Shemoneh Esrei? – part II

I daven at a small minyan at which some people daven slower than the rest and others come late. We do not always have ten ready to start Shemoneh Esrei with the chazan. Should we wait for ten, or is six enough?

Eating before Kiddush

As a nursing mother, I sometimes get very hungry or thirsty between when I light candles and when my husband comes home from shul. When this happens, is it permitted for me to eat or drink?

Rabbi Akiva Eiger (Introduction)