25 Lessons
Brachos on Good Tidings
What brocha do we recite when it rains? Do we recite a brocha upon hearing of the birth of a new grandson?
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Shvat 19 5782
How much must I Bensch?
I mistakenly recited al hamichyah, when I was required to bensch. Am I now required to bensch?
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Av 19 5781
Believing is Seeing
May I be mekadeish levanah now, although I am indoors, and I am also obviously looking at the moon through a window? The brocha of borei me’orei ha’eish on an electric light - could one do this when a lightbulb must be encased in glass for it to burn? What do the above questions have to do with this week’s parsha?
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Iyar 4 5781
The Basics of Birkas Hagomeil
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Av 13 5780
What Is the Brocha?
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Nisan 6 5779
Over the Rainbow
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Cheshvan 2 5779
Is this Considered a Mixture?
Some details of the Halachos of Ikar and Tafeil
Some details of the Halachos of Ikar and Tafeil
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Av 21 5778
Do I say Yaaleh Veyavo, Retzei or both?
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Cheshvan 26 5778
What if I goofed and said Tikanta Shabbos by Mistake?
Question: In the middle of davening Musaf on Shabbos Rosh Chodesh, I realized that I was reciting the Musaf for a regular Shabbos rather than the special Musaf for Shabbos Rosh Chodesh. What should I have done?
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Av 29 5776
The Borders: How Much is Ours
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Tammuz 27 5776
Women, Kiddush and Bracha Acharonah
"I was told years ago that I should make kiddush before I eat Shabbos morning. Recently, someone told me that this was not necessary. What should I do?" "I recited the after bracha on the cake, but forgot to include al hagafen for the wine I drank. I didn’t know whether I was supposed to recite the bracha acharonah again, in order to say the al hagafen, or whether I should do nothing."
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff
More on Birchas HaGomeil
"Was birchas hagomeil instituted only for the four specific dangers mentioned in Tehillim? If someone survived a different type of danger, such as an accident or armed robbery, does he recite birchas hagomeil?" "Did the Chashmonayim recite birchas hagomeil upon winning their war?"
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff
The Text of Birchas Hagomeil
What is the best Nusach for Birkat Hagomel, can someone else recite it and what about someone who travels daily?
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff
What warrants Birchas Hagomeil?
Our thanks to Hashem should match the intensity of our pleas. Birchas hagomeil gives us a concrete beracha to say to awaken our thanks for deliverance. After what flights or illnesses do we say this Beracha?
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff
The Basics of Birchas Hagomeil
“May I recite birchas hagomeil if I will not be able to get to shul for kri’as haTorah?” “Our minyan has exactly ten people today. May someone recite birchas hagomeil?”
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff
What does papaya have to do with the beginning of Elul?
What does papaya have to do with the beginning of Elul?
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 5771
What Bracha Do I Make Before Smelling the Shavuos Flowers?
My husband brought me beautiful roses for Shavuos. Should I make a bracha before smelling them? I have noticed that sometimes there is no noticeable fragrance.
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 5772
It’s About Time - The Bracha of Shehechiyanu
The laws of Birkat Shehechiyanu, which comes first Shehechiyanu or the blessing on the food? reciting the Shehechiyanu on house renovations and on similar fruits, reciting the Shehechiyanu on a Mitzva, the first time lighting candles.
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 5770
When Do We Not Make a Bracha on a Fragrance?
When do we not make a Brachaon a Fragrance?
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 5770