Eikev – Shabbos Bulletin and Tefilla Halacha
One should NOT stop in the middle of shemoneh esrei to listen to an ongoing keri'as haTorah. And of course if one was accidentally [...]
Nachmu, Nachmu – Part 2
We are working on appreciating kedushas Eretz Yisroel in a deep, fundamental way, to somehow create a tikun of the sin of the lack [...]
Vaeschanan – Shabbos Bulletin and Tefilla Halacha
If someone is in the middle of shemoneh esrei and hears the chazzan saying "modim...." he should bow down [as per the rules [...]
Shabbos Nachamu
Shabbos Nachamu The name conjures up, at least to the English-speakers that I know, a vast sigh of relief that the mourning period over [...]
Hey, Whose Side Are You On? Part 4
A Tisha B'Av Primer To Avoiding Machlokes We left last week's article wondering about the reaction of the people at the vasikin minyan in [...]
Hey, Whose Side Are You On? Part 3
We saw in part one of this series that there is a prohibition — according to some an actual Torah prohibition — to be [...]
Hey, Whose Side Are You On? Part 2
Last week we saw what makes something a machlokes as opposed to a simple argument. We explained that the point of issur is reached [...]