Shabbos Bulletin Parshas Re’eh If one is in the middle of shemoneh esrei, and kaddish is being said, the person should stop and listen and concentrate on the sheli’ach tzibbur saying: amein,yehei shemei rabba…until olmayya . The halachah states that one may not wear a ‘money belt’ while davening (see MB 91:11).Rav Chaim Kanievski Sh’lita [...]
We find in the Torah two sections which discuss a prohibition against “forgetting” (e.g., to dismiss from one’s mind, lose consciousness of, or lose sight of) one’s belief in Hashem. One passage is in Parshas Va’eschanan, and one in this week’s parsha, Eikev. In Va’eschanan it states (Devarim 6:10-12), “And it shall be when Hashem [...]
Eikev Bulletin in PDF format What is Tachanun, anyway? After the sin of the eigel hazahav, Moshe Rabbeinu davened to HaShem in 3 positions: sitting, standing, and falling (onto the floor). [And since this is found in Devorim 9:9, 10:10, and 9:18, and since they are all found in this week's sedrah, Eikev (you knew [...]
The bedrock, the foundation, the roots of a Jew is his or her emunah. And if such a thing needs to be stated explicitly, the Gemara (Makos 24A, cited in Part One) does so, quoting the prophet Chavakuk. And the Chinuch fills in the gaps by teaching us that this includes the belief that Hashem [...]
Shabbos Bulletin Parshas Vaeschanan On Shabbos, one should also ideally start shemoneh esrei immediately after “go’al yisrael.” But, if one concluded go’al yisrael, and then heard a kaddish or kedusha or borchu, then, only on Shabbos, one should respond (as one does during shema). If you are leaving Shul,and someone is entering ,the enterer goes [...]
