Throughout Borchu, each person must face the front, and not turn around to face the back of the shul (synagogue) until he has finished responding (Shaarai...
Tuesday, 26 Tammuz, 5765 years after Creation We have learned that while saying the word "Borchu" we bow at the waist, and before we say Hashem's Name we...
Wednesday, 27 Tammuz, 5765 years after Creation The Arizal says that when a person wakes up in the morning, not all of his neshamah (one of the five spiritual...
Thursday, 28 Tammuz, 5765 years after Creation The next section of the Prayers is called the Brachos (Blessings) of Krias Shema. Krias Shema is the center and...
Erev Shabbos Parshas Mas'ai, 29 Tamuz, 5765 years after Creation Erev Rosh Chodesh Menachem Av The Torah tells us that there are set, specific times for each...
Tuesday, 11 Menachem Av, 5765 years after Creation We have learned that the time of the Morning Prayers are based on two issues: the time when the Morning...
Wednesday, 12 Menachem Av, 5765 years after Creation We have learned that the latest time for saying Shemonah Esray is later than the latest time for saying...
Monday, 17 Menachem Av, 5765 years after Creation As we have learned, the Torah mandates the beginning and end times of when to say Krias Shema. The best time...
Tuesday, 18 Menachem Av, 5765 years after Creation We have learned that if one says Krias Shema before dawn, one has not fulfilled one's obligation of the...
Wednesday, 19 Menachem Av, 5765 We have learned that one must say Krias Shema within the first three hours of the day, which is the first quarter of the...
Thursday, 20 Menachem Av, 5765 years after Creation We now begin saying the Brachos (Blessings) of Krias Shema. This is a new section in the Morning Prayers. ...
Erev Shabbos Parshas Eikev, 21 Menachem Av, 5765 years after Creation We begin the Birchos (Blessings of) Krias Shema with an important declaration: the...
Monday, 24 Menachem Av, 5765 years after Creation We have learned that the Birchos (Blessings of) Krias Shema begin with the Brachah (Blessing) of Yotzer Ohr,...
Wednesday, 26 Menachem Av, 5765 We have learned that we begin the section of the Morning Prayers that contains Krias Shema with the Brachah (Blessing) of...
Thursday, 27 Menachem Av, 5765 years after Creation We have learned that the Brachos of Krias Shema begin with the Brachah "Blessed are You, Hashem our G-d,...
Erev Shabbos, Parshas Re'eh, 27 Menachem Av, 5765 years after Creation We have been learning how to understand the verse in Isaiah (45:7), that says, "Who...
Tuesday, 2 Elul, 5765 years after Creation As we have learned, the Rabbis used a verse from Isaiah to compose the opening Brachah (Blessing) of the third...
Wednesday, 3 Elul, 5765 years after Creation We have learned that if you began Birchos Krias Shema of Shacharis (the Morning Prayer) with the correct Brachah,...
I would like to ask all of you, the members of the Daily Halachah group, whether you want me to continue to explain the meanings of the Prayers as well as the...
Thursday, 4 Menachem Av, 5765 years after Creation (This Halachah was supposed to be #2, but I accidentally posted #3 first. Please forgive the error.) If...
Erev Shabbos Parshas Shoftim, 5th day of the month of Elul, 5765 years after Creation. The first Brachah (Blessing) in the Birchos Krias Shema is longer than...
Sunday, 7 Elul, 5765 years after Creation (Although this is not the Jewish anniversary of 9/11, but the non- Jewish Western anniversary, we should still take a...
Monday, 8 Elul, 5765 years after Creation We have learned that we say Kedushah several times a day. The first occurrence, during the Brachos (Blessings) of...
Thursday, 11 Elul, 5765 years after Creation The first Brachah (Blessing) of the Birchos Krias Shema, the third section of the Morning Prayers, begins, as we...
Wednesday, 17th day of Elul, the month of forgiveness, 5765. The opening Brachah (Blessing) of Yotzer Ohr, the third section of the Morning Prayers, says, as...
This week and probably the next or two I am working on several take- home exams for graduate school, plus several overdue assignments. So please expect that...
Thursday, 18 Elul, the days of mercy, 5765 years after Creation The next verse we say says "He makes light shine on the earth, and to those who live on it,...
Thursday, 3 Tishrai, 3rd day of the new year 5766. From Rosh Hashonoh until Yom Kippur are the Ten Days of Repentance. It is the Custom among many people to...
Erev Shabbos Shuva (The Shabbath of Repentance), 4 Tishrai, 5766 Based on Maimonides' Laws of Repentance, Chapter 2, first six Halachos. 1) What is true...
Monday, 7 Tishray, 5766 years after Creation The following is based on the latter part of Maimonides' Laws of Repentance, Chapter 2. 7) Yom Kippur is a time of...
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