The Shemonah Esray Amidah Prayer begins with the words "Hashem sifasai tiftach...," Hashem, enable my lips, and my mouth will speak praise of You." From the...
We have learned that it is forbidden to interrupt Shemonah Esray to do or say anything else. We must stand with our feet together, and not walk elsewhere, nor...
In such cases during which it is permitted to interrupt saying the quiet Shemonah Esray Amidah prayer, it is forbidden to keep on praying while performing...
We have learned that it is forbidden, in the middle of saying Shemonah Esray, to make gestures or even to use facial expressions to convey a message or what...
We have learned that during Shemonah Esray you may signal to your child to be quiet, and if that has repeatedly failed to work, you may shush him vocally, but...
We have learned that while praying Shemonah Esray it is forbidden to shush someone who is talking. Rather, we must strive to focus our concentration so that...
We have learned that when praying Shemonah Esray it is forbidden to interrupt or do something else, even to make gestures, and certainly not to talk or to walk...
We are learning about exceptions that allow you to walk away from your place because they are disturbing your concentration during the quiet Shemonah Esray...
Some other exceptions that permit you to move to another place while praying Shemonah Esray are: * A cell phone near you keeps ringing, or some other noise...
We have learned some exceptions that allow you to move to another place during Shemonah Esray. All these exceptions permit you to change your place ONLY if...
If, during Shemonah Esray, a Halachah question comes up concerning your prayer, such as you forgot to say something you were supposed to say in the prayers,...
We have learned that it is forbidden, aside from a few exceptions, to speak, to gesture, to walk away, or do anything else, during the praying of the quiet...
If a life is in danger, Heaven forbid, life takes precedence, and one must interrupt Shemonah Esray. By this we mean any form of realistic danger, including...
Someone who must eat or drink at specific intervals or at specific times due to a life-threatening illness, may do so at the necessary time, if it would be...
If the person next to you has made an error, or does not know how to proceed in Shemonah Esray, you may make gestures to help that person so he or she can...
If you realize before you begin praying Shemonah Esray that you need to use the bathroom, it is forbidden to begin saying Shemonah Esray (Mechaber 82:1). One...
As we have learned, you should not begin Shemonah Esray if you feel the need to go to the bathroom, even if only slightly. However, if you have already begun...
We have learned that one may interrupt Shemonah Esray to go to the bathroom. However, this is true only if it is impossible for you to finish Shemonah Esray...
After using the bathroom, return to the same space in which you were standing before you interrupted your prayer (Kaf Hachayim 92:4). However, if returning to...
Upon returning from interrupting your prayer with a run to the bathroom, resume praying Shemonah Esray at the point in the prayers at which you left off...
What we have been learning, moving and leaving one's place during Shemonah Esray, are extreme examples, applicable only to extreme situations where no other...
So how should the Shaliach Tzibur (man who leads the Prayers) on Rosh Hashonoh and Yom Kippur manage kneeling without removing his feet from where they have...
As we have learned, it is forbidden to move from where you are standing while praying the Shemonah Esray Prayer, under almost any circumstances. If you are...
As we have learned, it is forbidden to move from where you are standing while praying the Shemonah Esray Prayer, under almost any circumstances. If you are...
If you are praying Shemonah Esray, and you are called up to the Torah for an aliyah, you may not interrupt. You must ignore it, and continue praying. However,...
If you are in the middle of praying Shemonah Esray, you do not interrupt for anything, even for Kaddish, Kedushah, or Borchu. If you are praying Shemonah...
Due to a number of queries that I received via e-mail, today's Halachah will be more of an explanation of the previous post. The situation is that you somehow...
We have learned that if you are praying Shemonah Esray, and the congregation reaches either Borchu, Kaddish, or Kedushah, you are to stop praying for the...
We have learned that during Shemonah Esray we stop for Borchu, Kaddish and Kedushah, but not for anything else. Many congregations have the Custom to say...
At the end of Shemonah Esray, there is a section of additional requests that begins with the words "E-lokai Nitzor." (My G-d, guard my tongue from evil, and my...
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