by moi613 | Oct 4, 2026 | Prayers & Blessings
Dear Rabbi Abadi, Something I’ve been wondering about. Many mechitzas have holes, gaps, or lattice work, so the two sides can still see each other at least partially. If that’s the case, what is the mechitza actually accomplishing? Is there a minimum...
by moi613 | Sep 27, 2026 | Prayers & Blessings
Shalom Rabbi, what is your position on wearing tefillin during Chol HaMoed? Should they be worn, and if so, with or without a bracha?
by moi613 | Sep 3, 2026 | Prayers & Blessings
the mitzva of tzitzis is written in bamidbar 15:38 to 39, make fringes on the corners of your garments, look at them and remember the mitzvos. but the way it is written, the obligation only turns on if a person is wearing a four cornered garment. so is tzitzis...
by moi613 | Sep 3, 2026 | Prayers & Blessings
if someone takes off their tefillin for some reason, like to shower or for a break in the middle of the day, and puts them back on later, do they say the bracha again? and does it matter how long they were off, or why they came off, or if the person stopped thinking...
by moi613 | Sep 3, 2026 | Prayers & Blessings
rice looks like a grain, grows like a grain, and fills the plate like bread, but it is not one of the five grains. so what bracha does it get? 1. plain cooked rice: mezonos, ha’adama, or she’hakol? and is the answer the same for rice dishes, rice cakes,...
by moi613 | Sep 3, 2026 | Prayers & Blessings
a plate lands with ten things on it: bread, meat, rice, salad, fruit, a dessert. several different brachos are represented. which food gets the bracha first, and does the order even matter? 1. is there a halachic order of brachos, hamotzi before mezonos before...
