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...
by moi613 | Sep 1, 2026 | Prayers & Blessings
why is davening shacharis exactly at netz so valued, even for someone davening alone without a minyan? if tefilla betzibbur is its own thing, what does netz add when there is no minyan anyway, and is it an obligation or a hiddur?
by moi613 | Aug 31, 2026 | Prayers & Blessings
the bracha of asher yatzar, which ends rofeh chol basar umafli laasot. what are the actual rules of when it is said? 1. is it said after every single time using the bathroom, even several times in a row? shulchan aruch orach chayim 7:1 says that all day, whenever a...
