by Abraham Chairez | Dec 22, 2025 | Prayers & Blessings
Hello, I’ve had for many years many issues with the mitzvah of Netilat Yadayim in the morning and in general. I read your document about Netilat Yadayim for bread, but I still have many questions about the topic. It’s incredible how something so simple...
by Aaron Abadi | Sep 15, 2025 | Comments, Prayers & Blessings, Shabbat & Yom Tov
Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur Are Not Sad Days It’s time to retire the myth of the angry, punishing God. Every year, as the High Holidays approach, you can feel the tension rise. Sermons turn stern. Flyers talk about “judgment.” People start to panic about every...
by Aaron Abadi | Sep 7, 2025 | Prayers & Blessings
The practice of reciting Tehillim (Psalms) for the sick is not originally Jewish—it actually began in Christian liturgy. Early Christians would recite Psalms on behalf of the ill, and eventually replaced them with repeated “Hail Marys,” leaving the Psalms behind. In...
by Netanel Colish | Mar 24, 2025 | Prayers & Blessings
Context: I was recently at someone’s Friday night meal and they told me it’s forbidden to speak after washing your hands for bread. I told them the issue is not to be distracted, היסך הדעת. The main concern is you might forget that you washed and get your hands dirty...
by Netanel Colish | Mar 23, 2025 | Prayers & Blessings
I was in a shul recently and I briefly read parts of a book that was speaking about the importance of not talking in shul. I read that someone who talks in shul is going to hell, and a lot of other things that really scared me. What are the actual Halachot regarding...
by daniela daniela | May 5, 2024 | Prayers & Blessings
My son may be flying next sunday from the pacific coast of the US to Europe. Flight takes off in afternoon local time and mands the next morning. Should he count on the plane? Any time when it is dark would be good? Or how else should he do? Thank you very much
