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...
by moi613 | Aug 31, 2026 | Prayers & Blessings
People say you cannot eat anything before davening shacharis. What is the actual source, and how far does it go? The Gemara (Berachos 10b) learns it from the pasuk “you shall not eat with the blood” (Vayikra 19:26), read as do not eat before you pray for...
by Elad Siman-Tov | Aug 31, 2026 | Prayers & Blessings
Hello Rabbi, I have a couple of questions about Birkat Levana: If one clearly sees the new moon and 10 seconds later it becomes obscured by clouds, may they still proceed with the berakha? In another instance, if the clouds are not too opaque and one can still make...
by moi613 | Aug 28, 2026 | Prayers & Blessings
Hi Rabbi, Everyone knows you don’t speak in a bathroom or bathhouse, and the Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim 84 and 85) says you also can’t think words of Torah there, and the Rambam brings it in Hilchos Krias Shema 3:4. But when I think about how that plays...
by Brent Yarnell | Aug 28, 2026 | Prayers & Blessings
Hi Rabbi Abadi, The page for the abridged Amidah says that it may be used in place of the full Amidah “whenever one chooses.” Does that include Shabbat and holidays? Thank you. Best, Brent
