Questions tagged [mistakes]
Contending with mistakes that have been made [in a case].
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Accidentally ended שמע קולנו with העונה בעת צרה
What should you do if, on a fast day, you said Aneinu in Shema Koleinu and then accidentally continued with the conclusion for Aneinu, ברוך אתה ה' העונה בעת צרה, instead of finishing with כי אתה שומע?
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What is meant by “they silence him” when the prayer leader says “We give thanks, we give thanks”
The Mishna in Brochos 5 (3) says
האומר על קן צפור יגיעו רחמיך, ועל טוב יזכר שמך, מודים מודים, משתקין
אותו.
The one who says, “On a bird’s nest may Your mercy be extended,” [or]
“For good ...
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Gemara quoting nonexistent pasuk
In Brakhot 61a and Eruvin 18b, Rav Naḥman bar Yitzḥak quotes a nonexistent pasuk:
מתקיף לה רב נחמן בר יצחק אלא מעתה גבי אלקנה דכתיב וילך אלקנה אחרי אשתו
Tosafot there says it is a mistake since ...
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Does the shat"z or congregant have to say the correct Song of the Day?
Let's say on Tuesday a congregant or the Shat"z said the Shabbat mizmor, accidentally. Does either one need to repeat it saying the correct one for that day of the week?
I know that this is "just ...
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When the kree and ksiv sound identical, does intending the ksiv invalidate the reading?
We always read the k’ree.
If one read the k’siv instead of the k’ree the reading is invalid and has to be repeated. O Ch 142(8) MB[27]
In B’har (25:30) the k’ree and the k’siv are phonetically ...
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How could anybody confuse moonlight and sunlight?
The mishna in Yoma 3:1 talks about watching for dawn to know if it's time for the morning offering, and then Yoma 3:2 asks:
וְלָמָה הֻצְרְכוּ לְכָךְ, שֶׁפַּעַם אַחַת עָלָה מְאוֹר הַלְּבָנָה ...
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Mistake first night of Pesach vs Dec 4 on Friday night
The Kitzur Shulchan Aruch writes in Siman 19 Halacha 9, that if one began his Shemoneh Esrei on the first night of Pesach and he accidentally began saying a weekday amidah and he came to the Bracha of ...
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Rule (Ze haKlal) in Kinnim 3:1
In certain cases, the Torah prescribes the bringing of a pair of birds as an offering, one as a chatat and the other as an olah. See Lev 12:8, Lev 14:22, Lev 15:14, Lev 15:29, and Num 6:10.
Kinnim 3:...
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Why can the sister-in-law return to her husband according to R. Yosi? Isn't she forbidden to the husband and to the adulterer? (Y'vamos 10:4)
The Mishnah, Y'vamos 10:4, quotes Rabbi Yosi as follows:
כל שפוסל על ידי אחרים פוסל על ידי עצמו, וכל שאין פוסל על ידי אחרים אינו פוסל על ידי עצמו
If I correctly understand the explanation of the ...
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How to bring kinnim after having mixed up birds
In certain cases, the Torah prescribes the bringing of a pair of birds as an offering, one as a chatat and the other as an olah. See Lev 12:8, Lev 14:22, Lev 15:14, Lev 15:29, and Num 6:10.
The ...
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Who is responsible for accidental theft caused by a false claim?
There's a public pantry in one's office that has a shared refrigerator. Someone opens the fridge and sees a container of milk that is usually not there. He asks a co-worker if he can use it and he ...
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Yaaleh V'Yavo said in error when it is not Rosh Chodesh
A fellow is praying the evening Maariv the night after Rosh Chodesh. In error he said Yaaleh V'Yavo. He realizes when he finished Shemona Esrei. Does he have to say over Shemona Esrei?
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Which sources deal with someone who said “bayom Chag haSukkos Hazeh” in “Yaaleh veyovo” in Grace after Meals on Shemini Atzeres
In Grace after Meals on Shemini Atzeres, someone said “bayom Chag haSukkos Hazeh” instead of “bayom Shemini Chag Hoatzeres Hazeh” in “Yaaleh veyovo”. My LOR told me that a man has to go back whereas a ...
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Making up tachanun
I davened at the early minyan today. After the later minyan (which was already under way by the time we finished Avinu Malkeinu) there is a bris scheduled. Therefore, we did not say tachanun, as per ...
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Saying the Wrong Bracha at First
Let’s say, one just did Netilat yadaim and then makes the bracha and says “Al Mitzvat Tzizit” accidentally, but then corrects himself and says “Al Netilat Yadaim”, does this count as a bracha made in ...
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If a mega on-line company ships you two of an item when you ordered one and charges you for one, are you obligated to notify them of the error? [duplicate]
Let's say you place an order for three items A, B, and C. You order quantity one of each, but get two of item B, because the company shipped from multiple warehouses (i.e., shipped two of the item by ...
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If rishonim/acharonim frequently make mistakes in their zeal to critique others, can we still justify a belief in their singular devotion to truth?
I was always taught that the great Torah scholars were as near-perfect human beings as could possibly be, particularly in their scholarly abilities, but perhaps even more so in their character traits ...
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Examples of admitting a mistake was made in halacha
I'm looking for examples (especially Achronim or later) where a Rabbi gives a ruling and then later on admits (possibly in a separate psak) that the original ruling was mistaken.
Note that I'm not ...
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המלך המשפט on Yom Tov
According to this answer, if you accidentally start the weekday shemoneh esrei on Shabbos Cheshvan 7/December 5 or the first day of Pesach, you don't say ותן טל ומטר because the rest of the community ...
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Are there requirements for the replacement chazan when the first one erred in his Amidah repetition?
On certain occasions a chazan has to be replaced (see O Ch 53 (17)).
If the error occurred in one of the intermediate blessings, the replacement chazan starts from the beginning of the brocho in ...
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Reader read the right words from the wrong day of Chanukah. Must he repeat?
Is the Torah reader required to read the correct portion on Chanukah in the following or similar circumstance?
It is the second day of Chanukah.
The reader correctly reads the Cohen's portion ...
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Forgot Yaaleh V'Yavo by Mincha on Erev Shabbos
Rosh Chodesh is on Friday only, and someone forgot to say Ya'aleh V'Yavo in the Mincha Amida. It is now already after nightfall, and he remembers that he omitted it. Must he repeat the Ma'ariv Amidah ...
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Why do you have to start over if the oleh makes the bracha at the wrong place?
Towards the end of Shoftim, there's a parsha that begins כי תצא למלחמה על אויביך, but it's not the correct beginning of Ki Teitzei. If the oleh makes the bracha having in mind the wrong כי תצא, he ...
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Mistaken identity of “Rabbi Chanina” in some siddurim
In the Kabbalas Shabbos service, which concludes with "Omar Rabbi Elozor," the previous paragraph is taken from Shabbos 12a.
תניא חנניא אומר חייב אדם למשמש בבגדו ע"ש עם חשכה אמר רב יוסף הלכתא רבתי ...
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Not saying v'sain bracha
In Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim Siman 117 Sif 3 it says that if someone said "v'sain tal u'matir l'vracha" in the bracha of Bircas Hashanim during the summer months then he must pray again (this is ...
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Said al hamichya instead of birkas hamazon. What do I do?
If one had 'pas habah bekisnin' thinking that he needs to make a mezonos followed by al hamichya, and after doing so discovers that he should have washed, said hamotzi and then birkas hamazon, what ...
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What if one forgot to separate the challa?
What if one completely forgot to separate the Challa? Is it still possible to do it after baking? If not, that means the bread is not eligible to be used for Shabbat? Thank you!
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Why repeat birkas hamazon after omitting “yaale v'yavo” on chol hamoed
Aruch Hashulchan, OC 188:18, cites a difference of opinion regarding the following case. On Shabas which is rosh chodesh, someone says the Shabas addition in birkas hamazon (grace after the meal) but ...
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Chazzan forgot to say Tachanun during mincha - how to proceed? [duplicate]
While at shul for mincha the other day, the chazzan began to say Kaddish after finishing *Chazarat Hashat"z' (Shemoneh Esreh repetition). Ata bout the point people answered Yehei Shmei Rabba, people ...
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Making a mistake in davening: when should one find out what to do?
There are lots of sections in the tefillah that either needed to be added at certain parts of the year or that one should cease saying at certain times of the year, as well as additions for Hanukkah, ...
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Forgetting to wash before eating bread
What should one do if they've just started making the berakha on bread and suddenly realised that they'd forgotten to wash? Should they
continue making the berakha, and eat the bread without washing;
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Wrong ending of last blessing after Shema on Friday night
The various codes I have read often discuss if a person makes an error when saying various parts of the Amidah (seasonal or holiday based changes or insertions) and birkat hamazon, but the Shulchan ...
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Correcting the Shaliach Tzibbur
As far as I can see, we still view the repetition of the Amida as an obligation (as indicated in footnote two, here), and require the Shatz to be precise and say the right prayers in order to fulfill ...
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What to do if I start saying the wrong berakha?
Sometimes, if I'm not paying too much attention to what I'm doing, I accidentally say asher yatzar when I'm commencing a berakha over food. Obviously, I should pay more attention to what I'm doing but,...
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What if you miss the time of the sprinkling?
In parshat chukat it says that if you become tamei due to a dead body, you become pure again by being sprinkled with red-heifer ash-water on the third and seventh day of your impurity, but if you don'...
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ברוך שם כבוד מלכותו לעולם ועד after a bracha with a false statement
If we make a bracha levatala or say Hashem's name by accident, we say ברוך שם כבוד מלכותו לעולם ועד.
Is this true only if the original bracha is a valid praise of Hashem, or even if it contains false ...
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Saying the pesukim of the musaf instead of the correct nusach
In the musaf shemoneh esrei on Rosh Chodesh, Yom Tov, or Chol Hamoed, if you accidentally continue with the pesukim from Pinchas instead of saying ומנחתם ונסכיהם כמדובר, should you go back:
if you ...
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If a man gave 'mishloach manot' on Purim to a woman, did he fulfull the mitzvah?
In the Shulchan Aruch 695, the Rema states that a man should not send manot to a woman to avoid the problem of safek kiddushin. If he did send the gift to a woman (and suppose that was the only gift ...
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erroneous decisions by beit din for which korbanot must be brought by beit din and the people
In masechet horayot we learn that korbanot must be brought if the beit din makes an erroneous decision that is followed by the people. Do we know of such a mistake that was made by a beit din? If so, ...
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Started to say wrong kaddish — how should you correct?
I saw this happen this morning: the minyan got to Kaddish d'Rabbanan and started, but the reader had accidentally turned a couple pages later to Kaddish Yatom, realizing the mistake only after going ...
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How long must you attempt to return a mistakenly shipped item?
Scenario:
You place an online order for a product. A few days later, the wrong product gets shipped to you. You contact the shipper online saying that they shipped you the wrong product; please ship ...
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Not taking three steps forward for the Chazzan's repetition
Last Shabbat we had a guy fill in for Minchah as Chazzan. He did a great job. I'm sure he was just nervous and didn't want to err. But I noticed he didn't take the 3 steps forward for the repetition. (...
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What should be done if the Torah reader goes past the designated ending for the weekday / Shabbat mincha Torah reading?
During Shabbat mincha last Shabbat, the Torah reader (it wasn't me :-) accidentally extended the Levi (2nd) aliya past its designated break, and read what was designated for yisra'el's aliyah, thus, ...
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Shabbos Chanuka - Rosh Chodesh - Torah reading mistake
Orach Chaim 684:3 says that on Shabbos Chanuka that is also Rosh Chodesh we take out three Sifrei Torah. In the first one we give six Aliyos in the Parsha of the week. In the second one we read about ...
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Saying ״ותן טל ומטר״ the mincha before it begins, and remembering after sunset
On a year in which the night we start to say ותן טל ומטר is a weekday night, if one forgets to say ותן ברכה by the מנחה before and doesn't realize that he forgot it until שקיעה, what is the Halacha ...
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Is changing which conjunctive/disjunctive trop is used correctable?
If a baal kriah accidentally raises or lowers the level of the disjunctive trop used, is that a correctable mistake?
Let's say that it's supposed to be mercha tipcha etnachta (c 2 1) and he reads ...
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What if a Mezuzah is mistakenly removed?
Say a non-Jewish tradesman, like a painter, is working on a door and removes the Mezuzah without really knowing what he's doing. Is the Mezuzah still kosher? Could I say a Bracha and put it back as ...
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Mistake in Havdala- didn't drink Havdala cup
Someone made Havdala and forgot to drink the cup of wine. Did he and the listeners fulfill their obligation?
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Putting meat spoon in dairy coffee
What are the primary sources that discuss the rule of taking a meat spoon and using it in my dairy coffee. Would it matter how long ago the spoon was used?
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Bracha levatalah vs waiting between meat and milk
If I make a ברכה on a Hershey bar, and before I eat the food, I realize I am Fleishig, what do I do? (assuming I have no other food around?)
