Questions tagged [tefilla]
Questions about Jewish prayer (the fixed order of typically-thrice-daily prayers, or prayer generally).
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Is there any thing in judaism that says cook your food well at high temprature
Is there any thing in judaism that says cook your food well at high temprature
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How many people are needed for a minyan
When making a ‘heicha shemoneh esrei’ where the chazzan will daven until Ha’el hakadosh before the rest of the minyan - is 10 people sufficient or does one need 11 to have 10 people starting shemoneh ...
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Wording of refaenu for sick person who is not Jewish
The refaenu bracha in the amida has wording to use for praying for someone who is sick. That wording ends "among the other ailing of Israel". Is it appropriate to use that wording for a ...
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Is the Shechina present when a person is mourning or distraught?
It's said the Shechinah is present only where there's joy (Tractate Shabbat 30b). Yet we are also taught to cry to Hashem during times of suffering, depression, sorrow, mourning, etc. Is the Shechinah ...
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Quality of Sh'ma repeated in its proper time
Often, I find myself at a ma'ariv minyan that meets before "nightfall" and someone invariably makes the announcement that we should all remember to repeat the sh'ma after tzeit hakochavim. I ...
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If a deaf person is not counted towards a minyan because they cannot hear, does the same rule apply for one who doesn't speak/understand Hebrew?
My understanding is Halacha states a deaf or mute person doesn't count towards a minyan as they do not have the ability to fully participate. The deaf person cannot hear what is being said and the ...
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Two questions about cures in judaism
Is there treatment in judaism for all disease apart of cupping if you don't know what is cupping look at it's pictures in google
Is there a treatment in judaism for aging
I need answer from a rabbi
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Is there a proper order of davening for one who learns before minyan?
For someone who learns before davening with a minyan, is it proper to say korbanot before learning? Or is it more proper to wait until after learning to say it with the minyanim. I am curious if there ...
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What prayers are obligated to say
What prayers are Jews obligated to say? I’ve heard that the average liturgy is 30 minutes but Rabbi David Bay Hayim does one that’s only 9.
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Malchus in Birkas Haminim
Many nuschaos of Birkas Haminim say "Malchus Zadon" instead of "v'hazeidim" (this is the german nusach I believe as well as that used by some chasidim). Nusach Chabad also says ...
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Why do we recite the Tikkun Hachalomot during the Duchan? [duplicate]
When the Kohanim are blessing the klal we recite the Tikkun Hachalomot tefillah. Why is this the time for this tefillah?
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A minor (?) issue with spelling in Nusach Ari
Last Shabbes, I noticed that in two different nusach Ari siddurim (Torah Or and Tehillas Hashem), Modim in the Shemoneh Esrei either possesses or lacks a waw depending on whether it is a Shabbes or a ...
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If a composer of a nigun is accused of a serious offense should his nigun no longer be sung?
If someone who is well respected in the community writes wonderful inspiring nigunim that are used in tefila, and then allegations appear that the individual is suspected of, or implicated in, serious ...
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Why doesn’t מזמור שיר ליום השבת mention Shabbos?
The song of the day for Shabbos is מזמור שיר ליום השבת. Yet it doesn’t seem to mention Shabbos at all! Why is this?
Also, why does this Tehillim refer to a specific day of the week at all?
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Candles for praying at home
In schul we light candles before starting davening. If someone is praying at home, can they light candles as well (without a minian)? Does it have to be two? Or one is sufficient to remember the Ner ...
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מנ"ע - Talking to a person but intent towards Hashem
I've seen in a few places the concept that we sometimes find a person talking to another, but their intent is really to Hashem. Some examples are the Vilna Gaon (Esther 7:6), Noam Elimelech (...
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Father is sick but he's not Jewish
My mother is Jewish and I was raised Jewish. My dad converted in the reform tradition and I know what that means. Recently he's become ill, I am scared of what that means. I am incredibly close with ...
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Should people davening alone daven together?
If a few men know there will be no minyan so they choose to daven biyechidut, is there merit to their staying "together" either in shul or not? Is there a notion of "kahal" or &...
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Why is chosenness removed in the evening prayer?
In the morning service we say Ahavah Rabbah:
Baruch atta HaShem ha-bocher b'ammo Yisrael be-ahava (Blessed are You, O Lord, Who has chosen His people Israel with love.)
In the evening service we say ...
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Why K“Yatom and not K”Derobonnon?
In my Artscroll Siddur Yitzchak Yair Hashalem, after the section called Vayiten L'cha there is a small piece of instruction:
בכמה קהילות אמרים כאן קדיש יתום
In some congregations [people] say here ...
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Why can't you give a bracha to yourself?
I didn't find anywhere people giving brachas to oneself. We find in Tanach people giving brachas to others. It seems one can't give a bracha to oneself. Why not?
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What's the source that there is תשלומין for tefilla?
What's the source that there is תשלומין for tefilla? Is it learnt out from תשלומין of korbanos?
Also related to this: do the daily karbanos, such as the tamid, have תשלומין if they weren’t brought at ...
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Does one learning individually say the yehi ratzon?
In every Schottenstein Gemara, the front cover comes equipped with two Yehi Ratzon prayers, one before and one after learning. These prayers include phrases that mention learning with a friend/partner....
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What did Avrohom know about the war in Shechem (Rashi on Beraishis 12 (6))?
Rashi on Beraishis 12 (6) says
And Abram passed through the land until the place of Shechem: to pray
for Jacob’s sons when they would come to wage war in Shechem.
So Avrohom knew (prophetically) ...
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Kavanah, Prayer and OCD
Shalom,
Well to start off, since a very young age I have suffered from quite severe and crushing OCD (as the title would suggest). Now of course I am used to having such a wicked condition interfere ...
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Answering Amen after Yihyu Leratzon
If someone, for some reason, forgot to say the 1st Yihyu Leratzon during Shemoneh Esrei and started Elokai Netzor, is he allowed to answer Amen to Kadish as he would be having recited the 1st Yihyu ...
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Could one make a mi'shebeirach for a sick animal under these specific circumstances? [duplicate]
The general rule that I am aware of is that we don't make mi'shebeirach for a sick animal. The problem is two-fold (according to my understanding)
The animal lacks a Hebrew name.
You do not know the ...
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Is there a Jewish equivalent of “Pray as if everything depended on God; act as if everything depended on you.”?
A popular phrase, frequently and wrongly attributed to the Talmud, is "Pray as if everything depended on God; act as if everything depended on you."
I am trying to find out if there is ...
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To whom do the terms rishonim and acharonim refer, as used in the morning davening?
The terms rishonim and acharonim are in the morning davening, in the second paragraph after the Shema. To what do these terms refer, as used there?
We use those terms to refer to a sages of different ...
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Birchos Hashachar (Morning Brachos) - 'Who spreads the earth above the waters' - why the strange expression?
The Gemoro in Brachos 60b writes that it used to be the practise that as a person woke up, at each stage of him getting ready for the day, he said the relevant bracho.
Upon hearing the sound of the ...
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What is ‘kedusha desidra’?
I sometimes see the kedusha of uva letzion referred to as kedusha desidra (e.g. in Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 132:2).
What is the origin of this phrase? What does it mean?
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How accurate do I have to be in performing mitzvos to time?
We can now measure time more accurately than in the past (see this question). What are the implications? I do not ask about situations where the time is critical for a Torah law where obviously one ...
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Which Hoshana teffilot and Musaf Korbonos go with which days in Israel?
I have an Artscroll siddur which lists the different Hoshanos to say on which days of Chol Hamoed
Sukkos in America, and also in the Musaf which korbonos to say for each day, but it seems to be ...
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Why do we need to state 2 reasons not to cry out?
During the mi shebeirach for cholim we insert the reason that we temper our cries. On Shabbat, we say "shabbat hi miliz'ok" (the Shabbat forbids us from crying out) and on Yom Tov, we say &...
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Date to Begin Asking for Rain in the Diaspora
In the US we usually start asking for rain in the amida on the
fourth of December at night. The halacha states that this is on
the sixtieth days of tekufat Tishri (the fall season). But the
fall ...
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Do the Five books in Avinu malkeinu have any connection to the book of righteous/sefer Tzadikim?
In Avinu Malkeinu we mention five books,
ספר חיים טובים, - book of good life
ספר גאולה וישועה, - book of redemption and salvation
ספר זכויות, - book of merits
ספר פרנסה וכלכלה, - book of income and ...
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Can one say Shir Hamaalos without a Minyan?
During the Aseres Yemei Teshuvah, many congregations say שיר המעלות after Yishtabach. Is there any problem saying שיר המעלות without a minyan?
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Can you say HaShem's name in personal tefillot?
When saying a personal tefilla at the end of shemoneh esrei, and one is saying "May it be Your will, HaShem, etc." is it proper to say HaShem's actual name or not to?
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Yachid saying anim zemiros
Rabbi Herschel Shachter and his Rabbi say that a yachid doesn't say anim zemiros. Do any non-Modern Orthodox poskim rule likewise, and if so, who.
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Aruch HaShulchan on not saying certain phrases in hallel when davening alone
The Aruch HaShulchan 422:9 says someone davening alone should not say "ki l'olam chasdo" after "yomar na yisrael." Then he seems to say the same, that one shouldn't say "ki l'...
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Maaneh Lashon - Book
My grandfather used to use this book when he was alive to daven at the cemeteries of his relatives each year.
https://i.stack.imgur.com/RMNwb.jpg
(The first pages are different but the rest looks ...
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Are you allowed to pray for your own death?
No suicide or euthanasia is allowed in Judaism. But are you allowed to pray for your own death?
You can pray for the death of someone who is incurably sick, in pain and dying. This is based on ...
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Piskei Teshuvos on sleeping before Shacharis if one was up all night
Halachipedia says that Piskei Teshuvos 89:22 and Ishei Yisrael 13:31 rule that one may not go to sleep within half an hour of alos hashachar if one was up all night before davening Shacharis. Can ...
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Wearing Tallit after the morning?
If someone didn't wear a tallit during morning prayers, when they put it on in the afternoon let's say, do they make a bracha? Based on my searches online the info has been rather conflicting or just ...
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Tune for Nusach Nadvorna and/or Kretchnif
Does anybody know where I could find a good, clear, example of nusach Kretchnif or Nadvorna? I've looked through Kol Torah Online but all the examples they have are older tapes with pretty rough audio ...
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Rosh Hashonoh. Pray for forgiveness and needs – or not?
In my copy of the Siddur HaGr”a there is an introduction to the prayers of Rosh Hashonoh. It is quite clear there that we mention neither our sins nor our needs.
Therefore our Rabbis forbade us to ...
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Selichot vs tikkun hatsot
The Yalkut Yosef says that praying tikkun hatsot-- a perhaps 15 minute tefilla focusing on the Hurban-- is preferable to selichot-- a 45 minute tefilla on Rachamim with the 13 middot of Rachamim?
Did ...
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Secondary reason for shortened Shmoneh Esrei on Shabbos?
The main view for why we shorten the Shmoneh Esrei on Shabbos is that we do not want to focus on the mundane, but rather the holiness of the day.
However, I do remember hearing that the other reason ...
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What is the difference between an avnet and an aizur
I have seen the question on Mi Yodeya titled Wearing a gartel
The Shulchan Aruch 91:2 writes even though you are wearing an 'avnet' you should still wear an 'aizur' to daven.
One wonders, what is the ...
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Davening alone on the yamim noraim
I found a Kof-K publication titled "Tefillah When Davening Alone" and learned that there is more to it than just skipping the parts that require a minyan. (See https://thehalacha.com/wp-...
