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[Inspired by this site, this question is a solicitation for review of a product, copied below. Scale is not intended to be significant.] Is this set-theoretic representation of categories of b'racho …

The first chapter on the laws of b'rachos in Aruch Hashulchan ends with a summary of several of the forgoing paragraphs that reads thusly (202:45): וכללו של דבר: כל הפירות שיודע בהם שהם עיקר הפירא - …

The Mishna B'rura (O.C. 215:9) quotes a midrash in the name of Acharonim to say that one must say "amen" after "wishes" such as you mention - even those that do not include the name of God. From the c …

In Igros Moshe, Kadashim, vol. 1, #15, toward the end, he says Yes on the basis of being unconvinced of a reason not to. The questioner apparently thought that one would not, and while the t'shuva d …

There is a possible scenario in which one recites only the b'racha of she'Asa nisim on neros Chanuka without the b'racha of l'hadlik ner. Does the opposite scenario exist, in which one says only l'had …

I saw in the name of the Or Zaru'a and others that one does not make a b'racha before writing a sefer Torah even though it is a positive mitzva with an action associated because (among other reasons) …

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In the context of interruptions during morning t'fila the B(e)i'ur Halacha (in 51:4) brings down the opinion of Derech Hachayim regarding birkas 'asher yatzar'. He holds that one may say this b'racha …

When one is saying a b'racha and realizes only after saying God's name that the b'racha is no longer valid, he can avoid the problem of uttering God's name in vain by tacking on the words "למדני חקיך" …

The law is recorded in Shulchan Aruch et al. that one who sees lit Chanuka lights and has not lit his own should say the b'racha of שעשה נסים לאבותנו ("...she'asa nisim la'avosenu..."). Could he say t …

The first: Bless God, the blessed [one] Here "barchu" is imperative. The second: You are blessed, God. Here, "baruch" is beinoni pa'ul - a type of verb that is so passive and descript …

The G'mara in B'rachos 60b says that the situation in which one says this blessing is upon leaving the bathroom. … Although the text of the blessing mentions many natural/biological phenomena that God effects, the applicable context appears to be limited to that one. In fact, Dr. …

The Beis Hab'chira (maseches Shabas 23a - "mi she'ein lo l'hadlik" on the lower left) quotes and approves of the opinion that if one has no access to Chanuka lights of his own and cannot see others' t …

I have heard that Rav Scheinberg wore many garments with ציציות on them at a time. . . Is this true? If so, why did he do it? If not, why do other people do it? How many ברכות do they make when p …

Rash"i, agreeing with Unk'lus, says it refers to Mashiach.