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Questions about Jewish prayer (the fixed order of typically-thrice-daily prayers, or prayer generally).
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If you are listening to someone praying outloud And you say Amen.Did you just pray?
An extension of what you refer to is the Shome'ah K'oneh (One who listens is considered as if he answered.) principle. This is mentioned in Bab. Talmud Succah 38b.
It is generally suggested that a pe …
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What happens in a modern Jewish liturgy?
Part of your question asked:
How much focus is given to preaching, the Torah, the other scriptures,
the Talmud, the Mishnah, the Midrash (Forgive me again, I'm using
these words without knowin …
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What is the origin and usage of the phrase רבונו של עולם?
I don't recall the phrase - רבונו של עולם - (loose meaning- "Master of the world") mentioned in Tana"ch. I think it first appears in the Mishnah or Gemarra. It is a common phrase in prayers.
When …
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Why during davening do we ask Hashem to answer us on the day we call, don't we always call?
This verse, which is part of our daily prayers comes from Psalm 20 verse 10. It is said in several places throughout our prayers. (If you include the full recitation of Psalm 20, which is occasionally …
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Is there any reason for the order of the attributes "grace, kindness and mercy" in tefillah?
There seems to be a consistency in tefillah (prayer) that the attributes חן וחסד ורחמים - (my translation) "grace, kindness and mercy" - appear specifically in this order. Five samples that I can thin …
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May a person daven in a NYC subway car that has a smelly person sitting there?
There's a saying in NYC:
"If you're pregnant or elderly, you won't get a seat. But, if you smell bad, you can get a whole subway car."
Sadly, the number of (homeless, usually) smelly people found in …
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Explain apparent contradiction regarding "binah" in the bracha "Chonen Hada'at"
The Bracha Chonen Hada'at seems to have an apparent contradiction regarding "binah".
The beginning of the blessing separates "da'at" from "binah" by implying that "G-d gives man graciously da'at and …
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Do all 10 men that form a minyan need to be "alert"?
Occasionally, I daven in a nursing home. Sometimes, they wheel in patients who aren't exactly aware of what is going on or where they are.
Does the requirement of forming a minyan require that all 10 …
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Clarify the rules for "E-l Erech" and "Lamenatze'ach' (Psalm 20) on non-Tachanun days
I am confused regarding the rules of when to omit E-l Erech Apayim (the paragraph before taking out the Torah) and when to omit Psalm 20 (said after the Torah is returned (Nusach Ashkenaz).
My unders …
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What is the minimum number of people required to answer the Kaddish?
I am excerpting from this MY answer:
The Kaf Hachaim 55:31 cites this and the Ben Ish Chai but he ends off
saying it seems that two are necessary (because "d'imru amein" is
plural).
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Proper protocol for saying Mi Sheberach for the ill
I've seen different shuls do different methods of saying Mi Shebreach for the ill. Methods I have seen:
Chazzan (or gabbai) says the intro aloud; people line up and give him the name and he says the …
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Aleinu written for RH
Some supplements to Avrohom Yitzhok's answer. I obtained this from beureihatefilah.com:
Siddur Rash"I seems to be one of the first that mentions the recital of Aleinu after Shacharit, and it was sai …
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Why is the afternoon prayer called minchah?
I heard from a rav several years ago a "drash" on this.
"Mincha" means "gift" or "present". It is relatively easy to daven Shacharit as that's the first thing one does in the morning (after washing, …
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Movable Song of the Day on Shabbat
From what I have seen by attending services as well as viewing various Siddurim, it seems that on weekdays, the Song of the Day is said at the end of Shacharit (Nusach Ashkenaz after Aleinu; Nusach Se …
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Aseh Lmaan Yeminecha - עשה למען ימינך
I excerpted the last translation in this beureihatefilla article:
At the time of the destruction of the Temple, Your name was
desecrated, as it is written: My holy name that you desecrated. The
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