Although there is no explicit Halacha regarding bathing during the Nine Days, the Shulhan Aruch (Orah Haim 551:16) says that some had […] Read More
Author: Magen Avot
The Shulhan Aruch (Orah Haim 551:2) rules that one may not wed during the Nine Days, however one may get […] Read More
One practical implication of Tisha Be’Av being pushed off to Sunday (“Nidhe“) is a leniency with regards to pregnant and […] Read More
Ben HaMetzarim refers to the period between the Seventeenth of Tammuz andTisha Be’Av and is commonly known in English as the “Three Weeks”. Halachically […] Read More
The Midrash, as quoted by the Bet Yosef, learns from the verse “Kal Atzmotai Tomarna Hashem Mi Kamocha” (lit. All […] Read More
Some Siddurim include a special prayer which is inserted at the end of the Amida before taking the three steps […] Read More
The Rambam writes (Hilchot Tefila 5:10) that there are five prostrations in each Amida prayer: One at the beginning, one […] Read More
The Shulhan Aruch (Orah Haim 123:2) rules that after taking the three steps back one should wait in one’s place […] Read More
There are situations when the Hazan arrives late to the prayer and finds the congregation already in the middle of […] Read More
Our Sages enacted that the Amida should be repeated by the Shaliah Tzibbur so that any congregant who was not […] Read More