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SAM2: Correct. But it IS assur to talk with tefillin if the conversation is frivolous or something like that. to say a few words is fine.
Some repeat the bracha after going to the bathroom.
REALIST: Are you saying that it’s OK to lift up the shel rosh to talk b/c then it’s considered like you’re not wearing tefillin, and you just can’t keep your mouth shut?
One of the chevra – please give me a source for that.
Say AMEN to brachos properly.
It is not assur to speak while wearing tefillin. it’s assur to engage in frivolous or mundane conversation, but if it’s for a mitzvah then it’s ok, as you long as you’re not talking during davening.
when removing, there is a custom not to interrupt, but the practice is not accordance with this custom.
“Not that it is right, I have seen som people who raise their shel rosh slightly off their head so they can speak, and put back in situ when they have finished talking!” My rav said this is very bad b/c you’re obligating yourself in making a new bracha. you canNOT lift up the shel rosh.
great question.
The halacha is that we say a bracha when (a) there is nutritional benefit and/or (b) the taste buds get pleasure.
Water has 0 calories (therefore, no nutritional benefit) and it has no taste (so the taste buds get no pleasure from it). if, however, you are thirsty or you desire to drink water, then there’s pleasure so a bracha is necessary. if you’re drinking so that you will not become thirsty in the future (e.g., before a taanis), it’s a machkoles as to whether a bracha is necessary.
if you want to make a bracha, or you’re ever in doubt as to whether or not you’re thirsty, say it on something else and have in mind to exempt the water.
hope this helps.
You can definitely make a siyum if you learned in English, since it is all torah study.
As for reading silently, I asked a shayla and was told that if one is learning in-depth and reading silently helps him understand it better, then he should do that. There IS a mitzvah to know and understand halacha, as is brought down in the sefer tanya, and this mitzvah is even greater than oral torah study. But from time to time he should enunciate the words of Mishna/ Gemara with his mouth, like he’s explaining it to someone else – which may help him understand. It’s definitely MUCH, MUCH better to learn aloud, and this gives Hashem tremendous nachas.
It says in the Tanya that if one recites words of Chumash without understanding a thing, he is yotzei talmud torah. I also heard from a Chabad rabbi that by Chumash you must say it, and by gemara and things like that (Oral Law), you must understand it.
I also heard from my congregational rabbi that if a person is just thinking in learning, this is a very good use of time, as we learn in PIRKEI AVOS that if a person sits by himself and learns, the Divine Presence is with him, and even if he’s just thinking, this is also good – but saying is MUCH better.
As for Tisha B’av – let’s say that a Torah thought pops into your head; are you obligated to chase that thought away since it’s assur?
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Chabad doesn’t say Tehillim at night.
from halachafortoday Web site
There are many who are careful to avoid saying tehillim at night for kabbalistic reasons, but al pi din it is muttar.
Hi,
Do you know what Chabad-Lubavitch is?
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There are two different Minhagim. One (L’Omer)is a count down “from” when the Korban
Omer was brought while the other (B’Omer) is in reference to how many days “in”
Sefirah we are in.
Most Poskim go with L’Omer. However it is only L’Chatchila, as either one is acceptable,
and even if it isn’t said at all, rather you just said “Today is the 21st day which
is three weeks” is Yotzei. See Mishna Berura 489:8.
It would probably be best to say the same Nusach each night. The Nusach that your
father (or husband, if you’re a married woman) says is the one you should follow.
Yeah, and the latest hate crimes in Midwood were carried out by a Yid, just like the arson on Ocean Parkway, and the hate crime in Marine Park. What a world!
If you have peyos covering your ears during prayer, then the “Heavenly Ear” will not hear your tefillos. This is what i read in the cr on another thread. I could be wrong, though.
how about you stop judging people by their external appearance?
BTW, my rav told me that he never wore jeans in his life!
Numbers have great significance in yiddishkeit. 7 = nature, mundane, ordinary (sheva brochas, seven tefillin straps, seven colors of the rainbow, seven days of the week, seven nations of Canaan, etc.) The number 8 means transcending, or rising above, nature. Klal yisrael is not bound by the “laws” of nature. That’s why the oil was found and burnt for so long.
onegoal: maybe if the person is at work or on a bus and will light late in the night (8 PM, e.g.), can he drink before – or must you fast from sunset until you get around to lighting?
agreed. kahane was right.
Imagine if your house is on fire on Shabbos c”v and you pasken that it is assur to put out the fire in order to save your property. However, another Yid puts out the fire and saves your property. Do you thank him?
Saying “thank you” is the polite thing to do. If I were the person, I would say: “Thank you for your concern and time, but don’t you think that it is better to pray to G-d than to the Rebbe?”
gyms are assur. jk.
you can stand out in terms of character and good deeds, not dress. the inside is more important than the garments on the outside.
relax. you’ll do fine. daven. and let us know how you do.
Shabbos is always equally long, at least here in the US – 25 hours. What you meant to say is that it ends early on Saturday.
thanks, mods. you’re the best.
it slows down the legislative process so that laws are not rushed through
you can talk about how much you hate the police, etc, and they’ll kick you out.
it’s assur to read other people’s mail. if you can’t resist the yetzer hara, don’t touch other people’s phones.
i’m not sure about t’shuva, but it’s just not a nice thing to do – since the person trusts you and gives you his or her phone
c”v. I forgot that Shabbos ends kind of early, so maybe the stores will still be open at night. This SMS thing is all day long, right?
you plan on shopping this Shabbos c”v?
Can someone please explain the situation to me?
DAVEN!