Question: We need a babysitter for a few hours on Shabbat. Is there a problem paying her for Shabbat work? Answer: Sechar Shabbat (pay for

Question: At a time of year when we do not mention rain in Shemoneh Esrei’s second beracha, the chazan started saying, “mashiv haruach …” People

Question: I am saying Kaddish and, recently, went to a shiva house for tefillah. After I said a Kaddish with the aveilim, someone told me

Question: I asked a friend who needs tefillot for her health, what her name is for such purposes, and she answered, “Shira bat Avraham Avinu.”

Question: I was supposed to take over as chazan at Yishtabach, but I absentmindedly said Yishtabach quietly as the previous chazan was finishing Az Yashir.

Question: Can you explain the details of how one should walk to an aliyah and how and when he should return? Answer: There are no

Question: Is it permitted/proper to take pills before Yom Kippur that improve one’s fasting on Yom Kippur? Answer: Clearly, while the Torah commands “v’initem et

Question: I will be blowing shofar in an Ashkenazi minyan. What should I be doing about blowing tashrat (tekia-shevarim-teruah-tekia) — with neshima achat (shevarim and

Question: My community has a project that in our pruzbul (a mechanism to obviate shemitat kesafim), one excludes a loan given through a gemach, upon

Question: I heard a chumra that during a leap year, with 13 months between readings of Parshat Zachor, one should have in mind to fulfill

Question: When I cook for Shabbat, I like to taste the chicken soup and gravies to make sure they are properly spiced. Does that “make