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

Question: As chazan, I was unable to take three steps back after my silent Shemoneh Esrei because someone was davening close behind me even when

Parshat Eikev 82 Question: Can I count the cake and other foods I eat at a shul kiddush, followed by a regular Shabbat meal at

Question: May one make changes on Shabbat (and which ones?) to the settings on a Shabbat clock that is connected to electrical appliances? Answer: The

May I wear leather arch supports in my non-leather shoes on Tisha B’av? Most of the sources on the prohibition of wearing shoes relate to

Every year, I am the one who says Kaddish for my mother-in-law on her yahrtzeit. This year, it falls out during the 12th month of

Question: I am considering sightseeing in Egypt. Need I be concerned with the Torah’s prohibition of returning to Egypt? Answer: We will not address the