Living the halachic process

A series of responsa books written by the rabbis of the Institute for scholars and rabbis from around the world in all areas of Halacha.

Living The Halachic Process I

Living The Halachic Process II

Living The Halachic Process III

Living The Halachic Process IV

Living The Halachic Process V

Living The Halachic Process VI

Living The Halachic Process VII

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Part 4
Rabbi Daniel Mann

מציג 1-30 מ-104 תוצאות

Shaving Before Shacharit

As we would expect of a debate between learned rabbis, each side has a significant basis. Our approach...

Accompanying the Chazan with Singing or Humming

Kedusha is a series of three important p’sukim (Kadosh…, Baruch k’vod…, and Yimloch…), each of which is preceded...

Davening When Waiting for Tefillin

The gemara states that one who recites Kri’at Shema without tefillin is like one who says false testimony...

Continuing a Minyan with Less Than Ten

The general principle to which you refer does exist, but we must refine some details. The mishna lists...

Repeating Shemoneh Esrei by Mistake

The answer is straightforward, but it is worthwhile to analyze the rationale. The gemara states: “Rav Yehuda said...

A Chazan Who Has Animosity Toward a Congregant

The Beit Yosef cites the Maharik, who maintains that since the prayers correspond to the temidin, which must...

Standing During Chazarat HaShatz‎

We will paint a picture, based on sources, that is somewhere between “clear halacha” and “personal preference.” The...

Priorities for a Slow Davener

We are working under the assumption that it is worthwhile to continue davening at your minyan. (This may...

Pre and Post-Sleep Recitations for Those Who Sleep by Day

The gemara instructs that even though one said Kri’at Shema at Ma’ariv, he should say it again before...

When During Torah Reading is it Forbidden to Talk?

We will focus only on the limitations on speech that relate to kri’at haTorah. Many topics and modes...

Honors for Younger Congregants

The mishna lists the parts of the services that a katan (boy before bar mitzva) can and cannot...

A Mistake in a Pasuk with HaShem’s Name

Some mistakes in the Torah reading are significant enough to require repeating words, whereas some are not. Furthermore,...

Oleh Reading Along with the Ba’al Korei

Actually, there are even opinions that one should not read along. The Zohar states that only one person...

Leaning During an Aliya

The mishna says that one may read Megillat Esther standing or sitting. The gemara notes that, in contrast,...

Birkat Kohanim with a Cast

The mishna states that a kohen with blemishes on his hands should not perform Birkat Kohanim because this...

Steps to Enable a Kohen to be Ready for Birkat Kohanim

There is indeed a possibility for a kohen to go up for Birkat Kohanim while in the middle...

Stopping During Tefilla to Use the Bathroom

These are important questions. Many people do not know what to do, or find the relevant halachot to...

Me’ein Sheva at a Minyan Not Held in a Shul

The phenomenon of Me’ein Sheva is interesting. It is essentially a shortened chazarat hashatz, and this is surprising...

Kaddish HaGadol for Burial and a Siyum

To explain this, we must first understand the basic idea of Kaddish. We will then be able to...

Birkat HaMazon After Significant Delay

The mishna states that one can bentch only until the food is digested. The gemara offers two opinions...

Reciting a Beracha Oneself or Relying on Another Person’s Beracha

Let us begin with a true story, whose relevance should be clear later. An Ashkenazi man got engaged...

The Beracha on Pizza

To understand this, we must first consider what makes a food deemed to be bread or a quasi-bread....

Beracha on Ice Cream for Dessert

The gemara presents the basic rules of berachot during a meal in which one ate bread. Foods that...

Two Out of a Group Who Want to do a Zimun‎

The gemara says that if three people eat together, one stops eating to answer for two who want...

How to Proceed with Birkat HaMazon after Zimun

This is a classic case of a practice that has changed from the manner it was originally intended,...

Combining Small Amounts of Foods for a Beracha Acharona

We will focus on only a few of this issue’s many possible permutations. We start with the case...

Shehecheyanu on Vegetables

We must distinguish between the answer in principle and in practice. In principle, Shehecheyanu applies to anything that...

Answering Amen to an Electronically Heard Beracha

One can be yotzei a beracha by hearing it only if it is made by a person who...

When to Make a Beracha on the Morning Netilat Yadayim

The gemara describes the morning berachot as being recited as one performs the particular action to which each...

The Violation of Shabbat by Small Children

There are more permutations and approaches than we can discuss in this forum, but let us consider the...

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