Saying Shemoneh Esrei Audibly
There are two matters to discuss here: whether the davener may act in this manner and what you...
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How Many People Must Begin Shemoneh Esrei Together?
Beginning Shemoneh Esrei with fewer than ten men engaging in that central part of the tefilla, even if...
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Practicing Saying “V’ten Tal U’Matar”
If one is unsure whether he remembered to cease saying “Mashiv haruach u’morid hageshsem” (=Mashiv) in a tefilla...
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An Israeli Serving as Chazan Abroad Before December 5
In Israel, the request for rain in tefilla is inserted beginning on 7 Marcheshvan, several weeks before it...
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Ma’ariv Around the Time of Chatzot
If one has time to recite only either Kri’at Shema or Shemoneh Esrei before chatzot, Kri’at Shema clearly...
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Finishing Time for Mincha
The end of the day is composed of different stages. First there is sheki’ah, the end of definite...
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Musaf or Hallel First at Day’s End?
Chazal consider a number of factors in giving one mitzva precedence over another, such as tadir (the one...
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Reciting Aleinu Along with the Tzibbur
Let us trace the source of what you apparently heard regarding saying Aleinu with the tzibbur and then...
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A Kohen and Others Joining for a Minyan “in” a Cemetery
Most of the halachic discussion regarding tziruf (joining together as a halachic group) for a minyan relates to...
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Waiting Between the Beracha and the Kri’at HaTorah
Many sources equate talking between a beracha and the food to which it relates with doing so between...
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Dilemmas of a Chazan for Kedusha on Shabbat
Kedusha indeed consists of three (or four) introductory statements, each of which leads into a pasuk (from Yeshayahu,...
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Saying Kaddish when Lacking Full Participation
A relatively similar case to those you ask about is what is called poress al Shema. This refers...
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Chazan Starting with Chazarat HaShatz
The idea of a chazan starting chazarat hashatz without first reciting a silent Shemoneh Esrei is discussed in...
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Calling “Kohanim” to an Under-Age Kohen
The halacha upon which your question is based – that we call “Kohanim” before Birkat Kohanim only when...
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Answering Unsynchronized Birkat Kohanim
The gemara states that the congregation should not answer amen before the kohanim have completed each beracha. Is...
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Stopping the Kohen Before the Second Aliya
The answer is that it depends how far the kohen has progressed in the second aliya. If he...
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