Daily Halacha Podcast - Daily Halacha By Rabbi Eli J. Mansour
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Daily Halacha Podcast - Daily Halacha By Rabbi Eli J. Mansour
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Counting For a Minyan Men in a Different Section of the Shul
Occasionally, there are men who sit in the ladies' section in the synagogue on weekdays, when women generally do not come to the synagogue. While this...
Forming a Minyan When a Narrow Room Extends Into a Wider Room
In order for ten men to form a Minyan, they must all be situated in the same room. In some circumstances, though, two rooms might perhaps be considere...
Forming a Minyan When a Narrow Room Extends Into a Wider Room
In order for ten men to form a Minyan, they must all be situated in the same room. In some circumstances, though, two rooms might perhaps be considere...
Forming a Minyan in Two Rooms if the Hazzan Stands the Middle
Ten men form a Minyan only if they are all assembled in the same room. If the ten are interspersed among two rooms, then even if there is no door betw...
Forming a Minyan in Two Rooms if the Hazzan Stands the Middle
Ten men form a Minyan only if they are all assembled in the same room. If the ten are interspersed among two rooms, then even if there is no door betw...
Can a Person Outside a Window be Counted Toward a Minyan?
If nine men are assembled in a room, and a tenth men is outside by the window, can this tenth men be counted so a Minyan can be formed? It is clear th...
Can a Person Outside a Window be Counted Toward a Minyan?
If nine men are assembled in a room, and a tenth men is outside by the window, can this tenth men be counted so a Minyan can be formed? It is clear th...
Does a Person Count Toward a Minyan if He Stands in the Doorway?
Ten men combine to form a Minyan only if they are together in the same room. The Rishonim debate the question of whether a person can count toward a M...
Does a Person Count Toward a Minyan if He Stands in the Doorway?
Ten men combine to form a Minyan only if they are together in the same room. The Rishonim debate the question of whether a person can count toward a M...
Forming a Minyan in a Room With a Partition
If ten men wish to make a Minyan in a room with a curtain that separates the room into two sections, must they all be together on one side of the curt...
Forming a Minyan in a Room With a Partition
If ten men wish to make a Minyan in a room with a curtain that separates the room into two sections, must they all be together on one side of the curt...
Can Someone Who is Sleeping Be Counted Toward a Minyan?
If a Minyan consists of precisely ten men, and one of them falls asleep, is the group still considered to comprise a Minyan, allowing them to recite K...
Can Someone Who is Sleeping Be Counted Toward a Minyan?
If a Minyan consists of precisely ten men, and one of them falls asleep, is the group still considered to comprise a Minyan, allowing them to recite K...
Can Ten Men Form a Minyan if They are In Two Different Rooms?
The Shulhan Aruch (Orah Haim 55:13), based on the ruling of numerous Rishonim, writes that ten men cannot combine to form a Minyan if they are not tog...
Can Ten Men Form a Minyan if They are In Two Different Rooms?
The Shulhan Aruch (Orah Haim 55:13), based on the ruling of numerous Rishonim, writes that ten men cannot combine to form a Minyan if they are not tog...
Is It Proper for the Hazzan To Wait for Everyone to Finish the Silent Amida?
As we've seen in previous installments, the Hazzan at Arbit may proceed to Kaddish after the Amida as long as at least six men (including him) have co...
Is It Proper for the Hazzan To Wait for Everyone to Finish the Silent Amida?
As we've seen in previous installments, the Hazzan at Arbit may proceed to Kaddish after the Amida as long as at least six men (including him) have co...
Must the Hazzan Wait for Ten Men to Finish the Silent Amida?
Often, when a small Minyan is praying, one or several of the men in attendance take longer than the others to complete the Amida. The question then ar...
Must the Hazzan Wait for Ten Men to Finish the Silent Amida?
Often, when a small Minyan is praying, one or several of the men in attendance take longer than the others to complete the Amida. The question then ar...
Counting for a Minyan – The Status of Heretics, and of Devoted Jews Who Cannot Read Hebrew
A person who does not observe Yom Tob, but observes Shabbat, can be counted toward a Minyan. One who violates Yom Kippur, however, is akin to a Shabba...
Counting for a Minyan – The Status of Heretics, and of Devoted Jews Who Cannot Read Hebrew
A person who does not observe Yom Tob, but observes Shabbat, can be counted toward a Minyan. One who violates Yom Kippur, however, is akin to a Shabba...
Can a Person Who Is Drunk Be Counted Toward a Minyan?
The Shulhan Aruch (Orah Haim 99:1) rules that if a person has become inebriated such that he cannot articulate his words properly, and is not fit to a...
Can a Person Who Is Drunk Be Counted Toward a Minyan?
The Shulhan Aruch (Orah Haim 99:1) rules that if a person has become inebriated such that he cannot articulate his words properly, and is not fit to a...
Can a Deaf-Mute Be Counted Toward a Minyan?
An individual who, Heaven forbid, suffers from a physical impairment or disability may be counted toward a Minyan. The concept of a Minyan is rooted i...
Can a Deaf-Mute Be Counted Toward a Minyan?
An individual who, Heaven forbid, suffers from a physical impairment or disability may be counted toward a Minyan. The concept of a Minyan is rooted i...
Men Who Cannot Be Counted Toward a Minyan
A person who has lost an immediate family member, Heaven forbid, has the status of "Onen" from the time of the death until the burial, a status which...
Determining the Date of the Bar-Misva of a Child Born on Rosh Hodesh Kislev
A person who has lost an immediate family member, Heaven forbid, has the status of "Onen" from the time of the death until the burial, a status which...
Men Who Cannot Be Counted Toward a Minyan
A person who has lost an immediate family member, Heaven forbid, has the status of "Onen" from the time of the death until the burial, a status which...
Determining the Date of the Bar-Misva of a Child Born on Rosh Hodesh Kislev
Months in the Jewish calendar consist of either 29 or 30 days. When a month continues for 30 days, two days of Rosh Hodesh are observed – on the 30 th...
Determining the Date of the Bar-Misva of a Child Born on Rosh Hodesh Kislev
Months in the Jewish calendar consist of either 29 or 30 days. When a month continues for 30 days, two days of Rosh Hodesh are observed – on the 30 th...
Determining the Day of the Bar-Misva When Crossing the International Date Line
A fascinating question arises in the case of a boy whose family travels across the International Date Line to celebrate his Bar-Misva. If, for example...
Determining the Day of the Bar-Misva When Crossing the International Date Line
A fascinating question arises in the case of a boy whose family travels across the International Date Line to celebrate his Bar-Misva. If, for example...
The Bar-Misva of a Boy Born on 30 Shevat or 30 Adar Rishon
An interesting question arises in the case of a boy who was born during a leap year, on the 30 th day of Adar Rishon (the first Adar), and the year of...
Determining the Day of a Bar-Misva For a Boy Born in Adar
An interesting question arises in the case of a boy who was born during a leap year, on the 30 th day of Adar Rishon (the first Adar), and the year of...
The Bar-Misva of a Boy Born on 30 Shevat or 30 Adar Rishon
An interesting question arises in the case of a boy who was born during a leap year, on the 30 th day of Adar Rishon (the first Adar), and the year of...
Determining the Day of a Bar-Misva For a Boy Born in Adar
In certain years, an extra month of Adar is added to the Jewish calendar. The reason for this occasional extension of the year is to synchronize the J...
Determining the Day of a Bar-Misva For a Boy Born in Adar
In certain years, an extra month of Adar is added to the Jewish calendar. The reason for this occasional extension of the year is to synchronize the J...
May a Congregation Trust a Boy’s Claim That He is Bar-Misva Age?
If a boy in the synagogue claims that he has reached the age of Bar-Misva, the others should not rely on this claim to count him toward a Minyan, or t...
May a Congregation Trust a Boy’s Claim That He is Bar-Misva Age?
If a boy in the synagogue claims that he has reached the age of Bar-Misva, the others should not rely on this claim to count him toward a Minyan, or t...
Determining the Date of the Bar-Misva for a Boy Born Shortly After Sunset
The period of Ben Ha'shemashot, which extends for a short while (approximately 10-13 minutes) after sunset, is regarded by Halacha as a time of "Safek...