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Q&A Intentionally praying shacharis without tefillin

If someone b'mezid, intentionally, prayed shacharis without tefillin, would he have fulfilled his obligation? Or would he have to pray again with tefillin.

0 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Racquetball‭  ·  edited 4y ago by DonielF‭

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Q&A Origin of Three Weeks/Nine Days customs?

I don't know about the earliest source, but the opening words of the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 122:1 are: .כֵּיוָן שֶׁבְּשִׁבְעָה עָשָׂר בְּתַמּוּז הִתְחִילוּ צָרוֹת הַחֻרְבָּן, לָכֵן נוֹהֲגִין קְצָת ...

posted 4y ago by Dani‭  ·  edited 4y ago by Dani‭

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Meta Creating New Tags

What is our stance on creating new tags? On MY it was preferable not to create new ones, but what about here?

0 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Harel13‭

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Meta What is our policy regarding using non-English languages in a post?

My opinion: Should we allow users to write questions in non-English languages? No. The primary language of the site should be English, so each question should be substantially English for the f...

posted 4y ago by manassehkatz‭  ·  edited 4y ago by Dani‭

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Q&A (non)Counting of the Omer

As I understand it, generally speaking: If you count the correct number of days (ideally also weeks, but days is the most important) in any way (e.g., "tonight we count...") after Tzeis Hacochav...

posted 8mo ago by manassehkatz‭

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Q&A Reward for mitzvot pre-adulthood

I can't answer this, but at least I can reply with another question, which might affect the answer. What form does the reward take? Is there an idea in Judaism that humans improve their well-bein...

posted 2y ago by Fred Wamsley‭

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Q&A Why was Shabbat given in a roundabout way?

Someone at my seder asked about the ordering in Dayeinu, specifically that "had God not given us Shabbat..." comes before "had God not give us the Torah..." -- but wasn't Shabbat given at Sinai, as...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Tevillas Keilim on Used things

One foundational point that might shed some clarity: The requirement for tevilas keilim is only for utensils that are owned and being used with food by a Jew, but were previously owned by a non-...

posted 1y ago by PinnyM‭

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Q&A Why do we skip certain words and pronounce words differently in Ruth?

While reading Megillat Ruth on Shavuot, I noticed that there were an unusually large number of words that were read differently than how they're written in the text. This includes outright omitting...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by Mithical‭

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Q&A Tzidkat'cha in the presence of a mourner

If one is in shul on a Shabbos afternoon and a mourner (who is in his 7 days) is davening there, does the minyan say Tzidkat'cha? My logic -- during the week,one does not say tachanun in the house...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by rosends‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by manassehkatz‭

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Meta Should posting on Meta affect reputation?

When we launched this community, we did not yet have the ability to set different reputation grants for different categories. We've had this for a while but we failed to follow up before now, sorr...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Why was Rabbi Eliezer ostracized?

the argument between Beit Hillel (BH) & Beit Shammai (BS) was whether we follow the qualified majority based on the daat of man, or the most correct answer. R Eliezer(RE) was right and the rab...

posted 1y ago by robbiefowler‭

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Q&A Experience-based advice for focusing and slowing down prayers?

I too had this problem. I bought the Artscroll Interlinear siddur. It slowed me down a lot and imbued much more meaning into my davening.

posted 14y ago by Tzvi‭

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Q&A Experience-based advice for focusing and slowing down prayers?

I have a similiar experience with my davening Recently I started learing Reb Shimshon Pincus's sefer on tefilla as suggested by a friend and its working already... Here's a link.. no I don't get ...

posted 10y ago by R. Mo‭  ·  last activity 10y ago by R. Mo‭

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Q&A Experience-based advice for focusing and slowing down prayers?

Try to be the sheliach tzibbur as often as possible. I find that when I lead the prayers I'm much more focused on them. Partly this is because representing the congregation is a serious undertakin...

posted 10y ago by abcde‭

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Q&A Experience-based advice for focusing and slowing down prayers?

Copied from my answer here: Take a minute to clear your mind and try to fee the presence of Hashem all around you. Daven to Hashem to help you daven with Kavanah Every time you catch your mind st...

posted 14y ago by SimchasTorah‭  ·  last activity 10y ago by SimchasTorah‭

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Q&A Experience-based advice for focusing and slowing down prayers?

Without checking sources: Psukei DeZimra (the psalms and passages from Baruch SheAmar to Yishtabach, before Shema) should be recited slowly, as though one were counting money. Try to pronounce each...

posted 15y ago by Perry Zamek‭

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Q&A Experience-based advice for focusing and slowing down prayers?

You should consider getting a Siddur with Kavanot. Before I used one I was around 1.5x faster than I am now. Now I take my time and I feel better after I finish. P.S. If you are Sephardic I recomme...

posted 10y ago by NS23‭

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Q&A Is the observance of Jewish law/tradition "all or nothing"?

R' Ovadia Yosef in Yabia Omer 6, Y.D. 14, was asked by a religious girls school if it was better to enforce a dresscode which prohibited short skirts or pants, as the school had determined they wou...

posted 10y ago by Y     e     z‭

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Q&A Experience-based advice for focusing and slowing down prayers?

In addition to the other answer that I have already written on this question, something else that helps me is standing in front of somebody who davens slowly. Since I can't take my three steps back...

posted 9y ago by Daniel‭

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Q&A Experience-based advice for focusing and slowing down prayers?

Two things have proven effective for me over the years in this regard: Davening near/behind people who are more into it than me. This is inspirational not for competitive reasons but because it p...

posted 15y ago by WAF‭

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Q&A Experience-based advice for focusing and slowing down prayers?

The Koren-Sacks siddur can be worth a try. Also worth a try is a siddur with a different version of the text than the one you're used to (Nusach Sefard, real Sfaradi, etc). Makes it much harder t...

posted 15y ago by Shalom‭

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Q&A Difference between אני and אנכי

Not really a complete answer, but a path to an understanding of the difference between the two words. The Gur Aryeh on Rashi Bereishit 29:17 explains a grammatical difference between the word Anoch...

posted 9y ago by Menachem‭

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Q&A What is a woman's obligation when it comes to T'fillah?

EDIT: Having now read a sefer on this topic, I would edit my answer a bit--mostly just to say "It's complicated," but also to solidify these points: Technically, halacha follows the Ramban tha...

posted 9y ago by SAH‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by SAH‭

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Q&A Difference between אני and אנכי

אֲנִי is the basic word "I". It is just about always followed by an adjective or noun. It is used the vast majority of times both in Tanakh and later writings. אָנֹכִי is a more nuanced version of ...

posted 9y ago by LN6595‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by msh210‭

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