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JUDAISM IN THE LIGHT OF KABALA AND CHASSIDUS

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This site presents Judaism according to Chassidut and Kabala. It covers an extensive array of topics, including education and marital harmony, for example.

Which ‘melachot’ (see above) did women accept upon themselves not to do on Rosh Chodesh’, and which are permitted?

I have heard that there are places where people wait only 3 hours after eating meat before eating dairy. Is this a proper practice and

I have heard people say that it is not necessary to wait the entire 6 hours, only most of that time. Is this true?

When we go on a trip with the children, I tell everyone to wash their hands for bread and make a blessing “haMotzi” before getting

Is it permissible to complete the daily learning schedule of Chumash, Tehillim, and Tanya, at night since according to the Arizal (the kabbalist Rabbi Yitzchak

This question is from Mexico: May tourists visit sites of ancient Mayan culture? It could be that the displays contain items that were used in

In our shul, (Beit Knesset, synagogue,) there is a large electric urn in which water is boiled for several days at a time. The water

What blessing should be said on cornflakes?

In our city there is a large central square, in which there is a paved area designed like a cross. May we pass through the

Is there a connection between the relationship between parents and the mental health of their children, from a Jewish or psychological perspective?

What is the main difference between the approach and defining aspect of modern psychology with regard to education and parenting and that of Jewish psychology?

What is the difference between what the father gives the child and what the mother gives him, according to Jewish psychology?

TWO HEAD COVERINGS WHILE MAKING A BLESSING

Regarding the custom of wearing two head covering while making a blessing, do the two layers of material in my kippa comprise two coverings, or

NETILAT YADAYIM WHILE HOLDING THE CUP WITH A TOWEL

I saw someone washing the ritual washing for the morning while holding the handles of the cup with a towel, as is done when washing

KEEPING UP WITH THE CONGREGATION

I overheard someone in shul telling another person that it makes no difference where he is holding in the prayers, when the congregation reaches ‘Yishtabach’

GENTILES IN THE REDEMPTION

Will non-Jews be redeemed in the Final Redemption?

SPITTING IN ALEINU

Why is there a custom to spit during the Aleinu prayer?Is it to obliterate evil? Is it permissible to erase the spit with one’s shoe?

UNDERSTANDING LIKKUTEI TORAH

How do I understand what is written in Likkutei Torah (one of the seminal works of Rabbi Shneor Zalman of Liadi, the ‘Alter Rebbe’). Which

SHABBAT

Does it make a difference whether I speak on the phone or send a text on Shabbat?

Burying the dead on top of each other

In Eretz Yisrael there are places where the Chevra Kaddisha allots a place for a family, and when the time comes they bury the husband

A child at a funeral

Can one bring a child to a funeral?

Bread from meat meal at dairy meal

I am a Yeshivah student, and I see that after the meat meal at the Yeshivah all the bread is collected from the tables and

END OF SHEMA PRAYER WHEN PRAYING ALONE

When I am praying alone and I reach the end of the Shema prayer, should I repeat the line at the end “Ani HaShem Elokeichem

REPEATING LAST LINE OF SHEMA

What exactly do we need to repeat in the last part of the Shema Yisrael prayer?

SLICHOT

Who should be appointed to lead the congregation in saying the Slichot?

SLICHOT

If a person is in mourning, may he lead the services during the High Holidays and the Slichot?

SHABBAT

If I am aware already before Shabbat that there is a chance that there will be an emergency requiring me to travel, must I go

Q. We have the possibility to choose a Shofar blower who is decent and G-d-fearing, but there is another person who knows how to blow

THIRTEEN ATTRIBUTES OF MERCY WITHOUT A MINYAN

What is the reason that a person praying by himself does not say the Thirteen Attributes of Mercy?

RITUAL IMMERSION IN A LAKE

Is it permissible for a woman to perform her ritual immersion, tvila, in a lake?

MAKING REQUESTS DURING THE AMIDA

May one express requests to G-d while reciting the Amidah (Shmoneh Esreh) prayer?

ELUL

Where is it written that people should bless each other for the New Year?

SOME LAWS AND CUSTOMS OF SLICHOT AND THE MONTH OF ELUL

What should be done during the days of Slichot when the congregation is up to the Ashrei prayer, but there is not yet a minyan

SLICHOT

Is there a custom whereby the Shaliach Tzibbur who leads the Slichot also leads the prayer services for the entire day?

SLICHOT

Is the Shaliach Tzibbur required to wear a Tallit for Slichot?

SLICHOT

What should be done during the days of Slichot if there was a minyan at the beginning of the service but by the end some

SLICHOT

What is the Chabad custom regarding a mourner leading the prayer services?

PREGNANT WOMAN ON TISHA B’AV

What are the instructions concerning a pregnant woman fasting on Tisha B’Av?

SHABBAT

Q. Is it permissible to perform actions for the comfort or convenience of the driver who must drive on Shabbat, such as turning on light

ELUL

Is it important to check Tefillin and Mezuzot during the month of Elul?

ELUL

Is there good reason to add on in reciting Psalms during the month of Elul and the High Holidays?

ELUL

What are the different sources and customs for reciting the Psalm, “LeDovid? HaShem Ori vYishei?

SHABBAT

Regarding payment for my job, I am paid on a monthly basis, and I’m speaking about a month in which most of the working days

PAYING FOR AN ALIYA WITH MA’ASER MONEY

Is it permissible to pay for an Aliya to the Torah with Ma’aser (tithe) money?

SHABBAT

Regarding returning home on Shabbat or Yom Tov, is it permissible to return home when the purpose of the trip has been accomplished?

PRAYERS IN THE LANGUAGE OF THE TARGUM

When a person prays alone, why are the prayers in targum not said?

OATH ABOUT NOT DESECRATING SHABBAT

I made an oath that I would not desecrate Shabbat, and now I would like to nullify it, is this permissible?

SHABBAT

In the event that I am unable to go home on Shabbat or Chag, I am in a situation where I remain on the work

jasidut

¿Cómo se puede diferenciar entre los diferentes tipos de deseos? ¿Cuál es el camino interior y práctico del servicio de la anulación de los deseos?

SHABBAT

Q. Could you please explain the details involved in driving a vehicle while working on Shabbat for national security? Are there differences in handling an

Q. A person prepared cookies where the majority of the liquid ingredients was fruit juice, which according to basic Halocho warrant a blessing of ‘mezonos,’

מוקדש לרפואת והצלחת

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הספר החדש במחיר היכרות

להזמנות לחץ כאן

שאל את הרב

How many years were the Jews actually in Egypt?

I am fascinated with the Timeline of Jewish History at

To learn the entire Torah

Hi, I’m looking for a source that states that a

Am I a Jew or not?

Shalom, I have a halachic question. I was raised frum

Interviewing Jews

Hello! I have a class assignment to interview those from

3000 year old agreement

why should a Jew nowadays be bound to an agreement

Light and Sun

How did God create light before He created the sun?

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