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Q&A: Light Fixtures in a Sukkah

Question May light fixtures be hung in a sukkah? Hanging a Sheet Under the Sechach The Mishnah (Sukkah 10a) says that if a bedsheet, which is not valid for sechach, is spread above the sechach for shade, or … [Read More...]

Q&A: MEAL ON EREV SHABBAT AND YOM TOV

Question Are you allowed to eat a se’udah (meal) on erev Shabbat or erev Yom Tov? When is the right time to eat se’udah shlishit when Shabbat falls on the first day of Yom Tov? Answer The Gemara in Gittin … [Read More...]

Q&A – TASHLICH ON SHABBAT

Question Do we say Tashlich when the first day of Rosh Hashana falls out on Shabbat? Answer The Rema (Orach Haim 583:2) writes of the minhag of Tashlich is going to a river and reciting the pesukim of … [Read More...]

Q&A – Keriat Shema al HaMita, Should I say Shem Hashem in the beracha of Hamapil?

HaRav Netanel Levihim - The Gemara, Berachot 4b, establishes that reciting Keriat Shema al HaMita — the first paragraph of Shema upon going to bed — is a mitzvah. The Shulhan Aruch, OH 239:1, rules that one … [Read More...]

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