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articles on General Questions

Shabbos pants

Question:Someone in shul told me last Shabbat that I should not wear shorts to shul,he said that Shabbat is different. Why should Shabbat change the halacha?

Should I walk to Shul?

Is there a preference of davening in a Shul as opposed to a house-minyan?

Trying to learn near a Minyan

If I'm trying to learn near a Minyan, do I need to stop to answer every B'racha or Kaddish?

I woke up late what do I do?

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Where to sit in Shul

Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Adar 2, 5780

chairs for shul

Rabbi David Sperling | Av 21, 5777

Conservative shul davening

Rabbi Ari Shvat | Nisan 8, 5773

Entering a reform Temple to do a mitzva

Rabbi Ari Shvat | Tishrei 5, 5773

Synagoge to hotel

Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Tevet 27, 5770

Chazan’s Place In Shul

Rabbi Moshe Leib Halberstadt | Tevet 8, 5770

separate entrances beit k’nesset

Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Kislev 27, 5770

Shul membership dues

Rabbi Elchanan Lewis | Cheshvan 5, 5769

Now in Yeshiva WebSite

Why do we count Sefirat Haomer?

Rabbi Ro'i Margalit

Kosher soap for Pesach

Does soap need to have a Hechsher for Pesach?

Interesting Chol Hamoed Questions

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff

Is living in Jerusalem a mitzvah?

Is it a mitzvah or praiseworthy to live in Jerusalem relative to any other part of Israel?

Walking in Israel

What are the parameters of the idea that every 4 amot one walks in Eretz Yisrael is a mitzva? Is it only to new places? Does one have to walk on foot?

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