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Halacha FAQs

Yom Kippur FAQs

Do we have to eat bread on Erev Yom Kippur? There is a mitsvah to eat on erev Yom Kippur. HaShem, as a loving father, gave us the mitsvah to...

Yom Kippur FAQs

Do we have to eat bread on Erev Yom Kippur? There is a mitsvah to eat on erev Yom Kippur. HaShem, as a loving father, gave us the mitsvah to...

Simanim FAQs

Our meals on the nights of Rosh Hashanah, are enhanced with specific foods that represent their respective good qualities. Because the beginning is so potent and ominous to forbearing, we...

Simanim FAQs

Our meals on the nights of Rosh Hashanah, are enhanced with specific foods that represent their respective good qualities. Because the beginning is so potent and ominous to forbearing, we...

High Holiday FAQs - 5785

יֶרַח הָאֵתָנִים - The Powerful MonthRosh Hashana through Sukkot FAQs The month of Tishre is a powerful time to grow and connect with Hashem.  Ohr of The Shore presents a...

High Holiday FAQs - 5785

יֶרַח הָאֵתָנִים - The Powerful MonthRosh Hashana through Sukkot FAQs The month of Tishre is a powerful time to grow and connect with Hashem.  Ohr of The Shore presents a...

Tisha B’Av FAQs – 5784

Rabbi Hayim Asher Arking Rabbi Ezra Ghodsi The gradual entry to the most reflective day in our history starts with the Fast of Tamuz and the weeks that follow; then...

Tisha B’Av FAQs – 5784

Rabbi Hayim Asher Arking Rabbi Ezra Ghodsi The gradual entry to the most reflective day in our history starts with the Fast of Tamuz and the weeks that follow; then...

FAQs – Shivah Asar B’Tammuz

Rabbi Hayim Asher Arking Rabbi Ezra Ghodsi Note: The following Halachot apply only to Shivah Asar B’Tammuz and similar fast days, not to Tisha B’av or Yom Kippur. Why do...

FAQs – Shivah Asar B’Tammuz

Rabbi Hayim Asher Arking Rabbi Ezra Ghodsi Note: The following Halachot apply only to Shivah Asar B’Tammuz and similar fast days, not to Tisha B’av or Yom Kippur. Why do...

FAQs – Taanit Esther 5784

FAQs – Taanit Esther 5784

Written by: Rabbi Hayim Asher Arking Rabbi Ezra Ghodsi Note: The following halachot apply only to Taanit Esther and other fast days, however, not to Tisha B’av or Yom Kippur....

FAQs – Taanit Esther 5784

Written by: Rabbi Hayim Asher Arking Rabbi Ezra Ghodsi Note: The following halachot apply only to Taanit Esther and other fast days, however, not to Tisha B’av or Yom Kippur....