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Halacha FAQs

PURIM FAQs - 5785

PURIM FAQs - 5785

Prepared by:Rabbi Hayim Asher ArkingRabbi Ezra Ghodsi Mahasit Hashekel – Half a Shekel Mahasit Hashekel was originally donated by each adult Jewish male for the construction of the Mishkan and...

PURIM FAQs - 5785

Prepared by:Rabbi Hayim Asher ArkingRabbi Ezra Ghodsi Mahasit Hashekel – Half a Shekel Mahasit Hashekel was originally donated by each adult Jewish male for the construction of the Mishkan and...

FAQs – Taanit Esther 5785

FAQs – Taanit Esther 5785

Prepared By;Rabbi Hayim Asher ArkingRabbi Ezra Ghodsi Note: The following halachot apply only to Taanit Esther and other fast days, however, not to Tisha B’av or Yom Kippur. Why do...

FAQs – Taanit Esther 5785

Prepared By;Rabbi Hayim Asher ArkingRabbi Ezra Ghodsi Note: The following halachot apply only to Taanit Esther and other fast days, however, not to Tisha B’av or Yom Kippur. Why do...

Travel FAQs 5785

Travel FAQs 5785

Prepared by: Rabbi Moshe Arking ― Ave. O Synagogue  Rabbi Hayim Asher Arking ― Ohr Halacha Rabbi Ezra Ghodsi – Ohr Halacha Published By: Ohr Halacha   Prayer for Travel...

Travel FAQs 5785

Prepared by: Rabbi Moshe Arking ― Ave. O Synagogue  Rabbi Hayim Asher Arking ― Ohr Halacha Rabbi Ezra Ghodsi – Ohr Halacha Published By: Ohr Halacha   Prayer for Travel...

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...

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 – 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....