One Minute Halacha Program With Rav Ari

1)The שולחן ערוך and משנה ברורה say that you should not Daven in front of a picture, even if your eyes are closed, because it can cause a distraction. (This is why most Shuls don’t have pictures) 🖼️👀🚫 2)You also cannot Daven in front of a mirror, for the same reason as stated above. 🪞🙅 3)The פסקי תשובה says that לכתחילה you should not Daven in front of a window, especially if you can see your...

1)Before שמונה עשרה , there’s a מנהג to take 3 steps forward. Step with right foot first to show ה׳ our זריזות to do speak with him. 👣🥳 2)The 3 steps back isn’t הלכה, rather it came about that if you didn’t have enough room to take 3 steps forward, you’d take 3 steps back first. 3)Some people say ה׳ שפתי תפתח while taking 3 steps forward, but it’s actually the beginning of שמונה עשרה, so you sho...

1)It is very important to Daven שמונה עשרה with a מנין because ה׳ DOES NOT REJECT the תפילות of the רבים 🙅🚫🫂 2)It is extremely preferable to Daven in a בית מדרש or בית כנסת even when davening ביחידות , however if you have a מנין in the office, מנין would take precedent over davening in a shul alone. 🏠🕍 3)If you need to daven alone , still Daven at the same time as your local מנין. R’ Moshe Fe...

1)Whenever it says תפילה in the שולחן ערוך or ש״ס, it generally refers to שמונה עשרה 🧐🫨 2) The earliest time בדיעבד to daven שמונה עשרה is לכתחילה ;עלות השחר the best זמן to daven is with נץ החמה. 🤷‍♂️ 🥱 3) The זמן of תפילה goes until the 4th hour of the day, opposed to the 3rd hour when it comes to שמע. - בדיעבד you can daven until חצות - The גר״א and מגן אברהם have their respective זמנים whe...

1) You should never interrupt the first פסוק of קריאת שמע ❌🗣️ 2) During the rest of קריאת שמע you can interrupt for certain things such as: the אמןs of קדיש (until דאמירן בעלמא), קדושה (say only קדוש קדוש and ברוך כבוד), ברכו, first 3 words of מודים דרבנן, etc. ✅🙏 3) If you had to interrupt an ענין/idea to answer אמן then go back to repeat that Pasuk from the start🔁

1)When you say the words על מזוזות ביתך ובשעריך, and you forget if you just finished the paragraph of ואהבת or והיה אם שמוע (since they both include that פסוק), What is the הלכה?🤔🤨 2)If you’re davening alone, you have to assume you just finished ואהבת, so you should start from והיה אם שמוע, but if you catch yourself saying the word למען, you should pick up from למען ירבו (in והיה), because that’...

1)Need proper כוונה for the first פסוק of קריאת שמע, you must go back and repeat it, as it is מעכב to your חיוב of קריאת שמע.🔂🙇‍♂️ 2) What is “proper כוונה”? The שולחן ערוך explains When you say the words “שמע ישראל”, you should have in mind that you’re announcing to כלל ישראל and that they should listen to what you’re about to say. When you say יקוק, you have to have in mind not just its pronun...

1)When one davens without a מנין, he says א-ל מלך נאמן, when one davens with a מנין, he does not say א-ל מלך נאמן Why? 2) The reason is because if you count the words of שמע, you’ll count 245 words. You want to make sure to say 248 words כנגד the 248 limbs in the body 💪🦵. So that’s why when you don’t have a מנין, you’ll add א-ל מלך נאמן to reach 248. 3) What about with a מנין? We’re worried that...

1) You NEED to have כוונה when you are saying קריאת שמע ❌🥱 ‎2) שולחן ערוך says that you have to be יוצא בשפתיו וישמיע לאוזניו = words have to leave your lips (even a whisper) + have to be able to hear them 🗣️➕👂 - If you can’t hear them you are still יוצא as long as pronounce them 3) Need to be מדקדק (careful) with the letters and their pronunciation ⚠️

1) Review: ברכות are not מעכב to קריאת שמע itself and are a seperate חיוב ❌🤞 2) So if you say the ברכות out of order you don’t need to go back and you filled your חיוב 🚫🔄

1) We learn from the משנה ברורה that the ברכות of קריאת שמע are not מעקב to fulfilling your חיוב of קריאת שמע. So you can technically fulfill the מצוה of קריאת שמע without saying the ברכות of קריאת שמע 🫡👍‼️ 2) This is practical for example when it comes שבת morning and סוף זמן קריאת שמע is at 8:30, and your מנין is also at 8:30, meaning you’d need to say שמע before davening. So in this case, it’...

‎1) שולחן ערוך says that EVERYONE agrees that the end of the זמן of קריאת שמע is שלש שעות Which is 3 hours into the HALACHIC day(1/4 of the HALACHIC day) 🤝🔚⏰ 2) This is the time when the princes and בני מלכים would get up (they were the late risers, so that’s why that’s when the זמן ends.)🤴🫅 3) Although everyone agrees that the זמן ends in the 3rd HALACHIC hour, the גר״א and מגן אברהם have di...

1) Our HALACHIC hours are called שעות זמניות ⏰⌛️. They aren’t like hours in the secular world which are 60 minutes 🌎, rather we divide the daylight into 12 different pieces which is called a halachic hour ➗🌞( it is sometimes more and sometimes less than 60 minutes) 2) We have 2 main שיטות- The גר״א holds that the 12 hour period starts from נץ החמה and ends at שקיעה. (Sunrise to sunset) 🌅➡️🌆...

‎1) עלות השחר is usually בדיעבד but it becomes לכתחילה when you have no other options because of work, flights, other אונסים 😕⏰➡️😁⏰ - Ex. Someone who leaves to work in the morning during the winter might already be working before the זמן of מי שיכיר, so עלות השחר becomes לכתחילה 👨‍💼❄️ 2) You should say קריאת שמע as close to נץ החמה as possible and shouldn’t delay for no reason, even after th...

1) The reason for מי שיכיר (time that you can recognize someone you are familiar with 4 אמות away 🕴🏻🚶🏻 (approx 50 min before נץ/earliest time for קריאת שמע לכתחילה)) is based on the פסוק IN שמע of ״ובשכבך ובקומך״ because that’s time that people wake up according to the שולחן ערוך😇🙌☀️ ‎2) מצוה מן המובחר aka extra שכר 🤑💸- the most ideal time to say קריאת שמע is right before נץ to be סומך גאול...

Main 3 זמנים in the AM: 3️⃣🕒 *First:* Dawn - עמוד השחר/עלות השחר - Approx. 72 minutes before sunrise 🌄 *Second:* מי שיכיר‎‎ - time when you can recognize someone you are familiar with 4 amos away 🕵️‍♂️ - not someone you know well as you could recognize them from further *Third:* Sunrise - נץ החמה 🌅 - most ideal time to daven שמונה עשרה 😇

1) The chazan has to say ברכו loud enough that at least 10 people can hear and answer him (just like any other דבר שבקדושה) 📢 🔟 2) If you don’t hear the chazan say ברכו but you hear the קהל say “ברוך ה המברך לעולם ועד”, you’re allowed to answer with the ציבור 👂 -If you only hear the chazan repeat “ברוך ה המברך לעולם ועד”, then all you need to do is answer אמן 👑

1) The עיקר of פסוקי דזמרא is the section beginning with אשרי through the rest of the הללוקהs 🙌🏻 -anyone who says אשרי three🥉times a day is guaranteed Olam Haba 2) When we get to the words “פותח את ידך” we have to have kavana that Hashem is the one who gives us everything we have 🫲🏻🫱🏻 -if you run through the words “פותח את ידך” without kavana 🧠, you have to go back and continue to the end...

1) Some people pronounce “יתגדל ויתקדש” as “Yisga-deil VYiska-deish” and others as “Yisga-dal VYiska-dash” 💬 -The reason is because some say the words are in Hebrew and others say its in Aramaic -Most people say “Yisga-dal VYiska-dash” 😎 2) חצי קדיש is up until “דאמירן בעלמא ואמרו אמן” -Its used to seperate between two parts of Tefillah or to start a new part of Tefillah ➗

1) We have the power to rip up bad decrees by answering “אמן יהא שמיה רבא” will all our strength 💪🏻 -important to take Kaddish seriously ❗️ 2) It’s ABSOLUTELY, 100% אסור to talk during Kaddish 😶 3) The custom is for Sefardim to sit 🪑during Kaddish and Ashkenazim to stand 🧍 -If you’re standing already than you can’t sit down

1) The first thing you should skip in פסוקי דזמרא in order to make תפילה בציבור is “מזמור שיר חנוכת הבית” 🎵 2) The next thing you should skip is יהי כבוד 🫡

🕯️ Best thing to light נרות חנוכה is with olive oil 🫒 🕯️🕯️ Shamash doesn’t need to be anything fancy and doesn’t need to be the same thing as the other candles 🕎 🕯️🕯️🕯️ Must be enough oil or long enough wick for Candles to be lit for at least 30 minutes 🕡 after lighting them 🔥 🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️ Set up the מנורה 🕎 with the right most 👉🏻 candle first, and then light from left 👈🏻 to right 👉🏻

1) You don’t necessarily need to makeup the parts of פסוקי דזמרא that you missed as long as you don’t use it as a heter to come late to davening 🚫 2) On Shabbos, נשמת is a core part of פסוקי דזמרא that you must say 🎵 -The next order of importance is the paragraphs that we say during the week 😎 -After that is למנצח, then לדוד לשנתו and תפילה למשה 🕍 -After than comes the rest of shabbos davening...

*There are core things that you need to say before davening שמנה עשרה:* -Put on your תפילין, say על נטילת ידיים, say אשר יצר, say אלקי נשמה and ברכות התורה 💧 -Most important three things to say are: ברוך שאמר, אשרי, and ישתבח 🙌🏻 *If you have more time:* -Say: the fifth הללוקה, then the 3rd, then the rest of the הללוקהs 🎵 -Then, say from ויברך דוד until ותפארתך 😎 -If you have even more time, s...

1) The עיקר of davening with a minyan is תפילה בציבור AKA davening Shmoneh Esrei with a minyan 🔟 2) Therefore, there are allowances to skip certain parts of פסוקי דזמרא to make sure you daven Shmoneh Esrei with a minyan ⏯️ -If your davening alone then you should daven it all straight through (unless you would miss סוף זמן קריאת שמע) 🧏‍♂️ -If you’re so late that you won’t make תפילה בציבור even i...