Beachwood Kehilla Dvar Halacha

We briefly discuss Tzom Gedalia and then discuss someone who is sitting Shiva and would like to go to the Mikva on Erev Yom Kippur.

We discuss cases where a person only hears a partial Tekiya of Mitzvah.

We discuss a situation where the Shofar is up above, and the people are down below.

We go back to a comment of the Mishna Berurah that we inadvertently skipped.

We discuss cases where the Baal Tekia moves from one level to another mid-Kol.

We discuss why the Shofar in a barrel may be a more complicated case than the Shofar in the pit or the cave.

We continue to discuss situations where there is a concern that someone may hear the echo of the Shofar as opposed to the Shofar itself.

We begin to discuss blowing the Shofar in a cistern, a cave, or any place where there could be an echo.

We discuss applying different types of fluids to the Shofar on Yom Tov in order to enhance it.

We discuss a Shofar created on Rosh HaShanah by someone not Jewish.

We discuss a Shofar sent by someone Jewish to someone Jewish with someone not Jewish, and it arrives on Yom Tov.

We discuss the ability to carry a Shofar brought to us from outside the Techum.

We continue to discuss a situation where someone not Jewish brings us a Shofar from beyond the Techum.

We begin a discussion where someone who is not Jewish brings us a Shofar from beyond the Techum.

We continue to discuss a situation where one must violate a prohibition in order to secure a Shofar on Rosh HaShanah.

The Shulchan Aruch discusses a situation where one must violate a prohibition in order to secure a Shofar on Rosh HaShanah.

We discuss placing one Shofar within another.

We discuss extending the Shofar with gold or blowing the Shofar without putting one's mouth on the Shofar.

We discuss painting a Shofar or engraving/carving images into the Shofar.

We continue to discuss plating a Shofar with gold.

We go into greater detail about answering Amen to the Bracha of a young child.

We discuss when it is appropriate to use the Sheim Hashem when learning.

We discuss answering Amen to the Bracha of a young child.

We discuss interesting cases where an Amen may be required, permissible, or avoided.

We discuss answering Amen to the Bracha made by someone not Jewish.

We discuss exceptions to the rule of answering Amen to a Bracha.

We discuss the obligation to say Amen after hearing a Bracha and in other situations.

We begin our discussion regarding the obligation to answer Amen to the Brachot that we hear.

We discuss saying Amen when finishing a Bracha at the same time as someone else.

The Rama disagrees with the suggestions of the Shulchan Aruch regarding when we answer Amen to our own Brachot.

We explain the examples of the Shulchan Aruch as to when we say Amen to our own Brachot.

We begin to discuss when we do or don't answer Amen to our own Brachot.

We summarize the practical requirements of what needs to be said in a Bracha.

We discuss leaving out the Sheim Hashem, the idea that He is Melech, or that He is Melech HaOlam in a Bracha.

We to discuss which elements of Bracha are required to say (or hear when fulfilling an obligation through someone else).

We discuss saying Baruch Hu U'Baruch Sh'mo when listening to someone else's Bracha

We share some thoughts about Tisha B'Av.

We discuss extending mourning practices when Tisha B'Av falls out on Shabbat.

We discuss the extension of mourning practices when Tisha B'Av takes place on a Thursday.

We discuss extending some mourning practices beyond Tisha B'Av.

We discuss whether the text of Nachem is appropriate post-1967.

We discuss the possibility of adding Nacheim to Birkat HaMazon for someone who must eat on Tisha B'Av.

We discuss the addition of Nacheim to our Tefillah.

We discuss Havdalah when Tisha B'Av falls out on a Sunday.

We discuss a few more points regarding Tallit and Tefillin at Shacharit on Tisha B'Av. We also discuss changing the way we sleep on Tisha B'Av

We discuss the Minhag not to wear our Tallit or Tefillin at Shacharit on Tisha B'Av

We discuss those who do not fast and/or mourn on Tisha B'Av.

We discuss being Yotzei through someone else's Bracha when it doesn't totally apply to you.

We discuss the need to hear the entirety of someone's Bracha in order to be Yotzei through it.

We discuss why one would not need to answer Amen to a Bracha made by someone else through which he wants to be Yotzei.

We discuss how the one making the Bracha on behalf of others must be eating or drinking.