English Questions and Answers on Jewish Practice

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We say the possuk Va’ani tefilasi before krias hatorah at Minchah on Shabbos, because when the goyim drink, they become drunk and wild, but although we drink during the Shabbos seudah, we still gather to daven and read from the Torah (Alter Rebbe’s Shulchan Aruch 192:3).
A kohen does not duchen (and the chazzan does not say Elokeinu etc.) at Minchah (except on a fast day), because perhaps he drank beforehand and is now drunk, and a drunk person may not duchen (see Alter Rebbe’s Shulchan Aruch 129:1).
The fasts of Baha”b after Sukkos and Pesach are due to the concern that the eating and rejoicing on Yom Tov caused us to sin (Alter Rebbe’s Shulchan Aruch 492:1).
If you learn Torah at night, as long as you have not yet gone to sleep, you do not need to make a new brachah, as the learning is included in the brachah you made in the morning (Alter Rebbe’s Shulchan Aruch 47:7).
Portugal.
Gimmel Tammuz 5701.
In his room in 770.
From 25 Adar until 28 Sivan 5707.
Reb Yankel Lipskier a”h.
At the Edouard 7 hotel.
Maseches Nozir, 33b.
“Kushya” means that there is difficulty with understanding an aspect of the idea, and temporarily, there is no way to answer the question. But, it is yet possible that an answer will be found, because the question does not undermine the premise at the essence of the idea. “Teyuvta” means that the questions have undermined the essential reasoning of the idea, and there is no way to answer it.
In “Haleluka Ki Tov”: “ברך בניך בקרבך” (“bless Your children within You”).
It is brought in Shulchan Aruch, Hilchos Tzitzis, that the shape of a Tzeirei which we create on the corners of the tzitzis garment are based on the secrets of the Torah. Which is why we do so on the tallis koton, which is worn under one’s garments. But with regard to a tallis gadol, which is worn over one’s clothing and is visible, it will seem like egotism to make it in accordance with the secrets of the Torah.
Because of the passuk, “And you will see it, and remember all the mitzvos of Hashem.” And similarly, tzitzis comes from the language of “tzitz,” which has the meaning of “vision.”

Which possuk do we say during davening because we drink differently than the goyim?
When do we skip a certain tefillah due to the concern that perhaps you became drunk?
Which fast is an atonement for something connected with food?
Regarding which halachah (that is relevant today) do we say that the night follows the previous day?
From which country did the Rebbe leave Europe in 5701?
What day of the month was the first Shabbos of the Rebbe in the United States?
Where did the Rebbe live for the first month after coming to America?
How long did the Rebbe stay in Paris when meeting his mother in 5707?
Who served as the Rebbe’s attendant during his stay in Paris?
Where did the Rebbe stay when he was in Paris?
Which page is Shas does not include gemoro?
What is the difference between two expressions used by the gemoro when there is no answer to a question: “kushya” and “teyuvta”?
Where in Shacharis do we find 3 words, one after the other, which all begin with the letter “Beis,” and end with the letter, “Chof ”; the first word having 3 letters, the second having 4, and the third having 5?
Why do we create 2 holes, similar to a Tzeirei, on the corners of a tallis koton, and not on those of a tallis gadol? (שו"ע הל' ציצית)
Why do we look at the tzitzis when reciting the parsha of tzitzis, “Vayomer”?

We say the possuk Va’ani tefilasi before krias hatorah at Minchah on Shabbos, because when the goyim drink, they become drunk and wild, but although we drink during the Shabbos seudah, we still gather to daven and read from the Torah (Alter Rebbe’s Shulchan Aruch 192:3).
A kohen does not duchen (and the chazzan does not say Elokeinu etc.) at Minchah (except on a fast day), because perhaps he drank beforehand and is now drunk, and a drunk person may not duchen (see Alter Rebbe’s Shulchan Aruch 129:1).
The fasts of Baha”b after Sukkos and Pesach are due to the concern that the eating and rejoicing on Yom Tov caused us to sin (Alter Rebbe’s Shulchan Aruch 492:1).
If you learn Torah at night, as long as you have not yet gone to sleep, you do not need to make a new brachah, as the learning is included in the brachah you made in the morning (Alter Rebbe’s Shulchan Aruch 47:7).
Portugal.
Gimmel Tammuz 5701.
In his room in 770.
From 25 Adar until 28 Sivan 5707.
Reb Yankel Lipskier a”h.
At the Edouard 7 hotel.
Maseches Nozir, 33b.
“Kushya” means that there is difficulty with understanding an aspect of the idea, and temporarily, there is no way to answer the question. But, it is yet possible that an answer will be found, because the question does not undermine the premise at the essence of the idea. “Teyuvta” means that the questions have undermined the essential reasoning of the idea, and there is no way to answer it.
In “Haleluka Ki Tov”: “ברך בניך בקרבך” (“bless Your children within You”).
It is brought in Shulchan Aruch, Hilchos Tzitzis, that the shape of a Tzeirei which we create on the corners of the tzitzis garment are based on the secrets of the Torah. Which is why we do so on the tallis koton, which is worn under one’s garments. But with regard to a tallis gadol, which is worn over one’s clothing and is visible, it will seem like egotism to make it in accordance with the secrets of the Torah.
Because of the passuk, “And you will see it, and remember all the mitzvos of Hashem.” And similarly, tzitzis comes from the language of “tzitz,” which has the meaning of “vision.”

Which possuk do we say during davening because we drink differently than the goyim?
When do we skip a certain tefillah due to the concern that perhaps you became drunk?
Which fast is an atonement for something connected with food?
Regarding which halachah (that is relevant today) do we say that the night follows the previous day?
From which country did the Rebbe leave Europe in 5701?
What day of the month was the first Shabbos of the Rebbe in the United States?
Where did the Rebbe live for the first month after coming to America?
How long did the Rebbe stay in Paris when meeting his mother in 5707?
Who served as the Rebbe’s attendant during his stay in Paris?
Where did the Rebbe stay when he was in Paris?
Which page is Shas does not include gemoro?
What is the difference between two expressions used by the gemoro when there is no answer to a question: “kushya” and “teyuvta”?
Where in Shacharis do we find 3 words, one after the other, which all begin with the letter “Beis,” and end with the letter, “Chof ”; the first word having 3 letters, the second having 4, and the third having 5?
Why do we create 2 holes, similar to a Tzeirei, on the corners of a tallis koton, and not on those of a tallis gadol? (שו"ע הל' ציצית)
Why do we look at the tzitzis when reciting the parsha of tzitzis, “Vayomer”?

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