Should I prostrate or remove shoes in a regular synagogue?
Q. In your article on face and foot washing before prayer, you wrote that it is reasonable to remove
Must we wash our face, feet, and hands before every prayer?
Q. Do you need to wash your hands and your feet before praying (Exodus 30:17-21)? At the
Why is Pesukei d-Zimra absent from your siddur?
Question: I really like your siddur. I especially like that it is short enough to allow me to
Should we prostrate with Talith or Tefillin on?
According to your siddur, I need to put on Tallith and Tefillin before the Shma-prayers. That’s logical because
Hovel u-Mazziq 4:13 shows that a woman need not cover her neck?
Q. We know that “dath Mosha” doesn’t require the neck to be covered from the Laws of Hovel
Unmarried girls need not wear a redidh, right?
Q. Dath Yehudith requires married women to wear a redidh, but unmarried girls are exempt, right? A.
Does Numbers 5:18 prove that a woman’s neck need not be covered?
Q. Mishneh Torah relates that the kohen removes the kupah from the head of the women in the Laws
How can Dor Deah encourage proselytizing?
Q. “What halakhic support is there for chasing after non-Jews to convert to Judaism?” A. Our
Isn’t Dor Deah reminiscent of Islamic fundamentalism?
Q: Isn’t Dor Deah reminiscent of Islamic fundamentalism? A: 5. A final criticism is that the Dor
Doesn’t Dor Deah philosophy stifle the progression of Jewish law (halakha)?
Q: Doesn’t Dor Deah philosophy stifle the progression of Jewish law (halakha)? A: A fourth criticism is that it