Fasting on Rosh Hashana eve
Should one undertake to fast on Rosh Hashana eve?
Canceling the week of mourning
A mourner whose week of mourning (Shiva) will finish before Rosh Hashana. Will Rosh Hashana cancel the month of mourning (Shloshim) that follows?
Spicy foods on Rosh Hashana
May one eat spicy foods on Rosh Hashana? Or is it a custom not to?
Making Kiddush before shofar-blowing
Can a woman/girl make Kiddush and eat and drink after finishing the morning prayers of Rosh Hashana before reciting Mussaf and hearing the shofar-blowing?
Red food on Rosh Hashana
Is it permitted or forbidden to use red-colored foods on Rosh Hashana, such as tomato sauce and paprika?
What to have in mind before the shofar-blowing
What am I supposed to have in mind before the shofar-blowing?
Source in Torah to keep the festivals
Where is the source in the Torah that a festival has to be kept like Shabbat?
Studying for a biology test on Rosh Hashana
I began a very important biology course and have to pass a test that contains a large amount of material that I don’t know. The test will be on Thursday after Rosh Hashana and they expect us to study for it the whole week if we hope to succeed. Can I study for the test […]
Buying a knife on Rosh Hashana eve
Is the custom to buy a new knife before a festival a proper custom? What is the source for it?
Can repentance cancel one’s fate?
We know that everything is determined before a person is born in the world. If so, can a person change whatever was decreed upon him in advance during Elul and the Ten Days of Repentance? How does that happen?
