Increasing the oven heat on Rosh Hashana
Can I increase or lower the oven heat for baking on the festival? The oven of course has a Shabbat clock function.
The verdict on Rosh Hashana
It’s well known that a person’s livelihood is decreed on Rosh Hashana for the following year. If so, what’s the point of praying for a livelihood throughout the year after the decree was decided and sealed? If a person needs more money, how will prayer help because he can’t change his verdict?
The length of the shofar blow
How many seconds does each shofar blow have to be? I heard 6 seconds. If one didn’t hear a shofar blow this long, one didn’t fulfill his obligation?
A G-d-fearing prayer leader
I read that it’s important for the prayer leader to be a G-d-fearing Jew. I have a modern Orthodox synagogue close to my house and I’m not sure whether I should pray there for Rosh Hashana. On one hand, this community is less observant, but on the other hand, we don’t know who is a […]
Baking in an oven on Rosh Hashana
Can I bake challahs and cakes in an oven on a festival? Of course the oven was lit in advance and works on a Shabbat clock.
Inviting guests who will travel on the festival
I have a non-religious relative who would like to come to me for a meal on a festival or Shabbat. If he won’t come to me, he’ll probably go to a movie or a restaurant. Should I invite him or not?
Can one touch a shofar when impure?
Is it a sin to touch a shofar during the days before a woman’s immersion? Especially if the shofar is going to be used in the synagogue on Rosh Hashana?
Fasting on the Ten Days of Repentance
Can a person fast during the Ten Days of Repentance?
A woman blowing a shofar
May a woman blow a shofar?
The minimum prayers for a woman on Rosh Hashana
I have a toddler who is 1.9 years old and am finding it hard to pray with concentration. What prayers do I have to say on Rosh Hashana? Should I get a babysitter so I can go pray?
