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Geshem and Tal
Rav Dovid gives a daily halacha at the Wall Street Synagogue in Lower Manhattan. This series covers the seasonal additions of Geshem and Tal in the Amidah prayer.
A special message from Rabbi Dovid Bendory, Executive Director of Pidyon.
20 Tevet 5771 | 27 Dec 2010 | Duration: 1:39
Understanding Shmuel's calendar.
7 Kislev 5769 | 4 Dec 2008 | Duration: 16:45
BY OC 117:1
Why do we start praying for rain based on a secular date?
6 Kislev 5769 | 3 Dec 2008 | Duration: 14:57
Taanit 9a; BY OC 117:1
What do you do if you forget to insert mashiv haruach? What if you aren't sure what you said? Also: washing hands before dawn.
26 Tishrei 5768 | 8 Oct 2007 | Duration: 9:57
The same principle with regard to doubt -- that it takes thirty days to establish a new habit -- can also be used to resolve doubts by establishing a new habit with regard to saying tal or geshem.
6 Iyar 5767 | 24 Apr 2007 | Duration: 14:30
OC 114:9; MB 114:40-44
We get so used to the words of the amidah and have such poor focus on our tefillah that sometimes, perhaps even often, we don't know whether we said tal or geshem. What is the halacha in such a case?
5 Iyar 5767 | 23 Apr 2007 | Duration: 15:51
OC 114:8; MB 114:35-38
If you add Morid HaGeshem when you shouldn't you need to correct the error. But how do you correct it? That depends on several variables -- whether you added geshem on purpose or by accident and when you realize your mistake.
29 Nissan 5767 | 17 Apr 2007 | Duration: 15:29
OC 114:4,7-8; MB 114:19-24
Dedicated for a refuah shleima for Saritte bat Aliza Sali
If you accidentally add or forget "Morid HaTal", you generally need not correct the error. Why not? What if you request tal by accident in barech aleinu?
25 Nissan 5767 | 13 Apr 2007 | Duration: 13:43
OC 114:3-4; MB 114:10,12-15,17-19
After musaf of the first day of Pesach, we stop davening for rain in the amidah. What if you ask for rain by accident?
24 Nissan 5767 | 12 Apr 2007 | Duration: 12:01
OC 117:2-3; MB 117:14; Beur Halacha d.h. "HaTzrichim Matar"
What to do if you leave out (or aren't sure if you said) mashiv haruach, with all the sources and all the details.
26 Tishrei 5767 | 18 Oct 2006 | Duration: 12:14
OC 114:5-9; MB 114:28-31,33; Beiur Halacha d.h. "B'lo chatima"; Baer Heiteiv 114:14
The kahal does not begin to say mashiv haruach until it has been announced. But what if you don't hear it?
25 Tishrei 5767 | 17 Oct 2006 | Duration: 7:05
OC 114:2; MB 114:4,5,8,9
Topics covered: Why do we begin mashiv haruach on Shmini Atzeret? Why do we say it in the second brocha, the brocha of gevurot? What if you leave out mashiv haruach by accident?
24 Tishrei 5767 | 16 Oct 2006 | Duration: 7:15
OC 114:1; MB 114:1-2
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