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Kaddish Email
Rav Dovid gives a daily halacha at the Wall Street Synagogue in Lower Manhattan. This series covers Kaddish.
You're Nusach Ashkenaz but you're davening in a Sephardic Shul. How do you daven?
6 Shevat 5771 | Duration: 16:03
Igros Moshe OC 2:23
Dedicated as a zechut for a refuah shleimah for Breina bas Frida.
A special message from Rabbi Dovid Bendory, Executive Director of Pidyon.
20 Tevet 5771 | Duration: 1:39
Holding a second minyan in the same shul as the first.
8 Kislev 5771 | Duration: 14:21
OC 59:1; MB 59:17-21
Dedicated for a refuah shleimah for Breina bas Frieda.
Also: holding a second minyan in the same shul.
4 Kislev 5771 | Duration: 13:48
OC 59:1; MB 59:14-16
Dedicated for a refuah shleimah for Breina bas Frieda.
When you arrive at shul, the minyan is departing. Can you catch a kedusha?
3 Kislev 5771 | Duration: 15:16
OC 59:1; MB 59:13; Beur Halacha d.h. Yashlim Tefilato
Dedicated for a refuah shleimah for Breina bas Frieda.
Also: Barchu of Kriyat HaTorah; finishing the amidah.
2 Kislev 5771 | Duration: 16:22
OC 59:1; MB 59:10-12; Beur Halacha d.h. Yashlim Kol HaTefila
Dedicated for a refuah shleimah for Breina bas Frieda.
Are we "pores al shema" at Maariv?
1 Kislev 5771 | Duration: 12:53
OC 59:1; MB 59:8-10
Dedicated for a refuah shleimah for Breina bas Frieda.
Pores al Shema as explained by the Mishna Brura.
27 Cheshvan 5771 | Duration: 15:09
OC 59:1; MB 59:5-7
Dedicated for a refuah shleimah for Breina bas Frieda.
The Mishna Brura, based on the Radbaz, decides against the Ran as accepted by the Shulcham Aruch.
26 Cheshvan 5771 | Duration: 16:41
OC 59:1; MB 59:1
Dedicated for a refuah shleimah for Breina bas Frieda.
Making up for missing kaddish, kedusha, and barchu.
25 Cheshvan 5771 | Duration: 15:00
BY OC 59; OC 59:1; MB 59:2-4
Dedicated for a refuah shleimah for Breina bas Frieda.
The Beis Yosef combines the understanding of the various Rishonom into a coherent whole.
24 Cheshvan 5771 | Duration: 16:04
BY OC 59
Dedicated for a refuah shleimah for Breina bas Frieda.
The Rambam differentiates between public prayer and devarim she-b'kedusha.
20 Cheshvan 5771 | Duration: 14:33
MT Hilchot Tefilla 8:5
Dedicated for a refuah shleimah for Breina bas Frieda.
When the minyan reaches critical sections, those who are unable to answer stand in silence.
19 Cheshvan 5771 | Duration: 15:06
Rabbeinu Yona, commentary on the Rif, Brachot 13a-b
Dedicated for a refuah shleimah for Breina bas Frieda.
Rabbeinu Yona explains our Mishna according to the Rambam.
18 Cheshvan 5771 | Duration: 15:54
Rabbeinu Yona, commentary on the Rif, Brachot 13a-b
Dedicated for a refuah shleimah for Breina bas Frieda.
Also: the kedusha of u'Va l'Tzion Goel.
17 Cheshvan 5771 | Duration: 13:10
Rabbeinu Yona, commentary on the Rif, Brachot 13a-b
Dedicated for a refuah shleimah for Breina bas Frieda.
All come together for the benefit of the one.
14 Cheshvan 5771 | Duration: 14:59
Rosh Megilla 3:7
Dedicated for a refuah shleimah for Breina bas Frieda.
According to the Rosh, it is Rabbeinu Tam who reads Masechet Sofrim as explaining, rather than disagreeing with, the Mishnah's requirement for a minyan of 10.
13 Cheshvan 5771 | Duration: 15:23
Rosh Megilla 3:7
Dedicated for a refuah shleimah for Breina bas Frieda.
Being in a minyan means redefining yourself as one piece in a community.
12 Cheshvan 5771 | Duration: 15:13
Tur OC 39
Dedicated for a refuah shleimah for Breina bas Frieda.
Just why can we repeat parts of davening for someone who missed minyan?
7 Cheshvan 5771 | Duration: 14:41
Masechet Sofrim 10:6
Dedicated for a refuah shleimah for Breina bas Frieda.
What makes the first brocha before shema so special?
6 Cheshvan 5771 | Duration: 14:35
Sefer HaYashar 23; Ran Megilla 13b; Abudraham Birchot Kriyat Shema
Dedicated for a refuah shleimah for Breina bas Frieda.
How is it that those who have already davened can complete a minyan for one who hasn't?
5 Cheshvan 5771 | Duration: 15:16
Meg. 29b
Dedicated for a refuah shleimah for Breina bas Frieda.
Latecomers to shul can say kaddish and barchu after minyan.
4 Cheshvan 5771 | Duration: 15:35
Meg. 29b
Dedicated for a refuah shleimah for Breina bas Frieda.
How do we know that a minyan consists of ten Jews?
3 Cheshvan 5771 | Duration: 15:40
Meg. 29b
Dedicated for a refuah shleimah for Breina bas Frieda.
Also: Barchu, HaKel HaKadosh, and Shomea Tefilla.
30 Nissan 5770 | Duration: 15:28
OC 109:1; MB 109:5
Yehei Shmei; kedusha; amen...
25 Nissan 5770 | Duration: 18:48
Beur Halacha 109 d.h. "L'kdusha o l'kadish
Summary and conclusion of yishtabach and related halachot.
6 Kislev 5770 | Duration: 17:08
OC 54:3; MB 54:13-14
Putting on tallis and tefillin after yishtabach (cont.).
3 Kislev 5770 | Duration: 14:57
OC 54:3; MB 54:12-13
Speaking of Kaddish, the Mishna Brura discusses when we can say Kaddish in general. Also: putting on tallis and tefillin after yishtabach.
2 Kislev 5770 | Duration: 13:56
OC 54:3; MB 54:10-11
Between yishtabach and kaddish, it is permitted to interrupt for the sake of a mitzvah or for the needs of the community.
1 Kislev 5770 | Duration: 15:40
OC 54:3; MB 54:6-9
A review, summary and overview of halachot of shacharit, from Shema through Aleinu.
8 Adar I 5768 | Duration: 15:10
A review, summary and overview of halachot of morning conduct, from waking up through the recitation of Shema.
7 Adar I 5768 | Duration: 15:32
Why is kaddish recited by mourners? The Midrash of Rabbi Akiva / Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai and the merit of kaddish. Also: important halachot when multiple people recite kaddish together.
6 Adar I 5768 | Duration: 6:11
Eliyahu Zuta Parsha 17; Pitchei Teshuva YD 376:6
An overview and summary of the changes to the Amidah and Kaddish during the Ten Days, including the halachot of what to do if a change is forgotten or omitted.
5 Tishrei 5768 | Duration: 10:05
Chetzi Kaddish, like all kaddishim, must be said over pasukim. What are the parameters for this? How is it that we say Kaddish d'Rabbanan after learning together? Also: more on the parameters of interruptions between yishtabach and chetzi kaddish for the purpose of a mitzvah.
3 Adar 5767 | Duration: 11:04
OC 54:3; MB 54:9,11,14
It is forbidden to interrupt between Yishtabach and Yotzer Ohr with the exception of interruptions for the purpose of a mitzvah that come between Yishtabach and Chetzi Kaddish.
2 Adar 5767 | Duration: 14:29
OC 54:3; MB 54:5-8,13
Dedicated in memory of Hinda bas Fishel on the occasion of her yahrzeit.
Should you answer "amen" if you don't know what you are answering to? What about kaddish or kedusha? Should you respond "amen" to a child's brachah?
8 Kislev 5767 | Duration: 14:05
OC 124:11-12; MB 124:45-47
What is the Torah view of the soul and afterlife? How does this understanding guide our lives in the here and now?
3 Av 5766 | Duration: 57:53
What are the correct responses to kaddish? Should you answer even if you came in late and didn't hear the entire kaddish?
19 Iyar 5766 | Duration: 14:53
OC 56:2-5; MB 56:9,15
Need we stand during kaddish?
18 Iyar 5766 | Duration: 13:59
OC 56:1; MB 56:5-8
Proper pronunciation as the first step toward kavanah.
17 Iyar 5766 | Duration: 14:09
OC 56:1; MB 56:2; Eze. 38:14-23
The how and why of having proper kavanah -- intention -- while listening and responding to kaddish.
13 Iyar 5766 | Duration: 12:15
OC 56:1; MB 56:1
Two aggadic passages introduce the importance of Kaddish.
7 Iyar 5766 | Duration: 10:46
Brachot 3a; Shabb. 119b
Understanding the Kaddish
6 Iyar 5766 | Duration: 51:20
Shabb. 119b
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