One may not turn his back to a Sefer Torah. So how can the person reading the Haftarah stand at the bimah while someone sits behind him holding the Torah? What about during the opening parts of Mussaf, when much of the congregation has its back to the Torah? Is that permitted? Why are many Sephardic shuls designed with this issue in mind?

Before Shemona Esrei, we say משה ובני ישראל לך ענו שירה בשמחה רבה. Why do we say that? What is the role of Simcha and Shira in our davening?

The Shulchan Aruch rules that one must stand when a Sefer Torah is in motion.

But what if the Aron Kodesh is open? What if you are in the middle of learning or davening? And on Simchas Torah, are you really required to stand for every hakafah?

We are beginning a new series on honoring a Sefer Torah and sefarim. In this first shiur, we discuss the prohibition against turning your back to a Sefer Torah.

How can rabbanim give derashos with their backs to the Aron? What should those sitting between the Aron and the bimah do during laining?

Why Did Rav Shraga Feivel Mendelowitz Daven While Looking Out the Window?

How Can Davening Alone by a Lake Constitute a Minyan?

Why did the Chasid in Kotzk say he was going to eat dinner after maariv on pesach?

Why did he say he was going to davem Maariv on Leil Yom Kippur

Rav Nachman of Breslov- even a rooster can wear a suit and eat a table

Is there an obligation to honor grandparents?

Hear Rav Scheinberg's great Kasha on the din in the Shulchan Aruch!

Is there a halachic obligation to honor one's in-laws?

Must one say ברשות חמי when leading a zimun in the presence of his father-in-law?

Some Siddurim mention to say a pasuk before davening. It's a Pasuk about Rivka, Yitzchak and the food she prepares for Yaakov. What does it have to do with davening?

The Gemara discusses who bears the financial responsibility for fulfilling the mitzvah of Kibbud Av Va'em: the child or the parent. We also explored the contemporary issue of parental alienation and concluded with a fascinating organ donation question: If a person can donate a kidney to only one individual, should he donate it to his wife or to his mother?