One Minute Halacha Program With Rav Ari

1)If a person says כל חמירא וחמיעא וכו׳, and has in mind to be מבטל his חמץ, then מן התורה, it works. 🍞🤷‍♂️💭

‎2)חז״ל instituted בדיקת חמץ, because although you were מבטל your חמץ, you may come to find חמץ on פסח, so on the night before פסח, we do בדיקת חמץ. 🕵️‍♂️🫣🥄🕯️

3)You only make the ברכה when you do בדיקה on the 14th, so if you are going away and did it earlier, you don’t make the ברכה then. But this year we make the ברכה on the 13th, because we can’t do בדיקה on Friday night 🙏1️⃣4️⃣

1)What are קטניות? Includes things such as beans, chickpeas, rice etc. 🍚🌽

‎2)קטניות are not חמץ, the 5 grains are חמץ. But since it can be easily be mistaken for the 5 grains, ashkenazim are מחמיר and have the מנהג to not eat קטניות. 🌾🍞

3)Although ashkenazim don’t eat it, they can still benefit from it; for example if there’s some sort of lotion or cream with קטניות , that’s מותר.🧴✅

1)What is gebrochts? It’s a חומרא amongst חסידים to not eat מצה with any liquids 🫓💦🚫

2)The reason is that they are concerned that maybe there will be leftover flour on the מצה which will then mix with the liquid to create חמץ 👨‍🍳🍞

3)It is only a חומרא, so if you end up eating gebrochts, it’s מותר 😅😮‍💨

1)Any חמץ owned by a Jew over פסח is אסור בהנאה; for instance if a store owns חמץ over פסח, its אסור forever 🥯🍞❌

2)If a store says that they sold חמץ but they advertise their חמץ, there is reason to be worried 🤝🧐

3)Can you sell חמץ over the internet? Yes! Because nowadays many deals are made over the internet 🛜🤝✅

1)On תענית אסתר, there’s a מנהג to give 3 half shekel coins (מחצית השקל), to commemorate the מחצית השקל which would be collected during the month of אדר. 🎭🪙

2)You give 3 halves of whatever the currency is where you live- it’s hard to find half coins these days, so you should give a few dollars, and then pick up the coins that most shuls will have and say זכר

‎ מחצית השקל 🥉

1)If you missed the זמן of any תפילה due to something out of your control (אונס), you should daven שמונה עשרה twice at the next תפילה. 🚶🏼‍♂️🏎️🚑

2)If you intentionally missed though, then you cannot make it up at the next תפילה, in this case, you snooze, you lose. 🙄😴

3)What if you got woken up for שחרית then fell asleep and missed the זמן, is that אונס or not? It is not, and you can make it up, but you should most definitely try your hardest to wake up for שחרית בזמנה. 🥱😮😰

1)The ברכה of שמע קולנו, you’re able to Daven for any בקשות that you have. It’s also an ענין to say the insertions that the סידור gives you. (For פרנסה and mentioning your sins) 💸🙇‍♂️

2)It isn’t good however, to prolong your בקשות by שמע קולנו, the proper time for that would be before the words יהיו לרצון אמרי פי before taking your 3 steps back. 🥱🚶🏼‍♂️3️⃣

1)It is appropriate to make personal requests in the middle ברכות of שמנה עשרה , but not in the first 3 and last 3 ברכות. 🙇‍♂️🙏🙏

2)If you make a בקשה in a certain ברכה, it must be related, ex: can’t ask for פרנסה in the ברכה of אתה חונן. 🧐

3)If you make a בקשה in a ברכה, it should be once you said the chunk of the ברכה, and right before you say ברוך אתה ה׳. 🫡

1) If you forgot יעלה ויבא: 🧠

- If you started to take your 3 steps back = repeat שמונה עשרה 🔁

- If you didn’t take the 3 steps yet = go back to רצה 🔁🙏

2) At Maariv on ראש חדש, if you forget יעלה ויבא you don’t repeat שמונה עשרה 🚫🔁

1)The חסידים ראשונים would prepare for an hour before שחרית , we don’t need to, but should be there early in order to have your mind set. 🧘‍♂️🚶🏼‍♂️

2)This can apply especially before מנחה , because it’s in middle of the day and it’s a short תפילה, so you should definitely try to come early to מנחה. 🏃‍♂️💨

3)A person should daven מתוך שמחה של מצוה, and a great way to do that is to learn before davening, but you should not learn בעיון, because that’ll cause you to be thinking about the סוגיה during davening, so you should learn something more פשוט like הלכה (one minute Halacha with Rav Ari), מוסר etc. 📖🧐💭