One Minute Halacha Program With Rav Ari

1)The גמרא in ברכות says A person you need to bow fully until you move all your vertebrae in your spine. 🙇‍♂️🪙

‎2)משנה ברורה says bowing at מודים is different; you go down in one motion opposed to the multiple motions in שמונה עשרה 🧎☝️

1) Common Practice:

- “ברוך” = bend knees 🦵

- “אתה” = bow 🙇🏼

- “ה׳” = straighten up 🧍‍♂️

2) The Arizal and others say not to bend your knees at all. Bow body at “ברוך” and then bow head at “אתה” 🚫🦵

3) Gemara says “bow like a stick, come up like a snake” meaning you should bow quickly an come up slowly 💨🐍

1) You should stand with your feet together during שמונה עשרה to be like מלאכים 🧍‍♂️

2) Don’t put all of your weight onto something else (ex. a shtender) 🏋️‍♂️🚫🪑

3) Should bow your head, have hands over your heart, shuckle, or anything else that helps with your כוונה (but don’t have to if it won’t help) 🙇‍♂️🙂‍↕️

1)It is אסור to Daven if you need to go to the bathroom, if you need to go, you must go to avoid any ספיקות 🚽💩

2)If after שמונה עשרה you go to the bathroom, and you wondered if you needed to go before davenjng, if you go back and realize you could’ve held it in for 72 minutes, then you’re good, if not, you must repeat שמונה עשרה 🔂

3)If you realize you’re going to miss the זמן of תפילה , you should try to Daven even if you need to go a tiny bit, but if you make the חשבון that you can’t hold it in for 72 minutes, then you should go to the bathroom. It’s better to Daven by yourself when not needed to go to bathrooom opposed to with a ציבור when you do need to go ❌🙏🚽

1) You should have a set place to daven (מקום קבוע) every day (specifically שמונה עשרה) ⬇️🪑

- Source: Avraham was ״וישכם אברהם אל המקום״

2) Within 4 אמות of your מקום קבוע is still your מקום, and you don’t have to move someone sitting there 4️⃣💪

3) Sitting in your מקום should never come at the expense of someone else as it is only a הידור מצוה 🚫😔

1)The שולחן ערוך and משנה ברורה say that you should not Daven in front of a picture, even if your eyes are closed, because it can cause a distraction. (This is why most Shuls don’t have pictures) 🖼️👀🚫

2)You also cannot Daven in front of a mirror, for the same reason as stated above. 🪞🙅

3)The פסקי תשובה says that לכתחילה you should not Daven in front of a window, especially if you can see your full reflection, if you can just see your shadow, then בדיעבד it’s okay. 🪟👤❌

1)Before שמונה עשרה , there’s a מנהג to take 3 steps forward. Step with right foot first to show ה׳ our זריזות to do speak with him. 👣🥳

2)The 3 steps back isn’t הלכה, rather it came about that if you didn’t have enough room to take 3 steps forward, you’d take 3 steps back first.

3)Some people say ה׳ שפתי תפתח while taking 3 steps forward, but it’s actually the beginning of שמונה עשרה, so you should be careful to take 3 steps forward and then say ה׳ שפתי תפתח. 🚫🖐🏻

1)It is very important to Daven שמונה עשרה with a מנין because ה׳ DOES NOT REJECT the תפילות of the רבים 🙅🚫🫂

2)It is extremely preferable to Daven in a בית מדרש or בית כנסת even when davening ביחידות , however if you have a מנין in the office, מנין would take precedent over davening in a shul alone. 🏠🕍

3)If you need to daven alone , still Daven at the same time as your local מנין. R’ Moshe Feinstein ZT”L says even if you have better כוונה when davening alone, it is still more important to Daven with a מנין. ⏰🙇‍♂️

1)Whenever it says תפילה in the שולחן ערוך or ש״ס, it generally refers to שמונה עשרה 🧐🫨

2) The earliest time בדיעבד to daven שמונה עשרה is לכתחילה ;עלות השחר the best זמן to daven is with נץ החמה. 🤷‍♂️ 🥱

3) The זמן of תפילה goes until the 4th hour of the day, opposed to the 3rd hour when it comes to שמע.

- בדיעבד you can daven until חצות

- The גר״א and מגן אברהם have their respective זמנים when it comes to תפילה, just like when it comes to שמע⏰3️⃣

1) You should never interrupt the first פסוק of קריאת שמע ❌🗣️

2) During the rest of קריאת שמע you can interrupt for certain things such as: the אמןs of קדיש (until דאמירן בעלמא), קדושה (say only קדוש קדוש and ברוך כבוד), ברכו, first 3 words of מודים דרבנן, etc. ✅🙏

3) If you had to interrupt an ענין/idea to answer אמן then go back to repeat that Pasuk from the start🔁