1)There’s split מנהגים as to if the חזן should say ה׳ שפתי תפתח וכו׳ out loud during חזרת הש״ץ or not, do what the מנהג of the shul is. 🗣️

2) You don’t need to stand during חזרת הש״ץ, but it is definitely nice to. 🧍‍♂️

3)It is completely אסור to talk during חזרת הש”ץ, some shuls were even destroyed because of it. 😱🤯💥

‎1) חזל instituted חזרת הש״ץ (the חזן’s repeated שמונה עשרה) because back then many people didn’t know how to daven 🚫🧠

- Therefore they could be יוצא with the חזן✅

2) We still say it nowadays as there is always a chance there will be someone who doesn’t know how to daven but is embarrassed to say so 😶‍🌫️🤐

- Doesn’t mean you should make sure to have a person like that in shul

1) If you are in the middle of שמונה עשרה and the חזן gets to קדושה, stay silent 🤫

- You could continue during the extra additions (like אז בקול that we add on שבת)

2) Your שמונה עשרה is considered over after you say the second יהיו לרצון in אלקי נצור 🎬🥈

2) If you’ve only said the first יהיו לרצון, answer all parts of קדושה except ״ימלוך ה׳ לעולם״ 🚫👑

1)At the end of שמונה עשרה, after יהיו לרצון, you should bend down and then take the 3 steps back as you are bending. 🙇‍♂️3️⃣

2) You go left foot first, then right, then left. Then bow to left, bow to right, then bow forward. 👣 👈 👉 👈

3)Although many take 3 steps forward right away, one should wait until after קדושה to take 3 steps forward, as we don’t want to indicate we are rushing to leave the presence of Hashem 🚷🙌❤️

CORRECTION: As implied in the Mishna Berura and satted explicitly in the Kaf HaChayim, 125:3, ג) וכתב עו"ש בשער הכוו' וז"ל ובהגיע הש"ץ אל נקדישך וכו' צריך האדם לחזור ולפסוע ג' פסיעות לפניו במקום שהיה עומד בהיותו מתפלל בלחש ויסתום עיניו בכוונה גמורה,

As in, a person should take the 3 steps forward BEFORE kedusha so as to return to their makom of tefilla for kedusha!

1)Just moving without speaking isn’t considered an interruption🚶🏻🚫🗣️✅

2)If you have a question about tefilah, for example you don’t know what to say, you can walk out of your place to go ask the question and then return to your place and continue davening 🙋‍♂️❓

3)Same applies if you see an animal while davening, you can move and continue in a different place. 🦒 🦓 🏃

1)During שמונה עשרה, you cannot speak, unless it’s a situation of פיקוח נפש or the like 🚫🗣️⚠️

2)During אלקי נצור after the first יהיו לרצון and when you’re making your personal requests before the second יהיו לרצון, you can answer certain things like during shema: אמן יהא שמא רבא וכו׳, you can answer קדוש קדוש קדוש and ברוך ה׳ כבוד ממקומו. 🙌👍

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. 📖🧐💭

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 ❌🙏🚽