BTYA Weekly Newsletter

Shabbos Bulletin Parshas Toldos 5775 Tefilla Halacha It's that Shabbos with the vexing problem again: What to say in bentching of Seudah Shlishis on [...]

Shabbos Bulletin Parshas Chayei Sarah 5775 Tefilla Halacha The berachah of Hamapil is said only at night. If one goes to sleep, even for [...]

Shabbos Bulletin Parshas Vayeira 5775 Tefilla Halacha About a week ago, we started saying “vesayn tal u'matar liv'racha.” For all you BTYA people who [...]

Shabbos Bulletin Parshas Lech Lecha 5775 Tefilla Halacha If you forget to say v'sain tal u'mattar liveracha (which started this past Thursday night!), if [...]

Shabbos Bulletin Parshas Noach 5775 Tefilla Halacha When making a beracha in front of a woman whose clothing does not conform to Halacha, lechatchilah [...]

Sukkos 5775 Bulletin in PDF format Bulletin Tefilla Halacha We say Hallel shaleim all the days of Sukkos. When Hallel shaleim is said, even one [...]

Rosh Hashanah/Haazinu 5775 Bulletin Tefilla Halacha R' Shlomo Zalmon zt"l is quoted in Halichos Shlomo as saying that when Rosh Hashanah starts a shemittah [...]

Yom Kippur 5775 Bulletin Tefilla Halacha Havdala Motzei Yom Kippur this year: Starts from “hinei kail yeshu'assi" Besamim is a shayloh, I guess best [...]

Shabbos Bulletin Parshas Nitzavim/Vayeilech 5774 Tefilla Halacha The Shulchan Aruch states that on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur the custom is to daven (meaning [...]

Shabbos Bulletin Parshas Ki Savo 5774 Tefilla Halacha If a person arrives late for minchah  and the tzibbur  is about to begin shemoneh esrei, [...]

Shabbos Bulletin Parshas Ki Seitzei 5774 Tefilla Halacha The "simple" meaning of "pesukei d'zimra" is verses of praise, of song. On a deeper level, [...]

Shabbos Bulletin Parshas Shoftim 5774 Tefilla Halacha Many people have the minhag to thank the cohanim after they bless the congregation (“yeyasher ko'ach” or [...]