5.40 Matos-Masei 5785

1) Why do we say Hodu before Boruch sheOmar, unlike Nusach Ashkenaz? 2) I’m behind the minyan, saying Pesukei deZimra, and the Chazan and the congregation are saying the 13 Midos. Do I join in? 3) Cartons of fruit juice usually have a seal that gets torn open when twisting the cap to open. May these be opened on Shabbos? 4) I put up a property for sale and I have a buyer – whose purchase is contingent upon the sale of his current dwelling. Meanwhile another buyer has offered a much higher price. Is it immoral to drop the first buyer? 5) In Tehillim 76:3 should the word סוכו have one Vov or two? 6) What is the purpose of the Chazan’s repetition of the Shmoine Esrei? 7) Why does the brocho Shehakol not include the word בורא, as in most brochos that are said over food? 8) A rare edition of the Alter Rebbe’s Sidur (Vilna 5673; 1913).