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If the Time for Minhah is Ending and I Cannot Concentrate Properly Because I am Travelling; What Constitutes Intentionally Missing Tefilah

Minhah After Shekiah but Before Tzeit HaKochavim; Viduy During Bein HaShemashot; Answering Barechu of Arvit Before Beginning Minchah

Minhah by Shekiah; Even After Shekiah?

Lunch Before or After Minhah; Minhah Gedolah with a Minyan vs. Minhah Ketanah without a Minyan

When to Pray Minhah; Minhah Gedolah and Minhah Ketanah

Answering Baruch Hu UVaruch Shemo During Chazarat HaShatz; How to Properly Daven When the Chazzan Starts Out Loud

Minchah Should ALWAYS Be Recited with a Tefilat Lachash Followed by Chazarat HaShatz

Praying for the Future and Not for the Past; Outlook on That Which Hashem Does

Tension Between Reciting Birkat Ha-Hammah with Many People or as Early as Possible; Saying it From Bed; Before Tefilah

How to Handle Cloud Cover During Birkat Ha-Hammah

Reciting Birkat Ha-Hammah with a Large Group: Who Says What and When?; Women's Obligation

Birkat Ha-Hammah Every 28 Years; Timing

No Berachah on the Atlantic Ocean or Mediterranean Sea; Beracha on Rainbows, Even if Only Seeing Part of It

Reciting Beracha on Thunder or Lightening Only Once A Day Unless the Sky Clears; What to do in the Middle of the Night

Beracha on Lightning and Thunder; With Shem Hashem; Immediately Thereafter; Best to Recite One Beracha For Both

Birkat Ilanot Only When Flowers are Still Present; Can be Said on Shabbat and Yom Tov; Blind Person

Birkat Ilanot Ideally During Nissan; When Trees Flower Earlier or Later

Birkat Ilanot on Grafted Trees and Trees that are Orlah; Recite Promptly Once Nissan Begins

Bikat Ilanot - Ideally Outside the City; In a Large Group; Need Two Trees

No SheHeHeyanu on Mitzvot for the First Time (Tefillin, Shabbat Candles, Shehitah); Birkat Ilanot - Women Are Also Obligated

What Counts as a New Fruit?; Wine; SheHeHeyanu During Sefirat Ha-Omer and Bein Ha-Metzarim

When to Recite SheHeHeyanu When Eating a New Fruit; No SheHeHeyanu If Eating Etrog Jam on Tu BiShevat

SheHeHeyanu of Fruits from Grafted Trees; How Different Must Fruits Be?; Seeds

SheHeHeyehanu on New Fruits and Vegetables; Recited Before Eating; What Requires a SheHeHeyanu

Bat Mitzvah Celebrations; Visiting a Zoo; Reciting LeChaim Before Drinking

No SheHeHeyanu on Seeing Friends on Zoom; One SheHeHeyanu for Seeing Multiple Friends: Barukh ShePetarani When a Son Becomes Bar Mitzvah

SheHeHeyanu on Seeing a Relative or a Friend; Mehayeh HaMeitim on Seeing a Long Lost Friend or Relative

Berakhah on Multiple Kings / Leaders; Berakhah on Seeing a Jewish Cemetery; Should be Avoided by an Onen

Berakhah on Seeing חכמי ישראל; Berakhah on Seeing Kings in their Regal Attire

No SheHeCheyanu on Birth of a Boy, Marriage, New Sefer Torah, or Publishing a Sefer

No SheHeCheyanu on a Home that Comes with a Job or a New Beit Knesset

SheHeYehanu on Clothing, Cars, and Homes

Berachah on Tragedies and Acknowledging Hashem's Hand; Dayan ha-Emet; Keriah

Fasting for a Bad Dream or Learning Torah?; Beginning in the Morning; Shabbat

HaGomel for an Inter-City Bus Driver; Tefilat HaDerech; Hatavat Chalom

HaGomel After a Dangerous Illness; One HaGomel for Multiple Reasons; Reciting HaGomel During Shiv'ah

No HaGomel After Experiencing A Dangerous Situation

After What Type of Sickness Must a HaGomel Be Recited?

HaGomel After Flying More than 72 Minutes; Regardless of Where You Flew Over; HaGomel After Parachuting

Travelling on Dangerous Roads; Reciting HaGomel on Each Leg of a Journey; What is a Final Destination?

HaGomel on Travelling Between Cities for More Than 72 Minutes; Tefilat HaDerech for Such Travel

Forming a Minyan for HaGomel; Reciting After the Haftarah; Reciting Through Shome'a KaOneh

HaGomel Requires a Minyan, But Needs Not Be During Keriat HaTorah; Preferable to Recite in the Presence of Talmidei Hakhamim

Women Are Also Obligated in HaGomel; HaGomel After Having a Baby; One Person Cannot Say HaGomel on Behalf of Another

Who Must Recite Birkat HaGomel; Multiple Reasons

Beracha on Miracles - Natural and Unnatural; Hallel on Yom Ha-Atzmaut

Entering a Perfume Store; Smells That are Primarily for Avoiding Bad Odors

Besamim During Havdalah; Not Smelling an Etrog on Sukkot; Birkat Hamazon is Not an Interruption

Minei Besamim as a Catch All; Recited Shehakol on Besamim

Reciting Berakhot on Smells on Shabbat; Berakhah on Sweet Smelling Fruit

Type of Berachot on Spices; Specificity in Birkot ha-Rei'ach

Berakhot on Spices; Checking Beforehand That an Item Smells Nice

Teaching a Child How to Recite a Berakhah; Listening to Music and Piyutim with Shem Hashem; Prohibition to Benefit from This World Without a Berakhah

Recited Amen Without a Head Covering; Amen to an Unnecessary Berachah

When Baruch Hu U-Varuch Shemo and Amen are in Conflict; Answering Amen After a Child's Berachah

Answering Amen After Sort of Hearing Somebody Recite a Beracha; Baruch Hu U-Varuch Shemo

Answering Amen After Hearing a Berachah; Answering Amen For Berachot, Kaddish, and Kedushah on the Phone or Live TV or Video

My Own Hand Doesn't Qualify as a Head Covering for Berachot; When to Answer Amen After My Own Beracha

Every Beracha Requires "Shem" and "Malchut"; Importance of Covering One's Head

My Berachah Cannot Exempt You From Making Your Own After I've Already Fulfilled the Mitzvah When It Comes to Berachot of Praise

Relying on Somebody Else's Berachah When I Have a Doubt Whether Or Not I Need to Recite One

Berachah on Couscous with Vegetables; When My Berachah Can Work for You

Eating Fruit With and After Cake

Primary and Secondary Foods: Rice Mixed with Other Foods vs. Eaten Separately

Order of Berachot When One Item is Primary; Beracha on Ice Cream Sandwiches

Eating Fruit After Cheese Just for the Sweetness; Beracha on Ice Cream in a Cone and a Krembo

Berachah on Cake with a Jelly Filling; Bread Eaten Just to Reduce Spiciness

Faced with Multiple Berachot and Accidentally Mixed up the Order

If I Recited the Berachot on Fruits Out of Order; Fruits and Vegetables

Prioritizing Various Fruits; Wine vs. Dates; Why We Cover the Hallah During Kiddush

Order of Berachot When Eating Different Types of Fruits

Preparing the Lulav on Erev Sukkot

Does Tasting Food Require a Beracha Before and / or After? What If I Spit Out Food Before Swallowing?

Avoiding Eating Between 18 and 27 Grams or Drinking Between 27 and 86 cc's

Ate Less than a Kezayit But a 'Complete Entity' (Biryah)

Forgot to Recite a Berakhah Before Eating - Can I Continue Eating Now That I Realized?

Doubts About Whether or Not I Recited a Berakhah - Before or After Eating, Birkat Ha-Shevach (Praise), or a Birkat Ha-Mitzvah

Ate 18 Grams Plus a Full Grape - Still No Me'ein Shalosh; Sitting for Me'ein Shalosh, Not Necessary for Borei Nefashot

Drinking Wine and Eating Grapes; Drinking Wine and Water [separately] Requires Only Al HaGefen as a Berakhah Aharonah

Ate cake and "a little" dates or figs, or cake and "a little" wine - what berakhah aharonah?

When Can You Recite and Al HaEitz on An Apple?

Additions for Shabbat, Yom Tov, and Rosh Hodesh in Me'ein Shalosh; Concluding with Al HaAretz ve-Al HaMihyah

Me'ein Shalosh for Produce From Eretz Yisrael; Ha-Gefen [not Gafen]; Combining Multiple Aspects Into One Berakhah Achat Me'ein Shalosh

Berakhah Aharonah on Mixture of Flour with Other Ingredients

Recited Al HaMichyah or Birkat HaMazon on Rice

Beracha on Roasted / Toasted Grain; Rice

Ate One of the Five Fruits Together with Vegetables - Which Berakhah Aharonah is Said First?

Cannot Combine a Half Kezayit of Mezonot and Half Kezatit of Bread, or Mezonot and Rice

Mixing and Matching Fruits of Al Ha-Etz and Borei Nefashot; Eating / Drinking Multiple Borei Nefashot-type Foods

Can't Remember If I Said Me'ein Shalosh; Can You Say Borei Nefashot If You Don't Know thr Me'ein Shalosh?

When Do you Say a Borei Nefashot After Drinking Water Even Though You Didn't Say Shehakol?; Meaning of Borei Nefashot; Intro to Me'ein Shalosh

What Comes First? Asher Yatzar or Borei Nefashot; Birkat HaMazon or Borei Nefashot; Eating Chocolate vs. Letting It Melt in Your Mouth

No Borei Nefashot After Drinking Alcohol; Sucking Juice From Fruits

No Borei Nefashot After Hot Soup or Ice Cream

No Borei Nefashot After Coffee or Tea

Amount of Time to Eat Foods that are Required; Al HaEtz on Other Fruits; Drinking a Revi'it of Liquid in the Time it Normally Takes to Do So

Berakhah Aharonah on Fruits; How Much Counts?

Mezonot For All Foods?; HaGefen Only Exempts Other Beverages Not All SheHakol

What Happens When You Don't Have All Foods In Mind For Borei Nefashot; Borei Pri HaAdamah on Bread?

Eating Fruit and Deciding to Eat More Fruit - How Many Berachot?