2015年1月28日 · Shira, welcome to Mi Yodeya, and thanks very much for bringing your question here! I hope you get great answers, and that you also look around and find other material of …

2018年3月21日 · There is a halakhic concept of "mitzvot tzrichot kavanah," that you fulfill a mitzvah only if you had the intent to fulfill it. What do we mean by "kavanah" here? The intent …

2020年10月27日 · Shalom, Well to start off, since a very young age I have suffered from quite severe and crushing OCD (as the title would suggest). Now of course I am used to having …

One must have kavanah (intent/concentration) in the first bracha of Shemoneh Esrei. And if he didn't, he would have to repeat it. See the g'mara in B'rachos 34b: איכא דמתני לה אברייתא: …

2015年7月2日 · Does tovelling, either for vessels or a person, require kavanah (intent) to achieve the purification? Let's say someone went bathing in the river, or for whatever reason just fell in …

2019年1月20日 · When one desires to concentrate on every word of the first bracha of Shemoneh Esrei, as required, in order to fulfil the obligation of daily prayer, when he gets to the words …

2017年8月30日 · If the tzibur is about the start shemonah esray however Reuven isn't up to Shemonah Esray yet, and Reuven knows that if he speeds up his davening he will be able to …

Are there any problems with thinking about urinating or defecating while reciting asher yatzar and, if so, are there any sources that discuss what an appropriate kavanah should be?

2013年5月10日 · How does one have better Kavanah in his Tachnuneem tefilla? Does he punch his chest harder? Maybe start bawling?

2015年12月24日 · What intention should one be having when reciting "baruch shem kevod malchuto le'olam vaed" in the shema?