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What is the criteria to of Hebrew law to recognize the coming Messiah ?

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Is there anything about Jewish life that the Jewish people would like others to know about them?

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Shalom! As in the case of a hurricane hitting FL, why pray? Is it so we feel closer to Hashem? We as individuals can't do anything about it, but G-d can if He wills it. Why not let Him handle it without our trying to micro-manage it ourselves? What is gained by prayer? Are we showing off to others? To G-d? To ourselves? Is the alternative to sit by with our faith and know G-d does what's best? If so then....why pray? Just have faith? Not that there is anything wrong with "just" having faith. I feel led to pray about this hurricane and I may say a prayer of protection or me shebeirach which is really for the already ill, but why pray at all? We're partners with G-d? Is that maybe part of the reason we pray in such times? Thanks! gut yontiff, Jeffrey Kahn Fayetteville, NC

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If one has very little time to daven, is it preferable to ‘speed daven’ on autopilot with little or no kavana or to skip davening altogether?

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Was it Rabbi Becher or Riette who give a talk on the meaning of each Hebrew letter? I attended a lecture many years ago and this thought has stuck with me all these years and I'd like to pursue this thought with the Rabbi. Thank you,   //Leonard Karz 516-582-9610

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What are the rules for saying "vaya'avor" in Tachanun? It says that if you are davening with a minyan, you say it, but what are the limits/rules to that? (i.e., if you are behind the minyan; you came late; you went ahead, etc.) When do you say it, and when don't you?