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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?

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Dear Rabbi, I am a doctor. Is it appropriate for me to say any special prayers for the good health of my patients (of any denomination), besides of course treating them medically to the best of my ability? Thank you

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Hello, I have some questions I’ve had a hard time finding answers to and I hope you can help. Firstly, why do animals have to be killed when someone was intimate with it? Second, I’ve heard that the world was destroyed due to beastiality in the past but I haven’t ever heard any sources for that. Is that true? Is there a source for that? Why was the world destroyed? Couldn’t God just make it physically impossible for beastiality to occur? He can do anything. If that is true, what does that mean for our world, being that beastiality is something that happens frequently. Thanks you.

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Shalom, Rabbi. For as long as I can remember, I've wanted to convert to Judaism. I love the beliefs of the religion and what it symbolizes. However, my family is very anti-religion and would in fact shun me for being Jewish. How can I convert without consulting them, what can I do? How can I embrace Judaism? How can I get started? Thank you for your guidance.

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Shalom aleichem Rabbi Lauffer. Thank you for answering my last question. If someone is in the middle of the long blessing "Baruch Hashem l'olam" that is recited right before maariv shemoneh esrei, is he allowed to say "amen" to the chazan when the chazan says the bracha "Baruch atah Hashem, Shomer amo Yisrael l'ad," that is said before the "Baruch Hashem l'olam" long bracha? Thanks.

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For the morning shema (Nor during Barchu) right after the brachot prior to pesukei dezimra, do we cover our eyes fo that Shema like during Barchu or not. If not why not?