Venue: Young Israel of Forest Hills Young Israel of Forest Hills

Halacha:

Birchas Kohanim,  Sefirat HaOmer 

Machshava:

Pesach 

Collections: Rabbi Schachter: Pesach

Description

Why do ashkenazim only duchan on a yom tov? Until where do the kohanim wash their hands? Should kohanim duchan during mincha, of a fast day? Is sefirat haomer biblical today or a mitzvas aseh shehazeman grama? Does a sick person, who will not survive 49 days, count with a bracha? Can one recite multiple brachot on the same mitzvah? What is the nature of counting, according to the Halachos Gedolos? When is the ideal time to count? Why do we count days and weeks? If one recited the bracha, thinking about the wrong day, is the bracha good? From what time is it prohibited to eat egg matza on erev Pesach? When does fruit juice rapidly make dough chametz? Should one complete the hagadah before chatzot? Can one speak during the meal?