Prayer

Hello, I was always told to pray facing east. I live in central Israel, and Jerusalem is southeast from here. Should I pray towards Jerusalem or is there a general direction established for all prayin...

Hello, as someone who is gradually becoming more observant and is not yet familiar with the customs and laws, I would like to know what I should do and how I should behave on Yom Kippur as a woman. Wh...

Hello and blessings... I would like to know whether there is a particular wording of a prayer for return to repentance? That is, a request to Hashem that a certain person should return to repentance....

Hello, esteemed rabbi, I would like to ask in which section of the Amidah prayer one can request personal petitions. Thank you.

Is it mandatory to wash hands before prayer? I am asking according to the custom of the Sephardim, and I would appreciate references. Thank you very much in advance.

A person who arrived home from work in the eveningand fell asleep before the evening prayerand woke up after dawn but still before sunrise,may he pray the evening prayer before sunriseand be counted f...

Hello, honored rabbi, what is the source of the prayer Shema Yisrael? From where do we learn to recite it?

Morning prayer before midday and after the time for prayer has ended. What is the significance of praying at such a time? How serious is it? In such a prayer, do we say the blessing of the luminaries?...

Hello,In a case where a person travels outside the city and returns at night (that is, not on the same day but on the following day), and together the travel between the cities takes more than 72 minu...

Why are tefillin taken off before the Mussaf prayer on Rosh Chodesh and not worn during Mussaf? Thank you.