Venue: Boyaner Shtiebel (New York, NY) Boyaner Shtiebel (New York, NY)

Machshava:

Sukkot,  Yom Kippur 

Description

Is there a mitzvah to eat on Erev Yom Kippur eve? Why is there a mitzvah to eat on Erev YK? Why is YK a joyous day? Is there a obligation to go to mikveh before YK? Is there tosefes yom by YK, shabbos, or yom tov? Do women recite a bracha on the candles on Erev YK? Should women ever recite shehechiyanu on candles? Why is there no birchas kohanim by ne'ila? Why do we wear a kittel on YK? Why do we blow a shofar after YK? Do deathly ill people eat as usual, or less than a shiur? Why are hosafos not allowed in Ha'azinu? Should one build the succah by himself? Is rain on Succos, always a bad sign? Should one hold the four minim in one or two hands? If one visits the Old City on Succos, should one fulfill the mitzvah of the four minim again?