Peninei Halacha is a good halacha sefer: concise, clear, well-structured, well-researched and admirably honest about stating where its conclusions are derived from, and where there is ambiguity.Except when it isn’t. And these cases are quite instructive because they reveal a lot about the id of contemporary mainstream orthodox Judaism. So let’s cut to the chase (תפילה: פרק ב:א): אמרו חכמים שהתפילה שאדם מתפלל עם הציבור מתקבלת, שנאמר (תהלים נה, יט): "פָּדָה בְשָׁלוֹם נַפְשִׁי מִקְּרָב לִי …
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