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>From today's OU Kosher Halacha Yomis</div>
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<p><strong><strong>Q. I am <em>davening Shemoneh Esrei</em> outside and the wind blew off my yarmulke. Is it better to walk over and pick it up or to motion to someone to bring it to me?</strong></strong></p>
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<p>A. Ordinarily, during <em>Shemoneh Esrei</em>, both walking and signaling to others are forbidden. However, if there is a pressing need, it is clear from the following Mishnah Berurah (104:1) that motioning is preferable rather than walking. The Mishnah
Berurah writes that if a child is disrupting one’s <em>tefillah</em>, the first choice is to signal to him to be quiet. If this does not help, one should walk away from the child and continue
<em>davening</em> in a different room. <em>Poskim</em> write that if the child is also bothering others, you may pick up the child and carry him into a different room. (In all cases one may not talk. Talking during
<em>Shemoneh Esrei</em> is considered a <em>hefsek</em> [an interruption] and will invalidate the
<em>tefillah</em>.) In any event, signaling is a better solution than walking. Therefore, in the case of the yarmulke, if possible, one should signal without talking rather than walking to pick up the yarmulke.</p>
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Perhaps the response should have suggested that at least while davening outside one should wear a hat!!!</div>
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