Is Your Mezonos Wrap Really Mezonos?

In this week’s episode, the topics discussed by Rabbi Braun include: ***Hakafos* on Simchas Torah without a *minyan*** - May *hakafos* on Simchas Torah be done *b’yechidus*, for example by a *shliach* who has no *minyan*, or is a *minyan* required? - Is there a prohibition to take out a *Sefer Torah* for fewer than ten, as the *Maharil* writes regarding *Hoshaanos*? - How do Simchas Torah *hakafos* differ from *Hoshaanos*, which the *Maharil* says an individual should say without circling the *bimah*? - Is each individual obligated to get his own *hakafa*, or is it enough to be present while others go around? ***V’sein tal umatar* for travelers** - When someone travels between Eretz Yisroel and *chutz la’aretz* before *v’sein tal umatar* begins at home, do they follow the practice of their home or of the place they are in? - Does it make a difference whether they plan to return, are traveling with their family, or how long they are staying? - If someone began asking for rain in Eretz Yisroel and then came to *chutz la’aretz*, do they stop, and does it matter if they are returning to their original home? - Can the whole *shaila* be avoided by asking for rain in *Shomea Tefilah*, as some suggest? **Double head coverings for *davening* and *brachos*** - Is a second head covering for *davening*, *bentching*, *brachos*, or any mention of Hashem’s name an obligation or a *minhag*, and what is its source? - Does a large or two-layered *yarmulke* count as a double covering? - May one place his bare hand on top of his *yarmulke* as the second covering when making a *bracha*, and what about for *davening* and *bentching*? **The *bracha* on Hallel on Rosh Chodesh** - On Rosh Chodesh, should each person say the *brachos* before and after half-Hallel themselves, or be *yotzei* with the *chazzan*, as the Alter Rebbe writes in the *Siddur*? - Does a *yachid* *davening* without a *minyan* make a *bracha* on half-Hallel, despite the note in some printings of the *Siddur* that they do not? - What was the practice of the Tzemach Tzedek and the Rebbe Rashab? - What did the Rebbe mean by the Chassidic custom to quietly “*chap arein*” the *bracha*? **Drying hands on one’s clothing** - Is there a concern of forgetting one’s learning when drying one’s hands on the clothes one is wearing? - Does *hamenagev yadav b’chaluko* refer only to one’s cloak, or to all garments? - Does it apply to clothes one is not wearing, including someone else’s, assuming the owner doesn’t mind? - May one dry their hands on their own bed sheets after washing in the morning? ***Mezonos* wraps** - With wraps labeled *mezonos*, does the stringency of *mezonos* bread apply to them as well? - How does *kevius seuda* affect a wrap eaten as a meal with a filling such as tuna or egg salad? - Are factors like being thin, made from a *belila rakah*, or lacking *turisa d’nahama* applicable to categorize wraps as *mezonos*?