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==Looking at the Moon== | ==Looking at the Moon== | ||
#One should look at the moon prior to reciting the Bracha. Some hold that one should only look at the moon once and not look at it again, whereas others are lenient to allow looking at it anytime during the Seder of Birkat Halevana except during the Bracha itself.<ref>*Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 426:2 writes that one should look at the moon prior to making the Bracha. Magen Avraham 426:8 quotes the Shlah who says that one should only look once and then it’s forbidden to look again (for Kabbalistic reasons). | #One should look at the moon prior to reciting the Bracha. Some hold that one should only look at the moon once and not look at it again, whereas others are lenient to allow looking at it anytime during the Seder of Birkat Halevana except during the Bracha itself.<ref>*Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 426:2 writes that one should look at the moon prior to making the Bracha. [https://www.sefaria.org/Magen_Avraham.426.8?lang=bi Magen Avraham 426:8] quotes the Shlah who says that one should only look once and then it’s forbidden to look again (for Kabbalistic reasons). Sheyarei Knesset HaGedolah 426:5 quotes the Sefer Charedim that one may only look at the moon at the time of the Bracha. | ||
On the other hand, the Sefer Charedim 45:5 actually writes that one may not look at the moon just like one may not look at a rainbow (and doesn’t mention anything about the Bracha). Thus, the Birur Halacha (Rabbi Yechiel Zilber, [https://beta.hebrewbooks.org/reader/reader.aspx?sfid=50538#p=121&fitMode=fitwidth&hlts=&ocr= vol 5, pg 121]) explains that the Sefer Charedim probably agrees with the Shlah. | On the other hand, the Sefer Charedim 45:5 actually writes that one may not look at the moon just like one may not look at a rainbow (and doesn’t mention anything about the Bracha). Thus, the Birur Halacha (Rabbi Yechiel Zilber, [https://beta.hebrewbooks.org/reader/reader.aspx?sfid=50538#p=121&fitMode=fitwidth&hlts=&ocr= vol 5, pg 121]) explains that the Sefer Charedim probably agrees with the Shlah. | ||
