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==The feelings one should feel== | ==The feelings one should feel== | ||
# One should be pained over the destruction of the Temple. <ref> S"A 1:3 based on the Rosh (Brachot 3b). </ref> | # One should be pained over the destruction of the Temple. <ref> S"A 1:3 based on the Rosh (Brachot 3b). </ref> | ||
==How should it be said?== | ==How should it be said?== | ||
# It is the practice to say Tikkun Chatzot while sitting on the floor near the doorpost witth the mezuzah. One shouldn't sit directly on the ground rather one should sit on a cloth, pillow or small bench. If the floor is tiled one can be lenient to sit directly on the floor. <ref> Yalkut Yosef (5764 edition, vol 1, pg | # It is the practice to say Tikkun Chatzot while sitting on the floor near the doorpost witth the mezuzah. One shouldn't sit directly on the ground rather one should sit on a cloth, pillow or small bench. If the floor is tiled one can be lenient to sit directly on the floor. <ref> Yalkut Yosef (5764 edition, vol 1, pg 161) </ref> | ||
# The Minhag is to place ashes on one's head in the area where the Tefilin Shel Rosh is placed. <ref> Yalkut Yosef (5764 edition, vol 1, pg | # The Minhag is to place ashes on one's head in the area where the Tefilin Shel Rosh is placed. <ref> Yalkut Yosef (5764 edition, vol 1, pg 161) </ref> | ||
# Another practice is to not to wear shoes during Tikkun Chatzot. <ref> Yalkut Yosef (5764 edition, vol 1, pg | # Another practice is to not to wear shoes during Tikkun Chatzot. <ref> Yalkut Yosef (5764 edition, vol 1, pg 161) </ref> | ||
==Timing== | ==Timing== | ||
# | # Ashkenazim hold that it should be said right before Chatzot and then one should learn from Chatzot until morning when one can pray. <ref> Mishna Brurah 1:9. </ref> However, Sephardim hold that it should be said at Chatzot of night or afterwards until Olot HaShachar. <ref> Yalkut Yosef (5764 edition, vol 1, pg 165) </ref> | ||
# During the Ben HaMetzarim, TIkkun Chatzot should be said after Chatzot of the day. | # During the Ben HaMetzarim, TIkkun Chatzot should be said after Chatzot of the day. | ||
Revision as of 21:09, 1 April 2010
The feelings one should feel
- One should be pained over the destruction of the Temple. [1]
How should it be said?
- It is the practice to say Tikkun Chatzot while sitting on the floor near the doorpost witth the mezuzah. One shouldn't sit directly on the ground rather one should sit on a cloth, pillow or small bench. If the floor is tiled one can be lenient to sit directly on the floor. [2]
- The Minhag is to place ashes on one's head in the area where the Tefilin Shel Rosh is placed. [3]
- Another practice is to not to wear shoes during Tikkun Chatzot. [4]
Timing
- Ashkenazim hold that it should be said right before Chatzot and then one should learn from Chatzot until morning when one can pray. [5] However, Sephardim hold that it should be said at Chatzot of night or afterwards until Olot HaShachar. [6]
- During the Ben HaMetzarim, TIkkun Chatzot should be said after Chatzot of the day.
On what days is it said?
What texts should be said?
A free copy of the text can be found at https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://www.briskodesh.org/PDF/tikkun-chatzos.pdf
