Tikkun Chatzot

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The feelings one should feel

  1. One should be pained over the destruction of the Temple. [1]

How should it be said?

  1. 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]
  2. The Minhag is to place ashes on one's head in the area where the Tefilin Shel Rosh is placed. [3]
  3. Another practice is to not to wear shoes during Tikkun Chatzot. [4]

Timing

  1. 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]
  2. 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

References

  1. ↑ S"A 1:3 based on the Rosh (Brachot 3b).
  2. ↑ Yalkut Yosef (5764 edition, vol 1, pg 161)
  3. ↑ Yalkut Yosef (5764 edition, vol 1, pg 161)
  4. ↑ Yalkut Yosef (5764 edition, vol 1, pg 161)
  5. ↑ Mishna Brurah 1:9.
  6. ↑ Yalkut Yosef (5764 edition, vol 1, pg 165)
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