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# The month is suffused with mitzvot | # The month is suffused with mitzvot | ||
# Throughout history it has been a time of joy: it is a month of forgiveness, Shlomo completed the beit hamikdash etc. </ref>, 8 days of [[Chanuka]], 15th of Shevat, 14th-15th of Adar (and of Adar Sheni). <ref>Yalkut Yosef 131:36</ref> | # Throughout history it has been a time of joy: it is a month of forgiveness, Shlomo completed the beit hamikdash etc. </ref>, 8 days of [[Chanuka]], 15th of Shevat, 14th-15th of Adar (and of Adar Sheni). <ref>Yalkut Yosef 131:36</ref> | ||
# According to Ashkenazim, there is no [[Tachanun]] on the following days: [[Rosh Chodesh]], the [[month of Nissan]], [[Lag BaOmer]], [[Rosh Chodesh]] Sivan until [[Issru Chag]] of [[Shavuot]] (i.e. the 7th of Sivan), [[Tisha BeAv]], 15th of Av<ref>see [http://www.aish.com/jl/hol/o/48955491.html Aish.com] for a list of six events which occurred on that date by Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau </ref>, from [[Yom Kippur]] to [[Issru Chag]] of [[Sukkot]] (24th Tishrei), [[Chanuka]], 15th of Shevat, 14th-15th of Adar (and of Adar Sheni). Also there is no [[Tachanun]] at the [[mincha]] before these days, except that on at [[mincha]] of [[erev Rosh Hashana]] and [[erev Yom Kippur]] there is [[Tachanun]]. <Ref>Kitzur | # According to Ashkenazim, there is no [[Tachanun]] on the following days: [[Rosh Chodesh]], the [[month of Nissan]], [[Lag BaOmer]], [[Rosh Chodesh]] Sivan until [[Issru Chag]] of [[Shavuot]] (i.e. the 7th of Sivan), [[Tisha BeAv]], 15th of Av<ref>see [http://www.aish.com/jl/hol/o/48955491.html Aish.com] for a list of six events which occurred on that date by Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau </ref>, from [[Yom Kippur]] to [[Issru Chag]] of [[Sukkot]] (24th Tishrei), [[Chanuka]], 15th of Shevat, 14th-15th of Adar (and of Adar Sheni). Also there is no [[Tachanun]] at the [[mincha]] before these days, except that on at [[mincha]] of [[erev Rosh Hashana]] and [[erev Yom Kippur]] there is [[Tachanun]]. <Ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 22:8</ref>. | ||
# Some have the practice not to say [[Tachanun]] on the 15th of Iyar as a safek (doubt) for the day of [[Pesach]] Sheni, however, the authorities say that this is an incorrect minhag. <ref>Yalkut Yosef 131:37</ref> | # Some have the practice not to say [[Tachanun]] on the 15th of Iyar as a safek (doubt) for the day of [[Pesach]] Sheni, however, the authorities say that this is an incorrect minhag. <ref>Yalkut Yosef 131:37</ref> | ||
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# One should kiss his [[Tefilin]] Shel Yad during Kedushat Yotzer. <Ref> Ben Ish Chai (Shemot 2), and Halacha Brurah 59:11. </ref> | # One should kiss his [[Tefilin]] Shel Yad during Kedushat Yotzer. <Ref> Ben Ish Chai (Shemot 2), and Halacha Brurah 59:11. </ref> | ||
# The congregation should say it out loud and if an individual says it he should say it quietly. <Ref>Ravyah [[Brachot]] 1:66, Hagahot Maimon (Tefilot Kol HaShana 3), Rama 59:3 say that Kedushat Yotzer should be said out loud. Eliyah Raba 59:4 says that this only applies with the congregation but an individual should say it quietly. Sharei [[Teshuva]] 59:3 and Mishna Brurah 59:13 quote the Eliyah Raba and Shalmei Tzibbor pg 155a who says that there’s no concern for an individual to say it aloud. Halacha Brurah 59:12 rules like the Eliyah Raba because that distinction is clear in the Ramban (Lekutim beginning of [[Brachot]] s.v. VeAni Evin). </ref> | # The congregation should say it out loud and if an individual says it he should say it quietly. <Ref>Ravyah [[Brachot]] 1:66, Hagahot Maimon (Tefilot Kol HaShana 3), Rama 59:3 say that Kedushat Yotzer should be said out loud. Eliyah Raba 59:4 says that this only applies with the congregation but an individual should say it quietly. Sharei [[Teshuva]] 59:3 and Mishna Brurah 59:13 quote the Eliyah Raba and Shalmei Tzibbor pg 155a who says that there’s no concern for an individual to say it aloud. Halacha Brurah 59:12 rules like the Eliyah Raba because that distinction is clear in the Ramban (Lekutim beginning of [[Brachot]] s.v. VeAni Evin). </ref> | ||
# When saying Ashrei one should have the proper Kavana (concentration) especially for the pasuk Pote'ach Et Yadecha. <ref>Kitzur | # When saying Ashrei one should have the proper Kavana (concentration) especially for the pasuk Pote'ach Et Yadecha. <ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 125:1</ref> | ||
# One may not leave shul before the [[Kedusha]] of Uva Letzion. <ref>Kitzur | # One may not leave shul before the [[Kedusha]] of Uva Letzion. <ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 26:4</ref> | ||
==Aleinu== | ==Aleinu== | ||
# One should say Aleinu standing<ref> Ben Ish Chai (Ki Tissa, 18) </ref> with awe and trepidation. <ref>Kitzur | # One should say Aleinu standing<ref> Ben Ish Chai (Ki Tissa, 18) </ref> with awe and trepidation. <ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 26:6</ref> According to tradition, it was instituted by Yehoshua Ben Nun.<ref>Teshuvat Geonim (Shaarei Teshuva 43)</ref> | ||
# When the congregation is saying Aleinu, one should also say it along with them. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 65:9, Yalkut Yosef ([[Tefillah]] vol 2, p. 462)</ref> | # When the congregation is saying Aleinu, one should also say it along with them. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 65:9, Yalkut Yosef ([[Tefillah]] vol 2, p. 462)</ref> | ||
# One may not leave shul before Aleinu is recited at the end of [[davening]], even if he has personally finished, unless there is a particular need. <ref> Sh"t Rivivot Ephraim 1:43:1 </ref> | # One may not leave shul before Aleinu is recited at the end of [[davening]], even if he has personally finished, unless there is a particular need. <ref> Sh"t Rivivot Ephraim 1:43:1 </ref> | ||
==Shir Shel Yom== | ==Shir Shel Yom== | ||
# The Ashkenazic custom is to say Shir Shel Yom after Aleinu. <ref>Kitzur | # The Ashkenazic custom is to say Shir Shel Yom after Aleinu. <ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 26:6</ref> | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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[[Category:Prayer]] | [[Category:Prayer]] |