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==Customs of Erev Rosh Hashana== | ==Customs of Erev Rosh Hashana== | ||
# [[Tachanun]] is not recited on [[Erev Rosh Hashana]] | # [[Tachanun]] is not recited on [[Erev Rosh Hashana]] for [[Shacharit]] or [[Mincha]], even though during [[selichot]] which are said by night or at least before [[Netz]] Hachama we do recite the yud gimmel [[middot]] and the nefilat apayim.<ref>Chazon Ovadia (Yamim Noraim page 46), Shulchan Aruch 581:3, Kaf Hachayim 581:73 </ref> | ||
# On the day before [[Erev Rosh Hashana]], [[tachanun]] is recited at [[mincha]]. <ref> Yalkut Yosef (Moadim page 21), Kaf Hachayim 581:74 </ref> | |||
# We do not blow the [[shofar]] on erev rosh hashana and if one needs to practice blowing for the holiday, he should do so in a private room. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 21 </ref> | # We do not blow the [[shofar]] on erev rosh hashana and if one needs to practice blowing for the holiday, he should do so in a private room. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 21 </ref> | ||
# There are five main customs observed on [[Erev Rosh Hashana]]: 1) [[Laundering]] one's clothing. 2) Cutting one's hair. 3) Dipping in the mikveh. 4) Visiting the cemetery. 5) Giving [[tzedaka]]. <ref> Shulchan Aruch | # There are five main customs observed on [[Erev Rosh Hashana]]: 1) [[Laundering]] one's clothing. 2) Cutting one's hair. 3) Dipping in the mikveh. 4) Visiting the cemetery. 5) Giving [[tzedaka]]. <ref> Shulchan Aruch OC 581:4 </ref> | ||
# Some have the custom of receiving lashes on [[Erev Rosh Hashana]], while others do so on [[Erev Yom Kippur]].<ref>Kaf HaChaim 581:58</ref> | # Some have the custom of receiving lashes on [[Erev Rosh Hashana]], while others do so on [[Erev Yom Kippur]].<ref>Kaf HaChaim 581:58</ref> | ||
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===Dipping in the Mikveh=== | ===Dipping in the Mikveh=== | ||
# The custom is to dip in a mikveh on erev rosh hashana in honor of rosh hashana, however this isn't required according to the law and therefore a beracha isn't recited and the laws aren't as strict. <ref> Halichot Olam 2: page 225, Moed Likol Chai 12:11. see also Rama 581:4. </ref> If one cannot make it to a mikveh, he should try to spill 9 kav (approximately 12 liters) of water even if in the shower. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 22, Chazon Ovadia Yamim Noraim page 51, 57. </ref> | # The custom is to dip in a mikveh on erev rosh hashana in honor of rosh hashana, however this isn't required according to the law and therefore a beracha isn't recited and the laws aren't as strict. <ref> Halichot Olam 2: page 225, Moed Likol Chai 12:11. see also Rama 581:4. </ref> If one cannot make it to a mikveh, he should try to spill 9 kav (approximately 12 liters) of water even if in the shower. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 22, Chazon Ovadia (Yamim Noraim page 51, 57). </ref> | ||
# A woman within her seven clean days from niddah shouldn't go to the mikveh on erev | # A woman within her seven clean days from [[niddah]] shouldn't go to the mikveh on erev Rosh Hashana or erev yom kippur. <ref> Chazon Ovadia Yamim Noraim page 59 </ref> | ||
===Hatarat Nedarim=== | ===Hatarat Nedarim=== |