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All Jews fast on the four fast days mentioned by the prophets which are: [[Tzom Gedalya]] (the third of Tishrei), Asara B'Tevet (tenth of Tevet), [[Shiva Asar BeTamuz]] (seventeenth of Tamuz), and [[Tisha BeAv]] (ninth of Av). <ref>The prophet Zechariyah (8:19) stated that in the future the fast of the fourth, fifth, seventh, and tenth will become days of happiness for the Jews. In Gemara [[Rosh Hashana]] 18b, Rabbi Akiva explains that number in the pasuk refers to the number of the month. Thus, the fast of fourth is the ninth of Tamuz, the fifth is the ninth of Av, the seventh is the third of Tishrei (fast of Gedalyah), and tenth is tenth of Tevet. The Tur 549:1 and Rambam (Taniot 5:4) rule like Rabbi Akiva. Tur 549:2 explains that on the ninth of Tamuz the wall of Yerushalyim was broken by the first Bet HaMikdash, however, nowadays we fast on the seventeenth of Tamuz when the wall of Yerushalyim was broken by the second Bet HaMikdash. These four fasts are codified as halacha by the Rambam (Taniot 5:2-3), S”A 549:1, Mishna Brurah 549:1, and Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 527). </ref> The significance and background of these fasts are explained below. The first three are discussed in this article. For the other fasts please see the following links: [[Tisha BeAv]], [[Tanit Ester]], and [[Tanit Bechorim]]. Another related page is [[Commemoration of the Destruction of the Temple]] ([[Zecher LeChurban]]). The principle purpose of the fast days is to cause one to reflect upon one's ways in order to repent.<ref>Rambam Hilchot Taaniyot 5:1 </ref>
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Before eating on [[Shabbat]] or [[Yom Tov]], both during the nighttime and daytime, '''Kiddush''' is recited over a cup of wine (preferably). The relevant halachot are detailed below:
==Obligation==


==Tzom Gedalya==
#The mitzvah of Kiddush is a biblical commandment alluded to in the Ten Commandments. The Torah says, "זכור את יום השבת לקדשו" meaning "remember [[Shabbat]] to sanctify it," and one fulfills it by saying the text of [[Kiddish|kiddush]] on Friday night.<ref>Rambam Sefer Hamitzvot Aseh 155, [[Chinuch]] 31, Smag Aseh 29, Sefer Hamitzvot of Rav Saadia Gaon Aseh 33 all count the mitzva to sanctify the [[shabbat]] with words based on this pasuk.  
# [[Tzom Gedalya]] is observed on the 3rd of Tishri. <ref> Chazon Ovadia (Laws of the Four Fasts, Halacha 3), Shulchan Aruch 549:1, Rambam Taaniyot 5:2. </ref>
# [[Tzom Gedalya]] commemorates the death of Gedalya Ben Achikam and the extinguishing of the spark of Yisrael causing the exile. <ref> Rambam (Taniyot 5:2), Chazon Ovadia (Laws of the Four Fasts, Halacha 3, Mishna Brurah 549:2, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 121:2 </ref>


==Asara B'Tevet==
*Rambam (Hilchot [[Shabbat]] 29:1) writes that there is a positive biblical commandment to remember [[Shabbat]] based on the pasuk "זכור את יום השבת לקדשו" (Shemot 20:7). In 29:4, he writes that the primary time for the mitzvah is Friday night. Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 77:1 rules like the opinion of the Rambam. [However, it seems that Tosfot (Nazir 4a s.v. My Hee; first opinion) holds that the mitzvah of [[Kiddish]] is Derabbanan and the pasuk of Zachor is only an asmachta]. Tosafot Pesachim 106a “zochrayhu” states two opinions: 1) the cup of wine is diRabanan;  2) the cup of wine is diorayta, but the drinking is dirabanan.</ref> Many authorities consider Kiddush of [[Yom Tov]] to be Derabbanan, yet it shares all the same halachot of Kiddush of [[Shabbat]].<ref>Mishna Brurah 271:2, Nitei Gavriel ([[Yom Tov]] vol 2, 29:1)</ref> In addition, Chazal instituted that [[Kiddish|kiddush]] be made over a cup of wine.<ref>The Gemara (Pesachim 106a) states that the [[Kiddish|Kiddush]] is supposed to be said over a cup of wine. Tosfot (s.v. Zochrayhu; first opinion) and Rambam (Hilchot [[Shabbat]] 29:6) write that saying [[Kiddish|Kiddush]] over the cup of wine is Derabbanan. Tosfot's second opinion holds saying [[Kiddish|Kiddush]] over a cup of wine is Deoraitah, but drinking it is Derabbanan. </ref>
# Asara B'Tevet commemorates the tragedy of Nevuchadnezzar laying siege to Yerushalayim. <ref> Rambam (Taniyot 5:2), Mishna Brurah 549:2, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 121:3, Chazon Ovadia (Laws of the Four Fasts, Halacha 4)</ref>
#Some authorities hold that the biblical obligation is discharged with the [[prayer]] in Shul and that the [[Kiddish|kiddush]] at home is entirely Derabbanan.<ref>Magen Avraham 271:1 writes that since the Rambam and Tosfot hold that the deoraita part of [[Kiddish|Kiddush]] is that it is stated orally, one should be able to fulfill this obligation with one's [[Maariv]] [[prayer]] in Shul. This is quoted as halacha by the Be'er Hetiev 271:2. However, there is a great discussion in the achronim and many argue on the Magen Avraham. Mishna Brurah 271:2 (based on the Tosfet [[Shabbat]] 271:3) argues that since one doesn't have intention to fulfill the obligation of Zachor, the [[prayer]] in shul doesn't fulfill the obligation of [[Kiddish|Kiddush]]. Chatom Sofer (OC 1:17 and 1:21) emphasizes that since a person intends to fulfill the mitzvah properly according to the halacha, it is like one had intent not to fulfill one's biblical mitzvah in davening. The Mishna Brurah (Biur Halacha s.v. miyad) is also bothered with the Magen Avraham given that there is a requirement to mention yetziyat mitzrayim at kiddush, and one does not do that during shemoneh esreh.
===On a Friday===
# Asara B'Tevet is the only fast that can fall out on a Friday. <ref> Magen Avraham 550:4, Aruch Hashulchan 550:2, Mishna Brura 550:10 </ref>
# Even if Asara B'Tevet falls out on a Friday one should fast until tzet hakovachim even though the fast would carry into [[shabbat]]. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 249:4, Yabea Omer 6:31. Aruch Hashulchan 549:2 quotes the Avudarham that even if Asara B'Tevet fell out on [[shabbat]], which can no longer happen because of the way the calendar is set (Magen Vraham 550:4-5), we would have to fast. Chatam Sofer in his sefer torat moshe on the torah pg. 346 explains that this is similar to the concept of fasting for a bad dream (taanit chalom), that every year on Asara B'Tevet we are judged if we will merit to see the beit hamikdash rebuilt. </ref>  
# It is permitted to recite [[Kabbalat Shabbat]] and [[Arvit]] earlier than usual so that people can begin [[kiddush]] at home at tzet hakochavim. <ref> Nitei Gavriel [[Chanuka]] 63:6: notes 9-10. In 63:7 he adds that some poskim are even more lenient with the time of tzet hakochavim than they usually are. Rama 249:4 quotes an opinion that if you pray early and finish [[Mariv/Arvit|Arvit]] before [[Tzet HaKochavim]] you should eat, but then says that nevertheless on a public fast one should fast until [[Tzet HaKochavim]] and on a private fast, eat after [[davening]]. </ref>
# All the normal [[Shabbat]] preparations such as showering and [[shaving]] should be done normally, even for those who normally wouldn't shave or shower on a fast because of the kavod [[shabbat]] obligation. <ref> [http://torahmusings.com/2013/12/asara-btevet-when-on-a-friday/#fnref-19639-9 Rabbi Ari Enkin], Mishna Brura 550:6 and Baer Heitev 550:2 </ref>
# If Asara B'Tevet falls out on friday, [[shacharit]] is prayed as usual. For [[Mincha]], the torah and haftara are read, aneinu is recited during the amida. [[Tachanun]] and avinu malkenu are not said. <ref>Mishna Brura 603:3, Aruch Hashulchan 550:2. see Aruch Hashulchan there about a custom that existed to omit torah reading. for a lengthier discussion see [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/801757/Rabbi_Aryeh_Lebowitz/Ten_Minute_Halacha_-_Asara_B-Teves_on_Erev_Shabbos Asara B'Teves on Erev Shabbos] by Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz </ref>
# One should try to say [[mincha]] earlier on Asara B'Tevet that falls out on a Friday. <ref> Minhagei Eretz Yisrael 27:28, Nitei Gavriel 62:3 says that it is not proper to pray mournful [[prayers]] while dressed in [[Shabbat]] clothing so one should [[prayer]] earlier. He adds in the name of the Dvar Yehoshua 3:63  it is also good to distance the mournful [[prayers]] as far as possible from the [[Shabbat]]. </ref>
# Those who wear [[tefillin]] during [[mincha]] on a fast day, should recite [[mincha]] early on Friday so as not to have his [[tefillin]] on too close to [[Shabbat]] <ref> Nitei Gavriel [[Chanuka]] 62:4 </ref>
# If [[Asara B'Tevet]] falls out to be on Friday one may taste the food if one spits it out and doesn’t swallow. <ref>Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 42:61 based on Shulchan Aruch 567:1, Mishna Brurah 567:6, Kaf Hachaim 567:10 </ref>


==Shiva Asar BeTamuz==
There is a dispute whether a women's lighting [[Shabbat]] candles can fulfill [[Kiddish|Kiddush]] deoraita, Sh"t Mishneh Halachot 7:37 holding that it can fulfill the Deoraita obligation, while Sh"t Az Nidabru 12:1 strongly disagrees. </ref>
# [[Shiva Asar BeTamuz]] commemorates 5 things: 1) The Luchot were broken. 2) The Korban Tamid in the 1st Bet Hamikdash was abolished.  3) In the 2nd Bet Hamikdash destruction, the city of Jerusalem was breached. 4) The Torah was burned by Apostomus. 5) An idol was put in the Bet Hamikdash. <ref> Mishna Taanit 26b, Rambam Taaniyot 5:2, Shibbolei Haleket 263, Chayei Adam 133:4, Mishna Brurah 549:2, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 121:4, Aruch Hashulchan 549:3, Chazon Ovadia (Laws of the Four Fasts, Halacha 1), Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 527, Halachos of the Three Weeks page 1. </ref>
# The fast of [[Shiva Asar BeTamuz]] is observed on the seventeenth of Tamuz and not the ninth of Tamuz. <ref>Tur 549:2 explains that on the ninth of Tamuz the wall of Yerushalyim was broken by the first Bet HaMikdash, however, nowadays we fast on the seventeenth of Tamuz which was when the wall of Yerushalyim was broken by the second Bet HaMikdash. This codified as halacha by the Rambam (Taniot 5:2-3), S”A 549:2, Mishna Brurah 549:1, and Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 527).  </ref>
==Taanit Esther==
see [[Tanit Ester]] page
==Communal Fast days==
# The 3 minor fast day of Tzom Gedalya, Asara B'Tevet, and Shiva Asar B'Tamuz all mourn different aspects of the destruction of the Beit HaMikdash. There is a dispute whether nowadays these fasts are considered a binding communal practice or derived from the words of prophets.<ref>The Gemara Rosh Hashana 18b states based on the pasuk in Zecharya that if there's no Beit HaMikdash and persecution then these are fast days, if there's a Beit HaMikdash then they're holidays, however, if there's no Beit HaMikdash and no persecution these are dependent on the will of the people. The Maggid Mishna (Taniyot 5:5) writes that today it is only a minhag and will remain an obligation until the third Beit HaMikdash is built. The Tosfot (Megilah 5b s.v. verachatz) seems to agree. Regarding the communal practice changing see the Rashba (Rosh Hashana 18b s.v. ein shemad) who seems to assume that this communal practice could potentially change. See further on the [[minhag]] page. On the other hand, the Ramban (Torat HaAdam, Shaar HaAvelut, Inyan Aveilut Yeshana) who writes that today it was accepted as a obligation and today there is persecution in at least a segment of Israel, so it is a obligatory because of the words of the Navi. Tur 550 seems to agree.
* Levush 550:1, Magen Avraham 550:1, and Mishna Brurah 550:1 hold that primarily the minor fasts today are obligatory as communal practices when there isn't persecution. It is noteworthy that the Aruch Hashulchan 549:5 writes that it is obligatory today from the words of the Navi. </ref>
===Who Fasts===
# Everybody is obligated to fasts on these public fast days. <ref> Rambam Hilchot Taanit 1:4, Shulchan Aruch 550:1, Chayei Adam 133:6, Yabia Omer 1:33, Mishna Brurah 550:1, Aruch Hashulchan 459:5, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 121:11.  </ref>
# Even rabbis or teachers whose fasting may cause their learning to be of lower quality should fast on these fast days including [[Taanit Esther]]. <ref> Yabia Omer 2:28:7 </ref>
# Anyone who isn't fasting for whatever reason should try to eat in private. <ref> Matei Ephraim 602:22, Shaare Ephraim 1:10, Minchas Elazar 3:3, Teshuvot Vihanhagot 2:265, Minhag Yisroel Torah 550:page 31, Nitei Gavriel (Bein Hametzarim) 1:page 64:footnote 22. </ref>
# Anybody who doesn't fast because they are exempt does not need a [[hatarat nedarim]], but if it isn't too hard to do one, then praiseworthy is somebody who does. <ref> Yabia Omer 2:30: 5-8 </ref>


====Pregnant or Nursing Women====
==Amount to Drink==
# A pregnant woman need not fast on these fasts except for [[Tisha BeAv]]. <ref> Rama 550:1, Shulchan Aruch 554:5, Pri Megadim Eishel Avraham 550:1, Aruch Hashulchan 550:3, Yechave Daat 1:35.<br />
The gemara in Pesachim 54b says that pregnant women and nursing women are required to fast on [[Yom Kippur]] and Tisha B'Av, implying that they are not required to fast on the other fast days. Hagahot Maimoniot Taaniot 5:1 says that this is because the other fasts are optional in nature. Yechave Daat 1:35 says that this begins from the end of the first trimester whether she feels the pain or not, unless she is having pains earlier in which case her exemption would start earlier. Mishna Brurah 550:3 and Aruch Hashulchan 550:3 say that it starts 40 days into pregnancy unless she has an unusual amount of pain. </ref> According to Ashkenazim, this is only true if the pregnant woman is having pain or they are weak, however, according to Sephardim, this is true even if the woman isn't in pain.<ref>Rama 550:1 writes that pregnant or nursing woman are exempt from the three fast days (except [[Tisha BeAv]]) only if they are in a lot of pain. Then he adds even if they're not in a lot of pain they're not obligated to fast but rather that is the minhag unless they are in pain. Mishna Brurah 550:5 writes that if the woman is weak she doesn't have to be strict to fast. Shulchan Aruch 554:5, however, seems to say that pregnant and nursing women are exempt whether or not they are in pain. Yalkut Yosef 550:9-10 rules that in general pregnant and nursing women are exempt from fasting on the three minor fasts besides for [[Tisha BeAv]].</ref>Nonetheless, if the woman isn't fasting she shouldn't eat to enjoyment but rather only what is necessary. <Ref>Shulchan Aruch 554:5, Mishna Brurah 550:5</ref>
# A nursing woman is exempt from fasting on the fasts except for [[Tisha BeAv]]. Some say this includes a women who has finished nursing as long as she is within 2 years of the birth, and some say this only includes somebody who is actually nursing the baby. <ref> In Yechave Daat 1:35, Rav Ovadia Yosef concludes that if the woman feels sick she may eat, but if she feels like she can fast, she should try to fast. Or litzion 3:25:7 disagrees and says in that case she would only be exempt within thirty days of giving birth. This is also the ruling of Eishel Avraham Butchatch 550:1 </ref>
# A pregnant or nursing woman who does not need to fast, does not need to make up the fast on a different day. <ref> Sh"t Yechave Daat 1:35 </ref>
====Sick====
# One who is sick, even if there is no danger of dying is exempt from fasting and shouldn't fast. <ref> Mishna Brurah 550:4, Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 531, Sh"t Yechave Daat 1:35, Aruch Hashulchan 550:6, Teshuvot Vihanhagot 4:123. </ref>
# Old, sick people who suffer a lot from fasting are exempt from these fasts, including [[Tisha BeAv]]. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 532 </ref>
# If one is sick and does not fast he need not make up his fast on a different day. <ref> Sh"t Yechave Daat 1:35 and Biur Halacha 550</ref>
====Children====
# One need not train his children to fast, even at the age of 12 for boys or eleven for girls. <ref> Mishna Brurah 550:5 and Beiur Halacha "hakol" Yalkut Yosef Dinei [[Chinuch]] Katan page 239 and Moadim page 530, Eliya Rabbah 550:7, Chanoch Lanaar 21:footnote 9, Halichot Shlomo Moadim 2:page 398:3. Mishna Brurah 550:5 based on Magen Avraham 550:2 and Chayei Adam 133:6 say that when children do not fast they should only eat the amount of food they need but Halichot Shlomo Moadim 2:page 398:footnote 10 says that this is not the custom. </ref> Although many boys have the custom to fast three fasts before they become bar-mitzvah, but this custom has no source. <ref> Halichot Shlomo Moadim 2:page 399:footnote 11. </ref>
====Baalei Simcha====
# A groom within the seven days of his wedding, the father of a baby boy, a sandak, a mohel must fast on these four fasts unless the fast was postponed because it originally fell out on [[shabbat]], in which case they are all exempt from all these fasts and should eat after mid-day. <ref> Yabia Omer 1:34:11, 5:40, Mishna Brura 559:35. Rav Ovadia Yosef writes in Yabia Omer 27:10 that this is true even of tzom gedalia, even though some rishonim say the tragedy occurred on [[Rosh Hashana]] it is not considered a postponed fast unless it actually fell out on [[Shabbat]]. </ref>


===When does the fast start?===
#The [[Kiddush]] cup itself must contain the volume of at least a [[reviyis|revi'it]] of wine in order to be valid.
# Communal fasts which do not start at night only begin at [[Olot HaShachar]]. <ref>Shulchan Aruch 564:1, Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 529, gemara taanit 12a. </ref>
##The amount of a [[Revi'it]] is open to dispute:
# If one went to sleep at night and wakes up before [[Olot HaShachar]] one may not eat unless one stipulated before going to sleep that one didn’t begin the fast and one would eat and drink before [[Olot HaShachar]]. <Ref> S”A 564:1 writes that if one doesn't go to sleep one may continue to eat until Olot HaSachar and if one went to sleep one may still eat if one made a stipulation that one will continue to eat after he wakes up before [[Olot HaShachar]] (according to the explanation of Mishna Brurah 564:4). This is based on the gemara taanit 12a which says that although the fast the fast begins at amud hashachar if one goes to sleep than the fast begins then. The Yerushalmi Taanit 1:4 allows for this stipulation before going to sleep that you intend to eat before amud hashachar. Rama 564:1 comments that one doesn't need to make a stipulation for drinks. However, Mishna Brurah 564:6 writes that the achronim say it's preferable to make a stipulation for both foods and drinks. </ref> However, the Zohar is strict even such a case and one should only be lenient regarding drinks or if it's difficult to fast without eating before [[Olot HaShachar]]. <ref> Even though the Shulchan Aruch 564:1 makes no mention of the Zohar, the Mishna Brurah 564:28 and Yalkut Yosef (Tefilah, vol 1, pg 126, 89:43, and 550:3) quote the Zohar which is strict regarding eating after one slept before [[Olot HaShachar]], however, the Zohar isn't strict about drinking. Yalkut Yosef adds that if it's difficult for one to fast if one doesn't eat before [[Olot HaShachar]] one may do so (after stipulating before going to sleep). See Sh”t Yabia Omer 5:22(5), Piskei Teshuvot 564:1 and 89:21. </ref> If one didn't make a stipulation before going to sleep and one woke up before [[Olot HaShachar]], one is permitted to drink before [[Olot HaShachar]]. <reF> Mishna Brurah 564:6 as well as Kaf HaChaim 564:10 both say that if you for some reason did not make this stipulation before you went to sleep and you woke up before dawn thirsty you are permitted to drink. Shevet hakehasi 1:180 says that one who didn't know this halachah and ate in the morning without having made the stipulation the night before, may still recite aneinu. </ref>
##According to Rav Chaim Naeh, 3.2 fluid ounces is sufficient.
====Eating Before the Fast====
##According to Rav Moshe Feinstein, on Friday night (when the obligation of kiddush is biblical), one needs 4.42. During the day, Rav Moshe requires only 3.3 fluid ounces.<ref>Haggadat Kol Dodi, Mishna Brurah 183:9, Shaar HaTziyun 183:14</ref>
# Some poskim say that one should avoid eating too much before a fast, as this may make him feel the fasting less. <Ref> Eliya Rabbah 563:1, Kaf Hachayim 549:11 </ref>
#In order to fulfill this obligation, one should drink most of a cup that contains at least a [[reviit|revi'it]]. Most say that one need only drink a Melo Lugmav (lit: a cheekful), which amounts to slightly more than half of a revi'it, but some say that one should preferably drink a [[Revi'it]].<ref>*What is the minimum amount of wine one should drink for [[Kiddish|Kiddush]]? Shulchan Aruch 271:13 writes that for kiddush one must drink a Melo Lugmav, which is a cheekful and is the equivalent of the majority of a [[Revi'it]]. Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 77:9 agrees. Kaf HaChaim 271:83 and Or Letzion (vol 2, 20:22) write that it's preferable to drink a complete [[Reviyit]]. On the other hand, Beiur Halacha 174:6 s.v. VeChen writes that since there's a dispute whether the [[Birkat HaMazon]] will exempt the [[Bracha Achrona]] of the wine, one should preferably drink only a Melo Lugmav and not a [[Reviyit]]. Then he ends off by referencing the Shulchan Aruch's ruling in 190:3 and says that one should have intent that the [[Birkat HaMazon]] will exempt the wine before the meal. Additionally in opposition to the Or Letzion, the Brisker Rav (Chametz Umatzah 7:9 s.v. vhanireh cited by Dirshu 472:35) explains that there's no initial mitzvah to have a full reviyit for every kos shel bracha, but rather it is a unique halacha for the four cups of the seder. Yalkut Yosef ([[Shabbat]] vol 1, p 274) simply writes that one must drink a Melo Lugav and doesn't say it's preferable to drink a [[Reviyit]].
*See also Shulchan Aruch 190:3 who writes that because there is a dispute whether one is obligated to make a [[Bracha Achrona]] for a [[Kezayit]] or a [[Reviyit]] of wine, one shouldn't enter into that dispute and for a Kos Shel Bracha, when one needs to drink more than a Melo Lugmav, one's only option is to drink more than a [[Reviyit]]. Kaf HaChaim 271:84 quotes the Pri Megadim who explains that this doesn't apply to Kiddush before a meal since the [[Birkat HaMazon]] exempts the wine from a [[Bracha Achrona]].
*Mishna Brurah 272:30 rules that the obligation to have most of a [[Revi'it]] applies regardless of which drink you use for kiddush. Rav Tzvi [[Pesach]] Frank in Har Tzvi 1:159, however, says that since the Taz (210:1) holds that one would be obligated to say a beracha acharona on less than a [[Revi'it]] of liquor because less than that already is considered to be significant enough for a beracha acharona, the same would apply for how much you need to drink for [[kiddish|kiddush]]. In regards to [[Bracha Achrona]], Mishna Brurah 190:14 based on the Magen Avraham 190 also writes that there's no difference between wine and other drinks in opposition to the Taz's opinion in that regard as well.</ref>
#For [[Kiddish|kiddush]], the [[Revi'it]] should be considered to be 4.4oz.<ref>Haggadah Kol Dodi (Rabbi Dovid Feinstein, 5730, pg 4) writes that the [[Revi'it]] for kiddush on [[Shabbat]] (using the method of measuring finger-widths) should be 4.42 oz.</ref>


===When does the Fast end?===
==Kiddush in Shul==
# Any fast which one didn’t complete until [[Tzet HaKochavim]] is considered as though one didn't fast. <Ref> S”A 562:1, Mordechai Taanis 631, Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 529. The Gemara in Taanit 12a says that to be considered a fast a person needs to wait until the sun completes to set. Rabbeinu Yona quoted by the Rosh [[Shabbat]] 2:23 says from this gemara that the fast concludes at sunset. However, the Rosh himself in Taanit 1:12 says that the gemara is referring to the completion of the setting of the sun, namely tzet kavochavim. This is the source of the Shulchan Aruch 562:1. Aruch Hashulchan 562:9 and the Gra 562:2 say that since there are some rishonim who follow Rabbeinu Yona anyone who is lenient and relies on them should not be rebuked for it. See Aruch Hashulchan there who thinks this is also the opinion of the Rambam.
* The Gemara Pesachim 54b implies that only Tisha B'Av is treated like Yom Kippur and it is forbidden to eat during Ben Hashemashot, however, it would be permitted to eat during the Ben Hashemashot. See the Avnei Nezer OC 429 for a fascinating explanation as to why that conclusion is correct. The Shaar HaTziyun 562:1 writes that even for the minor fast days we wait until the tzet hakochavim because we're concerned about the opinion of Rabbi Yose that Ben Hashemashot only begins after the Ben Hashemashot of Rabbi Yehuda ends. He notes from the Korban Netanel that we can't be lenient both to allow eating during Ben Hashemashot and also to follow the Ben Hashemashot of Rabbi Yehuda. </ref>
# Some poskim allow somebody who ends [[Shabbat]] according to the time of Rabbeinu Tam, to be lenient and end these rabbinic fasts according to the time of the Gra, <ref> Yalkut Yosef 293:4, Shearim Metzuyanim Bihalacha 123:4, Nitei Gavriel Bein Hamitzarim page 57 </ref> while other say he should wait <ref> Yisroel V’hazemanim 1:pages 573-578, Nitei Gavriel bein hamitzarim page 58. </ref>
===Travel===
# Some poskim says that one who travels during a fast, should finish the fast according to his arrival destination, whether this makes it longer or shorter. <ref> Iggerot Moshe 3:96, [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/displayRead.asp?readID=2183 Rabbi Eli Mansour in the names of Rav Moshe and Chacham Ovadia Yosef], Vilechitcha Baderech page 59:1. This applies even if on [[Tisha BeAv]] his fast will last less than 24 hours. However, Sh"t Yaskil Avdi 8:38 says that although the public fast ends according to the time of his place of arrival, an individual has a personal obligation to fast twenty hours on [[Tisha BeAv]] and that he should continue fasting into the tenth of Av to complete his 24 hours. </ref>
===Washing oneself and swimming===
# It is permissible to wash with hot water or anoint oneself. However, a Baal Nefesh should be strict not to wash oneself in hot water or anoint oneself. <Ref> Shulchan Aruch 550:2 writes that on all fast days other than Tisha B'av and Yom Kippur, one is permitted to wash, anoint, wear leather, and have marital relations. However, Mishna Brurah 550:6, Shaar HaTziyun 550:8, Kaf Hachayim 550:13 write based on earlier acharonim that a baal nefesh should be strict not to wash with hot water. Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 530 permits washing one's body with hot water, but adds that one who is strict is praiseworthy. see however Chazon Ovadia Arba Taaniyot pg. 21-22 who writes that one need not be strict for this since Shulchan Aruch is lenient. </ref> However, all agree that it’s permitted to wash with cold water or wash one’s hands, feet, and face with hot water.<ref> Chazon Ovadia Arba Taaniyot pg. 22, Shaar Hatziyun 550:8</ref>
## If [[Asara B'Tevet]] falls out on Friday, one shouldn’t be strict and rather should wash oneself because of Kavod [[Shabbat]]. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 550:6, Aruch Hashulchan 550:3 also says that technically it is permitted to use hot water, but the custom has developed not to except on erev [[shabbat]], but it is still permissible to use hot water. </ref>
# One shouldn’t go swimming in a pool or ocean on a fast day. <Ref> Piskei Teshuvot 550:6, Rivevot Ephraim 1:363:1 and 3:368, Sh”t Bear Moshe 3:77, Rav Moshe Feinstein quoted in Moadei Yeshurun page 108. Nitei Gavriel page 34 allows children to swim. </ref> One is permitted to swim the night before a fast. <ref> Rav Moshe Feinstein quoted in Moadei Yeshurun 1:page 108 </ref>


===Brushing One’s Teeth===
#In the days of the gemara, the Rabbis instituted saying [[Kiddish|kiddush]] in shul for the travelers who would eat and drink in the Shul. Nowadays, when guests don't eat their meals in shul, some say that its proper not to say Kiddush in shul, while others uphold this minhag to say Kiddush in shul on Friday night.<ref>The Gemara Pesachim 100b discusses the custom to recite kiddush on Friday night in shul. The Tur 269 writes that saying Kiddush in shul was only established in order to fulfill the obligation of Kiddush for the guests who would eat their meal in shul. He says that nowadays that guests don't eat their meal in shul one shouldn't say Kiddush in shul. The Beit Yosef 269 quotes the Rabbenu Yonah, Ran, and Rashba who defend this practice of saying Kiddush in shul even if guests don't even their meal in shul. Additionally, the Rambam (Sh"t Harambam 37) writes that this minhag shouldn't be discontinued because all establishments that the rabbis made must remain even if the reason no longer applies. Rashba responsa 1:37 and Maharam Chalavah Pesachim 101a agree. Nonetheless, the Bet Yosef writes that the more proper minhag is not to say Kiddush in Shul. Shulchan Aruch 269:1 rules that some have this practice to say Kiddush in shul, but that it is better not to. Mishna Brurah 269:5 writes that the common minhag is to say Kiddush in shul, and that one shouldn't uproot it. Yalkut Yosef 269:2 writes that if there are some in shul who will not say Kiddush at their homes at all, it is not just justified, but actually encouraged to say Kiddush in shul. If that is not the case, then a shul which doesn't yet have an established minhag shouldn't say  kiddush in shul, but if their minhag is to say it then they may continue to do so.
# According to Ashkenazim, one shouldn't brush one's teeth on a fast day unless one will be in pain by not brushing, such as someone who brushes daily. Since Tisha B'Av is more severe, one shouldn't brush one's teeth on Tisha B'Av unless not brushing will cause oneself major pain.<ref>Piskei Teshuvot 567:1 and Sh”t Minchat Yitzchak 4:109 hold that brushing teeth has the same status as rinsing one's teeth. Similarly, [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/815334/Rabbi_Aryeh_Lebowitz/Ten_Minute_Halacha_-_Brushing_Teeth_on_a_Fast_Day Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz] explained that someone who usually brushes and not brushing a whole day will cause one pain is allowed to brush on a minor fast day. Furthermore, based on Rav Schachter's opinion that all toothpaste is kosher since it isn't a food, Rabbi Lebowitz posits that one can certainly make the argument that brushing one's teeth is more lenient than rinsing one's mouth and is permitted on a fast day.</ref> According to Sephardim, those who regularly brush their teeth with toothbrush and toothpaste may brush on a fast day with less than a [[Revi'it]] of water but they should bend over while rinsing so as not to swallow the water. <Ref>
* Chazon Ovadyah (Arba Taniyot pg 28) rules that those who regularly brush their teeth with toothbrush and toothpaste may brush on a fast day with less than a [[Revi'it]] of water as long as they bend over while rinsing and spit it out afterwards. [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/Display.asp?ClipDate=3/8/2009 Rabbi Mansour on DailyHalacha.com] agrees but adds that one shouldn't even gargle.
* Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 534) writes that for all fast days besides [[Tisha BeAv]] one if it will be difficult for one not to brush one is allowed to brush one's teeth as long as one doesn't put a [[Revi'it]] of water in one's mouth at a time and ensures that one doesn't swallow any water.
* Sh”t Minchat Yitzchak 4:109:2 rules that someone who has bad breath on [[Tisha BeAv]] may brush his teeth without water in order to pray with a clean mouth. Beer Moshe 8:94 agrees. </ref>
# According to Ashkenazim, only if one is in pain may one rinse one’s mouth and in such a case one should bend one’s head downward so one doesn’t swallow any water. On [[Tisha BeAv]] one may rinse one’s mouth only if one is in great pain, and on [[Yom Kippur]] one must be strict. According to Sephardim, for all fasts besides [[Tisha BeAv]] and [[Yom Kippur]], in a case of need one may rinse one’s mouth with less than a [[Revi'it]] of water as long as one is careful to spit it out completely. <Ref>
* S”A 567:3 writes that it’s improper to rinse one’s mouth on a fast day. Magen Avraham 567:6 writes that this is only according to the Rama who says not to taste food on any fast day, however, according to S”A who allows tasting on fast days besides for [[Tisha BeAv]] and [[Yom Kippur]] it is only improper if one rinses one’s mouth with more than a [[Reviyit]]. However, Kaf HaChaim 567:13 quotes the Nahar Shalom, Bigdei Yesha, and Maamer Mordechai who differentiate between tasting and rinsing and so Kaf HaChaim concludes that one shouldn’t rinse even with less than a [[Reviyit]]. Yet, Chazon Ovadyah (Arba Taniyot pg 27-8) rules like the Magen Avraham that for Sephardim in a case of need one may rinse one’s mouth with less than a [[Revi'it]] of water. Even though regarding brushing one’s teeth (pg 28) he adds that one should bend over according to the stringency of the Chaye Adam, regarding rinsing with less than a [[Revi'it]] it seems that one doesn’t have to bend over and such is the language of the summary (pg 515).
* Chaye Adam 132:20 writes that if one is in great pain one may rinse one’s mouth even on Tish BeAv if one is careful to bend one’s head downward so that one doesn’t come to swallow anything but one may not do so on [[Yom Kippur]]. Kaf Hachaim 567:14 quotes this. Mishna Brurah 567:11 differentiates saying that all fasts days one may rinse one’s mouth if one is in pain and by [[Tisha BeAv]] one may rinse one’s mouth only if one is in great pain and on [[Yom Kippur]] one must be strict. Sh”t Minchat Yitzchak 4:109(1) agrees with Mishna Brurah that for most fasts one may rinse if one is in pain and for [[Tisha BeAv]] one may only rinse if one is in great pain. </ref>
# One may swallow saliva that accumulates in one’s mouth. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 567:13 </ref> Some say that if it’s easy one should be strict and spit it out. <Ref> Chaye Adam 132:22, Mateh Efraim 612:7, Moadim UZmanim 1:59 </ref> While others say that the minhag is to be lenient altogether. <Ref> Piskei Teshuvot 567:2, Bet Meir, Ashel Avraham, Aruch HaShulchan 567:4 </ref>
===Prayer===
====Birkat Kohanim====
# A kohen who is not fasting, should not go up for [[birkat kohanim]] during [[mincha]]. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 551 </ref>
# If [[mincha]] went past sunset, [[birkat kohanim]] may still be recited within thirteen and a half minutes but not after that. <ref> Yechave Daat 6:40 </ref>
====Tefillin in Mincha====
# Some Sephardim had the minhag to wear [[tefillin]] on fast days at [[Mincha]] so as to complete 100 [[Brachot]], however this minhag isn’t very widespread. <Ref> Sh”t Yechave Daat 2:67. [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/m/halacha.aspx?id=1095 Rabbi Eli Mansour] writes that this is in fact the minhag of the Syrians in Brooklyn. see [http://askrabbimaroof.blogspot.com/2006/10/tefillin-at-minha-on-fast-days.html Rabbi Maroof] for two additional reasons for this custom </ref>
====Avinu Malkenu====
# Many have the custom to recite Avinu Malkeinu on public fast days. One can even say Avinu Malkeinu when davening without a minyan. <ref> Ishei Yisroel 45:45 </ref>
====Recitation of Aneinu====
# The addition of aneinu is recited by the sephardim during [[Shacharit]] and [[Mincha]] <ref> Shulchan Aruch 565:3 because even if you don't end up finishing the fast because you get sick from fasting, it is still a public fast day. Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 536 adds that one recites aneinu at night on tisha b’av. </ref> , and for the ashkenazim only in [[mincha]]. <ref> Mishna Brurah 557:3, Rama 565:3. Mishna Brurah 568:10 says that you should even say aneinu if you daven [[Mincha]] gedola because even if you end up eating you at least fasted until [[chatzot]]. </ref>
# One who isn't fasting doesn't recite aneinu. <ref> [[Shevet Halevi]] 5:60:4:page 61, Halichot Shlomo Moadim 2:page 402:footnote 25. </ref> A child who is not fasting still recites aneinu for [[chinuch]] purposes. <ref>  Shevet halevi 8:131 </ref>
# The individual inserts this paragraph in the beracha of shomea [[tefilla]], and finishes as usual, and the chazzan during chazarat hashatz says it as a beracha on its own between the [[berachot]] of goel and rofe. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 536-537 based on Shulchan Aruch 566:1  </ref>
# If one forgot to recite aneinu, and already said baruch atta Hashem to conclude the beracha of shomea [[tefilla]], he shouldn't say lamdeini chukecha there or insert it right after the beracha, but instead should say it after elokai nitzor and yihyu liratzon and say it without any beracha. <ref> Yabia Omer 1:22, Chayei Adam 24:18, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 19:14, Aruch Hashulchan 565:3,  Kaf Hachayim 119:28 </ref>
# If someone is reciting his silent shmoneh esrei along with the chazzan's chazzarat hashatz, he should say aneinu in shomea [[tefilla]], and not with the chazzan saying it between goel and rofe. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 537, Yabia Omer 2:34:6,Beiur Halacha 565:1 </ref>
# For these four fasts, the beracha of aneinu is recited during chazarat hashatz as a beracha on its own as long as there are six or more fasting. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 539, Yechave Daat 1:79. He adds that for [[Taanit Esther]] it is preferable to get 10 people fasting but if not, the beracha should still be recited. </ref> These 6 all have to be people who haven't prayed yet. <ref> Yalkut Yosef page 542 </ref>
# If one forgot to say Aneinu in "Shomea Tefila" one should recite it in "Elokai Netzor." <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, Volume 1, Page 106 </ref>
# If the shaliach tzibur forgot to say Aneinu in the [[Chazarat Hashatz]] he should recite it in "Shomea Tefila." <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, Volume 1, Page 106 </ref>
# One shouldn't skip Aneinu in Shemona Esrei to say it after Shemona Esrei so that one can answer kedusha.<ref>Chesed Lalafim 109 writes that one shouldn't skip aneinu in shemona esrei in order to catch answering kedusha with the congregation. Yabia Omer OC 2:34 and 9:66 discusses this topic at great length and agrees with the Chesed Lalafim. See the explanation of this on the [[Al Hanissim]] page regarding skipping Al Hanissim.</ref>


====Reading the Torah====
*Sh"t Yachin Uboaz 118 writes that that the Rashbetz wouldn't answer [[amen]] to the kiddush in shul because of the safek beracha livatala.
# On all rabbinic public fast days, we read Shemot 32:11-14 and 34:1-10, both in the morning and the afternoon, except Tisha B'Av morning. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 566:1, Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 545. </ref>
*See Chazon Ovadia (vol. 2 pg. 1) where he says that a community were everyone can be assumed to do kiddush at home, should not make kiddush in shul, but if this is not the case, then they should make kiddush in shul so that they can at least fulfill their obligation in kiddush mideorayta. He explains that the proper procedure would be to give the wine to a katan to taste to make sure it would not be considered a beracha levatalah. But also mentions that if the chazzan were to drink a reviet, that would also work as this can be considered kiddush bemakom seudah.
# According to Ashkenazim, on the fasts other than Tisha B'av the Haftara of Isaiah 55:6-56:8 is read during [[mincha]] but not [[shacharit]]. <ref> Rama 566:1. The basis for the haftorah at mincha on a fast day is from the gemara Tanit 12b discussing a fast for a drought and codified by the Rambam Taniyot 1:17. However, the Masechet Sofrim 17:5 writes that there were different minhagim whether or not to say a haftorah of Dirshu Hashem at mincha on a fast day or no haftorah. Bet Yosef 575:2 points out that the Rambam Tefillah 13:18 implies that there is no haftorah for a fast day besides for Tisha B'av or a fast for a drought and that the minhag of Sephardim was not to say a haftorah. Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 545 as well as Yechave Daat 5:40 say that the custom of the sephardim is not to say a haftorah except on tisha b'av where even sephardim have a haftara for [[shacharit]] and [[mincha]]. </ref> If a Sephardi is asked to go up he should try and refuse, unless he has already been called by name, in which case he should go up and say the [[berachot]]. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 546 </ref>
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# Ashkenazim have a custom is certain verses are read aloud by the congregation. The individual who is called up for that aliyah should not read the verses aloud with the congregation but instead should wait until the reader says them aloud and read along with him. <ref> Mishna Brurah 566:3, Shaare Ephraim 8:107 </ref>  
#This minhag applies to [[Shabbat]] and [[Yom Tov]] except for the first day of [[Yom Tov]] of [[Pesach]] (and second in Chutz LaAretz).<ref>Mishna Brurah 269:5, BeYitchak Yikare adds second day in chutz la'aretz </ref>
# On a weekday other than a Monday and Thursday, somebody who is not fasting may not receive an aliya to the torah. <ref> Maharik 9:5, Shulchan Aruch O.C. 566:6, Mishna Brurah 566:19, Aruch Hashulchan 566:11, Rivevot Ephraim 3:338:2. Taz 566:7 explains that he can't take the aliya since that kriyat hatorah isn't relevant to him. The Halichot Shlomo Moadim 2:13:footnote 10 says if one ate a small amount of food he may still receive an aliya on a fast day. </ref> On a Monday or Thursday at Shacharit, since there is torah reading anyway, some poskim permit it. <ref> Magen Avraham 566:8 writes that one who is not fasting may receive an aliyah because the torah would have been read even if not for the fast, while the Maamar Mordechai 566:5 disagrees since the content of the Torah reading is for that of a fast day and not for the week's parsha. Mishna Brurah 566:19 says if one was already called up everyone agrees that he may go up. Yalkut Yosef page 549 says that even if you were called up by name, you should explain to them that you are not fasting, and even adds that this applies where you are currently fasting but do not plan on finishing the fast. </ref>
#The one making [[Kiddish|kiddush]] in shul shouldn't drink from the wine<ref>Shulchan Aruch 269:1. He explains that since one can only fulfill his obligation of kiddush in the context of a meal - אין קידוש אלא במקום סעודה - the one making kiddush in shul won't be able to fulfill his obligation (since he's not eating in the shul) and thus he shouldn't drink the wine (since there is a prohibition to eat or drink before kiddush).</ref> but rather give it to children to drink.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 269:1, Magen Avraham 269:1, Mishna Brurah 269:1, Yalkut Yosef 269:2.  
# The torah can be read even if there are only six men fasting. <ref> Sh"t Yechave Daat 1:79 </ref>


==Other Halachot of Fast Days==
In general there is a prohibition of causing a minor to violate a prohibition. This is known as the isur of "ספייה בידיים". See Shulchan Aruch OC:343, as well as gemara shabbat 121a and yevamos 114a. Thus here it should seemingly be problematic to give a katan the wine, just like it is asur for the adult to drink the wine (since it's asur to drink before kiddush and one doesn't fulfill their obligation of kiddush outside the context of a seudah).
# On all of these rabbinic fasts besides for tisha b'av one is permitted to wash, anoint, wear leather, and have relations. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 550:2, Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 530, Aruch Hashulchan 550:2. This is unlike the Ramban in Torat HaAdam (Chavel edition, page 244) who says that all of these fast days last from sunset the night before, and all the activities that are forbidden on tisha b'av are forbidden on these as well. The Shla Taanit 43b says the only reason not everybody accepted this is because it is something that is too hard for all of the congregation to hold, but on a personal level each person should make an effort to refrain from this. Mishna Brurah 550:6 and Kaf Hachayim 550:10 quote this as well but notes that one should continue to wear leather shoes so as not to publicize it too much. </ref>
# On the day of a Taanis one should refrain from unnecessarily touching foods, lest one inadvertently eat during the fast. <ref> Piskei Teshuvot 589:1 citing Pri Megadim 612 citing Taz 612:8 </ref>
# One should be careful to control his [[anger]] on a fast day. <ref> Baer Heitiv 568:22, Kaf Hachayim 549:11, Mishna Brurah 558:50. </ref>
# On the [[Shabbat]] prior to Asara B'Tevet and [[Shiva]] Asar bitammuz, we announce the day of the fast prior to saying [[Mussaf]]. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 530 </ref>
# A restaurant or store owner should preferably refrain from giving out food unless it is known that it is for sick people or for after the fast, and even if there are other places where people can access food. <ref> Yechave Daat 3:67. Beer Moshe 8:95 permits leaving a canteen or soda machine open in a camp for those who aren't fasting, and Shevet Hakehati 4:155:1 permits leaving a store open for those not fasting. </ref>
====Medicine====
# Prescribed [[medications]] may be taken if it doesn't have a taste. If one has difficulty swallowing the pills, and a person is taking the pills because of a sickness for which the doctor prescribed these pills, it is permitted to swallow the pills with a minimal amount of water, the amount needed to swallow them, even on Tisha B'av. <ref> Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach quoted in Nishmas Avraham (v. 5, p. 46). Nitei Gavriel (Ben Hametzarim v. 1 p. 54 3:4 fnt. 8) quotes the Debrisiner Rav who permitted it if the person couldn't swallow it without the water, though the Nitai Gavriel disagrees. </ref>
# Some poskim permit taking caffeine suppositories during the fast, to avoid caffeine related headaches. <ref> Maharsham (1:123, page 178), Chelkat Yaakov 2:83, Contemporary Halachic Problems (v. 2, p. 26). </ref>


====If One Made a Bracha by Accident====
The Magen Avraham 269:1 gives several reasons to explain why it is permitted to give the wine to a katan:  
# According to Sephardim, if one made a Bracha by accident and then realized that it was a fast day, one should eat a very small amount just enough that one can taste it and continue on fasting.<ref>Birkei Yosef 568, Sh”t Yabia Omer Y”D 2:5(6), O”C 4:41 and 10:41, Chazon Ovadia Arba Taaniyot pg. 22, Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S”A 550:26 and [[Tefilla]] 1:89) writes that since according to the Rambam and others beracha livatala is a diorayta prohibition, if one accidentally recited a beracha, he is better off tasting a little bit to avoid that prohibition. see however Kaf Hachaim 568:16 who argues</ref> According to Ashkenazim, one shouldn't taste anything but just say Baruch Shem. <Ref> Daat Torah (of the Maharsham) 568:1, Sh”t Mishneh Halachot 7:80, Sh”t Shevet Sofer O”C 25, [http://www.yeshiva.org.il/midrash/shiur.asp?id=411#7a Peninei Halacha (Rabbi Elazar Melamed)], Halachos of [[Brachos]] (Rabbi Bodner, pg 207, note 39), and Piskei Teshuvot 568:2 rule that one shouldn’t eat it but rather say Baruch Shem. Teshuvot VeHanhagot 1:329 writes that one should taste it, not swallow, and then spit it out. [http://www.yeshiva.org.il/midrash/printShiur.aspx/1762 Rav Mordechai Eliyahu] quotes the differing opinions and doesn't give a ruling. </ref>


====If One Ate or Drank Inadvertently====
(1) Since eating before kiddush is a prohibition implied from a mitzvah, it isn't an issue of feeding something forbidden to children. (Yalkut Mefarshim on Ran Yoma 3a agrees.)
# If one ate by mistake on a fast day he should nevertheless continue fasting afterwards. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 568:1, Chazon Ovadia Arba Taaniyot pg. 22. Mishna Brurah 568:1 says this also applies if you ate on purpose. Mishna Brurah 568:3 says that you can even say aneinu during the shemoneh esrei during public fast days. Shevet Halevi 5:60 explains that this is only true for someone who began the fast and ate accidentally and not someone who is exempt from fasting. Yabia Omer YD 1:14:8 says you can only recite aneinu if you have eaten less than a [[kezayit]]. However, see Chazon Ovadia Arba Taaniyot pg. 22 where he says you can continue to recite anenu as long as you haven't eaten a kotevet, which is slightly bigger than a kezayit</ref>
# If one ate by mistake, he doesn't need to fast another day to make up for it.<ref> Chazon Ovadia Arba Taaniyot pg. 22, Terumat Hadeshen 156 </ref>


====Chewing Gum====
(2) According to the Geonim it is permitted to just have the cup of kiddush without the meal there, and for children that is sufficient to rely upon.
# It is prohibited to chew gum on a fast day, unless the gum has no taste whatsoever. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Moadim 535 </ref>
====Smoking====
# It’s permissible to smoke on a fast day except on [[Tisha BeAv]] (disregarding whether it’s permissible to smoke because of the health issue). <Ref> Sh”t Yechave Daat 5:39, Sh”t Yabia Omer 1:33. He adds that if it is extremely urgent, one may be lenient on [[Tisha BeAv]] after mid-day in private. see [[Hygiene_%26_Health#Smoking|Smoking]] </ref>


====Tasting food====
(3) There is no other viable alternative (אי אפשר בעניין אחר).
# According to Sephardim, on a fast day besides [[Tisha BeAv]] and [[Yom Kippur]] one may taste food (to see if it is seasoned correctly) up to a [[Revi'it]], as long as one spits it out afterwards. According to Ashkenazim, one may not taste food on any communal fast day except where one needs to taste a food for a Suedat Mitzvah to see if it’s seasoned well. <Ref> S”A 567:1 writes that on any fast day one may taste food up to a [[Revi'it]] as long as one spits it all out, except for [[Tisha BeAv]] and [[Yom Kippur]] when it’s forbidden. Rav Ovadyah in Chazon Ovadyah (Arba Taniyot pg 27) rules like S”A. Rama 567:1 writes, based on Terumat Hadeshen 158, that the minhag is not to taste any food on any communal fast. Mishna Brurah 567:6 writes that one may only be lenient in a case where one has to taste food that’s being prepared for a Seudat Mitzvah to see if it’s spiced well. </ref>
# Preferably one should be strict when making sure to have less than a [[Revi'it]] to  consider this [[Revi'it]] to include anything one tasted the whole day, however, the strict law is that one only has to make sure to have less than a [[Revi'it]] each time one tastes. <Ref> S”A 567:2 quotes a dispute whether one is allowed to taste up to a [[Revi'it]] and the [[Revi'it]] is a combination of anything one tasted the whole day or that one may taste up to a [[Revi'it]] many times if at each time it is less than a [[Revi'it]] (according to the explanation of Mishna Brurah 567:7 and 9). Kaf HaChaim 567:12 rules that the halacha follows the second opinion but preferably one should be strict for the first opinion as well. Mishna Brurah 567:8 also implies this. </ref>
====Tasting Food on Friday====
# In general, it’s a mitzvah to taste the [[Shabbat]] food before [[Shabbat]] to know if tastes right ([[Preparing_for_Shabbat#Tasting_the_food_in_preparation_of_Shabbat|Tasting food in preparation of Shabbat]]). However, on Friday of [[Shabbat]] Chazon, one shouldn’t taste the food. <Ref>Shemirat [[Shabbat]] KeHilchata 42:61 </ref>


====Making a [[Shehecheyanu]]====
(4) According to the Rashba and Ran, it is permitted to feed a child a rabbinic prohibition (see Bet Yosef O.C. 343:1). While there may still be a concern in general of דילמא אתי למיסרח (perhaps the child will come to do the wrong thing even when they are older), this latter concern is mitigated if either we are giving them the isur because they need it (צרכו של תינוק), or if it isn't done בקביעות (with permanence; such as here, where it is possible that guests will show up to shul who need to rely upon the kiddush at shul and so they'll drink the wine).  
# It’s permitted to make a [[Shehecheyanu]] on a fast day. <Ref> Piskei Teshuvot 550:8 in name of Pri Megadim A”A 551:42 and Kaf HaChaim 550:209 </ref>
====Taking a haircut====
# There’s a dispute whether one may take a haircut on a fast day and it’s preferable not to. <Ref> Rav Chaim Palagi in Ruach Chaim 566:4 is strict. Or Letzion and Piskei Teshuvot 550:8 agree. However, Yalkut Yosef and Tzitz Eliezer 7:49:12 are lenient but still say its preferable not to. </ref>
====Giving [[Tzedaka]]====
# It’s customary to give [[Tzedaka]] at [[Mincha]] on a fast day, the value of the amount of food one would have eaten that day. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 566:12 </ref>
====Doing Teshuva====
# The primary purpose of the Fast days is to inspire a person to do Teshuva and remember his sins and the sins of our fathers which caused the tragedy which is being commemorated to occur. Thus, a person should should make time on a fast day to think about one's actions and do Teshuva. Those people who take walks and do other activities which are a waste of time when they are fasting have missed a major point of the fast. Nonetheless, one may not exempt oneself with only doing Teshuva because fasting on these days is a Mitzvah MeDivrei HaNevim. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 549:1</ref>


==Individual Fast Days==
(5) Since the prohibition is only related to time and not intrinsic to the food, it is permitted to feed to children. (Meor Yisrael Yoma 78b agrees.)</ref>  
# It is possible for an individual to take upon themselves to fast for a day and it will serve for an atonement and merit. Fasting for the purpose of teshuva or receiving atonement is an important mitzvah.<ref>The Gemara Brachot 17a records that Rav Sheshet would pray before Hashem that today when there's no Bet Hamikdash He should accept our fasts as though they were korbanot since by fasting a person loses a slight amount of his flesh and blood in order to attain atonement. Gemara Brachot 6b indicates that fasting is certainly a mitvzah, yet giving charity is a crucial element of the fast day.</ref>
##Some say that the children should be below the age of [[chinuch]] (6 or 7), while others say that it's better to give it a child above that age.<ref>The Magen Avraham cites a debate between the Bach and the Ritva on this question. The Bach thought that one should davka give the wine to a child who is not yet הגיע לחינוך (under the age of instruction), because that way it is less bad that he is drinking before kiddush. However, the Rashbah thought that giving it to such a child would constitute a bracha l'vatala (bracha in vein), since he isn't obligated in kiddush, and so one should davka give the wine to a katan who is הגיע לחינוך. </ref>  
# Nonetheless, a talmid chacham who is dedicated to learning shouldn't accept upon himself to fast because it'll cause him to learn less. <ref>Gemara Tanit 11b, Shulchan Aruch 571:2. Mishna Brurah 571:3 clarifies that this applies only to a talmid chacham who is completely involved in learning and it even applies nowadays to such a person. Mishna Brurah 571:4 adds that if a talmid chacham has certain sins for which he needs to fast in order to do teshuva it is permitted to fast.</ref> A teacher is like a talmid chacham for this purpose and may not fast individual fasts.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 571:2</ref>
##If it is not possible to find a child to drink the wine, an adult should drink it, but should make sure to drink a [[Reviyit]] or more, say a [[Bracha Achrona]], and have intent to fulfill the mitzvah of [[kiddish|kiddush]]. Then he can still recite kiddush at home for his family members.<ref>Mishna Brurah 269:1</ref>
# If a person does fast an individual fast he may not publicize it to others in order to receive honor.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 565:6</ref>
##Some say it is sufficient that the children drink a little bit, and they need not drink a full Revi'it.<ref> Chazon Ovadia Shabbat v. 2 p. 1</ref>
# If a person wants to fast he must accept it upon himself the day before.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 562:5</ref> The minhag is to accept the fast day at mincha the day before.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 562:6</ref>
#The minhag is to stand for [[kiddish|kiddush]] in shul.<ref>Rama 269:1 </ref> It is a segulah that one's knees won't feel tired.<ref>Mishna Brurah 269:6</ref>
===Individual Partial Fast Days===
# For an individual fast day, a person needs to fast until [[Tzet HaKochavim]]. <ref>Tanit 12a, Shulchan Aruch 562:1</ref>
# A fast of hours (Tanit Shaot) is only effective if a person didn't eat in the morning and then decided not to eat the rest of the day. In such a case he can recite Anenu at mincha. Some poskim hold that a fast of hours only is effective if one accepted to fast partially from the previous day. Either he can accept to fast in the morning and then if he changes his mind to complete the day or he can accept to fast in the afternoon and then if he changes his mind and ends up not eating in the morning that is a fast of hours for anenu.<ref>The Gemara Tanit 11b establishes that a fast of hours counts as a fast in order to recite anenu. However, Rav Chisda explains that it is only a fast of hours if one didn't eat until that day. Therefore, Rashi explains the case of a fast of hours is where one happen to fast until midday and then after he midday he decided to fast the rest of the day. The Rambam (Taniyot 1:13) learns that the gemara is saying that one can have a fast of hours for the end of the day even if ate in the morning. The Rashba (responsa) writes that the Rambam retracted. Shulchan Aruch 562:1 accepts Rashi as the primary opinion. However, the secondary opinion he quotes is the Rosh (Tanit 1:12) who explains that it is always necessary to accept the fast of hours a day in advance for it to count.</ref>
# According to Ashkenazim it is possible to accept upon oneself to fast a partial fast and break it before the night. If someone accepted a partial fast he can break the fast after Plag Mincha and if he is weak he can break it after Mincha Gedola.<ref>Rav Chisda in Tanit 12a says that it is only a fast if a person completes it upon the night. This is understood by most rishonim (Rashi s.v. ha, Rambam (Taniyot 1:13, Raavad ad loc., Rosh Tanit 1:12) that it doesn't even count as a fast of hours if one eats before the night. However, the Mordechai (Tanit no. 625) and Hagahot Ashri (Tanit 1:12) argues that Rav Chisda only meant that if one accepted to fast for the whole day then it is ineffective if one ate before night, but it is possible to accept just to fast part of the day. The Shulchan Aruch 562:2 quotes this opinion as some say and the Rama 562:2 accepts it so that an individual can recite anenu in shema kolenu but not to change any bracha. Magen Avraham 562:5 writes that minimally the fast has to go from the morning until after Plag Mincha even if one didn't actually daven arvit yet, however, the Eliya Rabba 559:26 and Machasit Hashekel 562:5 hold that it is sufficient if he fasts until mincha gedola. Mishna Brurah 562:10 quotes the Eliya Rabba for someone who is weak.</ref>


==Related Pages==
==Kiddush at night==
* [[Commemoration of the Destruction of the Temple]] ([[Zecher LeChurban]])
 
#On Friday night, one should hurry home after shul to bring in the [[Shabbat]] and not tary in conversation at shul.<ref>Yalkut Yosef [[Shabbat]] 1 271:1. See also Tur (very beginning of siman 271) who uses the language of ״ימהר לאכול מיד״.  </ref>
#Kiddush at night is considered greater than the Kiddush of the day.<ref>The Ran on Gemarah Pesachim 106a says that the [[Kiddish|Kiddush]] of the night is Deoraita while that of the day is Derabbanan.</ref> Therefore, if one has two bottles of wine the better bottle should be used for Kiddush at night. (However, the day is considered greater in general and should have the better selection by everything else).<ref>Gemarah Pesachim (105a)</ref>
#The text of [[Kiddish|kiddush]] includes Yom HaShishi, which are pesukim describing [[Shabbat]], and two [[Brachot]], Borei Peri HaGafen, and Mekadesh Ha[[Shabbat]].<ref>Rambam (Hilchot [[Shabbat]] 29:7) writes that the order of [[Kiddish|Kiddush]] is Vayichulu (which are pesukim said based on Minhag), the Borei Pri Hagefen and then Mikadesh Ha[[Shabbat]] (the text of which can be found in Rambam 29:2). </ref>
#When reciting [[Kiddush]] on Friday night, we say the words "ויהי ערב ויהי בקר" -  "Vayihi erev vayihi boker" quietly before saying "יום הששי" Yom Hashishi.
##While we generally avoid reciting Pesukim in ways which differ from their presentation in the Torah<ref>Tanit 27b, [[Megillah]] 22a. "כל פסוקא דלא פסקיה משה אנן לא פסקינן".</ref>, nonetheless we only say the second part of this pasuk, and don't say the entire first part quietly<ref>The verse (bereishis 1:31) begins with the phrase: "וַיַּ֤רְא אֱלֹקים֙ אֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֔ה וְהִנֵּה־ט֖וֹב מְאֹ֑ד" - and G-d saw everything He had made, and behold it was very good.</ref>, because Chazal understand the words "טוב מאד" as a reference to death.  However, there is debate whether one is allowed to say only part of a pasuk, so some are careful to add the rest of the pasuk ''Vayar Elokim Et Kol Asher Asa Vehini Tov Meod, Veyihi Erev Vayihi Boker Yom Hashishi''.<ref>Rama 271:10, Levush 271:10, Aruch HaShulchan 271:25, Chatom Sofer OC 10. Chatom Sofer OC 1:51 explains the minhag is based on the fact that we want to mention yom hashishi before vayichulu hashamayim since there’s an acrostic of Hashem’s name of the first letter of each of those four words. But since we don’t want to mention only two words from a pasuk since it is meaningless we include a whole phrase. However, we don’t want to say the whole pasuk since the midrash says that there’s a reference to death in the beginning of the pasuk. [http://www.havabooks.co.il/sms.asp?cat=6 Rav Aviner] Nefesh Harav (p. 159) quotes Rav Soloveitchik as having the practice to say the beginning part of the pasuk quietly to himself. He also cites this as the practice of the Steipler (Orchot Rabbenu v. 1 p. 109).</ref>
 
==Kiddush of the Day==
 
#The text of [[Kiddish|kiddush]] during the day is just Borei Pri Hagefen.<ref>The Gemara Pesachim 106a states that the primary [[Kiddish|Kiddush]] is at night, but there's also a [[Kiddish|Kiddush]] of the day. Even though it seems to be Deoraitah, as the gemara learns it from a pasuk, the Rishonim agree that the pasuk is only an asmachta (Ravad and Magid Mishna (Hilchot [[Shabbat]] 29:10), quoted by Bear Heitiv 289:2) and the obligation of [[Kiddish|Kiddush]] during the day is only Rabbinic. The gemara concludes that the text of such a [[Kiddish|Kiddush]] is just Borei Pri [[HaGefen]]. Rambam (Hilchot [[Shabbat]] 29:10) and Shulchan Aruch 289:1 codify this as halacha. </ref>
#However, many have the minhag to say Pesukim before saying the Bracha.<ref>While this is a common practice, there were some poskim who felt that adding pesukim was improper, because it confuses people as to what is truly the "kiddush" and what is just a nice add-on. The essense of kiddush on shabbat day is just borei pri hagafen, and they felt that it was important to highlight that. See Dirshu Mishna Brurah (siman 289 ft. 4) that cites this position from the Chazon Ish and Rav Chaim of Brisk.</ref>
##Some say two paragraphs, "Veshamaru" and "Zachor".<ref>Mishna Brurah (289:2)</ref>
##Others have the minhag to add another paragraph before these, starting with "Im tashiv Mishabbat Raglecha," which are the Pesukim in Yeshaya which discuss the sanctity of shabbat.
##While many have the practice to say just the last phrase of "Zachor", which begins with "Al cen berach", this is potentially problematic because it is not a complete verse.<ref>Mishna Brurah (289:2)</ref>
 
==Pouring Off==
 
#A person shouldn’t pour off to the other cups between the kiddush and drinking. However, if he is sick and worried about others drinking from his cup, then he may pour off before drinking, but should make sure to leave at least a reviyit in his cup after the pouring.<ref>*Piskei Teshuvot 271:32 quotes the Mishnat Yosef 4:35 who says that initially one shouldn't pour off before drinking because one should drink from a cup with a reviyit and also so that it shouldn't look like a disgrace to the mitzvah (bizuy mitzvah, see Mishna Brurah 296:4 and Eliya Rabba 271:23). However, if he’s sick he can pour off some and then drink from the cup which still has a reviyit. [https://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/898548/rabbi-hershel-schachter/berachos-92-47a-kiddusha-rabba-ii-bracha-al-hakos-ad-sheyitom-hamevarech-answering-amen/ Rav Hershel Schachter (Brachot Shiur 92 min 44)] agreed that one shouldn’t pour off so much that there’s not a reviyit left before you drink. He holds like the Magen Avraham as will be explained.
*Should the cup one drinks from have a reviyit? Tosfot Pesachim 105b s.v. shema writes that one must drink from a cup that has a reviyit and not pour off some of the cup into another cup and drink. Agudah Pesachim 10:84 and Ritva Pesachim 105b s.v. shema agree. Magen Avraham 271:24 rules like Tosfot. Mishna Brurah 271:51 agrees. Shulchan Aruch 271:11 seems not to hold like Tosfot but see Eliya Rabba 271:23 who defends Shulchan Aruch but also accepts Tosfot. Korban Netanel Pesachim 10:200 writes that in fact the Rosh, Rabbenu Yerucham, and Shulchan Aruch disagree with Tosfot and you don’t have to drink from a cup with a reviyit. Netiv Chaim 271:11 agrees. Rabbi Akiva Eiger Pesachim 105b discusses whether the proof of the Korban Netanel is conclusive.</ref>
##Some poskim allow pouring off wine for guests before he drinks from the kiddush cup (as long as one is careful to keep a reviyit in the cup).<ref>Dor Hamelaktim (v. 1 p. 652) quotes Rivevot Efraim 1:194 and Zeh Hashulchan (2:190 s.v. im) as allowing this practice, but notes that Rav Chaim Kanievsky disagreed.</ref>
#The one reciting kiddush doesn't have to pour off into their cups unless their cups are invalid for kiddush (e.g.  they drank from them already). In such a case, the one reciting kiddush can pour off from his cup into the others so that they are considered valid for kiddush.<ref>Tosfot Pesachim 106a s.v. gachin, Tosfot Brachot 47a s.v. ein, Rosh Pesachim 10:16, Rosh Brachot 7:15, Shulchan Aruch OC 271:17</ref>
 
==Listening to Kiddush==
===Should Those Listening Also Drink?===
#Those listening to kiddush don't have to drink to fulfill their obligation, but it is a mitzvah for them to drink.<ref>Eruvin 40b and Pesachim 108b imply that only the one making kiddush needs to drink and no one else, but Pesachim 106a and perhaps 108b imply that everyone listening should drink. The Rosh (Pesachim 10:16) writes that although each person listening to kiddush doesn't need to drink wine to fulfill his obligation, there is nonetheless an added mitzvah to do so. Maharam Chalavah Pesachim 101a holds those listening don't need to drink. Tosfot Pesachim 99b s.v. lo originally assumes that those listening to the kiddush don't need to drink but afterwards questions that assumption. The Rambam Shabbat 29:7 implies that there is an obligation for everyone to drink. Maggid Mishna 29:7 just adds that those listening don't need to drink a melo lugmav. Shulchan Aruch OC 271:14 rules like the Rosh that as long as the one reciting kiddush drinks that is sufficient for everyone to fulfill their obligation, but that it is a mitzvah for them to drink. Mishna Brurah 271:83 agrees.</ref>
##Any amount is sufficient in order to get this mitzvah.<ref>The Levush 271:14 writes that those listening should drink a melo lugmav. However, the Maggid Mishna Shabbat 29:7 writes that those listening only need to drink a bit and not melo lugmav. The Taz 271:17, Eliya Rabba 271:29, and Mishna Brurah 271:71 follow the Maggid Mishna, that even a "טעימה בעלמא" (lit: a taste) is enough to achieve the מצוה מן המובחר (ideal mitzvah).</ref>
#Some say that for daytime kiddush, those listening must drink from the kiddush cup, while others disagree.<ref>[https://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/856129/rabbi-hershel-schachter/inyonei-sefiras-haomer-nowadays-women-before-kiddush-beit-din-bein-hashmashos-shomea-keoneh/ Rav Schachter Inyonei Sefirat Haomer 5776 towards the very end] quoted the Torah Temimah, Netsiv (see Haemek Shayla 54:4), and Rav Velve Soloveitchik that one doesn’t fulfill one’s obligation if one doesn’t drink wine at the kiddush of the day specifically since it really is only a birchat hanehenin and not a bracha of a mitzvah. However, in [https://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/898548/rabbi-hershel-schachter/berachos-92-47a-kiddusha-rabba-ii-bracha-al-hakos-ad-sheyitom-hamevarech-answering-amen/ Brachot Shiur 92 (min 23)] he quoted that Rav Chaim was upset with this chiddush of the Netsiv and not everyone has to drink at the daytime kiddush. Teshuvot Vehanhagot 3:243 cites this dispute between the Brisker Rav and Rav Chaim. See Teshuvot Vehanhagot 1:264 and Piskei Teshuvot 289 fnt. 24 for more sources.</ref>
 
=== Waiting to Drink ===
#Those who are listening to the kiddush shouldn't drink until the one making the kiddush drinks.<ref>Gemara Brachot 47a</ref>
#However, if they each have their own cup (see below section) they may drink without waiting.<ref>Yerushalmi Brachot 6:1, Tosfot Brachot 47a s.v. ein, Tosfot Pesachim 106a s.v. gachin, Rashba Brachot 47a s.v. amar, Maharam Chalavah Pesachim 106a s.v. chazyey, Shulchan Aruch 271:16</ref>
===Everyone with their Own Cup===
#Those listening don't need their own cup of wine. They can simply drink from the kiddush cup (see below section) if they want to fulfill the mitzvah of drinking wine at kiddush.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 271:14</ref>
#However, if they do have their own cups that are valid for kiddush, then we view it as if they are all reciting kiddush over their own individual cups, and thus they need not drink from the actual kiddush cup.<ref>Rosh Pesachim 10:16 writes that the wine in each person's cup has to be fixed and not drunk from beforehand in order for them to use it for drinking at kiddush even though they aren't reciting the kiddush. He explains that since they are listening to kiddush and going to drink wine from their own cup it is considered as though they are reciting their own kiddush over their own cup. If so that cup should be valid for kiddush. Tosfot Pesachim 106a s.v. hava, Tosfot Brachot 47a s.v. ein,  Rashba Brachot 47a s.v. amar, Tur 182:4, and Ohel Moed 6:6 cited by Bet Yosef 182:2 agree. The Shulchan Aruch O.C. 271:17 accepts the Rosh.
*The Tiferet Shmuel on Rosh Pesachim 10:15:10 seems to have another understanding of the Rosh in which he assumes that those who are listening to the kiddush and have their own cups don't need their cups to be valid for kiddush and may be drunk from beforehand (like the Raah). However, the Divrei Chamudot Pesachim 10:15:36 understood the Rosh as above.</ref>
##Some are more lenient and say that this is true even if their individual cups are not valid for kiddush.<ref>The Raah cited by Bet Yosef 182:4 writes that those listening don't have to have valid cups for kiddush. The Shulchan Aruch O.C. 182:4 cites that opinion as a minority view.</ref>
===Everyone Drinking from the Same Kiddush Cup===
# If the one who made kiddush drank and then gave it to everyone else at the table their drinking is considered like drinking from the ''kos shel bracha'' (Heb. כוס של ברכה; lit. cup of blessing) since it is all one series of drinking and it isn't considered as though the cup is invalidated (Heb. פגום; trans. ''pagum'').<ref>Mishna Brurah 182:24. Shaar Hatziyun 271:89 explains that even though generally speaking, once one drinks from a cup it becomes "פגום" (lit: blemished), and one should not make a bracha on such a cup, nevertheless if they are drinking from the kiddush cup it is viewed as just a continuation of the drinking began by the one who made kiddush, and so it is not considered to be like drinking from a כוס פגום (lit: blemished cup).</ref>
 
===Requirements for Hearing Kiddush===
# One who hears kiddush must understand the words of the one making the blessing.<ref> Hacham Ovadia (Hazon Ovadia, Volume 2, Page 18) writes that a Sepharadi who does not understand kiddush in an Ashkenazic or Yemenite accent can not fulfill the obligation via shomea ke'one in such a way. </ref>
 
==The Cup for Kiddush==
 
#Some authorities say that one may not use a plastic or paper cup for [[Kiddish|kiddush]]. However, many authorities permit them, but agree that it's preferable to use a real cup.<ref>Sh"t Igrot Moshe O"C 3:39 forbids using a plastic or paper cup as they aren't considered a nice cup and it's worse off than a broken cup (which is forbidden by Shulchan Aruch 183:3. Mishna Brurah 183:11 says that even if it is just the base that is cracked one should still be strict.) The Radiance of [[Shabbos]] (page 81 footnote 3) relates how in personal conversation with Rav Moshe he was told that this doesn't depend on the quality of the plastic at all. [https://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/899518/rabbi-hershel-schachter/berachos-101-50b-51b-kos-shel-beracha-chay-malei-shetifa-hadacha-disposable-cups-/ Rav Hershel Schachter (Brachot Shiur 101 min 25-30)] agrees with Rav Moshe.
 
*However, Sh"t Tzitz Eliezer 12:23 differentiates between a cup that would be used for hot liquids and could be reused and one that's ruined after it's first use. Even if one personally doesn't reuse it, it is still considered a kli. This is true for kiddush, [[havdala]], and [[netilat yadayim]]. Sh"t Beer Moshe 5:55 on the other hand, only allows cup that are commonly reused and therefore only permits plastic cups and not paper cups, or small shot glasses because those are rarely reused.
*Sh"t Az Nidabru 6:49 is the most lenient allowing any disposal cup, however, it's still preferable to use a better cup as a hidur mitzvah. Shevut Yitzchak (vol 1, 4:5, pg 48) in name of Rav Elyashiv and Chazon Ovadyah ([[Shabbat]] vol 2 p. 56) concur with the lenient opinion. See further: [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/727120/Rabbi_Aryeh_Lebowitz/kiddush_with_disposable_cups Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz on yutorah.org]. Although many poskim, say that using two plastic cups doesn't help at all, see [http://www.yeshiva.org.il/ask/?id=62394 Rav Dov Lior] for the explanation of that practice, though he writes that he doesn't necessarily think that it helps the issue.</ref> After the fact, one fulfilled one's obligation even if one holds that one shouldn't use a disposable cup.<ref>Mishna Brurah 183:10 writes that the entire concept of having a proper cup for kiddush is important initially (lechatchila) but after the fact (b'dieved) it isn't critical and one still fulfills one's obligation without it. Therefore, [https://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/899518/rabbi-hershel-schachter/berachos-101-50b-51b-kos-shel-beracha-chay-malei-shetifa-hadacha-disposable-cups-/ Rav Hershel Schachter (Brachot Shiur 101 min 25-30)] explained that Rav Moshe, who invalidated a disposable cup for kiddush because it is like it is already broken, would agree that if one nevertheless used such a cup one has still fulfilled their obligation.
 
*Rashba 51a s.v. ha writes that if a person doesn’t have one of the four major rules of a kos shel bracha a person doesn’t fulfill their obligation, the others are enhancements initially. Meiri 51a s.v. asara quote some who said that they are all only critical initially. Mishna Brurah 183:10 implies that we follow the Meiri. Maaseh Rav n. 86 follows the Rashba that it would prevent fulfilling one's obligation.</ref>
#The cup of [[Kiddish|kiddush]] should be rinsed out before being used if it isn't already clean.<ref>The Gemara Brachot 51a establishes that the kos shel bracha should be cleaned on the inside and outside before it is used. Shulchan Aruch OC 183:1 codifies this gemara but adds that it is only necessary if the cup is dirty, but if it is clean then it doesn't need to be rinsed out. Chaye Adam ([[Shabbat]] 6:13) agrees. Mishna Brurah 183:3 writes that it is proper to clean it out unless it is completely clean. </ref>
##According to Kabbalah, even if the cup is clean, one should still rinse it both inside and outside.<ref>Kaf Hachaim 183:4</ref>
#Some say it is a nice practice to surround the kiddush cup with six small cups of wine. The minhag is to not be concerned for this opinion.<ref>Gra in Maaseh Rav n. 174 states that it is nice to have six small cups surrounding the main kiddush cup. His reason is that this is the practice of Itur of the Gemara Brachot 51a and even though the gemara says we don't have that practice the gemara only meant that it isn't critical but it is still a nice practice. Kaf Hachaim 183:3 writes that it isn't our practice since we try to follow the other explanation of Itur is having talmidei chachamim around the table, which isn't always possible but when it is that's the main method to add significance to the kiddush. </ref>
#The kiddush cup should be full.<ref>Gemara Brachot 51a, Shulchan Aruch OC 183:2</ref>
##If a person is afraid of spilling, it is sufficient that it is almost full (e.g. 1/4 inch below the top).<ref>Taz 183:4 writes that the practice of not filling up the cup to the very top is because of a concern that it will spill and make a mess. Kaf Hachaim 183:13 adds to the Taz that it isn't considered not full if it is almost full. Similarly, Rabbenu Yonah 37b s.v. al writes that even if the cup isn't completely full it is considered full for a kos shel bracha. [https://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/899518/rabbi-hershel-schachter/berachos-101-50b-51b-kos-shel-beracha-chay-malei-shetifa-hadacha-disposable-cups-/ Rav Hershel Schachter (Brachot Shiur 101 beginning)] quoting Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach</ref>
 
==Eating before Kiddush==
 
#It is Rabbinically<ref>Mishna Brurah 271:11 writes that the prohibition is only Rabbinic. </ref> forbidden to eat or drink anything, even water,<ref>[[Maggid]] Mishna (Hilchot [[Shabbat]] 29:5) explains that the Rambam holds that drinking water before [[Kiddish|Kiddush]] is permitted, while the Rashba (Sh"t 3:264) forbids it. Hagahot Maimon 29:5 in name of Maharam as well as the Tur 271:4 also forbid. Bet Yosef says that the Rambam is unclear and may hold that even water is forbidden. Shulchan Aruch O.C. 271:4 rules that even water is forbidden. </ref> before making [[Kiddish|kiddush]] once the time for [[Kiddish|kiddush]] has come.<ref>Pesachim 106b records a dispute whether one who tasted food before [[Kiddish|Kiddush]] can still make [[Kiddish|Kiddush]]. Bet Yosef 271:4 understands from there that everyone agrees that initially (lechatchila) it is forbidden to eat or drink before [[Kiddish|Kiddush]]. Rambam (Hilchot [[Shabbat]] 29:5), Tur and Shulchan Aruch 271:4 all rule that it's forbidden to eat before making [[Kiddish|Kiddush]]. </ref> This applies to both the nighttime and daytime Kiddush.<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 77:13. See Rambam (hilchot shabbat 29:10) who holds that it is forbidden to eat/drink before kiddush shabbat-day, just as Friday night. However, the Ra'avad (hasagot to 29:10) vehemently disagrees ("בחיי ראשי אם מסברא אמרה לא סבר מימיו סברא פחותה מזו"). Shulchan Aruch 289:1 sides with the Rambam. </ref>
##Some explain the reason is because of the general prohibition to eat before performing a time-sensitive mitzvah that one is obligated to perform.<ref>Levush 271:4, Ateret Tzvi 271:3, Mishna Brurah 271:11</ref>
##Others contend that it is based on [[kavod Shabbat]], honoring Shabbat, to refrain from eating before acknowledging and declaring the sanctity of the day.<ref>Aruch Hashulchan 271:12</ref>
##A third suggestion is based on the pasuk: ״וקראת לשבת עונג״ (and you shall call the shabbat a delight)<ref>Yeshaya 58:13</ref>. We understand the phrase "and you shall call the shabbat" to refer to making kiddush, and the phrase "delight" to refer to eating and drinking, and conclude that kiddush must precede "delighting", just as comes first in the pasuk.<ref>Igrot Moshe OC 4:63 s.v. aval af explains based on the Rashbam and Tosfot (Pesachim 101a) that the prohibition to eat before kiddush is built on the idea of וקראת לשבת עונג - במקום קריאה שם תהא עונג - that the meal may only be had where kiddush is recited and not elsewhere or beforehand.</ref>
 
=== When the Prohibition Begins ===
#Friday night:
##If one takes [[Shabbat]] upon oneself early, it's forbidden to eat before making [[Kiddish|kiddush]].<ref>Magen Avraham 271:5 in name of the Bach writes that if one accepted [[Shabbat]] early, it is forbidden to eat before making [[Kiddish|Kiddush]]. Mishna Brurah 271:11 agrees.</ref>
##If one doesn't take [[Shabbat]] upon oneself early, then the prohibition begins once the sun sets.<ref>Magen Avraham 271:5, Mishna Brurah 271:11, and Ben Ish Chai Bereshit 17 write that the prohibition begins at [[Bein HaShemashot]]. </ref>
###Sephardim are lenient until the end of Ben Hashemashot (13.5 minutes after sunset).<ref>[https://www.torahanytime.com/#/lectures?v=74381 Rav Yitzchak Yosef (Motzei Shabbat Shemot 5779 min 12)] explained that there's many reasons why it is permitted to drink water after accepting Shabbat during Ben Hashemashot.
 
(1) The acceptance of Shabbat of an individual isn't a full acceptance that would make everything forbidden.
 
(2) Bein Hashemashot might be like the day, especially since we might follow Rabbi Yose who holds that it is day until the end of Ben Hashemashot.
 
(3) According to Rabbenu Tam, it is still the day.
 
(4) He understands the Rambam's shita to be that one can drink anything besides wine before Kiddush.</ref>
#Shabbat day:
##Once one davens shacharit, they are obligated in kiddush, and the prohibition kicks in.<ref>Mishna Brurah 286:7 citing the Magen Avraham and the Bach. Before one davens shacharit, while the prohibition of eating before kiddush has not yet begun, there is a separate prohibition in effect of eating before davening. However, with respect to this latter prohibition, it is permitted to drink water. See Tur siman 289 who cites the practice of his father, the Rosh, who would drink water before davening on shabbat morning. He explains that this is allowed since drinking water before davening is not asur, and the obligation of kiddush does not begin until after shacharit.</ref>
 
=== Drinking Water ===
#It is forbidden to drink water before kiddush Friday night.<ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 271:4. See above section on "eating before kiddush".</ref>
#Rinsing out one's mouth is permitted since one doesn't intend to get benefit from the water.<ref>Magen Avraham 271:5 writes that rinsing out one's mouth is permitted as it isn't called drinking. Bear Hetiev 271:4 and Mishna Brurah 271:13 agree. However, Ben Ish Chai Bereshit 17 is more stringent and only permits if one was fasting and only during [[Bein HaShemashot]]. </ref>
#If one is thirsty, it is permissible to drink water before [[Shacharit]] on [[Shabbat]] day, since the obligation of [[Kiddish|kiddush]] doesn't apply until one prayed.<ref>Tur writes in the name of his father, the Rosh, and Shulchan Aruch 289:1 </ref>
 
=== Someone who is Sick ===
#Someone who is sick and needs to eat before davening on Shabbat, (according to Ashkenazim) should recite Kiddush before eating, unless they don't need to eat a kezayit of mezonot within a kdei achilat pras.<ref>Mishna Brurah (Biur Halacha 289:1 s.v. chovat) and Igrot Moshe OC 2:26:2 write that someone who is sick and needs to eat before davening on Shabbat should make kiddush first, unless he doesn't need to eat pat haba bekisnin. Piskei Teshuvot 289:8 note 63 writes that the best option is for the sick person not to have a kezayit of pat haba bekisnin within a kedi achilat pras, and that way he won't be obligated to make kiddush.</ref> 
##According to Sephardim, it isn't necessary to make kiddush in any event.<ref>Yabia Omer OC 8:31 and Or Letzion 2:20:14 write that someone who is sick and needs to eat before davening on Shabbat does not need to make kiddush. See also Kaf Hachaim 276:28 who is lenient in extenuating circumstances. See Chazon Ovadia (Shabbat v. 2 p. 149) where Rav Ovadia recommends that a sick person who needs to eat bread or pat haba bekisnin before davening should recite kiddush.</ref>
#If someone needs to eat after Shacharit before Mussaf, they should make kiddush first.
##If they don't have wine or another drink (חמרא מדינא) upon which to make kiddush, they still may eat fruit or mezonos foods.<ref>Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchata 52:15. Mishna Brurah 286:9 in the name of the Eliyah Rabah.</ref>
 
=== Children ===
#It is permitted for children to eat before kiddush both by night and day. This applies even if they have reached the age of chinuch.<ref>Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchata 52:18 is lenient, since the prohibition of eating before kiddush is not a prohibition on the food itself (איסור חפצא) but rather just on the person not to eat at this time (איסור גברא). We can therefore be more lenient with respect to the prohibition of ספייה (abetting a minor in the performance of a prohibition), and since the child needs the food, it is permitted.</ref>
 
=== Women ===
#A woman who usually davens Shacharit before eating should also do so on Shabbat. She may drink before davening just like men.<ref>Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchata 52:13</ref>
##If she's sick and needs to eat before davening, she does not have to recite kiddush.
#However, if she usually does not daven Shacharit at all, or if she usually davens after she eats (because she relies on the opinion that she only has to recite some request from Hashem in order to fulfill the mitzvah of davening), then she should recite kiddush before eating.<ref>Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchata 52:13</ref>
##In an extenuating circumstance when she's weak and has no wine, she may eat without kiddush.<ref>Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchata 52:13 quoting Minchat Yitzchak 4:28:3, who includes a factor of relying on Maharam Chalavah that women are not obligated in Kiddush during the day.</ref>
 
==Eating before Mussaf==
 
#Once the time for [[Mussaf]] (from [[Olot HaShachar]]) it’s forbidden to eat a meal (more than a [[KeBaytzah]] of bread) before praying [[Mussaf]], however, it’s permissible to have a [[KeBaytzah]] of bread or a lot of fruit.<ref>The Gemara [[Brachot]] 28b writes that the halacha doesn’t follow Rav Huna who says that it’s forbidden to taste any food before praying [[Mussaf]]. The Tur 286:3 writes that even though we don’t hold like Rav Huna we only permit have a snack but a meal is forbidden. The Bet Yosef quotes the Raavad, Rashba, and perhaps the Rabbenu Yerucham who agree. S”A 286:3 writes that it’s forbidden to eat a meal before praying [[Mussaf]] but it’s permissible to have a snack. The Magen Avraham 286:2 writes that the snack is the same as before [[Mincha]] where S”A 232:3 writes that one may have a [[KeBaytzah]] of bread and a lot of fruit but not more. Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 77:15 agrees. See Rav Mordechai Eliyahu's comment on Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 77:15 where he writes that we only rely on this in situations of pressing need.</ref>
#The custom is to be lenient to permit eating even more than a Kabaytzah of baked [[Mezonot]] (cakes and cookies) before [[Mussaf]] after having made [[Kiddish|kiddush]].<ref>Shaar HaTziyun 286:7 writes that the measure for a meal before [[mussaf]] in regards to baked [[mezonot]] is the same as by [[Sukkah]]. Mishna Brurah 639:15-6 (regarding [[Sukkah]]) quotes some who say that if one establishes a meal out of the [[Pas HaBah Bekisnin]] certainly it requires a [[Sukkah]]. However, if one didn’t have it as a meal if one had more than a [[KeBaytzah]] then there’s a dispute whether one needs a [[Sukkah]] and if one eats less than a [[KeBaytzah]] then certainly it doesn’t require a [[Sukkah]]. Nonetheless, Halichot Shlomo ([[Tefillah]] 14:9, pg 179-80) writes that the minhag is to lenient to have even more than a Kabaytzah of baked [[mezonot]]. </ref>
#If one does eat before [[Mussaf]] one must first recite [[Kiddish|kiddush]] and have a [[Revi'it]] of wine or eat a [[Kezayit]] of baked [[mezonot]] (cakes and cookies) in order to fulfill [[Kiddish|kiddush]].<ref>Magen Avraham 286:1, Beiur Halacha 286:3 s.v. Achilat, Mishna Brurah 286:7, Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 52:17</ref> It is good practice to repeat kiddush at the bread meal if he recited kiddush the first time before Mussaf.<ref>Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchata 52:16 citing Yabia Omer 5:22:4 relying on the opinion that the mitzvah of Kiddish doesn't apply until after Mussaf.</ref>
 
==Timing==
 
#Ideally, one should say Kiddush as soon as one gets home from Shul on Friday night.<ref>Pesachim 106a learns that the primary way to do [[Kiddish|Kiddush]], a remembrance of [[Shabbat]], is with wine on Friday night because that's the beginning of the day (in the Jewish calendar). Shulchan Aruch, O”C 271:1 </ref>
#One can say [[Kiddish|kiddush]] before nightfall if one accepts upon oneself [[Shabbat]] early.<ref>Magen Avraham writes that [[Kiddish|Kiddush]] can be made during the day if one accepts upon oneself [[Shabbat]] early. Many achronim including Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 77:2 and Mishna Brurah 271:11 concur. </ref>
##If one needs to make Kiddush for someone else before Shabbat and one can't accept Shabbat then, some poskim allow making Kiddush then.<ref>Minchat Shlomo 1:3 allowed it non-regularly. [https://www.torahanytime.com/#/lectures?v=74381 Rav Yitzchak Yosef (Motzei Shabbat Shemot 5779 min 43)] and Tzitz Eliezer 14:25 allowed it. They cite Rabbi Akiva Eiger who was unsure about this.</ref> See further on the [[Yatzah Motzei]] page.
#If one missed Kiddush on Friday night, it can and should be made up at any point during [[Shabbat]] day, which means that one would recite the longer Friday-night version of Kiddush on [[Shabbat]] day.<ref>The Gemara Pesachim 105a rules that if one missed saying [[Kiddish|Kiddiush]] on Friday night one can make it up through the rest of [[Shabbat]]. Rambam (Hilchot [[Shabbat]] 29:4), Tur and Shulchan Aruch 271:8 rule like this gemara. This is agreed upon by the achronim, including Aruch HaShulchan 271:21, Ben Ish Hai (Bereshit 19), and Hacham Ovadia Yosef, in Halichot Olam. Aruch HaShulchan and Ben Ish Chai write that even if the person ate intentionally, one can and should still make [[Kiddish|Kiddush]] the next day.</ref> Vayichulu is omitted when recited during the day.<ref>Orchot Chayim (Kiddush n. 3), Rama O.C. 271:8, Misna Brurah 271:40, Chaye Adam ([[Shabbat]] 6:2), Aruch HaShulchan 271:21, and Ben Ish Chai (Beresheet 19) hold that we don't say Vayichulu if the [[Kiddish]] is said during the day since Vayichulu was instituted for the incoming of [[Shabbat]]. [This finds it's source in the Magid Mishna (Hilchot [[Shabbat]] 29:4).] </ref>
#If one forgot to say [[Kiddish|kiddush]] on Friday night and only remembered during [[Bein HaShemashot]] of Saturday, one should say [[Kiddish|kiddush]] then with [[Shem UMalchut]].
##However, according to Ashkenazim as long as one davenned any of the [[Shabbat]] [[prayers]], if one needs to make Kiddush during [[Bein HaShemashot]], it should be done without Shem Umalchut.<ref>Ben Ish Chai Bereshit 19 writes that one could argue that according to the Magen Avraham (271:1), once one prayed on [[Shabbat]] the obligation of [[Kiddish|Kiddush]] is only Derabbanan and whenever there is a doubt about a Derabbanan obligation one may be lenient (Safek Derabbanan Lekula). If this was the case, one should say that if it is [[Bein HaShemashot]] one no longer needs to say Kiddush. However, the Ben Ish Chai rejects such an argument because some commentators limit the Magen Avraham to a case where one doesn't have wine or one specifically had Kavana in [[davening]] to fulfill one's obligation. Therefore, the Ben Ish Chai rules that one can still make [[Kiddish|Kiddush]] during [[Bein HaShemashot]] with a Bracha because of the rule Safek Deoraitah LeChumra, just like if there's a doubt concerning [[Birkat HaMazon]]. Halichot Olam (vol 3, pg 25-7) agrees. However, the Mishna Brurah 271:39 (Shaar Hatziyun 47) rules that if one did say Tefillot [[Shabbat]] and it's [[Bein HaShemashot]], one should make the bracha without [[Shem UMalchut]]. See [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/Display.asp?ClipID=1866 Rabbi Mansour on Dailyhalacha.com]. </ref>
 
==Washing Before or After Kiddush==
 
#One should make [[Kiddish|kiddush]] before washing for bread.
##However, if one washed by accident with a bracha before making [[Kiddish|kiddush]], then according to Sephardim, one should  now make [[Kiddish|kiddush]] on bread and not on wine.<ref>*Tur 271:12 quotes Rav Amram Goan (Siddur vol 2, [[Siman 17]]) who wrote that one should make [[Kiddish|Kiddush]] on wine and then wash for bread. However, if one washed first, one should make [[Kiddish|Kiddush]] on bread in accordance with Rav Bruna in Pesachim 106b ("הנוטל ידיו לא יקדש"). Rambam (Hilchot [[Shabbat]] 29:9-10) and the Ran in explaining the Rif (22a) concur. The Maharam MeRotenburg (quoted by the Tur 271:12) also had the practice to make Kiddush before washing. Shulchan Aruch 271:12 rules that one should make Kiddush and then wash; however, if one washed first, then one should make Kiddush on the bread.
*Kaf HaChaim 271:76 adds that the Arizal (Shaar Kavanot 71c) agrees because the order should be kept as [[Kiddish|Kiddush]] being the completion of [[prayer]] and washing as the start of the meal. Gra 271:12, Maamer Mordechai 271:16, and Yalkut Yosef ([[Shabbat]] vol 1 pg 273) concur with Shulchan Aruch. Therefore, Sephardim shouldn't change from the ruling of Shulchan Aruch even Bedieved. However, the Kaf HaChaim 271:77 argues that Bedieved one should say [[Kiddish|Kiddush]] on wine because one has what to rely on.</ref> However, if one person in the group hasn't yet washed and can perform [[Kiddish|kiddush]] over wine for everyone else (by saying it aloud while they listen), this is preferred.<ref>Menuchat Ahava (vol 1 pg 143) [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/Display.asp?PageIndex=9&ClipID=960 see dailyhalacha] </ref>
##According to Ashkenazim, Bedieved if one washed first, one can make still make [[Kiddish|kiddush]] on wine and then have the bread.<ref>The Rashbam (Pesachim 106b), and Baal HaMoar (Pesachim 21b s.v. Amar Rav Bruna) explain the gemara differently than the Rambam/Ran. Rav Bruna in the gemara holds that if one washed then they can't say kiddush since that would be a hefsek between washing and hamotzi. However, the gemara (according to them) rejects Rav Bruna, and therefore we do not view the kiddush as a hefsek between washing and hamotzi that would be me'akev. Nonetheless, one should ideally not wash before kiddush, because of a different gemara (Brachot 51b) in which Beit Hillel holds that one should first pour the wine and then wash for hamotzi (״מוזגין ואחר כך נוטלין״). According to the Rashbam, then, it comes out that one should lechatchila make kiddush first, but bdieved if one washed first then they can still make kiddush on wine.
 
Rabbenu Tam (Pesachim 106b s.v. Mekadesh) and the Ri (Pesachim  106b s.v. Zimnin) hold that even Lechatchila one can wash before making [[Kiddish|Kiddush]] on wine. They explain the gemara in brachot 51b to be limited to pouring wine during the week, since that is a big hefsek, but merely making kiddush is not such a hefsek and so can be done after washing before saying hamotzi. Hagahot Maimon 29:100, Sh"t Rashba 1:752, Rokeach (115), and Mordechai (Pesachim 106b; pg 37c) side with Rabbenu Tam and Ri. Such was the minhag of the Rosh (quoted by Tur 271:12) and the minhag of Ashkenaz as writes the Rama 271:12. However, the Beit Yosef points out that it is difficult to understand why someone would specifically wash before kiddush, as even according to Rabbenu Tam it is not preferable to wash first, but merely permitted. The Taz 271:14 and Chaye Adam ([[Shabbat]] 6:12) rule that the Rama is only bedieved. Therefore, Mishna Brurah 271:62 writes that since many achronim side with Shulchan Aruch and one satisfies all opinions that way, one should make [[Kiddish|Kiddush]] first. However, Bedieved one can rely on the Rama to still make [[Kiddish|Kiddush]] on wine if one did in fact wash first. Kaf HaChaim 271:77 adds in the name of the Bach that if one didn't make the bracha on [[Netilat yadayim]] one should make [[Kiddish|Kiddush]] on wine and then rewash so that one doesn't loose the [[Kiddish|Kiddush]] over wine. </ref>
#Some Ashkenazim (specifically German Jews) have the Minhag to wash before making [[Kiddish|kiddush]] over wine, and they have what to rely on.<ref>See previous note. As noted there, this was the practice of the Rosh based on Rabbenu Tam's reading of the various gemaras. Rama O.C. 271:12 writes that such was the absolutely overwhelming Ashkenazi minhag to wash before [[Kiddish]]. Darkei Moshe 271:11 in fact says that he never saw anyone who made kiddush before they washed. The Bet Yosef 271:12 comments that he saw some Sephardim who also had such a practice, but he sternly disagreed based on the Rif and Rambam.
 
Given that making kiddush satisfies the shitot of all the rishonim, and washing first is only permitted according to Rabbenu Tam, what is the logic of this minhag? The Mishna Brurah (271:61) suggests that since if one makes kiddush on bread they would have to wash first, in order to be consistent the minhag developed to always just wash before kiddush, even when making it on wine. The Eliyah Rabah (s.k. 27) suggests that perhaps the minhag developed because people were concerned that their hands were not properly clean to be able to make kiddush (one shouldn't say shem Hashem with dirty hands), and so they would wash before. </ref>
##If one has this minhag, it is still forbidden to dilute the wine (by adding water) between washing and [[Kiddish|kiddush]], as that would constitute an interruption between washing and the meal.
##Some say that one also shouldn't pour the wine between washing and the meal, as this too constitutes an interruption.<ref>Magen Avraham 271:27 writes that even Rabbenu Tam (Pesachim 106 s.v. Mekadesh) who holds that Lechatchila one can wash before [[Kiddish|Kiddush]], agrees that one cannot dilute the wine after washing. This is based on Bet Hillel ([[Brachot]] 51b) who says that one should make [[Kiddish|Kiddush]] first in the case where one has to dilute the wine, because diluting wine takes precision and is definitely an interruption between washing and hamotzi. Magen Avraham adds that according to the stringent opinion in Shulchan Aruch 166:1 (which is the Tur based on the Yerushalmi) one should be strict not to make any interruption. The Magen Avraham is brought as halacha by the Tosfet [[Shabbat]] 271:34 and Kaf HaChaim 271:78. </ref>
#Some distinguish with respect to the above question between the one making [[Kiddish|kiddush]], who should not wash before, and other members of the family, who may. Others say that there is no difference.<ref>Magen Avraham 271:26 in name of Hagahot Mordechai (it seems that he means Mordechai pg 37b), Bach 271:11 (s.v. VeleInyan) distinguish between the one making [[Kiddish|Kiddush]] (who should not wash before) and the other members of the family (who may wash before, since they aren't saying kiddush and there is thus no hefsek). Mishna Brurah (271:58) cites this as well. Kaf HaChaim 271:79 argues that there's no difference between the one making [[Kiddish|Kiddush]] and the other family members. </ref>
 
==Eating in the Place One Made Kiddush==
 
#In the place where one made [[Kiddish|kiddush]], one should make sure to have a meal. This principle is referred to by chazal as ''Kiddush Bimakom Seuda''.<ref>Shmuel in Gemara Pesachim 101a says that one should only say Kiddush in the place where one is going to have a meal. The Rosh (Pesachim 10:5) says that this is based on the pasuk "VeKarata LeShabbat Oneg" (Yishayahu 58:13). Chazal explain that "Kriyah" is a reference to Kiddush, and "Oneg" is a reference to eating the meal. Hence, the pasuk means: in the place of Oneg (i.e. meal) one should have Kriyah (i.e. kiddush).  Shulchan Aruch O.C. 273:1 and Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 77:14 codify this as the halacha. See Biur Halacha (273:3 s.v. l'alter) who understands that this drasha is really only an asmachta (hint), and that the requirement that kiddush be made by the meal is only rabbinic. </ref>
##This applies both for the nighttime and daytime Kiddush.<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 77:14; Shulchan Aruch 289:1</ref>
#One should begin to eat something immediately after [[Kiddish|kiddush]].<ref>Preferably, Rama 273:3 quotes from the Mahari Mulin that one should make one's meal immediately after [[Kiddish|Kiddush]]. This is presumably in order to link the kiddush to the meal as much as possible. Mishna Brurah 273:12 explains that preferably, one should eat one's meal right after [[Kiddish|Kiddush]] without waiting.</ref>
##After the fact, as long as one had intent to eat immediately after kiddush, one doesn't need to make [[Kiddish|kiddush]] again, even if one made a long interruption or a Hesech HaDaat (interruption of thought).<ref>The Rama 273:3 seems to say that lechatchila one needs to either eat right after kiddush, or have had intention to eat right after kiddush. Thus, as long as one made kiddush with intention to eat soon afterwards, then even if some unforeseen circumstance arose that delayed the meal, this would seemingly be ok bedieved. Indeed, Mishna Brurah 273:12, and Piskei Teshuvot 273:3 based on Aruch HaShulchan 263:1, write that one shouldn't make a new [[Kiddish|Kiddush]] even if one had a long break or made a change in place and returned to the place of the [[Kiddish|Kiddush]]. </ref>
##However, if one did not have intent to eat right after kiddush, and then made an interruption of 72 minutes, a new kiddush is needed.<ref>Mishna Brurah 273:14 explaining the Rama that a new kiddush is needed if there was no initial intent to eat immediately, and there was an interruption between kiddush and the meal. Halichot Olam (vol 3, pg 3) defines this interruption as 72 minutes.</ref>
###However, if there is a halachic need to delay the meal that is related to the meal, it is permitted to delay for that reason. For example, kiddush at the seder on Pesach is made much in advance of the meal due to the Maggid section of the Haggadah, but this is acceptable since Maggid is a necessary prerequisite to the meal.<ref>Rav Ovadia Yosef in [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=25473&st=&pgnum=15 (Kol Sinai Tevet 5724 p. 15)] writes that Maggid doesn't make the Kiddush before the meal not adjacent to the meal because the Maggid is necessary for the meal as we need to speak about the Matzah (''Lechem Shonim Alav Devarim Harbeh''). Halichot Shlomo of Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (Moadim v. 2 p. 248 9:14) agrees and explains that the Maggid is intrinsically part of the meal and such was the establishment of chazal. See Rav Chaim Palagi Haggadah regarding how Maggid is an extension of Kiddush (like the Rif cited by Avudraham why there's no bracha on Maggid since Kiddush already fulfills the mitzvah of Maggid).</ref>
#In order to have [[Kiddish|kiddush]] in the place where one eats and that the [[Kiddish|kiddush]] is considered a proper [[Kiddish|kiddush]], one must eat at least a [[kezayit]] of [[mezonot]] or bread, or drink a [[reviyit]] of wine.<ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 273:5 writes in name of the Geonim that one can fulfill the obligation to eat in the place of where one makes [[Kiddish|kiddush]] by eating bread or drinking wine. Magen Avraham 273:10 and Mishna Brurah 273:21 rule that a [[Kezayit]] is needed to fulfill this obligation. Mishna Brurah 273:25 comments that certainly [[mezonot]] fulfills the obligation, as it is more significant than wine. Rabbi Akiva Eiger (on MA 273:11) points out that Magen Avraham 188:9 quotes Rabbenu Yonah Brachot 36b s.v. birkat who disagrees with the logic of the Bet Yosef 273:5 in explaining the geonim. Mishna Brurah 273:25 writes in name of Hagahot Rabbi Akiva Eiger and Tosefet [[Shabbat]] that wine doesn't fulfill one's obligation according to many rishonim, and so one should only rely on this in cases of need.
 
Piskei Teshuvot writes that it seems that there's a dispute between the Magen Avraham 273:11 and the Shaarei Teshuva 289:1 whether one can fulfill this obligation with [[mezonot]] that's not Pat HaBah Bekisnin. The Mishna Brurah 273:25 holds like the Magen Avraham and one can fulfill one's obligation by having any [[mezonot]]. Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchato 52:24, Sh"t Az Nidabru 8:31, Kiddush KeHilchato (pg 195), Sh"t Or Letzion (vol 2, 20:28), and Yalkut Yosef ([[Shabbat]] vol 1 pg 196; Halichot Olam (Vol 3, pg 1)) agree.
 
There's a discussion in the achronim whether the geonim's shita is that one can simply drink a reviyit of the cup of kiddush, or whether needs to drink an additional reviyit of wine in order to constitute a meal. See Mishna Brurah (273:27) who cites this latter position. See Shaar Hatziyon (273:29) who thinks that regarding kiddush shabbat day one can be lenient, but regarding kiddush Friday night one should be strict, and perhaps not even rely on the geonim at all.  </ref>
##Even though theoretically this applies also at night, one should be strict at night not to rely on this and to make sure to have an egg's volume of bread (once one has done this, he may finish his meal in a different location).<ref>Rav Ovadia Yosef in [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=25473&st=&pgnum=13 (Kol Sinai Tevet 5724 p. 13)] writes that since some disagree with the geonim, we shouldn't rely on them at night when kiddush is biblical. Mishna Brurah (Shaar Hatziyun 273:29) questions whether or not we should rely on the geonim for the kiddush at night and leaves it unresolved. See also Mishna Brurah (273:25) who cites Rebbe Akiva Eiger as proving that many rishonim disagreed with the geonim, and that therefore one should only rely upon them in a pinch. </ref>
#If someone is reciting kiddush in one room and someone else is hearing the kiddush in another room, if the person listening to the kiddush is going to eat his meal in the room where he currently is when he listens to kiddush, that is considered kiddush in the place of the meal.
##The reason is that the one fulfilling his obligation of kiddush needs to be in the room where he is going to eat his meal and not where the person making kiddush is.<ref>Maharam Chalavah Pesachim 101a explains that they used to make kiddush in shul and people in a nearby room would hear the kiddush and fulfill their obligation and eat there. It is considered kiddush in the place where they're going to eat since they're fulfilling their obligation and they're the ones eating. The location of the one making kiddush doesn't impact that. Tosfot Pesachim 101a s.v. dochlu implies otherwise. Nonetheless, the Bet Yosef 273:6 cites the Rabbenu Yerucham, Smag, and Hagahot Maimoniyot who agreed with Maharam Chalavah. Shulchan Aruch OC 273:6 holds like Maharam Chalavah. Rabbi Akiva Eiger 273:2 explains that those listening to the kiddush are like making kiddush themselves (שומע כעונה), and so the only thing that matters is if they eat in the place where they were when they heard kiddush.</ref>
#Changing locations:
##It is a debate whether changing from one corner of the room to another is considered a new location, such that now the kiddush is not in the same place as the meal.<ref>The Tur (273) cites from Tosfot that moving one from corner to another corner in the same room doesn't constitute a change in location at all. The Bet Yosef cites this as the position of the Rosh (Pesachim 10:5) and the Rambam (hilchot shabbat 29:8).  However, the Bet Yosef cites the Ran (daf 20a in the dapei harif) who argues and thinks that even changing from one corner of the room to another is considered a change in location. </ref> Some poskim say that ideally one should have intent during kiddush if they plan on switching locations within the same room,<ref>The Shulchan Aruch (273:1) paskens somewhat ambiguously. He first says that the entire room is viewed as a single location. But then he says that if one made kiddush without intent to switch locations, and then decided to switch, they don't need to repeat kiddush. This latter formulation sounds like it is only ok post-facto (i.e. after kiddush was made), but that if one made kiddush without intent to switch locations, then it would be prohibited at that point to switch locations for the meal, even within the same room. The Magen Avraham (273:1) makes this inference. However, Rebbe Akiva Eiger (on MA) argues and says that the Shulchan Aruch chose this formulation just to show that one doesn't need intent to switch locations from the outset. The Mishna Brurah (273:3) paskens that ideally one should not change locations like the Magen Avraham. However, in the shaar hatziyon (273:4) he seems to agree to Rebbe Akiva Eiger that one can lechatchila change locations within the same room, even if they did not have intent to do so when they made kiddush. See also Biur Halacha (273:1 s.v. v'chen ikar) who holds explicitly like Rebbe Akiva against the Magen Avraham. </ref> while other poskim say that intent is not needed since we hold like the majority view that the whole room is considered a single location.<ref>Rebbe Akiva Eiger on Magen Avraham 273:1. See previous note.
 
Chazon Ovadia 2 pg. 126 paskens that one should ideally only switch locations within the same room if they have intent for it initially when making kiddush. However, if one did not have intent when they made kiddush, they may still switch locations after the fact.</ref>
##It is a debate whether changing from one room to another in the same house is permitted, if one had express intention to do so from the outset.<ref>The Tur (273) cites from Rabbenu Nisim that if one had intent from the outset (during kiddush) to change locations, then there is no problem of eating the meal in that intended location, even though it isn't where one made kiddush. The Tur cites Tosfot as limiting the din of Rabbenu Nisim to where the second location is in the same house as the first, such as between rooms or between floors. However, if the second location was in a different house entirely, or in a courtyard, then this tnay (lit: stipulation) wouldn't help. The Bet Yosef brings the Ran (daf 20a in the dapei harif) who disagrees entirely with Rabbenu Nisim and thinks that a tnay is never ineffective here,  so there would be no permitted way of making kiddush in one room and having the meal in another.</ref> Some poskim permit it<ref>The Shulchan Aruch 273:1 paskens like Tosfot, and the Rama concurs (he adds the phrase "וכן עיקר"). </ref> while others say ideally it should only be done in extenuating circumstances.<ref>Biur Halacha (273:1 s.v. v'chen ikar) suggests that one should refrain from relying upon this tnay except in cases of need. The reason is because the Magen Avraham (273:1) is strict to not even change from one corner of the room to another (when there is no stipulation), so we should at least be strict not to move from room to room to be chosheish (lit: concerned) for the opinion of the Ran. However, the Mishna Brurah is lenient  if one can also see the second location from the place where one made kiddush.</ref>
###Rav Ovadya thinks that if one would like to make kiddush in his house, but eat the actual meal in one's yard, one must fulfill two conditions: First, at the time of kiddush he must have intention to eat in the yard. Second, from wherever he is eating in his yard, he must be able to the see the place in house where he made kiddush. After the fact (bedieved), if one didn't have intention when making kiddush to eat in the yard, and ultimately did (as long as he could see the place he made kiddush in) he would have fulfilled his obligation.<ref>Chazon Ovadia 2 - pg. 127 </ref>
#One should try to make kiddush and eat the shabbat meal by the shabbat candles, but if for any reason this would cause an inconvenience (for example, would prefer to eat in the yard etc.), one may make kiddush and eat somewhere else.<ref>Chazon Ovadia vol.2 pg. 145-146 - he says although its considered a "mitzva min hamuvchar" to eat by candles, at the same time, the mitzva of shabbat candles were only given to us to enjoy shabbat, not to bother us...</ref>
 
==Women==
 
#The Mitzvah of Kiddush is unique in that women are obligated even though it is a [[Mitzvat Aseh She’Hazman Grama]], based on a Talmudic derivation that since women are obligated by the prohibitions of [[Shabbat]], they are also obligated in the positive commandments of the day.<ref>On [[Berachot]] 20b, Rava says that women are obligated in [[Kiddish]] on a Deoritta level because the torah compares the positive and negative commandments of [[Shabbat]] by switching the terms "Zachor" and "Shamor" implying that anyone who is obligated in the negative commands is also obligated in the positive ones. Shulchan Aruch 271:2 and Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 77:4 codify this as the halacha. A woman's obligation applies both at night (Mishna Brurah 271:3) and during the day (Mishna Brurah 289:6). Maharam Chalava pesachim 106a "bayom mai" disagrees and says that women aren't obligated during the day </ref>
#Since women are obligated on a biblical level, they should either listen to their husband or hear another adult make [[Kiddish|kiddush]] and answer [[Amen]], or say it themselves.<ref>Since women are obligated in [[Kiddish]] on a biblical level, they can definitely make [[Kiddish]] for themselves. Additionally since a man is obligated, a women can fulfill her obligation with the man's [[Kiddish]] as they both have a Deorittah obligation. According the Magen Avraham that one fulfills the Deorittah obligation in [[prayer]], if a man and women have both already prayed, they can fulfill each other's obligation since they have equal obligations. However, if the man prayed and the women didn't, then the man is obligated on a Rabbinical level and the women is obligated on a biblical level. If so, Rav Yechezkel Landau in Dagul Mirvavah 271:2 asks, whether the women can't fulfill her obligation with the man's reading, or perhaps she can because nonetheless, men are able to fulfill the obligation of others using Arevim Zeh LaZeh (the side is also not definite because the Rosh ([[Brachot]] 3:13 last line) writes that women aren't included in Arevim). He leaves it unanswered and the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 77:4 writes that it's preferable that women say the [[kiddish]] along with the one making [[Kiddish]] so that they are fulfilling their own obligation. However, the Sh"t Rabbi Akiva Eiger 1:7 argues that certainly women are included in Arevim Zeh LaZeh (and explains that the Rosh was talking about mitzvot that women are exempt from) and so a man with a Derabbanan obligation can fulfill a woman's obligation even if she is has a Deorittah obligation. Aruch HaShulchan 271:6 and Chazon Ovadyah ([[Shabbat]] vol 2 pg 24) concur. </ref>
#Technically a woman can fulfill the obligation of her husband and family though it isn't advised.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 271:2 writes that since women are obligated in [[Kiddish]] on a Deorittah level, they can fulfill the obligation of a man who also has such an obligation. Even though the Maharshal and Bach argue with this, the Taz, Magen Araham, Gra, Mishna Brurah 271:4 all agree with Shulchan Aruch that a women can fulfill the obligation of a man. Nonetheless, Eliyah Rabbah, Derech Chaim, and Mishna Brurah 271:4 write that it's preferable that a women not fulfill the obligation of men not in her family because it's not entirely appropriate. </ref>
 
==Children==
 
#Once a child has reached the age of [[chinuch]], they are required to hear the kiddush on [[Shabbat]]. Therefore in the event that the child did not hear kiddush, an adult may repeat kiddush on his behalf, even though the adult had already fulfilled this own obligation.<ref>Children in Halacha pg. 39 </ref>
 
==Sitting or standing for Kiddush==
 
#Many have the practice to sit for Kiddush, however, some have a Minhag to stand for [[Kiddish|kiddush]].<ref>*(1) Sources that one should sit: Tosfot 43a writes that to be included in [[Kiddish]] one should sit. [Additionally, from the discussion of the Rambam (Hilchot Succah 6:12) writes that one the first night of [[Sukkot]] one should say the [[Kiddish]] standing so that one can make the bracha of LeShev BaSukkah before sitting down, implying that during the rest of the year one should say [[Kiddish]] sitting.]
*(2) Reasons one should sit: Mishna Brurah 271:46 brings the reason of the Kol Bo that one should sit as a part of [[Kiddish]] BeMakom Sueda making [[Kiddish]] in the place one will eat, and the reason of the Gra that because sitting represents an established setting and one is able to fulfill the obligation of others only is such a setting. Mishna Brurah extrapolates from the Gra's reasoning that even those who listen should preferably sit, and if they are not only standing but even moving here and there during [[Kiddish]] one certainly doesn't fulfill his/her obligation. Chaye Adam ([[Shabbat]] 6:13) writes that it's preferable to sit during [[Kiddish]] so one can see the cup (like the Rama writes 271:10 that one should look at the cup) and one's family as one makes [[Kiddish]].
*(3) Practices: Therefore, Shulchan Aruch 271:10 rules that one should stand for Vayichulu implying that one should sit for the rest of [[Kiddish]]. However, Arizal (quoted by Aruch HaShulchan 271:21) held one should stand for [[Kiddish]] out of respect for the [[Shabbat]] queen (similar to the reason Ashkenazim stand for [[Havdalah]], see Mishna Brurah 296:27). Lastly, Rama 271:10 writes that one is permitted to stand for the entire [[Kiddish]], but it's preferable to sit for [[Kiddish]].  Sh"t Igrot Moshe 5:16 writes that even the Rama only writes that it's permissible to stand for [[Kiddish]] but preferably one should sit, and so if one doesn't have a custom one should follow the Shulchan Aruch.</ref> Nonetheless, one should stand for Vayichulu.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 271:10 rules that one should stand for Vayichulu. Mishna Brurah 271:45 explains that the one should stand for Vayichulu because it acts as a testimony which in court would require one to stand. Rama 271:10 writes that the Minhag was to sit for Vayichulu except for the beginning of Vayichulu (during the words of Yom HaShishi Vayichulu HaShamayim because the first letter of those words spell Hashem's name). Mishna Brurah 271:47 explains that one can sit for Vayichulu because once one stood while it's said in Shul it can be said seated during [[Kiddish]]. Nonetheless, Mishna Brurah 268:19 writes that the minhag is like Shulchan Aruch to stand for Vayichulu. See further Rabbi Lebowitz's article on [download.yutorah.org/2009/1109/735392.pdf yutorah.org].</ref>
#For [[Shabbat]] day, the accepted custom is to sit.<ref>Rav Moshe Shternbuch (Teshuvot V’hanhagot #254) writes that even those who stand for Friday night Kiddush should sit for [[Shabbat]] day [[Kiddish]] because the reason of standing for Vayichulu and continuing doesn't apply as there is no Vayichulu, nor is there a [[Shabbat]] queen to greet. </ref>
#For [[Yom Tov]] Kiddush, many have the custom to sit, <ref>Sh"t Igrot Moshe 5:16 writes that the only reason to stand the entire [[Kiddish]] on [[Shabbat]] is because once one is standing for Vayichulu one can continue standing for the rest of the [[Kiddish]], however since there's no Vayichulu on [[Yom Tov]] one must sit according to all opinions. </ref>but some have the practice to stand.<ref>Aruch HaShulchan 271:24, Nitei Gavriel ([[Yom Tov]] vol 2, 29:18</ref>
 
==What to use for Kiddush==
 
#One should use a full cup<ref>Gemara Brachot 51a, Shulchan Aruch 271:10. [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/799059/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/Hilchos_Shabbos_4_-_Inyonei_Kiddush_and_Havdalah Rav Schachter ("Hilchos Shabbos 4", min 33-5)] based on Rabbenu Yonah holds that if the cup is two thirds full it is considered full.</ref> of wine for Kiddush. Some say that grape juice is considered equally suitable as wine<ref>Yachave Daat 2:35 writes that one can use grape juice for kiddush, and Hacham Ovadia's opinion is also found in Chazon Ovadia, Hilchot Shabbat, Chelek 2, Page 81. Or Letzion 2:20:18, Yesodei Yeshurun 3:214-215 and Mishneh Halachot 13:38 agree. [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/799059/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/Hilchos_Shabbos_4_-_Inyonei_Kiddush_and_Havdalah Rav Schachter ("Hilchos Shabbos 4", min 90-2)] quotes Rav Moshe as allowing grape juice for Kiddush but saying it is best to avoid the dispute. An [http://www.torahlab.org/doitright/using_grape_juice_for_kiddush/ article on TorahLab.org] writes that the majority of poskim hold grape juice is fit for Kiddush.</ref>, while others disagree.<ref>Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchata 53:2 citing Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach concludes that preferably one shouldn't use grape juice for kiddush. Laws of Brachos p. 316 writes that one shouldn't use grape juice for kiddush.</ref> Regarding grape juice from concentrate see [[Grape_Juice_and_Wine#Beracha]].
#It is better to use red wine for Kiddush.<ref>Mishna Brurah 271:10; Chazon Ovadia, Hilchot Shabbat, Chelek 2, Page 82</ref> If only white wine is available then one may make kiddush on it.<ref>Chazon Ovadia, Hilchot Shabbat, Chelek 2, Page 82 </ref> If one has white wine it is preferable to use it for Shabbat day as opposed to Kiddush on Friday night.<ref>[http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/798611/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/Hilchos_Shabbos_3_-_Choleh_BeShabbos_&_Kiddush Rav Schachter ("Hilchos Shabbos 3" min 73)] quoting Rabbi Akiva Eiger</ref>
#One may only make kiddush on wine that is proper for nisuch on the mizbeach, therefore, malodorous wine may not be used. However, malodorous wine can be fixed by adding other wine to it.<ref>Chazon Ovadia, Hilchot Shabbat, Chelek 2, Page 78 </ref> Wine that has been sweetened with honey may still be used for kiddush (even though honey is an issue for nisuch on the mizbeach), the same ruling applies for all sweet wines.<ref>Chazon Ovadia, Hilchot Shabbat, Chelek 2, Page 119 </ref>
#Mevushal wine may be used for kiddush.<ref>Chazon Ovadia, Hilchot Shabbat, Chelek 2, Page 115 </ref>
#If wine tastes like wine but smells like vinegar then it is permissible for making kiddush, but if wine tastes like vinegar but smells like wine then it is prohibited for making kiddush.<ref>Chazon Ovadia, Hilchot Shabbat, Chelek 2, Page 82, based on Rambam, Hilchot Shabbat, Perek 29, Halachot 15 and 17, and Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, 272:3 </ref>
#Ideally, one should not make kiddush on wine that has been left open overnight, nevertheless, bediavad one has fulfilled the obligation if he/she made kiddush on it.<ref>Chazon Ovadia, Hilchot Shabbat, Chelek 2, Page 78 </ref>
#It is permissible to use wine that was left open as long as it was stored in a closet or refrigerator.<ref>Chazon Ovadia, Hilchot Shabbat, Chelek 2, Page 78 </ref>
 
===If there is no wine or grape juice===
 
#If one doesn't have wine on Friday night, kiddush should be recited on the bread and one should keep one's hands on the bread throughout the kiddush.<ref>The Gemara Pesachim 107a presents the opinion of Ravina that it is permissible to use [[chamar medina]] for [[havdalah]], as well as Rav Chisda's opinion that [[chamar medina]] may not be used for kiddush and havdalah. The Rosh Pesachim 10:17 argues that since we follow Ravina for havdalah, we also would allow chamar medina for kiddush. The Rambam Shabbat 29:17, however, holds that for havdalah one could use chamar medina but for kiddush one may not. Shulchan Aruch O.C. 272:9 cites the dispute between the Rosh Pesachim and Rambam and sides with the Rosh. Rama also accepts the ruling of the Rosh. Kaf HaChayim 272:50 and Yalkut Yosef 272:16 write that Shulchan Aruch holds like Rosh. Magen Avraham 272:7 and Mishna Brurah 272:28 comment that one should put one's hands on the [[challah]]. Rav Avigdor Neventzahl in his commentary on Mishna Brurah (Biyitzchak Yikare 272:28) says that one should actually hold the [[challah]]. </ref>
#If there's no wine available for [[Shabbat]] lunch one should use [[chamar medina]] for kiddush. If one doesn't even have [[chamar medina]], one should just say hamotzi and eat the bread, and if he doesn't even have bread one may eat without [[Kiddish|kiddush]].<ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 289:2, Mishna Brurah 289:10. The logic behind not using bread for [[kiddish]] during the day is explained by Mishna Brurah 272:31 that if one were to recite the daytime [[kiddish]] over bread, it would be the same procedure as if he wasn't saying kiddush at all. Therefore, to make it apparent that we are saying [[kiddish]] also, we say a beracha that wouldn't normally be recited, even if that is a [[shehakol]]. As for the definition of chamar medina Mishna Brurah 272:24 says that even beer is only permitted in a place where it is a common drink. Mishna Brurah 272:25 prohibits the use of milk or oil, and Mishna Brurah 272:30 permits the use of liquor. Rav Avigdor Neventzahl in Biyitzchak Yikare footnote 25 says that according to Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach milk is not allowed even in places where it is commonly used like Switzerland. He also says that juice, tea, or coffee maybe permitted but soda is definitely not because it is just like water. Rav Moshe Feinstein in Iggerot Moshe OC 2:75 defines chamar medina as something you would serve to guests who you want to show respect to. Also see [[Shevet Halevi]] 3:26 and 5:32 where Rav Vosner says even where you have wine, chamar medina can be used because in the times of the gemara, wine was far more widespread. Today however, most people do not drink wine so often so other drinks are not inferior to wine for [[kiddish]]. </ref>
#According to Ashkenazim it is acceptable to recite Kiddush of the day on [[chamar medina]] if one likes that better.<ref>Magen Avraham 272:9</ref>
#According to Sephardim, one should only use [[chamar medina]] for [[Shabbat]] lunch if the wine isn't available in the city and [[chamar medina]] is a popular drink in that city.<ref>Chazon Ovadia, Hilchot Shabbat, Chelek 2, Page 124 </ref> If chamar medina is just expensive then one should use wine.<ref>Yalkut Yosef ([[Shabbat]], vol 1, pg 289) </ref> According to Ashkenazim, if the wine is expensive one may use chamar medina for the daytime [[Kiddish|kiddush]] and one who uses wine is fulfilling a preferred mitzvah.<ref>Mishna Brurah 272:29 </ref>
#One may not use soda for [[Kiddish|kiddush]] because soda isn't considered [[chamar medina]].<ref>Sh"t Igrot Moshe 2:75 rules that soda is just like water and can not be used for [[Kiddish]].</ref>
 
==Beracha Acharona for Kiddush==
 
#One should not say a breach acharona after kiddush, even though a reviit of wine was consumed, because saying birkat amazon at the end of the sueda covers kiddush.
 
==Mistakes in Kiddush of Yom Tov==
 
#In Kiddush of Yom Tov if someone said Mikadesh Yisrael and didn’t add Ve’hazmanim he didn’t fulfill his obligation.<ref>The Gemara Pesachim 117b has a dispute between the elders of Pumpedita and Rava in tefillah whether you should say Mikadesh Yisrael or Mikadesh Yisrael Vehazmanim on Yom Tov. In Kiddush everyone agrees that you should recite Mikadesh Yisrael Vehazmanim. Magen Avraham 487:1 writes that if in Kiddush someone only say Mikadesh Yisrael he didn’t fulfill his obligation. Kaf Hachaim 487:17 and Zichron Yonah Avodat Halevim 30:1 agree.</ref>
#In Kiddush of Yom Tov if someone said Mikadesh Hashabbat instead of Mikadesh Yisrael Ve’hazmanim he didn’t fulfill his obligation unless he fixed it within toch kdei dibbur.<ref>Regarding Tefillah, Shulchan Aruch 487:1 and Mishna Brurah 487:5 hold that the Shabbat conclusion doesn’t fulfill the obligation of the Yom Tov one. Mishna Brurah holds that it can be fixed within a toch kdei dibbur. Magen Avraham 487:2 implies that the same is true of kiddush. Zichron Yonah 30:2 writes so explicitly.</ref>
#If someone said the Yom Tov Kiddush for the main text of the bracha which mentions Yom Tov in the middle and then concluded with Mikadesh Hashabbat one doesn’t fulfill his obligation.<ref>Regarding Tefillah, the Magen Avraham 487:2 writes that mentioning Yom Tov in the middle is sufficient even with a wrong conclusion but he seems to retract that opinion. Mishna Brurah 487:4 concludes that one doesn’t fulfill one’s obligation. Zichron Yonah 30:2 applies this to Kiddush.</ref>
#If you forgot to say Shehechiyanu you can say it afterwards anytime during the Yom Tov, for Pesach and Sukkot until the end of the 7 days.<ref>Eruvin 40b, Mishna Brurah 473:1, Zichron Yonah 30:4</ref>
#In Kiddush of Yom Tov that fell out on Shabbat includes both Shabbat and Yom Tov. If one only said the kiddush of Shabbat or Yom Tov one doesn’t fulfill one’s obligation.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 487:1 writes that if one said Shabbat kiddush on Yom Tov one doesn’t fulfill one’s obligation. Zichron Yonah 30:6 writes that if on Shabbat Yom Tov one said either the Shabbat or Yom Tov kiddush separately and not both one didn’t fulfill one’s obligation. Rivevot Efraim 4:117 agrees.</ref>
#If one said the middle of the kiddush correctly and in the conclusion he made a mistake and only mentioned Shabbat according to many poskim one fulfilled one’s obligation. If one said the middle of the kiddush correctly and in the conclusion he made a mistake and only mentioned Yom Tov according to many Ashkenazic poskim one didn’t fulfill one’s obligation but according to Sephardim one did fulfill one’s obligation.<ref>Regarding Tefillah there is a dispute between the Knesset Hagedola who holds that concluding with one of the two conclusions is sufficient and the Pri Chadash who disagrees. Biur Halacha 487:1 makes a compromise and says that if he mentioned Shabbat that is sufficient but if he only mentioned Yom Tov that is insufficient. Kaf Hachaim 487:20 holds that in all cases out of doubt he shouldn’t repeat the bracha. Zichron Yonah 30:7 applies this discussion to Kiddush.</ref>
#If one mentioned Yom Tov in Kiddush but not the specific one there’s a dispute if one fulfilled one’s obligation.<ref>Leket Shichacha Vtaut p. 397 writes that the Bet Yehuda 4 holds that one fulfills one's obligation if one mentioned Yom Tov but just didn't mention which Yom Tov it was, but the Mishna Brurah 427:11 holds that one doesn't fulfill one's obligation. Shemirat Shabbat Khilchata v. 2 p. 110 holds like the Mishna Brurah.</ref>
 
==Questions and Answers==
 
#Is it permissible to have [[Kiddish|kiddush]] before [[Mussaf]]? [[Kiddush#eatingbeforemussaf|click here]]


==Links==
* [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/713315/Rabbi_Zvi_Sobolofsky/The_four_fast_days The Four Fast Days] by Rabbi Zvi Sobolofsky
* [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/714001/Rabbi_Daniel_Z_Feldman/Fasts Fasts] by Rabbi Daniel Feldman
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