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==Where it should be said== | ==Where it should be said== | ||
# Lechatchila, kiddush levana should be said outside. However, if one is not well or it is dirty outside (to the extent that he would not be able to make a bracha in that place) he can say it inside | # Lechatchila, kiddush levana should be said outside. However, if one is not well or it is dirty outside (to the extent that he would not be able to make a bracha in that place) he can say it inside <ref> Mishnah Berurah 426:21 <ref>. In a situation where he needs to say it inside it is best to open the window or door, but if this too is not possible (e.g. the person finds it too cold) he may say it inside without even opening the window or door (taking into account he is sure that the light he sees is from the moon) <ref> Shaar Hatziyun (sham os 25) <ref>. | ||
# Although it seems that the custom of many is to make sure to say kiddush levana not standing under anything but the sky, by basic halacha it seems that one is permitted to say kiddush levana standing under a tree or a roof, as long as he exited the bulding. <ref> Look at Rama (426:4) who writes that "we do not sanctify the moon under a roof." The Mishnah Berurah (sham s"k 21) explains that since sanctifying the moon is like greeting the presence of the Shechinah, it is not honorable to stand under a roof, rather we exit from under the roof to the street just like we would to greet a melech basar v'dam. However, both the Chazon Ish and Rav Chaim Kanievsky (both quoted in the Dirshu there) write that the main idea is to leave one's house or shul, but once one has done that he can certainly say kiddush levana even under a tree or overhang even lechatchila | # Although it seems that the custom of many is to make sure to say kiddush levana not standing under anything but the sky, by basic halacha it seems that one is permitted to say kiddush levana standing under a tree or a roof, as long as he exited the bulding. <ref> Look at Rama (426:4) who writes that "we do not sanctify the moon under a roof." The Mishnah Berurah (sham s"k 21) explains that since sanctifying the moon is like greeting the presence of the Shechinah, it is not honorable to stand under a roof, rather we exit from under the roof to the street just like we would to greet a melech basar v'dam. However, both the Chazon Ish and Rav Chaim Kanievsky (both quoted in the Dirshu there) write that the main idea is to leave one's house or shul, but once one has done that he can certainly say kiddush levana even under a tree or overhang even lechatchila <ref>. | ||
==Looking at the moon== | ==Looking at the moon== | ||
# One should look at the moon prior to saying the Bracha. Some hold that one should only look at the moon once and not look at it again, whereas others are lenient to allow looking at it anytime during [[the Seder]] of Birkat HaLevana except during the Bracha itself. <Ref> | # One should look at the moon prior to saying the Bracha. Some hold that one should only look at the moon once and not look at it again, whereas others are lenient to allow looking at it anytime during [[the Seder]] of Birkat HaLevana except during the Bracha itself. <Ref> | ||
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* Mishna Brurah 426:13 quotes these three opinions and doesn’t give a ruling. The Aruch HaShulchan 426:5 writes that the minhag is like the Shlah. The Ben Ish Chai (Vayikra(2) 23), Kaf HaChaim Palagi 35:4, Kaf HaChaim Sofer 426:34, Mekor Chaim 426:2, Chesed Alafim 426:4, Yosef Ometz 474, Chida in Moreh Etzbah 6:186, Birkat Eitan (Birkat Levana pg 207), Yalkut Yosef (Birkat Levana pg 146), and Ateret Paz (Birkat Levana pg 65) agree. </ref> | * Mishna Brurah 426:13 quotes these three opinions and doesn’t give a ruling. The Aruch HaShulchan 426:5 writes that the minhag is like the Shlah. The Ben Ish Chai (Vayikra(2) 23), Kaf HaChaim Palagi 35:4, Kaf HaChaim Sofer 426:34, Mekor Chaim 426:2, Chesed Alafim 426:4, Yosef Ometz 474, Chida in Moreh Etzbah 6:186, Birkat Eitan (Birkat Levana pg 207), Yalkut Yosef (Birkat Levana pg 146), and Ateret Paz (Birkat Levana pg 65) agree. </ref> | ||
# If one made Birkat HaLevana without looking at the moon but said it as part of the tzibbur, one fulfills their obligation bedieved. <ref> Birkat Eitan (Birkat Levana pg 200), Sefer [[Kiddish]] Levana (2 note 20) in name of Rav Elyashiv, Halichot Shlomo 15:13, Even Yisrael 426:1, Sh"t Shevet HaLevi Y"D 5:125(4) </ref> | # If one made Birkat HaLevana without looking at the moon but said it as part of the tzibbur, one fulfills their obligation bedieved. <ref> Birkat Eitan (Birkat Levana pg 200), Sefer [[Kiddish]] Levana (2 note 20) in name of Rav Elyashiv, Halichot Shlomo 15:13, Even Yisrael 426:1, Sh"t Shevet HaLevi Y"D 5:125(4) </ref> | ||
==Saying Amen Amen== | ==Saying Amen Amen== | ||
# When saying [[Amen]] [[Amen]] [[Amen]] in Birkat HaLevana one should make sure to pause between each [[Amen]] unless one is saying it in private in which case one doesn’t need to pause. <Ref> | # When saying [[Amen]] [[Amen]] [[Amen]] in Birkat HaLevana one should make sure to pause between each [[Amen]] unless one is saying it in private in which case one doesn’t need to pause. <Ref> | ||
