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==Looking at the Moon== | ==Looking at the Moon== | ||
#One should look at the moon prior to | #One should look at the moon prior to reciting 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>*Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 426:2 writes that one should look at the moon prior to making the Bracha. Magen Avraham 426:8 quotes the Shlah who says that one should only look once and then it’s forbidden to look again (for Kabbalistic reasons). Shaarei Knesset HaGedolah 426:5 quotes the Sefer Charedim that one may only look at the moon at the time of the Bracha. | ||
On the other hand, the Sefer Charedim 45:5 actually writes that one may not look at the moon just like one may not look at a rainbow (and doesn’t mention anything about the Bracha). Thus, the Birur Halacha (Rabbi Yechiel Zilber, vol 5, pg 121) explains that the Sefer Charedim probably agrees with the Shlah. | |||
* | *Morever, Shaarei Knesset HaGedolah writes that the minhag is look at the moon during the entire Seder, and his point supported by the language of Maasechet Sofrim quoted by the Tur and Shulchan Aruch. Birur Halacha (vol 5, pg 122) writes that if one is looking at the moon in order to recognize Hashem’s wonders then it’s permissible. | ||
*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 | *Mishna Brurah 426:13 quotes these three opinions and doesn’t give a ruling. The Aruch HaShulchan, Orach Chaim 426:5 writes that the minhag is like the Shlah. Chida in Yosef Ometz 474 and Moreh Etzbah 6:186, Chesed Alafim 426:4, Kaf HaChaim Palagi 35:4, The Ben Ish Chai (II Vayikra 23), Kaf HaChaim Orach Chaim 426:34, Mekor Chaim 426:2, Birkat Eitan (Birkat Levana pg 207), Yalkut Yosef (Birkat Levana pg 146), and Ateret Paz (Birkat Levana pg 65) agree.</ref> | ||
#If one | #If one recited Birkat HaLevana without looking at the moon but with a tzibbur, one fulfills his obligation after the fact.<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> | ||
==Explanation of the Text== | ==Explanation of the Text== | ||
