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==Selichot without a minyan== | ==Selichot without a minyan== | ||
# | # If one is praying without a minyan, he should not say the thirteen attributes as a prayer, <ref> Mishna Brurah 581:4, Chazon Ovadyah (Yamim Noraim, pg 11). </ref> but one can read the Yud Gimmel middot (13 attributes) with the cantillation as if he is simply reading the torah. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 565:5, Yechave Daat 1:47, Yalkut Yosef [[Tefilla]] 2: page 131, Chazon Ovadia Yamim Noraim 27, [[http://halachayomit.co.il/EnglishDefault.asp?HalachaID=2135 Halacha Yomit]], Sh"t Rashba 1:211, Chida in Machazik Beracha 131:6, Ben Ish Chai Parashat Ki Tisa: Halacha 9. Iggerot Moshe YD 3:21 allows them to be recited without a [[minyan]] as long you use any melody other than the one used for [[prayer]], and doesn't require that it be the same cantilations as the torah. </ref> | ||
# Without a [[minyan]], one also cannot recite the paragraphs that are in | # Without a [[minyan]], one also cannot recite the paragraphs that are in Aramaic. <ref> Mateh Efraim 581:21, Yabia Omer 10:footnotes to Rav Pealim OC 3:41 </ref> | ||
# An individual can say the paragraph of kel | # An individual can say the paragraph of kel melech even though it says zechor lanu hayom... in the plural. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 13, Chazon Ovadia Yamim Noraim page 30 </ref> | ||
# If there’s not a [[minyan]] when the tzibbur said Ashrei, they should wait to have a [[minyan]] to say [[Kaddish]] and when they get a [[minyan]] they first say 3 pesukim before reciting [[Kaddish]]. <ref>Mishna Brurah 581:4 quoting the Eliyah Rabba </ref> | # If there’s not a [[minyan]] when the tzibbur said Ashrei, they should wait to have a [[minyan]] to say [[Kaddish]] and when they get a [[minyan]] they first say 3 pesukim before reciting [[Kaddish]]. <ref>Mishna Brurah 581:4 quoting the Eliyah Rabba </ref> | ||
# If there was a [[minyan]] in the beginning and then some people left, they can continue and even say [[Kaddish]] after [[Selichot]]. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 581:4. Chazon Ovadia Yamim Noraim page 23 says not to say the [[kaddish]] titkabal at the conclusion of [[selichot]] if you no longer have ten people. </ref> | # If there was a [[minyan]] in the beginning and then some people left, they can continue and even say [[Kaddish]] after [[Selichot]]. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 581:4. Chazon Ovadia Yamim Noraim page 23 says not to say the [[kaddish]] titkabal at the conclusion of [[selichot]] if you no longer have ten people. </ref> | ||
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==Wearing [[Tallit]] for Selichot== | ==Wearing [[Tallit]] for Selichot== | ||
# The Shliach Tzibbur should wear a [[Tallit]] during [[Selichot]] | # The Shliach Tzibbur should wear a [[Tallit]] during [[Selichot]]. However, he shouldn’t make a Bracha if he puts it on at night before [[Olot HaShachar]] and to remove himself from controversy he should borrow a [[Tallit]] from a friend (and not use a public [[Tallit]]) and have intent that one is not acquiring the [[Tallit]] it but only using for respect of the congregation. <Ref> Maharil Hilchot Yamim Noraim 4 says there is a custom that the shliach tzibbur should wear a Tallit even at night for [[selichot]] since the gemara in rosh hashana 17 says that Hashem wrapped himself in [[tzitzit]] like a shliach tzibbur to recite the yud gimmel [[middot]]. Mishna Brurah 581:6 writes that the Levush says that the Shliach Tzibbur should wear a [[Tallit]] during [[Selichot]] but not make a Bracha since there’s a dispute if one can fulfill [[Tzitzit]] at night. However, the Taz 581:2 argues that one shouldn’t enter himself into a dispute (whether to make a Bracha) and so one should rather borrow a [[Tallit]] from a friend and have Kavana not to acquire it but to use it for respect. see Mikraei Kodesh by Rav Tzvi [[Pesach]] Frank Yamim Noraim [[Siman 1]] for the discussion of why the Taz suggests borrowing a friend's Tallit rather than the shuls. </ref> | ||
# If one wear [[Tzitzit]] earlier than [[Olot HaShachar]] (for example, for [[Selichot]]) and then after [[Olot HaShachar]] (and preferably after [[MeSheyakir]]) puts on a [[Tallit]], one should only make one Bracha on [[Tzitzit]] and [[Tallit]] even if one puts on [[Tzitzit]] a long time before the [[Tallit]]. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 8:24 writes that for sure one should make the Bracha of [[Tallit]] and cover the [[Tzitzit]] rather than make a Bracha on [[Tzitzit]] and then on [[Tallit]]. Even if there will be a long time between putting on the [[Tzitzit]] and wearing the [[Tallit]], one should still say only one Bracha on the [[Tallit]] because there are many concerns about making the Bracha on the [[Tzitzit]] (it may not be split on the sides a majority, it may not fit the proper Shuir, or one may have slept in the [[Tzitzit]]). [this is also brought in Yalkut Yosef ([[Tzitzit]] pg 294, Kitzur S”A 16:2).] </ref> | # If one wear [[Tzitzit]] earlier than [[Olot HaShachar]] (for example, for [[Selichot]]) and then after [[Olot HaShachar]] (and preferably after [[MeSheyakir]]) puts on a [[Tallit]], one should only make one Bracha on [[Tzitzit]] and [[Tallit]] even if one puts on [[Tzitzit]] a long time before the [[Tallit]]. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 8:24 writes that for sure one should make the Bracha of [[Tallit]] and cover the [[Tzitzit]] rather than make a Bracha on [[Tzitzit]] and then on [[Tallit]]. Even if there will be a long time between putting on the [[Tzitzit]] and wearing the [[Tallit]], one should still say only one Bracha on the [[Tallit]] because there are many concerns about making the Bracha on the [[Tzitzit]] (it may not be split on the sides a majority, it may not fit the proper Shuir, or one may have slept in the [[Tzitzit]]). [this is also brought in Yalkut Yosef ([[Tzitzit]] pg 294, Kitzur S”A 16:2).] </ref> | ||
# A bachur who doesn’t wear a [[Tallit]] should be careful to make the Bracha on [[Tzitzit]] right after [[Olot HaShachar]] after feeling the [[Tzitzit]]. <Ref> Minchat Shlomo 4:1:3 writes that regarding [[Selichot]] a bachur who doesn’t wear a [[Tallit]] should be careful to make the Bracha on [[Tzitzit]] right after Olot after feeling the [[Tzitzit]]. This is based on the Rama 18:3 who writes that if one put on a [[Tallit]] Katan before [[Olot HaShachar]], then, at Olot one should feel the strings of the [[Tzitzit]] and make a Bracha. </ref> However, if someone who slept in the [[Tzitzit]] all night, one can not make a Bracha on that pair of [[tzitzit]] in the morning (nor should he remove the [[Tzitzit]] so as to make a [[hefsek]] in order to require a Bracha).<ref>Mishna Brurah 8:42 </ref> | # A bachur who doesn’t wear a [[Tallit]] should be careful to make the Bracha on [[Tzitzit]] right after [[Olot HaShachar]] after feeling the [[Tzitzit]]. <Ref> Minchat Shlomo 4:1:3 writes that regarding [[Selichot]] a bachur who doesn’t wear a [[Tallit]] should be careful to make the Bracha on [[Tzitzit]] right after Olot after feeling the [[Tzitzit]]. This is based on the Rama 18:3 who writes that if one put on a [[Tallit]] Katan before [[Olot HaShachar]], then, at Olot one should feel the strings of the [[Tzitzit]] and make a Bracha. </ref> However, if someone who slept in the [[Tzitzit]] all night, one can not make a Bracha on that pair of [[tzitzit]] in the morning (nor should he remove the [[Tzitzit]] so as to make a [[hefsek]] in order to require a Bracha).<ref>Mishna Brurah 8:42 </ref> | ||
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# There is no problem with making a wedding during [[Elul]]. However, it is preferable that a ben yeshiva should try to schedule it before [[elul]] so as not to disrupt the torah learning during [[elul]] when yeshivas usually re-open. But if he couldn't, there is no reason to push it off to after the yamim noraim <ref> Sh"t Yechave Daat 1:48 </ref> | # There is no problem with making a wedding during [[Elul]]. However, it is preferable that a ben yeshiva should try to schedule it before [[elul]] so as not to disrupt the torah learning during [[elul]] when yeshivas usually re-open. But if he couldn't, there is no reason to push it off to after the yamim noraim <ref> Sh"t Yechave Daat 1:48 </ref> | ||
# The custom is that during [[elul]], one who writes a letter should write a blessing to the recipient that he should be inscribed in the book of life, such as "lishana tova tichatevu vitichatemu." The same is true of email's or the like. <ref> Chazon Ovadia Yamim Noraim page 26. [ http://www.dailyhalacha.com/displayRead.asp?readID=356&txtSearch=elul Rabbi Eli Mansour's [[Daily Halacha]]] adds that one should includes this in emails as well. </ref> | # The custom is that during [[elul]], one who writes a letter should write a blessing to the recipient that he should be inscribed in the book of life, such as "lishana tova tichatevu vitichatemu." The same is true of email's or the like. <ref> Chazon Ovadia Yamim Noraim page 26. [ http://www.dailyhalacha.com/displayRead.asp?readID=356&txtSearch=elul Rabbi Eli Mansour's [[Daily Halacha]]] adds that one should includes this in emails as well. </ref> | ||
# One is certainly permitted to get married during the month of Elul <ref> Sh"t Yechave Daat 1:48, Sdei Chemed Maarechet Chatan Vikalla Siman 23 </ref> | |||
==Related Pages== | |||
* Article from 5772 on [http://halachipedia.com/documents/5773/1.pdf Minhagim of Elul] | |||
==Links== | |||
* [http://www.yeshiva.co/midrash/shiur.asp?id=932 Laws of Elul and Selichot] by Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | |||
* [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/737363/Rabbi_Chaim_Brovender/Halakhot_of_Elul Halakhot of Elul ] by Rabbi Chaim Brovender | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
