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# The judges should sit for Hatarat Nedarim and the petitioner should stand.<ref>S"A YD 228:2-3 writes that the judges may perform Hatart Nedarim while seated if they uproot the Neder using Charata (regret) but should sit if they are uprooting the Neder using a Petach (a opening). Shach YD 228:9 writes that since the minhag is always to uproot a Neder using a Petach, the minhag is that the judges sit for the Hatarat Nedarim. The Shach also writes that although the petitioner doesn't need to stand, the minhag is that he stands. Rabbi Akiva Eiger (ibid) quotes the Maharikash who argues that the petitioner must stand, however, after the fact he fulfilled his obligation he he said it sitting.</ref> | # The judges should sit for Hatarat Nedarim and the petitioner should stand.<ref>S"A YD 228:2-3 writes that the judges may perform Hatart Nedarim while seated if they uproot the Neder using Charata (regret) but should sit if they are uprooting the Neder using a Petach (a opening). Shach YD 228:9 writes that since the minhag is always to uproot a Neder using a Petach, the minhag is that the judges sit for the Hatarat Nedarim. The Shach also writes that although the petitioner doesn't need to stand, the minhag is that he stands. Rabbi Akiva Eiger (ibid) quotes the Maharikash who argues that the petitioner must stand, however, after the fact he fulfilled his obligation he he said it sitting.</ref> | ||
# If one performed a good practice 3 times and didn't say he was doing it Bli Neder and now he wants to nullify the practice, he should perform Hatarat Nedarim. <ref>See S"A YD 214:1, Minchat Shlomo 1:91:20</ref> | # If one performed a good practice 3 times and didn't say he was doing it Bli Neder and now he wants to nullify the practice, he should perform Hatarat Nedarim. <ref>See S"A YD 214:1, Minchat Shlomo 1:91:20</ref> | ||
# The custom is to do hatarat nedarim on erev rosh hashana and erev yom kippur. <ref> Kaf Hachayim 581:12, Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 22, Yabea Omer OC 2:30, Chazon Ovadia Yamim Noraim page 42 </ref> | |||
==Other practices== | ==Other practices== | ||
# Some pious individuals have the minhag of checking their [[Tefillin]] and Mezuzot during Elul.<ref>Mateh Efraim 581:10 writes that as part of being introspective during Elul, some pious individuals check their [[Tefillin]] and Mezuzot during Elul. He concludes that it is a good minhag. This is quoted by the Kitzur S”A 128:3, Chazon Ovadyah (p. 26), and Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 18. Also see Yechave Daat 1:49. It is noteworthy that S”A 39:10 rules that [[Tefillin]] that were established as being kosher do not have to be checked if they are used frequently. Additionally, S”A Y.D. 291:1 rules that Mezuzot should be checked twice every seven years. see also [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/displayRead.asp?readID=356&txtSearch=elul Daily Halacha by Rabbi Eli Mansour] </ref> | # Some pious individuals have the minhag of checking their [[Tefillin]] and Mezuzot during Elul.<ref>Mateh Efraim 581:10 writes that as part of being introspective during Elul, some pious individuals check their [[Tefillin]] and Mezuzot during Elul. He concludes that it is a good minhag. This is quoted by the Kitzur S”A 128:3, Chazon Ovadyah (p. 26), and Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 18. Also see Yechave Daat 1:49. It is noteworthy that S”A 39:10 rules that [[Tefillin]] that were established as being kosher do not have to be checked if they are used frequently. Additionally, S”A Y.D. 291:1 rules that Mezuzot should be checked twice every seven years. see also [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/displayRead.asp?readID=356&txtSearch=elul Daily Halacha by Rabbi Eli Mansour] </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" | # 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 | # 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> | ||
==Erev Rosh Hashana== | |||
# Some have the custom to fast on the day before rosh hashana. <ref> see Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 20, Halichot Olam 2: page 223 </ref> | |||
# Tachanun is not recited on Erev Rosh Hashana in Shacharit, even though during selichot of that morning we do recite the yud gimmel middot and the nefilat apayim. However, tachanun is recited the mincha before erev rosh hashana. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 21, Chazon Ovadia Yamim Noraim page 46, Shulchan Aruch 581:3, Kaf Hachayim 581:74 </ref> | |||
# We do not blow the shofar on erev rosh hashana and if one needs to practice blowing for the holiday, he should do so in a private room. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 21 </ref> | |||
# The custom is to dip in a mikveh on erev rosh hashana in honor of rosh hashana, however this isn't required according to the law and therefore a beracha isn't recited and the laws aren't as strict. <ref> Halichot Olam 2: page 225, Moed Likol Chai 12:11. see also Rama 581:4. </ref> If one cannot make it to a mikveh, he should try to spill 9 kav (approximately 12 liters) of water even if in the shower. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 22, Chazon Ovadia Yamim Noraim page 51, 57. </ref> | |||
# A woman within her seven clean days from niddah shouldn't go to the mikveh on erev rosh hashana or erev yom kippur. <ref> Chazon Ovadia Yamim Noraim page 59 </ref> | |||
# The custom is to do hatarat nedarim on erev rosh hashana and erev yom kippur. <ref> Kaf Hachayim 581:12, Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 22, Yabea Omer OC 2:30, Chazon Ovadia Yamim Noraim page 42 </ref> | |||
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