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==Customs of Erev Rosh Hashana== | ==Customs of Erev Rosh Hashana== | ||
# There are five main customs observed on Erev Rosh Hashana: 1) Laundering one's clothing. 2) Cutting one's hair. 3) Dipping in the mikveh. 4) Visiting the cemetery. 5) Giving tzedaka. <ref> Shulchan Aruch, Siman 581:4 </ref> | # There are five main customs observed on Erev Rosh Hashana: 1) Laundering one's clothing. 2) Cutting one's hair. 3) Dipping in the mikveh. 4) Visiting the cemetery. 5) Giving tzedaka. <ref> Shulchan Aruch, Siman 581:4 </ref> | ||
===Visiting the Cemetery=== | |||
# Some have the custom to visit the grave-sites of righteous people on Erev Rosh Hashana. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 581:4. Kitzur S"A 128:13 points out that we are obviously not praying to the dead person themselves as that would be avoda zara, but rather that Hashem perform kindness and listen to our prayers thanks to the merit of these great tzaddikim. Mishna Berura 581:27 as well as the Sefer Ikarim 4:35 write likewise. </ref> | |||
===Fasting on Erev Rosh Hashana=== | ===Fasting on Erev Rosh Hashana=== | ||
# Some have a custom to fast on Erev Rosh Hashana. <ref> This custom is quoted in SA 581:2. The Rama there says there is no need to finish the fast. [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/Display.asp?ClipDate=9/15/2009 Rabbi Eli Mansour] says that one shouldn't eat until kiddush at night. </ref> | # Some have a custom to fast on Erev Rosh Hashana. <ref> This custom is quoted in SA 581:2. The Rama there says there is no need to finish the fast. [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/Display.asp?ClipDate=9/15/2009 Rabbi Eli Mansour] says that one shouldn't eat until kiddush at night. </ref> | ||
