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==The feelings one should feel==
==The feelings one should feel==
# One should be pained over the destruction of the Temple. <ref> S"A 1:3 based on the Rosh (Brachot 3b). </ref>
# One should be pained over the destruction of the Temple. <ref> S"A 1:3 based on the Rosh (Brachot 3b). </ref>


==How should it be said?==
==How should it be said?==
# It is the practice to say Tikkun Chatzot while sitting on the floor near the doorpost witth the mezuzah. One shouldn't sit directly on the ground rather one should sit on a cloth, pillow or small bench. If the floor is tiled one can be lenient to sit directly on the floor. <ref> Yalkut Yosef (5764 edition, vol 1, pg 164) </ref>
# It is the practice to say Tikkun Chatzot while sitting on the floor near the doorpost witth the mezuzah. One shouldn't sit directly on the ground rather one should sit on a cloth, pillow or small bench. If the floor is tiled one can be lenient to sit directly on the floor. <ref> Yalkut Yosef (5764 edition, vol 1, pg 161) </ref>
# The Minhag is to place ashes on one's head in the area where the Tefilin Shel Rosh is placed. <ref> Yalkut Yosef (5764 edition, vol 1, pg 164) </ref>
# The Minhag is to place ashes on one's head in the area where the Tefilin Shel Rosh is placed. <ref> Yalkut Yosef (5764 edition, vol 1, pg 161) </ref>
# Another practice is to not to wear shoes during Tikkun Chatzot. <ref> Yalkut Yosef (5764 edition, vol 1, pg 164) </ref>
# Another practice is to not to wear shoes during Tikkun Chatzot. <ref> Yalkut Yosef (5764 edition, vol 1, pg 161) </ref>


==Timing==
==Timing==
# It should be said at Chatzot of night or afterwards until Olot HaShachar.
# Ashkenazim hold that it should be said right before Chatzot and then one should learn from Chatzot until morning when one can pray. <ref> Mishna Brurah 1:9. </ref> However, Sephardim hold that it should be said at Chatzot of night or afterwards until Olot HaShachar. <ref> Yalkut Yosef (5764 edition, vol 1, pg 165) </ref>
# During the Ben HaMetzarim, TIkkun Chatzot should be said after Chatzot of the day.  
# During the Ben HaMetzarim, TIkkun Chatzot should be said after Chatzot of the day.