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=== Shemona Esrei === | === Shemona Esrei === | ||
# '''Bows after Shemona Esrei''': The Gemara Yoma 53b states that after a person takes three steps back he bows to his left, then to his right, and then to the center. The reason we bow to the left first is because that is considered Hashem’s right so to speak. That is the ruling of the Rambam Tefillah 5:10 and Shulchan Aruch 123:1. However, Yalkut Yosef Tefillah 123 fnt. 1 quotes the Zohar 3:229a which says that a person should first bow to their right and then the left at the end of Shemona Esrei. Meor Yisrael of Rav Ovadia Yoma 53b writes that the Zohar debates it and concludes like our gemara that one should first bow to the left. | # '''Bows after Shemona Esrei''': The Gemara Yoma 53b states that after a person takes three steps back he bows to his left, then to his right, and then to the center. The reason we bow to the left first is because that is considered Hashem’s right so to speak. That is the ruling of the Rambam Tefillah 5:10 and Shulchan Aruch 123:1. However, Yalkut Yosef Tefillah 123 fnt. 1 quotes the Zohar 3:229a which says that a person should first bow to their right and then the left at the end of Shemona Esrei. Meor Yisrael of Rav Ovadia Yoma 53b writes that the Zohar debates it and concludes like our gemara that one should first bow to the left. | ||
# '''Kara Zeh El Zeh''': Hatefilah Vhilchoteha 2:314 quotes Rav Ovadia Yosef and Rav Chaim Kanievsky that there's no basis for the minhag to bow during vkara zeh el zeh v'amar. Az Nidbaru 13:32:3 agrees. He says for those who do it can bow either to the right first or left first but what is important is to pay attention to the words. Shivat Tzion Shabbat 7:106 v. 2 p. 117 writes based on the zohar that the angels when praising Hashem turn to the right first and then to their left and in kedusha we're mimicking the angels. He explains that it isn't similar to Yoma 53b where we're leaving Hashem's presence.<ref>https://www.yeshiva.org.il/ask/87015</ref> Rivevot Efraim 5:103:2 writes that one should turn to the right first and the left. Hatefilah Vehilchoteha | # '''Kara Zeh El Zeh''': Hatefilah Vhilchoteha 2:314 quotes Rav Ovadia Yosef and Rav Chaim Kanievsky that there's no basis for the minhag to bow during vkara zeh el zeh v'amar. Az Nidbaru 13:32:3 agrees. He says for those who do it can bow either to the right first or left first but what is important is to pay attention to the words. Shivat Tzion Shabbat 7:106 v. 2 p. 117 writes based on the zohar that the angels when praising Hashem turn to the right first and then to their left and in kedusha we're mimicking the angels. He explains that it isn't similar to Yoma 53b where we're leaving Hashem's presence.<ref>https://www.yeshiva.org.il/ask/87015</ref> Rivevot Efraim 5:103:2 writes that one should turn to the right first and the left. Hatefilah Vehilchoteha quotes the Mayim Chaim 2:7 who writes that one should first turn to the right since one isn't taking leave of Hashem. | ||
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=== Chanuka === | === Chanuka === | ||
# '''Chanuka Candles''': Shulchan Aruch O.C. 676:5 holds that the candles are light from left to right. Or Letzion 4:46:8 writes that the order of lighting the candles doesn't change how it appears to others. It depends entirely on the one lighting. Levush 676:5 argues that the candles should be lit the way Hebrew is written, from right to left. | # '''Chanuka Candles''': Shulchan Aruch O.C. 676:5 holds that the candles are light from left to right. Or Letzion 4:46:8 writes that the order of lighting the candles doesn't change how it appears to others. It depends entirely on the one lighting. Levush 676:5 argues that the candles should be lit the way Hebrew is written, from right to left. Tzemech Tzedek OC 67 agrees with Levush. | ||
=== Mezuzah === | === Mezuzah === | ||
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=== Wedding === | === Wedding === | ||
# '''Walking down the Aisle''': Nitai Gavriel (Nesuin v. 1 17:1 p. 123) quotes Segulot Yisrael who writes that you should take the first step to walk to the chupa with your right foot. The reason is because we want the chesed to be | # '''Walking down the Aisle''': Nitai Gavriel (Nesuin v. 1 17:1 p. 123) quotes Segulot Yisrael who writes that you should take the first step to walk to the chupa with your right foot. The reason is because we want the chesed (kindness) to be triumphant over din (judgement). | ||
# '''Kallah Encircling Chattan at Wedding''': Nitai Gavriel (Nesuin v. 1 p. 128) writes that the kallah should circle around the chattan under the chuppah by going right, which is counterclockwise. He writes that this is the minhag of Vishnitz. | # '''Kallah Encircling Chattan at Wedding''': Nitai Gavriel (Nesuin v. 1 p. 128) writes that the kallah should circle around the chattan under the chuppah by going right, which is counterclockwise. He writes that this is the minhag of Vishnitz. | ||
== Links == | |||
* [https://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecturedata/1076308/Twenty-Minhagim-Where-We-Turn-to-the-Right Rabbi Sultan on the topic of Turning Right] | |||
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