Yom Kippur: Difference between revisions

#If [[Erev Yom Kippur]] is the [[Yahrzeit]] (annual remembrance of the day of the death) of one's parents, one should not fast but rely on the fast of Yom Kippur. <ref>Maamar Mordechai (Rav Mordechai Eliyahu, English version pg 447, #17)</ref>

#Someone who can't fast on Yom Kippur (because of serious health issues) should still eat on [[Erev Yom Kippur]]. <ref>Maamar Mordechai (Rav Mordechai Eliyahu, English version pg 447, #16)<br />

*Ketav Sofer Siman 112 raises this issue and concludes that one should still eat.

*On the other hand, the Netziv in Haamek Sheela Parashat Vizot Haberacha Sheilta 167:12 says that one would not have the obligation of eating on the 9th if he is not fasting on the 10th.</ref>

#There's is no [[Tachanun]] on [[Erev Yom Kippur]]. <ref>Shulchan Aruch 604:2 writes that there is no [[Tachanun]] on [[Erev Yom Kippur]]. Chazon Ovadia Yamim Noraim pg. 229 agrees. Kaf HaChaim 604:18 points out that one does say [[Tachanun]] at [[Mincha]] before [[Erev Yom Kippur]]. </ref>

===Kaparot===

#One doesn't have to be concerned for chasisa for the dipping in the mikveh on erev yom kippur.<ref>[https://www.torahanytime.com/#/lectures?v=67437 Rav Yitzchak Yosef (Motzei Shabbat Vayelech 5779 about min 10)]</ref>

#If it's painful for one to dip in the mikvah or one is unable to because of a weakness one may pour 9 Kav of water on one's head. <ref>Rama 606:4, Mishna Brurah 606:22</ref> Taking a shower for the length of time it takes for 9 Kav (about 3.3 gallons) to come out is sufficient. <ref>Yalkut Yosef 606:4(2) (Moadim pg. 82) and Chazon Ovadia Yamim Noraim pg. 245 writes that it's the procedure of pouring 9 Kav on oneself can be with hot water and by taking a shower. He also writes that 9 Kav is about 12.5 liters which is 3.3 gallons. On average this should only take a couple of minutes ([http://askville.amazon.com/gallons-water-average-10-minute-shower/AnswerViewer.do?requestId=2548818 see here]). </ref> For a lengthy discussion of the 9 Kav see here: [[Preparations_for_Davening#Going_to_Mikveh]].

===Lashes===

</p><p class="indent">It seems that the malkot custom originated in Ashkenazi communities and later spread to Sephardic ones.<ref>Beit Yosef, OC 607.</ref> In some communities the malkot custom is not observed in deference to the fact that Erev Yom Kippur is actually a yom tov in and of itself and therefore rituals that recall punishment are not in keeping with the spirit of the day.<ref>Kaf Hachaim, OC 607:40; Minhag Yisrael Torah, OC 607:3.</ref> It is also noted that the Arizal did not fully subscribe to this custom, though he did perform it on occasion. When he would give (or receive) malkot, he would only give four lashes corresponding to the four-letter name of God and to the four types of capital punishment that the Torah specifies.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Ha’Arizal, OC 607:1; Kaf Hachaim, OC 607:41; Magen Avraham 607:9; Minhag Yisrael Torah, OC 607:3.</ref> A son is not permitted to administer these lashes to his father nor a student to his rebbe.<ref>Mekor Chaim 607. See also YD 241:2.</ref> However, it is permitted should they specifically request it.<ref>Shevet Hakehati 4:166.</ref>

</p><p class="indent">There is also a custom in some Sephardic communities to symbolically reenact the four types of capital punishments that the beit din would administer in ancient times.<ref>Kaf Hachaim, OC 607:41.</ref> Corresponding to the death penalty of sereifa (burning): a few drops of wax from a burning candle are poured on the recipient’s back. Corresponding to the death penalty of sekila (stoning): a few pebbles are gently thrown at the recipient. Corresponding to hereg (beheading): the individual is dragged on the floor (though the connection to beheading is not readily apparent to this writer). Corresponding to chenek (choking): two individuals appointed for this purpose perform a symbolic choking. A number of passages and prayers are recited while each of the four death penalties is “administered.”</p>

===Mincha on Erev Yom Kippur===

#After [[Shmoneh Esrei]] of [[Mincha]] on [[Erev Yom Kippur]] one should say Vidduy as printed in the machzor (siddur) before Elokai Netsor and according Sephardim after Yehiyu LeRatzon and before Elokai Netsor. <ref>Shulchan Aruch 607:1, Mishna Brurah 607:2, Yalkut Yosef 607:1 </ref>

#The Sephardic minhag is to say Avinu Malkenu at [[Mincha]] before Yom Kippur. <ref>Maamer Mordechai (Rav Mordechai Eliyahu, English version pg 453, #44). Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 75. </ref>

==The Beginning of Yom Kippur==

===Hadlakat Nerot of Yom Kippur===

*Mishna Brurah 608:2 regarding Yom Kippur references his comments regarding accepting [[Shabbat]] early. There Mishna Brurah 271:22 quotes the Rosh who argues that a certain amount of time is needed. [Beiur Halacha s.v. Ayzo Zman posits that this period of time should be no longer than 3/4 of a [[mil]] (which is 13.5 minutes).] The Mishna Brurah 271:23 concludes that in order to fulfill the mitzvah of Tofeset [[Shabbat]] (adding onto [[Shabbat]]) one should refrain from work 30 or 20 minutes before sunset. See [[When does Shabbat start?]]. Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchata (new edition, 3:7) rules like Shulchan Aruch but in the footnote (#8) writes that starting 20 or 30 minutes early is praiseworthy.</ref>

#Once one accepted Yom Kippur it is forbidden to eat or do any of the 5 prohibited activities of Yom Kippur. <ref>Shulchan Aruch 608:1, Yalkut Yosef 608:2 </ref>

==Yom Kippur Prayers==

===Nighttime prayers of Yom Kippur===

#On [[Yom Kippur]] even though one can't make a hundred [[brachot]] by himself, it's preferable to have in mind to listen to the [[brachot]] made during the chazara of the shaliach tzibbur. Some suggest that there's no obligation to get to a hundred [[brachot]] on [[Yom Kippur]]. <ref>Rav Chizkiyah Dachvash (author of Shtilei Zaytim) in HaMeor (Vol. 61 No. 4 Sivan 5768 pg. 29) suggests from the language of the Rambam that there's no obligation on [[Yom Kippur]]. However, Mishna Brurah 46:14 (quoted by Sh"t Tzitz Eliezer 19:11:3:9) writes that on [[Yom Kippur]] one should have intent to fulfill this mitzvah from the [[brachot]] on the Torah reading and repetition of [[Shmoneh Esrei]]. </ref>

#For other details about making one hundred [[Brachot]] on Yom Kippur, see the [[Making one hundred Brachot daily]] page.

===Neilah===

#The doors of the hechal should be opened prior to the recitation of neilah. <ref>Darchei Moshe 623:2, Chemdat Yamim, page 98 </ref>

#The congregation should continue to recite [[selichot]] until 20 minutes after sunset and then blow the [[shofar]] so that there is no concern that people will eat immediately afterwards because they think that Yom Kippur has already ended. <ref>Chazon Ovadia, Yamim Noraim, page 376 </ref>

==Prohibitions of Yom Kippur==

#Someone who needs to eat on Yom Kippur (see above) doesn’t need to make [[Kiddish]]. <ref>Chazon Ovadyah (Yamim Noraim pg 307), Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchata (Intro ch. 3, n. 12) </ref> If he says Birkat Hamazon he should say Yom Kippur in Yaaleh V'yavo.<ref>Tashbetz Katan 568 explains that there is a Yaaleh V'yavo in Birkat Hamazon for Yom Kippur since it is a holiday.</ref>

#Someone who is suffering from a bad headache may swallow an Aspirin capsule alone. <ref>Rivevot Efraim 6:320. http://www.aish.com/h/hh/yk/guide/Fasting_on_Yom_Kippur.html permits taking any bitter medicine.  </ref>

#A person with diarrhea's condition theoretically may be such that he must drink on Yom Kippur. <ref>[[Shabbat]] Shabbaton, 64 </ref> A rabbi and doctor should be consulted.

#If there is no doctor available to determine the medical situation, one with hepatitis may drink "less than the permitted amount" on Yom Kippur. <ref>[[Shabbat]] Shabbaton, 68 </ref>

==The Conclusion of Yom Kippur==

See [[Yom_Kippur#Neilah|''Neilah'']] above.

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