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==Erev Yom Kippur== | ==Erev Yom Kippur== | ||
===Eating on Erev Yom Kippur=== | ===Eating on Erev Yom Kippur=== | ||
# It is a mitzvah to eat and drink on Erev Yom Kippur and one should even lessen one's learning and work in order to eat more on Erev Yom Kippur. <ref>S"A 604:1, Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S"A 604:1), Maamer Mordechai (Rav Mordechai Eliyahu, English version pg 448, #21) </ref>It is forbidden to forbidden to fast on Erev Yom Kippur. <ref>Rama 604:1 </ref> | # It is a mitzvah to eat and drink on Erev Yom Kippur and one should even lessen one's learning and work in order to eat more on Erev Yom Kippur.<ref>S"A 604:1, Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S"A 604:1), Maamer Mordechai (Rav Mordechai Eliyahu, English version pg 448, #21) </ref> It is forbidden to forbidden to fast on Erev Yom Kippur. <ref>Rama 604:1 </ref> | ||
# This mitzvah primarily applies during the day of Erev Yom Kippur and not the night of Erev Yom Kippur. <ref>Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S"A 604:2), Maamer Mordechai (Rav Mordechai Eliyahu, English version pg 447, #13) </ref> | # This mitzvah primarily applies during the day of Erev Yom Kippur and not the night of Erev Yom Kippur. <ref>Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S"A 604:2), Maamer Mordechai (Rav Mordechai Eliyahu, English version pg 447, #13) </ref> | ||
# Preferably one should eat at least one bread meal on Erev Yom Kippur. <ref>Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S"A 604:3), Maamer Mordechai (Rav Mordechai Eliyahu, English version pg 446, #11) </ref> | # Preferably one should eat at least one bread meal on Erev Yom Kippur. <ref>Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S"A 604:3), Maamer Mordechai (Rav Mordechai Eliyahu, English version pg 446, #11) </ref> | ||
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# It is permissible to take a pill before Yom Kippur which will ease the difficulty of fasting. <ref>Maamer Mordechai (Rav Mordechai Eliyahu, English version pg 448, #20)</ref> However, others write that one should refrain from such pills except for a person who will be in great pain, have a headache, or the like from fasting on Yom Kippur.<ref>Yabea Omer 9:54. for more see [http://halachayomit.co.il/EnglishDefault.asp?HalachaID=2726 Halacha Yomit]</ref> | # It is permissible to take a pill before Yom Kippur which will ease the difficulty of fasting. <ref>Maamer Mordechai (Rav Mordechai Eliyahu, English version pg 448, #20)</ref> However, others write that one should refrain from such pills except for a person who will be in great pain, have a headache, or the like from fasting on Yom Kippur.<ref>Yabea Omer 9:54. for more see [http://halachayomit.co.il/EnglishDefault.asp?HalachaID=2726 Halacha Yomit]</ref> | ||
===Prayers=== | ===Prayers=== | ||
# There's is no Tachanun on Erev Yom Kippur. <ref>S"A 604:2. Kaf HaChaim 604:18 points out that one does say Tachanun at Mincha before Erev Yom Kippur. </ref> | # There's is no Tachanun on Erev Yom Kippur. <ref>S"A 604:2 writes that there is no Tachanun on Erev Yom Kippur. Kaf HaChaim 604:18 points out that one does say Tachanun at Mincha before Erev Yom Kippur. </ref> | ||
# Some communities have the custom not to recite mizmor litoda on Erev Yom Kippur. <ref> Rama 51:5 and 604:1, Maharshal 64. </ref> However, this is not the sephardic custom. <ref> Pri Chadash 604, Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 604. </ref> | # Some communities have the custom not to recite mizmor litoda on Erev Yom Kippur. <ref> Rama 51:5 and 604:1, Maharshal 64. </ref> However, this is not the sephardic custom. <ref> Pri Chadash 604, Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 604. </ref> | ||
# The custom for sephardim is to recite Avinu Malkeinu in shacharit and mincha of Erev Yom Kippur. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 75. </ref> The custom is also to recite hatarat nedarim immediately following selichot or shacharit on erev yom kippur. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 75. </ref> | # The custom for sephardim is to recite Avinu Malkeinu in shacharit and mincha of Erev Yom Kippur. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 75. </ref> The custom is also to recite hatarat nedarim immediately following selichot or shacharit on erev yom kippur. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 75. </ref> |