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# It’s preferable to say less Piyutim slowly instead of saying many Piyutim quickly. <ref>Kaf HaChaim 620:4 </ref> | # It’s preferable to say less Piyutim slowly instead of saying many Piyutim quickly. <ref>Kaf HaChaim 620:4 </ref> | ||
# One should sure to say at least ten Vidduy’s (confessions) on Yom Kippur. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 620:3 </ref>The Minhag is to count one from Mincha of Erev Yom Kippur, one from Arvit of the night, four from the four prayers during the day and four from the four Chazarat HaShatz’s. <ref>See Kaf HaChaim 620:5 </ref> | # One should sure to say at least ten Vidduy’s (confessions) on Yom Kippur. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 620:3 </ref>The Minhag is to count one from Mincha of Erev Yom Kippur, one from Arvit of the night, four from the four prayers during the day and four from the four Chazarat HaShatz’s. <ref>See Kaf HaChaim 620:5 </ref> | ||
==100 Brachot== | |||
# It’s a mitzvah to smell Besamim (nice smelling spices) and make the Bracha on them in order to get 100 Brachot on Yom Kippur. One may make this Bracha several times in the day as long as one had an interruption of thought. <Ref>Chazon Ovadyah (Yamim Noraim, pg 283) </ref> | |||
==Prohibitions of Yom Kippur== | |||
# It's forbidden to do any Melacha (lit. work) on Yom Kippur which would be forbidden to do on Shabbat. <ref>S"A 611:2, Chazon Ovadyah (Yamim Noraim, pg 282) </ref> | |||
# Muktzeh (moving certain objects) is prohibited on Yom Kippur to the same extent that on Shabbat Muktzeh is forbidden and not to the same extent it is prohibited on Yom Tov. <ref>S"A 611:2, Chazon Ovadyah (Yamim Noraim, pg 282) </ref> | |||
# One should not prepare food on Yom Kippur for after Yom Kippur. <Ref>S”A 611:2 </ref> | |||
==Eating on Yom Kippur== | |||
# It is absolutely forbidden to eat or drink any amount of food on Yom Kippur. <Ref>S”A 216:5 </ref> | |||
# Everyone is obligated to fast on Yom Kippur including women who are pregnant or nursing (there is a serious medical concern one should consult one’s Rabbi). <Ref>Halichot Shlomo (pg 80), Chazon Ovadyah (Yamim Noraim pg 287) </ref> | |||
# It is permissible to swallow one’s saliva on Yom Kippur. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 567:13, Chazon Ovadyah (Yamim Noraim pg 310) </ref> | |||
# Someone for whom fasting Yom Kippur involves a serious health concern absolutely must ask a doctor and Rabbi whether he/she should eat on Yom Kippur. If the doctor (and Rabbi) ascertain that a person shouldn’t fast then that person should not fast even if he thinks he doesn’t need to eat. In such a case, one may not be strict upon oneself to fast as we are commanded to live by the Torah and not die by it (Chas VeShalom) and all the ways of the Torah are kind and pleasant. <Ref> S”A 618:1, Mishna Brurah 618:5, Chazon Ovadyah (Yamim Noraim pg 287-9) </ref> | |||
# In cases when one needs to eat on Yom Kippur (see above) one should eat less than a 2/3 of a Kebaytzah and then wait Kedi Achilat Pras (according to some this is 9 minutes) before eating again, and for drinks less than a Meloh Lugmav and wait Kedi Achilat Pras or at least Kedi Shtiyat Reviyit before drinking again. If the doctors assess that this is insufficient (after consultation with the doctor and Rabbi) one may eat as much as needed. <Ref>S”A 618:7-8, Mishna Brurah 618:21 </ref> | |||
# A person who is a Choleh SheEin Bo skana is permissible to take medicine on Yom Kippur if it doesn’t have a good taste. If one needs to have it with liquid one should have mouthwash. <Ref>Rav Schachter in [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/763723/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/Halachos_of_Yamim_Noraim Halachos of Yamim Noraim] (min 5-7) </ref> | |||
# Someone who needs to eat on Yom Kippur (see above) doesn’t need to make Kiddish. <Ref>Chazon Ovadyah (Yamim Noraim pg 307) </ref> | |||
# Someone who is suffering from a bad headache may swallow an Asprin 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> | |||
==Washing on Yom Kippur== | |||
# It’s forbidden to wash oneself in hot or cold water and even to stick one’s finger in water on Yom Kippur is forbidden. <Ref>S”A 611:1, 613:1 </ref> | |||
# If one got dirty it’s permitted to wash that area in order to remove dirt from one’s body. <Ref>S”A 613:1, Chazon Ovadyah (Yamim Noraim pg 311) </ref> | |||
# Upon waking up for Netilat Yadayim one should wash one’s hands three times only up to the knuckles. <Ref>S”A 613:2 writes that since washing not for pleasure isn’t forbidden it’s permissible to wash one’s hand upon waking up for Netilat Yadayim. Mishna Brurah 613:3 writes that one may wash one’s hands three times as usual. Natai Gavriel 43:2 says that those who have the practice to wash four time may do even on Yom Kippur. </ref> | |||
# If one goes to the bathroom one is allowed to wash one’s hands three times up to the end of the fingers (by the knuckles) <Ref>Natai Gavriel 43:11, Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S”A 613:2), Chazon Ovadyah (Yamim Noraim pg 310) based on S”A 613:3</ref> | |||
# If one walked into a bathroom but didn’t go and didn’t touch a private place one should not wash one’s hand but rather rub them on the wall or something similar unless it bothers his intent in prayers. However, someone wants to wash one’s hands has what to rely on. <Ref>Natai Gavriel 43:10 </ref> | |||
# Cohanim who are going to do Birkat Cohanim should wash their hands until the end of the hand. <Ref>Chazon Ovadyah (Yamim Noraim pg 312) </ref>However, some say that that the practice is that a cohen just washes until the knuckles. <Ref>Natai Gavriel 43:8 </ref> | |||
# One may not wash one’s face upon waking up, however, if one’s face became dirty or if there’s guk around one’s eyes one may wet one’s finger and clean in the area which became dirty. <Ref>Natai Gavriel 43:3-4 based on Mishna Brurah 613:9</ref> | |||
# There’s no obligation to wash one’s hand prior to praying unlike the rest of the year. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 613:5 </ref> | |||
# A bride for the first thirty days after her wedding may wash her face. <Ref>S”A 613:10, Chazon Ovadyah (Yamim Noraim pg 312) </ref> | |||
==Anointing on Yom Kippur== | |||
# It is forbidden to anoint even a part of one’s body with oil or ointment even if one is only doing so just to remove a bad smell. <Ref>S”A 614:1, Mishna Brurah 614:1, Chazon Ovadyah (Yamim Noraim pg 313). Natai Gavriel 46:5 writes that this prohibition applies equally to women as men and references Minchat Chinuch 313. </ref> | |||
# It is forbidden to spray oneself with deodorant on Yom Kippur. <Ref>Natai Gavriel 46:2 </ref> | |||
==Wearing leather shoes== | |||
# It’s forbidden to wear leather shoes on Yom Kippur. <Ref>Chazon Ovadyah (Yamim Noraim pg 313) </ref> | |||
# One should say the Bracha of SheAsah Li Kol Tzarki on Yom Kippur. <Ref>Chazon Ovadyah (Yamim Noraim pg 320) </ref> | |||
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