FROM THE DESK OF RABBI BRAHM WEINBERG SUKKOT & SHMINI ATZERET 5781 HALACHOT, MINHAGIM, DAVENING INSTRUCTIONS FOR THOSE COMING TO SHUL OR DAVENING AT HOME Details of what to do when davening without a minyan are shaded in grey ARBA MINIM ● It is proper to try to assemble your Arba Minim sets before Shabbat/Yom Tov (to avoid any issues of tying and to avoid tearing the leaves off when you place them in the holders). If you are wrapping them in wet towels you must do that before Shabbat/Yom Tov as well (to avoid issues of squeezing/soaking and watering the leaves). ● On Shabbat the Arba Minim are muktzah. ● On Yom Tov you may remove the Arba Minim from the wet towel and may return them to that same towel that had been wet before Yom Tov. If that same towel is getting dry and you wish to add more water to it on Yom Tov, you can do so indirectly by wetting your hands and then shaking off the water into that towel that is around the Arba Minim. ● Instructions for shaking lulav (applies throughout Sukkot): ○ Arba Minim should be taken before the recitation of Hallel ○ Before reciting the beracha/ot, the etrog is held upside down (with the pitom facing down) in the left hand. The lulav, hadasim and aravot are held in the right hand (for lefty’s inverse). The beracha (or berachot on the first day) is recited and then the etrog is turned to the upright position with the pitom facing upwards. One then shakes the lulav in all directions. ○ Please see the attached diagram (at the end of this document) for further instruction about the setup and holding of the Arba Minim. ○ Ashkenazi practice for shaking the lulav is as follows: one faces east and moves the four species back and forth three times in each direction preferably while shaking the leaves. One shakes it to the east (12 o’clock) three times and then repeats this (in a clockwise direction) towards the south (3 o’clock), west (6 o’clock), north (9 o’clock), up, and down. one shakes only) הודו An individual reciting Hallel at home shakes the lulav at ○ but not during the other lines Yomar הודו one set of shakes during that first line of (full set of shakes for each Ana Hashem line) אנא ה' Na etc…), at each line of .(line הודו full set of shakes for each) הודו and at the ending 1 | Sukkot & Shmini Atzeret Guide 5781 EREV SUKKOT Friday Morning ● Shacharit at KMS will take place at 7:00am (starting from Yishtabach) by registration only. o Reminder to those davening without a minyan that no Tachanun is said at Shacharit (like all the days between Yom Kippur and Sukkot) but Lamenatzeach is said. Friday Afternoon ● Candle lighting should take place before 6:30pm. שהחיינו and להדליק נר של שבת ושל יום טוב :The berachot are ● Mincha followed by Maariv at all KMS locations (KMS Tent, KMS Sanctuary, and Mayberg Tent) will take place at 6:35pm by registration only. ○ For those davening without a minyan, Mincha must be completed before sunset (6:48pm) (or before candlelighting if you are the one lighting) and Maariv may be recited after sunset (6:48pm). FIRST DAY OF SUKKOT Friday Night should במה מדליקין .מזמור שיר ליום השבת is recited that begins with קבלת שבת An abridged ● also be omitted. .are recited before the Amidah וידבר and ושמרו Both ● ● Ma’ariv Amidah for Yom Tov with proper insertions for Shabbat and Sukkot. Vayechulu/Magen Avot is recited after the Amidah followed by Aleinu and L’David. o Those davening without a minyan omit the beracha “Magen Avot” • Kiddush and Seudah in Sukkah must take place AFTER 7:28 pm ● Kiddush for Yom Tov with proper Shabbat and Sukkot insertions. Kiddush begins with Leishev BaSukkah is recited followed by ,מקדש השבת וישראל והזמנים After .יום הששי Shehechiyanu (with the intent for the Chag as a whole as well as the first sitting in the Sukka). ● Birkat HaMazon should include the insertions for Shabbat and Sukkot. ● If Ma’ariv was recited before nightfall (7:28pm), Keriat Sh’ma should be repeated after nightfall. ● In the event of rain on the first night: ○ If possible, one should wait a little while for the rain to stop in order recite a complete Kiddush in the Sukka and eat in the Sukka. ○ If the rain does not stop, one recites Kiddush without Leishev and then eats a k’zayit of bread (approx. 1/9 of challah roll) in the sukkah. The rest of the meal continues in the house. ○ In such a case, if the rain stops later and one has an opportunity to eat in the sukkah after the rain stops, even if it is after Birkat HaMazon, one should return to the sukkah, recite Leishev BaSukkah and eat a k’beitzah of bread (approx. ¼ of challah roll). 2 | Sukkot & Shmini Atzeret Guide 5781 Shabbat Daytime ● Shacharit at KMS will take place at 7:00am (KMS Tent) and 9:00am (KMS Tent, Sanctuary, SH, Mayberg Tent) by registration only. Davening will begin at Nishmat so you should say Pesukei DeZimra at home prior to coming to Shul. You should refrain from all conversations from that point until you arrive at KMS and begin Nishmat. Men who wear a Talit should put it on at home with a bracha before davening Pesukei Dezimra, then take it off for the walk to shul, then put it back on when arriving at KMS (no new bracha needs to be recited upon putting it back on). ● Pesukei Dezimra of Shabbat/Yom Tov .(הכל יודוך) Birchot Keriat Sh’ma for Shabbat ● ● Shacharit Amidah for Yom Tov with the proper insertions for Shabbat and Sukkot. ● The lulav and etrog are not taken on Shabbat. ● Full Hallel is recited ● Hoshanot are recited (special one for Shabbat while remaining in place without circling (אום נצורה which begins with o Hoshanot can be recited without a minyan. ● The Torah reading for the first day is Vayikra 22:26-23:44, the Maftir is Bamidbar 29:12- 16 and the Haftarah is from Zechariah 14:1-21. o One may read the Torah reading and Haftarah when davening without a minyan but no brachot are recited before and after. ○ Please recite the tefilot for Israel and America as well as the Mi Sheberach for the IDF. You may also recite the Mi Sheberach for those who are ill. (click here for all these tefilot). ● Yekum Purkan, Ashrei, Yehalelu ○ Those davening at home omit Yekum Purkan and Yehalelu ● Mussaf Amidah for Yom Tov with proper insertions for Shabbat and Sukkot. ● Seudah Shlishit should ideally be eaten before the tenth hour (approx 4:45pm). If one did not do so, one may eat seudah shlishit until sunset. SECOND DAY OF SUKKOT Saturday Night ● Mincha followed by Maariv at all KMS locations (KMS Tent, KMS Sanctuary, and Mayberg Tent) will take place at 6:25pm by registration only. ○ For those davening without a minyan, Mincha must be completed before sunset (6:46pm) and Maariv may be recited after nightfall (7:27pm). ● Mincha Amidah for Yom Tov with the proper insertions for Shabbat and Sukkot. .ותודיענו Ma’ariv for Yom Tov with insertions for Sukkot includes ● ● Candle lighting must be performed AFTER 7:27pm and the brachot are: שהחיינו and להדליק נר של יום טוב ● Preparations for the second day may not begin until nightfall (7:27pm). ● Kiddush for Yom Tov includes Meorei Ha’Eish, Havdalah, Shehechiyanu and Leishev You can hold your hands up to the Yom Tov candles during the .(יקנהז "ס) BaSukkah bracha of Meorei Ha’Eish. There is no need to hold the candles together to make a multi-wick flame. 3 | Sukkot & Shmini Atzeret Guide 5781 ● In the event of rain: ○ There is no requirement to recite kiddush in the sukkah in the rain. One can start the meal indoors.If you are able to wait a bit it is praiseworthy. ○ At some point during the meal, one should eat a k’zayit of bread in the sukkah without reciting Leishev BaSukkah. ○ If the rain stops, one should go out to the sukkah, recite Leishev baSukkah and eat a k’beitzah of bread. ● Birkat HaMazon should include the insertions for Sukkot. Sunday Daytime ● Shacharit at KMS will take place at 7:00am (KMS Tent) and 9:00am (KMS Tent, Sanctuary, SH, Mayberg Tent) by registration only. Davening will begin at Nishmat so you should say Pesukei DeZimra at home prior to coming to Shul. You should refrain from all conversations from that point until you arrive at KMS and begin Nishmat. Men who wear a Talit should put it on at home with a bracha before davening Pesukei Dezimra, then take it off for the walk to shul, then put it back on when arriving at KMS (no new bracha needs to be recited upon putting it back on). ● Pesukei Dezimra of Yom Tov .(המאיר לארץ) Birchot Keriat Sh’ma for weekday ● ● Shacharit Amidah for Yom Tov with proper insertions for Sukkot. ● Arba Minim are taken before Hallel. Two berachot are recited: Al Netilat Lulav and Shehechiyanu (see instructions above). ● Full Hallel is recited with the shaking of the lulav (see instructions above). .are recited למען אמיתך Hoshanot are recited. The Hoshanot beginning with ● At KMS one person will hold the Torah at the Bima and then only the Chazzan will encircle the Bima (at a distance of more than 6ft from the person holding the Torah). Everyone else should remain in their seats holding their Arba Minim and reciting the Hoshanot but not circling.