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 /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 ): ○ Arba Minim should be taken before the recitation of ○ 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

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EREV SUKKOT Friday Morning ● at KMS will take place at 7:00am (starting from ) by registration only. o Reminder to those davening without a minyan that no is said at Shacharit (like all the days between 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 ● followed by 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 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 and L’David. o Those davening without a minyan omit the beracha “Magen Avot” • 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). ● 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).

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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 so you should say 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 reading for the first day is Vayikra 22:26-23:44, the Maftir is Bamidbar 29:12- 16 and the is from Zechariah 14:1-21. o One may read the 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). ● , , Yehalelu ○ Those davening at home omit Yekum Purkan and Yehalelu ● 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, , 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.

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● 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. This is the only way for us to maintain our safety this year. The essence of this practice is to recite the Hoshanot prayers and not the actual circling by the whole tzibur. ○ Hoshanot can be recited without a minyan. One remains in place when reciting Hoshanot 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 Melachim I 8:2-8:21. ○ 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). ● Kah Keli, Ashrei, Yehalelu ○ Those davening without a minyan omit kal keli and yehalelu ● Mussaf Amidah for Yom Tov with proper insertions for Sukkot.

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● Mincha at all KMS locations (KMS Tent, Sanctuary, Mayberg Tent) will take place at 5:30pm by registration only. ○ For those davening without a minyan, Mincha must be completed before sunset (6:46pm) ● Mincha Amidah for Yom Tov with proper insertions for Sukkot.

Motzaei Yom Tov ● Havdallah and Yom Tov concludes at 7:25pm ● Maariv at KMS (KMS Tent) will take place at 7:35pm (later than 7:25pm to allow people to drive back to shul) ● Weekday Amidah for Ma’ariv should be recited including Atah Chonantanu and Ya’aleh V’Yavo for Sukkot. ● Havdalah consists of two berachot: HaGafen and HaMavdil (no besamim or eish). It should be recited in the sukkah. If one isn’t planning on eating in the sukkah after Havadalah, Leishev BaSukkah should not be recited.

CHOL HAMOED

Daily • Shacharit starting from Yishtabach will take place at KMS (KMS Tent) at 6:45am and 8:00am by registration only. • Mincha/Maariv at KMS (KMS Tent) will take place at 6:30pm by registration only. • Shacharit, Mincha and Ma’ariv follow weekday services and include Ya’aleh V’Yavo. Lamenatzeach and Tachanun are not recited on Chol HaMoed. • The Arba Minim are taken before Hallel. • Full Hallel is recited every day of Sukkot after Shacharit. • Hoshanot are recited (following the same protocol as on Yom Tov above) o Hoshanos can be recited without a minyan. o The following paragraphs are recited: אערוך שועי :Monday ▪ אבן שתיה :Tuesday ▪ ק-ל למושעות :Wednesday ▪ אדון המושיע :Thursday ▪ • The Torah Reading for Chol HaMoed is as follows: ▪ Monday: Bamidbar 29:17-25 ▪ Tuesday: Bamidbar 29:20-28 ▪ Wednesday: Bamidbar 29:23-31 ▪ Thursday: Bamidbar 29:26-34 • Yom Tov Mussaf is recited each day with the proper insertions for the particular day of Chol HaMoed.

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HOSHANA RABBAH Hoshanot Bundles • Bundles of Aravot for Hoshanot will be for sale by Bnai Akiva of Silver Spring as they are every year. • Sale will take place Thursday Night (Oct 8) from 7:00pm-8:30pm outside KMS and at all the Shacharit Minyanim. Please arrive in a mask. • Sets may be pre-ordered at https://tinyurl.com/aravot5781 (highly recommended!). Sets may be paid for in advance via Paypal and Venmo, or at pickup by bringing exact change only.

Friday Morning • Shacharit starting from Yishtabach will take place at KMS (KMS Tent) at 6:20am and 8:00am by registration only. Please note that the earliest time for Talit (and Tefilin for those who put them on during Chol Hamoed) is 6:20am. Please daven Pesukei Dezimra at home without Talit, come to KMS and put on Talit at 6:20am. We will allow for a minute or two to do that before we begin. turn to ,מזמור לתודה Pesukei D’Zimra includes sections from Shabbat/Yom Tov. After • ה' מלך through למנצח מזמור לדוד Shabbat/Yom Tov Pesukei D’Zimra and recite from .יהי כבוד Then return to weekday Pesukei D’Zimra and continue with .גאות לבש • Shir Hama’alot is recited after Yishtabach. • Weekday Amidah for Shacharit including Ya’aleh V’Yavo. • The Arba Minim are taken before Hallel (see instructions above). • Full Hallel is recited. • Hoshanot will be recited following the same procedure as on Yom Tov cited above (with only the Chazan circling). • At the end of the Hoshanot (before the piyut of Taaneh Emunim), we put down the Arba Minim and take the aravot bundle and then at the very end beat it on the ground five times. o Hoshanot can be recited without a minyan and the beating of the aravot as well. • Torah reading for is Bamidbar 29:26-34. • Yom Tov Mussaf with the proper insertions for Hoshana Rabbah. .אין כא-לקינו, עלינו, שיר של יום, לדוד, אדון עולם Davening concludes with •

Friday Afternoon • 12:00pm :Rabbi Weinberg’s Drasha and Yizkor on Zoom • Candle lighting before 6:19pm. 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 6:25pm by registration only. ○ For those davening without a minyan, Mincha must be completed before sunset (6:37pm) (or before candlelighting if you are the one lighting) and Maariv may be recited after sunset (6:37pm).

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SHEMINI ATZERET 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 . ● Vayechulu/Magen Avot is recited after the Amidah followed by Aleinu and L’David. • Those davening without a minyan omit the beracha “Magen Avot” ● In the Diaspora, according to most customs and if the weather permits the Shemini Atzeret meals take place in the Sukkah. One does not recite Leishev BaSukkah on Shemini Atzeret. ● Kiddush and Seudah in the Sukkah should take place after 7:18pm ● Kiddush for Yom Tov with proper Shabbat and Shemini Atzeret insertions. Kiddush .Shehechiyanu is recited ,מקדש השבת וישראל והזמנים After .יום הששי begins with ● In the event of rain, one may eat indoors. There is no special requirement to recite Kiddush or eat bread in the sukkah when it is raining even later in the night if the rain stops. ● Birkat HaMazon should include the insertions for Shabbat and Shemini Atzeret. ● If Ma’ariv was recited before nightfall (7:18pm), Keriat Sh’ma should be repeated after nightfall.

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). .(הכל יודוך) Birchot Keriat Sh’ma for Shabbat ● ● Shacharit Amidah for Yom Tov with the proper insertions for Shabbat and Shemini Atzeret. ● Full Hallel is recited. ● Kohelet will NOT be recited at KMS minyanim – you may read it on your own at home. ● The Torah reading for Shemini Atzeret is Devarim 14:22-16:17, the maftir is Bamidbar 29:35-30:1 and the haftarah is from Melachim I 8:54–9:1. ○ 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).

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● Yekum Purkan ○ Those davening at home omit Yekum Purkan ● Yizkor will NOT be recited at KMS minyanim – please recite it on your own, we will continue with Ashrei and Yehalelu ○ Those reciting Yizkor on their own should conclude Yizkor with Av Harachamim before proceeding to Ashrei with משיב הרוח ומוריד הגשם Mussaf silent Amidah including the first recitation of ● proper insertions for Shabbat and Shemini Atzeret. Repetition of the Amidah with Tefilat Geshem. ○ Those davening at home are not required to recite Tefilat Geshem but may do so משיב הרוח ומוריד after their silent Amidah if they wish. However, the switch to .does not take effect until the congregation recites Tefillat Geshem הגשם Therefore, an individual davening without a minyan should wait to recite Mussaf until at least one of the minyanim in the community has reached Mussaf (which as it approximately 8:15am). At that point, this individual .during their silent Mussaf Amidah משיב הרוח ומוריד הגשם should recite ● Seudah Shlishit should ideally be eaten before the tenth hour (approx 4:35pm). If one did not do so, one may eat seudah shlishit until sunset (6:36pm).

SIMCHAT TORAH

Saturday Night ● Mincha followed by Maariv/Ata Hareta/Abridged Hakafot/Layning at all KMS locations (KMS Tent, KMS Sanctuary, and Mayberg Tent) will take place at 6:15pm by registration only. ● Mincha Amidah for Yom Tov with the proper insertions for Shabbat and Shemini Atzeret. Ata Hareta* . ותודיענו Ma’ariv for Yom Tov with insertions for Shemini Atzeret includes ● will take place as per usual. Only the Chazan will make the hakafot with one Torah distanced from everyone else and everyone else will be able to sing from their seats. Layning will follow. ○ For those davening without a minyan, Mincha must be completed before sunset (6:36pm) and Maariv may be recited after nightfall (7:16pm). ● Candlelighting must be performed AFTER 7:16pm and the brachot are: שהחיינו and להדליק נר של יום טוב ● Preparations for the second day may not begin until nightfall at 7:16pm ● We do not eat in the Sukkah on Simchat Torah. .(יקנה"ז) Kiddush for Yom Tov includes Meorei Ha’Eish, Havdalah and Shehechiyanu ● You can hold your hands up to the Yom Tov candles during the bracha of Meorei Ha’Eish. There is no need to hold the candles together to make a multi-wick flame. ● Birkat HaMazon should include the insertions for Shemini Atzeret.

Sunday Daytime

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● Shacharit at KMS will take place at 7:00am (KMS Tent) and 9:30am (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). .( המאיר לארץ) Birchot Keriat Sh’ma for weekday ● ● Shacharit Amidah for Yom Tov with proper insertions for Shemini Atzeret. ● Full Hallel is recited. ● Atah Hareta and Modified Hakafot and Layning: *Ata Hareta will take place as per usual. Only the Chazan will make the hakafot with one Torah distanced from everyone else and everyone else will be able to sing from their seats. There will be no layning stations. Only the chatanim will layn/get the aliyot. ● On Simchat Torah, we complete the Torah by reading V’Zot HaBeracha. We then begin the new cycle with Bereishit 1:1-2:3, the maftir is Bamidbar 29:35-30:1 and the haftarah is Yehoshua 1:1-1:18. ○ 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). ● Mussaf Amidah for Yom Tov with proper insertions for Shemini Atzeret. ● Mincha at all KMS locations (KMS Tent, KMS Sanctuary, Mayberg Tent) will take place at 5:30pm by registration only. ○ For those davening without a minyan, Mincha must be completed before sunset (6:34pm). ● Mincha Amidah for Yom Tov with proper insertions for Shemini Atzeret.

Motzaei Yom Tov ● Havdallah and Yom Tov concludes at 7:15pm ● Maariv at KMS (KMS Tent) will take place at 7:25m (later than 7:15pm to allow people to drive back to shul) ● Weekday Amidah for Ma’ariv including Atah Chonantanu. ● Havdalah consists of two berachot: HaGafen and HaMavdil (no besamim or eish).

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