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Table of Contents Preface . XXI Introduction . 1 Section 1: Waking Up in the Morning Halachah 1: When Is the Custom to Say Modeh Ani? . 13 Halachah 2: Is One Required to Wear a Kippah? . 15 Halachah 3: What Is Tikun Hatzot? . 17 Halachah 4: How Should One Position One’s Bed? . 19 Halachah 5: Where Can One Wash Netilat Yadayim in the Morning? . 21 Halachah 6: How Does One Wash Netilat Yadayim? . 23 Halachah 7: When Else Is Netilat Yadayim Performed? . 25 Halachah 8: When Should Al Netilat Yadayim and Birkot Hashahar Be Recited? . 27 Halachah 9: Does One Wash Hands If One Stays Up All Night? . 29 Halachah 10: Is There a Time Limit for Reciting Asher Yatzar? . 31 Halachah 11: Is One Required to Wash after Using the Restroom? . 33 Halachah 12: Must a Man Go to the Mikveh? . 35 Section 2: Tallit and Tzitzit Halachah 13: How Does One Put On a Tallit? . 39 Halachah 14: What Is the Custom regarding Covering One’s Head with a Tallit? . 41 IX X Magen Avot Halachah 15: May One Untangle the Tzitzit Strings on Shabbat? . 43 Halachah 16: Are the Tzitzit to Be Worn Outside One’s Garment? . 45 Halachah 17: What If One’s Tallit Falls Off? . 47 Halachah 18: Is the Tallit Katan Obligatory? . 49 Halachah 19: With What Materials and Colors Does One Fulfill the Mitzvah of Tzitzit? . 52 Halachah 20: Which Clothes Require Tzitzit? . 54 Halachah 21: How Does One Tie the Tzitzit? . 56 Halachah 22: Does One Recite a Blessing on a Borrowed Tallit? . 58 Halachah 23: What Is the Minimum Size of a Tallit Katan? . 60 Section 3: Tefillin Halachah 24: What If One Touches One’s Tefillin before Wearing the Tallit? . 65 Halachah 25: Is the Tefillin Shel Yad Placed While Sitting or Standing?. 67 Halachah 26: Where Is the Tefillin Shel Yad Positioned? . 69 Halachah 27: Can One Wear Tefillin If One Has Long Hair? Can One Wear a Watch under His Tefillin? . 71 Halachah 28: Which Arm Should the Tefillin Be Placed On? . 73 Halachah 29: Where Is the Proper Place of the Tefillin Shel Rosh? . 75 Halachah 30: How Does One Put Away the Tefillin? . 77 Halachah 31: Can Tefillin Be Worn at Night? . 79 Halachah 32: Can a Sephardi Wear Ashkenazic Tefillin? . 81 Halachah 33: What Are Rabbenu Tam Tefillin? . 83 Halachah 34: What Typeface Is Used in Tefillin? . 86 Halachah 35: How Long Should Tefillin Be Worn? . 88 Halachah 36: Can a Child Wear Tefillin? . 90 Section 4: Shaharit Halachah 37: What Are Birkot HaTorah?. 95 Halachah 38: May One Recite Verses before Birkot HaTorah? . 97 Halachah 39: Does Sleep Constitute an Interruption for Birkot HaTorah? 99 Table of Contents XI Halachah 40: What Is the Order of Korbanot? . 101 Halachah 41: Is Hodu Recited before or after Baruch She’amar? . 103 Halachah 42: May One Interrupt Pesuke Dezimrah? . 105 Halachah 43: When Is Mizmor LeTodah Skipped? . 107 Halachah 44: What If One Is Late to Pesuke Dezimrah? . 109 Halachah 45: What Is the Proper Conduct of a Shaliah Tzibbur? . 111 Halachah 46: Giving Tzedakah before Prayer: When Should Charity Be Given? . 113 Halachah 47: May One Repeat Words in the Prayer? . 115 Halachah 48: Can a Child Be Part of a Minyan? . 117 Halachah 49: Where Does One Have to Be to Be Included in a Minyan? . 119 Halachah 50: Does Someone Watching a Minyan through Live Broadcast Have to Answer the Prayers? . 121 Halachah 51: Where and When Does One Stand for Kaddish? . 123 Halachah 52: Does One Bow during Kaddish and Barechu? . 126 Halachah 53: Is the Custom to Recite Yishtabah during Barechu? . 128 Section 5: Keriat Shema and Its Berachot Halachah 54: How Is Kedushah of Berachot Keriat Shema Said? . 133 Halachah 55: Does One Take One’s Tzitzit during the Blessing of Ahavat Olam? . 135 Halachah 56: What Is the Latest Time for Keriat Shema? . 137 Halachah 57: What Is the Proper Conduct for Shema? . 139 Halachah 58: May One Interrupt Keriat Shema? . 141 Halachah 59: May One Recite Shema near a Woman with Uncovered Hair? . 143 Halachah 60: May One Think Divre Torah in the Shower? . 145 Halachah 61: Can One Recite Shema near Human Waste? . 147 Halachah 62: How Should One Read the Shema? . 149 Halachah 63: What Is the Connection between Shema and Aseret Hadibrot?. 151 Halachah 64: Why Is the Index Finger Kissed? . 153 XII Magen Avot Halachah 65: Does One Add the Word “Emet” to the End of Shema? . 155 Halachah 66: Emet Veyatziv . 157 Section 6: Amidah Halachah 67: May One Pray before Sunrise? . 161 Halachah 68: How Loud Should One Pray the Amidah? . 163 Halachah 69: How Does One Begin the Amidah? . 165 Halachah 70: Can One Start the Amidah While Taking Steps Back? . 167 Halachah 71: How Should One Bow during the Amidah? . 169 Halachah 72: What Is the Proper Kavanah in the First Blessing of the Amidah? . 171 Halachah 73: What Is the Proper Kavanah in the Second Blessing of the Amidah? . 173 Halachah 74: Why Is Mehaye Hametim Mentioned Three Times? . 174 Halachah 75: Which Version of Honen Hada’at Is Correct? . 175 Halachah 76: How Does One Pray for Teshuvah? . 177 Halachah 77: Does One Strike One’s Chest during Selach Lanu? . 179 Halachah 78a: Geulah and Refuah: Which Name Should One Use When Praying for Health? . 181 Halachah 78b: Refuah: Must One Use an Honorific When Praying for One’s Parent? . 183 Halachah 78c: How Does One Pray for a Recovery or for Livelihood? . 185 Halachah 79: Can One Pray for One’s Livelihood in Birkat Hashanim? . 187 Halachah 80: Which Birkat Hashanim Is Recited in the Southern Hemisphere? . 188 Halachah 81: What Should One Contemplate in the Berachot of Teka BeShofar Gadol and Hashivah Shofetenu? . 191 Halachah 82: How Does One End the Berachah of Minim? . 193 Halachah 83: What Are We Blessing in Birkat Tzaddikim? . 195 Halachah 84: Why Do We Interject during Boneh Yerushalayim of the Repetition of the Amidah? . 196 Halachah 85: What Are We Praying for in the Blessing of Et Tzemah David? . 198 Table of Contents XIII Halachah 86: Can One Ask for All of One’s Needs in Shome’a Tefillah? . 200 Halachah 87: The Blessing of Retze: Do Prayers Have the Status of Korbanot? . 202 Halachah 88: How Important Is Bowing at Modim? . 204 Halachah 89: Why Were Pronunciations Changed in Modim? . 206 Halachah 90: Why Do Moroccans Say “Ke’me’az” before Modim? . 208 Halachah 91: Is Shalom Rav Ever Recited? . 209 Halachah 92: How Can One Pray to Find a Spouse in Yihyu Leratzon? . 211 Halachah 93: What Are the Benefits of Reciting Lamnatze’ah Binginot? . 213 Halachah 94a: Why Do We Take Three Steps Back after the Amidah? . 215 Halachah 94b: How Big Is Each Step after the Amidah? . 217 Halachah 95: What Other Prayers Can One Insert into the Amidah? . 219 Halachah 96: Bowing, Three Steps Back, and Waiting in One’s Place: May One Sit after the Amidah? . 221 Section 7: Hazarat Hashatz and Birkat Kohanim Halachah 97: What If the Hazan Arrives Late? . 225 Halachah 98: Why Is the Amidah Repeated by the Hazan, and When Can the Hazarah Be Omitted? . 227 Halachah 99: Talking during Hazarat HaShatz: How Problematic Is Speaking during the Prayer? . 230 Halachah 100: Can the Hazarah Proceed with Less than a Minyan? . 232 Halachah 101: Can a Latecomer Recite Kedushah? . 234 Halachah 102: What Is the Mitzvah of Birkat Kohanim, and What Kavanot Must One Have? . 236 Halachah 103: When Is Birkat Kohanim Recited? . 238 Halachah 104: Can Minors Say Birkat Kohanim? . 240 Halachah 105: Can a Kohen Who Killed Someone Say Birkat Kohanim? . .242 Halachah 106: Can a Kohen Perform Birkat Kohanim after Drinking Alcohol? . 244 Halachah 107: What Relationships Disqualify a Kohen? . 246 Halachah 108a: Gazing Upon the Kohen: May One Look Directly at the Kohen? . 247 XIV Magen Avot Halachah 108b: Why Are Children Covered with the Tallit during Birkat Kohanim? . 249 Halachah 109: May One Recite Verses during Birkat Kohanim? . 251 Halachah 110: Starting Birkat Kohanim: Who Says the First Word of Birkat Kohanim? . ..
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    tbsl tyrxs SHACHARIT L’SHABBAT Shabbat Morning Connection i Kabbalah4All Transliteration Guidelines Please note that transliteration guidelines are different according to each culture and also within each movement of Judaism. We have developed these guidelines for use with our transliterated documents. They may or may not apply to transliterations put out by other movements including the various organizations teaching Kabbalah. a as in Creator ai as in aisle e as in red ei as in eight i as in pizza o as in no oy as in toy u as in tune ch as in Bach in German (strong sound from the throat) g as in give tz as in lots ’ typically adds an “EH” sound after a consonant, this is known as a Shva Na or pronounced Shva as in the word “Sh’ma”. - a dash is simply used to aid in pronounciation, usually if two like vowels follow each other, as in the word “da-at.” In Hebrew, the accent generally falls on the last syllable, however it sometimes falls somewhere else in the word. In our transliteration, when the syllable falls somewhere else other than the last syllable, that stressed syllable will be underlined. Example: Melech. Hebrew Rules The following are some of the Hebrew rules you may notice in our siddurim (connection books). In Hebrew, the accent generally falls on the last syllable, however it sometimes falls Kjl¤ n«¤ somewhere else in the word. Whenever a syllable other than the last is accented, a “meteg” (the vertical line under the first letter) will appear. The “masoret” above the letter Chaf indicates that this is a Kamatz Katan, which is lkǨ pronounced as “o”; in this example the word is “kol.” The “rafe” above a letter indicates it is a Shva Na.