INTRODUCTION The original Ezras Torah Wall and Pocket Calendars have become an extremely popular and almost indispensable tool for thousands of Rabbonim and Gabbaim, for whom the work was intended. Each entry to this now classic work was produced with painstaking care and devotion. The original Luach was intended as an on- the-spot aid, not as a replacement for a thorough familiarity with the Halachic sources. In truth, this is a translation of a work that was never intended for the general public. However, because we are living in a time of an incredible thirst and desire for Torah knowledge on the part of thousands of people who are unable to read the original sources, the decision was made to translate the pocket calendar with the inclusion of some explanatory remarks. Any errors in the Luach should be considered as errors in translation. The Translators



ET5769d.indd 1 5/26/08 1:17:05 PM THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE YEAR 5769 from the creation of the world. falls out :גכ"ה Symbol is on Tuesday (the third day of the week;) Cheshvan is 29 days and Kislev 30 days Pesach falls out on Thursday - (כסדרן) (the fifth day of the week). The year is a regular year consisting of 354 days and containing 50 Shabosos. It is the 12th year of the 304th minor (19 year) Lunar cycle and the 1st year of the 207th major (28 year) Solar cycle. It is the First year of the Shemitah cycle (seven years) according to the computation of the Gaonim and as is accepted as the custom in the Land of Israel. The beginning of each of the four periods that mark the different seasonal skies that are result of the earth's revolution around the sun are as follows: Tekufas Tishrei: 8 Tishrei (Tuesday, Oct. 7) at 3:00 AM. Tekufas Teves: 10 Teves (Tueday, Jan. 6) at 10:30 AM. Tekufas Nisan: 14 Nisan (Tuesday night April 7) at 6:00 PM. Tekufas Tamuz: 16 Tamuz (Wednesday, July 8) at 1:30 AM.



ET5769d.indd 2 5/26/08 1:17:05 PM THE TIMES OF מולדות THE NEW MOON The Molads are announced by the Gabbai at the time of the Blessing of the New Month, which takes place on the Shabbos before Rosh Chodesh (with the exception of the month of Tishrei whose Molad is not announced) . The time for the Molad of each month is traditionally expressed in the minutes, and Chalokim after the hour. (A Cheilek, the smallest traditional measurement of the time, is 1/1080 of an hour, or 1/18 of a minute, which amounts to a little more than three seconds.) Thus, the traditional way of announcing the Molad for MarCheshvan would be to announce: "The Molad for MarCheshvan will be Wednesday afternoon 42 minutes and 14 chalakim after 2." TISHREI: – Tuesday, Sep. 30, 1:58 AM and 13 Chalokim. MARCHESHVAN: – Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2:42 PM and 14 Chalokim. KISLEV: – Friday, Nov. 28, 3:26 AM and 15 Chalokim. TEVES:– Saturday, Dec. 27, 4:10 PM and 16 Chalokim. SHEVAT: – Monday, Jan. 26, 4:54 AM and 17 Chalokim ADAR: – Tuesday, Feb. 24, 5:39 PM

NISAN: – Thursday, Mar. 26, 6:23 AM and 1 Chalek



ET5769d.indd 3 5/26/08 1:17:05 PM IYAR: – Friday, Apr. 24, 7:07 PM and 2 Chalokim. SIVAN: – Sunday, May 24, 7:51 AM. and 3 Chalokim. TAMUZ: – Monday, June 22, 8:35 PM and 4 Chalokim. AV: – Wednesday, July 22, 9:19 AM and 5 Chalokim. ELUL: – Thursday, Aug. 20, 10:03 PM and 6 Chalokim.

IMPORTANT NOTE: All times listed above are according to Jerusalem Solar Time (see note on page 64). Candle lighting listings for Shabbos and Yom Tov are 20 minutes before sunset and all time listings at the end of the Luach are Standard Time.



ET5769d.indd 4 5/26/08 1:17:05 PM תשרי TISHREI 5769 תחל שנה וברכותיה May the year and its blessings begins

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ET5769d.indd 5 5/26/08 1:17:06 PM ערב ראש השנה EREV ROSH HASHANAH MONDAY, SEPT. 29, 29 ELUL (Some are accustomed to fast until noon.) We begin saying the many Selichos זכור" of Erev Rosh HaShanah that include before the pre-dawn sky begins to ,"ברית brighten; during Selichos but not during morning or afternoon prayers. עמוד One who arose before .למנצח We say and at that time washed his hands השחר in the prescribed manner, three times alternately on each hand, must wash them again three times after dawn (see Mishne Brurah on Orach Chaim 4:14). We three Aliyahs in Parshas ;א-ל ארך אפים say We do not sound .למנצח Vayeilech; we say the Shofar at all during the day to make a distinction between the Shofar of Elul and the obligatory Shofar of Rosh HaShanah; .התרת נדרים :noted זצ"ל Harav Yosef Eliahu Henkin] The Chazzan and the Baal T'kiah (the one who sounds the shofar) must be Torah observant, pious individuals who understand the meaning of what they are saying and doing. The melodies used should not distort or interfere with the words of the prayers. Willful and blatant transgressors may not be permitted to represent the congregation. During the rest of the year, too, and especially, during the Ten Days of Repentance, such people should not lead public prayer even



ET5769d.indd 6 5/26/08 1:17:06 PM if they are mourners or have a Yahrzeit — for their prayers are of no benefit to the deceased.] We take haircuts and bathe in honor of the approaching holiday. Immersion in a Mikveh, preferably after midday, is appropriate so that we may enter the Day of Judgement in a state of holiness and purity. CANDLE-LIGHTING / הדלקת נרות The Brachos over candle-lighting It is .שהחיינו and להדליק נר של יום טוב are a good habit to give Tzedakah before candle-lighting for Shabbos and Yom Tov (an Ezras Torah pushka may be obtained for this purpose). It is proper that at this time a woman pray for sons who will be Torah luminaries (Mishne Brurah 263:2). א' דראש השנה FIRST DAY ROSH HASHANAH MONDAY EVENING, SEPT. 29, 1 TISHREI One comes to Shul on Monday afternoon, the eve of Rosh HaShanah with reverence and trepidation for the approaching Divine Judgement. During the Ten Days of Repentance it is proper for everyone to pray at the proper time with a Minyan, even if one is not usually so conscientious. Also, in other areas of



ET5769d.indd 7 5/26/08 1:17:06 PM religious observance one should adopt pieties not ordinarily observed the rest of the year, during these ten days, beginning with Rosh HaShanah and ending with , for this is a special time for repentance and Divine mercy. One should be particularly careful throughout the (Amen) אמן entire year to respond with in the correct manner. For example, one in a hasty fashion אמן should not answer before the Chazzan completes the entirety of the Bracha. (See Orach Chaim 124 for additional laws regarding the response A warning to the Chazzan (during .(אמן of the repetition of the Shemonah Esrei) not to start the next bracha until most of the congregation answered amen. Note that the prohibition against speaking during the Chazzan's repetition of the Shemonah Esrei is a very serious one. “Rabbeinu Asher (the Rosh) wrote that during the Ten Days of Repentance, one should read the Letter of Repentance wrote ז"ל by Rabbeinu Yonah. The Ari that one is obligated to study Mussar (the study of personal behavior) works throughout the entire year. The expressed the same idea throughout his commentary to Mishlei and it is related in the work Maaseh Rav (which details the personal habits of the Vilna Gaon) that this was the custom of the Gaon. At the very least, during these days, everyone should attempt to follow the custom of



ET5769d.indd 8 5/26/08 1:17:07 PM the which states that each night before one goes to sleep, one should repent, lament his sins, and examine his conduct with scrutiny. See the work Yaaros Dvash (by R. Yonoson Eibshitz) volume 1, Drush I, wherein it states that the seven days between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur are representative of each of the days of the week throughout the entire year. Thus, on that Sunday one does Teshuvah for every Sunday of the year, on Monday, for every Monday, etc.” (Mishne Brurah 603:2). / מעריב ;...ברכו Following the we say followed by Half- ;...תקעו ;ופרוש לעילא לעילא מכל (לעילא or ולעילא) We say in every Kaddish until after Yom ברכתא Kippur. In the Shemonah Esrei for Rosh and וכתוב ,מי כמוך ,זכרנו HaShanah we add if any of these were omitted one) בספר does not have to repeat the Shemonah if) המלך הקדוש Esrei). The third Bracha is and did הא-ל הקדוש one says the usual not immediately correct it, the Shemonah Esrei must be repeated over again. This holds true throughout the Ten Days until after Yom Kippur). The conclusion is the "...בספר חיים" of the final Bracha after many) "המברך את עמו ישראל בשלום" :usual According) .("עושה השלום" conclude with to Sefard the congregation says ;(after the Shemonah Esrei לדוד מזמור



ET5769d.indd 9 5/26/08 1:17:07 PM the conclusion) [תתקבל] Kaddish Tiskabel of every Kaddish during these ten days etc); Kiddush of Rosh "עושה השלום" is ;לדוד ד' אורי ;עלינו ;שהחיינו HaShanah with .אדון עולם ;Mourner's Kaddish The Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim: 132) states: “We recite at the end of each .in a standing position עלינו לשבח service One should be careful to say this prayer with proper intent.” The Mishneh Brurah (subparagraph 8) makes the following with עלינו comment: “One should say great awe and trepidation for the entire Heavenly Host is listening. The Holy One, Blessed be He, stands with his Heavenly contingent and they respond, ‘Happy is the people who are in such a case, happy is the people whose G-d is the L-rd.’” On the first night, after services we לשנה טובה תכתב" :bless each other with May you be inscribed and sealed”) "ותחתם for a good year”) (according to the Vilna ('and sealed') "ותחתם" Gaon we do not say on Rosh HaShanah). At home, Kiddush, as above; ritual washing of hands, followed by the To .המוציא and על נטילת ידים Brachos symbolize a sweet year we dip the challah in honey before eating it. We also dip a piece of apple into honey and eat it after We then .בורא פרי העץ making the Bracha say, ”May it be Your will our G-D and G- D of our fathers that You renew for us a

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ET5769d.indd 10 5/26/08 1:17:07 PM good, sweet year.” Other symbolic foods are eaten such as a bit of meat of a ram's head, or of the head of a fish or fowl, followed by statements such as, “May it be Your will that we be raised high and proud like the head and not lowly like the tail.” We eat grated carrots (the Yiddish word for carrots ‘Mehren’ can be translated as multiplying') and say, May“ it be Your will that we be fruitful and multiply “ and May“ it be Your will that our merits increase. “ (The states that it is proper to eat a variety of symbolic foods on the night of Rosh HaShanah. The Sefardim still eat many of the symbolic foods that are mentioned in the Talmud). All“ of these symbolic acts are performed with the intent of exhibiting propitious signs of a good new year. It is, therefore, obvious that one should strive to refrain from anger during this time period. This is not merely in order to avoid the very serious prohibition against anger, but also in order to usher in the new year in a proper state of mind. One should maintain a cheerful disposition and have a secure trust in HaShem, while aspiring to sincere repentance and good deeds. “ [From the Chayei Adam quoted by the Mishne Brurah: 583: subparagraph 5].

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ET5769d.indd 11 5/26/08 1:17:07 PM TUESDAY MORNING, SEPT. 30, 1 TISHREI SHACHRIS / שחרית (One should not alter the special traditional melodies associated with Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur). The Chazzan wears a Kittel under his Tallis (some have the custom that all the congregants wear the Kittel on Rosh HaShanah). The custom for the third day) שיר היחוד is to say the the Psalm of ;אנעים זמירות ;(of the week followed by ;לדוד ד' אורי the Day and the ;אדון עולם Mourner's Kaddish and regular morning Brachos, followed by פסוקי :the customary morning order Half-Kaddish ;ישתבח ;המלך ;נשמת ;דזמרה שיר המעלות according to ) and the ישתבח is said between ממעמקים with the) ;...ברכת יוצר ;ברכו ;(Half-Kaddish customary additions — Piyutim for Rosh Rav] ;קריאת שמע ;אהבה רבה ;(HaShanah Henkin noted that according to the Talmud, the Chazzan should say the entire text of the Brachos of the Shema, both morning and evening, in an audible voice (as is the custom of the Sefardim). The Ashkenazim are lenient in this matter and have the Chazzan say only part of the Brachos audibly; the essence being the beginning and the end of each Bracha. A Chazzan who says the ,in an inaudible voice גאל ישראל ending of is violating the Talmud's ruling. Therefore it is a Mitzvah to correct this matter, and

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ET5769d.indd 12 5/26/08 1:17:08 PM יוצר אור to insist that the Chazzan begin in an audible voice גאל ישראל and conclude the entire year]; Shemonah Esrei of Rosh HaShanah. CHAZZAN'S REPETITION / חזרת הש"ץ אבינו ;The customary Piyutim are said after the Shemonah Esrei; Kaddish מלכנו אתה" :Nusach Sefard) "אין כמוך" ;Tiskabel followed by the י"ג מדות ;open Aron ;("הראת ;for Rosh HaShanah רבונו של עולם special ;בריך שמיה ;we take out two Sifrei Torah .על הכל ;גדלו ;קדוש ונורא ;אחד ;שמע ישראל / קריאת התורה there are five Aliyahs in ;ויעזר ויגן Parshas Vayeira (Genesis: 21:1-34). The second is placed next to the first and Half-Kaddish is said. The Maftir reads from the second Sefer Torah in Parshas Pinchas (Numbers 29:1-6). The Haftorah is read from Samuel I: 1:1-2:10. In the Brachos after the Haftorah, we say מקדש" :and we conclude "יום הזכרון הזה" After the reading from ."ישראל ויום הזכרון the Torah we blow the Shofar. SOUNDING THE SHOFAR / תקיעת שופר מקריא The custom is to appoint a) (prompter), who stands by the side of the Baal T'kiah and calls out the proper order The prompter must be a Torah .תקיעות of scholar who is totally familiar with the laws of the Shofar. Before sounding the Psalm 47) seven) "למנצח" Shofar, we recite

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ET5769d.indd 13 5/26/08 1:17:08 PM times, followed by the verses whose first ”.destroy Satan” "קרע שטן" letters spell out לשמוע" :The Baal T'kiah makes the Brachos He must bear in ."שהחיינו" and "קול שופר mind that he is making the Brachos and sounding the Shofar on behalf of all those who are listening. The Baal T'kiah blows three sets each The prompter .תר"ת and ,תשר"ת, תש"ת of must listen carefully for any possible deviation from the Halacha, which would require a repetition of any of the sounds. One may not talk during the first thirty sounds, and even afterwards one should not talk until the conclusion of all one hundred sounds at the end of services. After these first thirty blasts the אשרי :Baal T'kiah leads the congregation in ;לדוד and ;אשרי יושבי ביתך ;...העם יודעי תרועה we return the Sifrei Torah to the ark.) [Rav Henkin noted that one may not eat before hearing the Shofar sounded. However if one feels weak, he may make Kiddush and taste some food immediately after the first thirty .[תקיעות דמיושב blasts — the / מוסף Half-Kaddish; in ;הנני The Chazzan says ואת" the Shemonah Esrei of Mussaf we say ."ובחדש השביעי" and "מוספי יום הזכרון הזה (Nusach Sefard calls for the blowing of זכרונות ,מלכיות after תר"ת and תש"ת ,תשר"ת during the silent Mussaf as שופרות and well as during the Chazzan's Repetition).

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ET5769d.indd 14 5/26/08 1:17:09 PM CHAZZAN'S REPETITION / חזרת הש"ץ Following our custom, we blow ,זכרונות ,מלכיות after תר"ת and ,תש"ת ,תשר"ת and we say after each group ,שופרות and ארשת" and "היום הרת עולם" ,of Shofar blasts ."שפתינו THE / נשיאת כפים The Kohanim wash their hands until .רצה the wrist before the Chazzan reaches The custom is for a Levi (if there is no Levi, then a first-born) to pour the water on the Kohen's hands. the Kohanim begin to mount רצה At the platform and the congregation After the Chazzan says ."ותערב" says אלקינו ואלקי אבותינו" he says "נאה להודות" in a whisper. When he reaches "...ברכנו he says it in a loud voice "כהנים" the word עם" :to which the congregation responds after which the Kohanim ;"קדושך כאמור אשר קדשנו בקדושתו" :pronounce the Bracha The Chazzan prompts the ."...של אהרן Kohanim with the Priestly Blessing, word by word, and they repeat each word after him. The congregation says the prayers found in the Machzor. [Rav Henkin noted that in some congregations the Kohanim repeat the final word of each of the verses ,ויחנך ,וישמרך) that compose the Bracha immediately after the Chazzan, This ,(שלו', is done so as to avoid the possible problem of an undue interruption within the Blessing. The prayers that are found in the Machzor

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ET5769d.indd 15 5/26/08 1:17:09 PM are then recited by the congregation after the conclusion of the entire Priestly Blessing.] Kaddish Tiskabel; (before the Chazzan says the Baal T'kiah sounds "תתקבל" the word which consist of תר"ת and תש"ת ,תשר"ת Mourner's ;עלינו ;אין כאלקינו ;(ten sounds Kaddish; then we blow an additional thirty sounds to make a total of one hundred sounds. (Those who followed Nusach Sefard and blew thirty sounds during the silent Mussaf blow only ten additional sounds at the end of לדוד ד' אורי the service). If the Daily Psalm or were omitted before services, they should be .אדון עולם ;recited now תקעו :At home, Kiddush over wine We eat a .בורא פרי הגפן followed by בחדש typical Yom Tov meal, followed by Birkas .יעלה ויבא HaMazon, which includes We should attempt to remain awake the entire day of Rosh HaShanah, spending the day in the study of Torah and in the recitation of Tehillim. / מנחה ;Half-Kaddish ;ובא לציון ;אשרי Shemonah Esrei of Rosh HaShanah (with ,זכרנו :all of the appropriate additions שלום ,etc.); according to Nusach Ashkenaz ;אבינו מלכנו ,the Chazzan's Repetition ;רב .Mourner's Kaddish ;עלינו ;Kaddish Tiskabel The prevailing custom is to go to a river (or other body of water) to say Tashlich; some add the additional prayers and requests that are found in the Machzor. If

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ET5769d.indd 16 5/26/08 1:17:09 PM one did not say Tashlich on Rosh Hashanah, he may do so throughout the Ten Days of Repentance. ב' דראש השנה SECOND DAY ROSH HASHANAH TUESDAY NIGHT, SEPT. 30, 2 TISHREI (We wait seventy-two minutes after sunset before lighting candles. The same length of time applies for all preparations for the second day. In extenuating circumstances, an hour's wait is sufficient.) The Brachos over the להדליק נר של יום טוב candle-lighting are it is proper for women, to) שהחיינו and wear a new garment or display a new שהחיינו fruit at candle-lighting so that the applies to these as well. The fruit may not be eaten before Kiddush). MAARIV / ערבית followed by ;תקעו... ;ופרוש... ;ברכו Half-Kaddish; the Shemonah Esrei of Rosh HaShanah (with all of the appropriate etc.); (according to ,זכרנו :additions לדוד Nusach Sefard the congregation says after the Shemonah Esrei); Kaddish מזמור ;Kaddish ;לדוד אורי ;עלינו ;Tiskabel; Kiddush as on the previous day). Kiddush) אדון עולם at home. KIDDUSH / קידוש On the second night we bring to

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ET5769d.indd 17 5/26/08 1:17:10 PM the table a new fruit or we wear a new that שהחיינו garment so that the Bracha we recite at the end of Kiddush applies to these as well. (If one utilized a new fruit for this purpose, it should be eaten immediately after Kiddush. It is advisable that even in Shul the person making Kiddush on the second night should wear a new garment. If one forgot to prepare a new fruit or garment he may still make .שהחיינו the WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCT. 1, 2 TISHREI SHACHRIS and MUSSAF / שחרית ומוסף As on the previous day, we commence for the fourth day) שיר היחוד with the the Psalm of ;אנעים זמירות ,(of the week followed by ;לדוד ד' אורי the Day and the ;אדון עולם Mourner's Kaddish and regular morning Brachos, followed by פסוקי ;the customary morning order .Half-Kaddish ;המלך ;ישתבח ;נשמת ;דזמרה שיר המעלות According to Nusach Sefard) and the ישתבח is said between ממעמקים with the) ;...ברכת יוצר ;ברכו .(Half-Kaddish customary additions — Piyutim for the המאיר (Second Day of Rosh HaShanah ;Shema; Shemonah Esrei ;אהבה רבה ;לארץ ;אבינו מלכנו ;repetition by the Chazzan י"ג ;open Aron ; "אין כמוך" ;Kaddish Tiskabel רבונו של עולם followed by the special ;מדות for Rosh HaShanah; We take out two Sifrei קדוש ;אחד ;שמע ישראל ;בריך שמיה ;Torah

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ET5769d.indd 18 5/26/08 1:17:10 PM There are five .ויעזר ויגן ;על הכל ;גדלו ;ונורא Aliyahs in the first Sefer Torah. We read again from Parshas Vayeira continuing ויהי אחד" from Genesis 22:1-24 (from -until the end of the Parsha); Half "הדברים Kaddish; in the second Sefer Torah we read the same Maftir as yesterday Numbers ;(ובחדש השביעי Parshas Pinchas) 29:1-6 Haftorah from Jeremiah 31:1-19; Brachos after the Haftorah; Shofar blowing; Mussaf; all as was done yesterday. It is advisable that on the second day of Rosh HaShanah the Baal T'kiah wear a new garment that in the manner of last שהחיינו requires a night's Kiddush. MINCHA / מנחה Half-Kaddish; Shemonah ;ובא לציון ;אשרי Esrei of Rosh HaShanah; according to the Chazzan's ;שלום רב — Nusach Ashkenaz ;Kaddish Tiskabel ;אבינו מלכינו ;Repetition .Mourner's Kaddish ;עלינו מוצאי ראש השנה MOTZIE ROSH HASHANAH 3 TISHREI, WENDESDAY NIGHT, OCT. 1 (It is proper to wait 72 minutes after sunset [under extenuating circumstances, 60 minutes] before beginning Maariv, making Havdalah, or doing work. This applies to every night that follows Shabbos or Yom Tov).

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ET5769d.indd 19 5/26/08 1:17:10 PM /hcwg / MAARIV weekday ;ברכו ;"והוא רחום" We begin המלך" ;"מי כמוך" ;"זכרנו" :Shemonah Esrei ;the additions in Shemonah Esrei ;"הקדוש apply throughout the Ten Days of Repentance. See our instructions for the first night of Rosh HaShanah concerning אתה" ;(the omission of these additions המלך we add) "המלך המשפט" ,"חוננתנו during every weekday Shemonah המשפט Esrei of the Ten Days of Repentance. If one omitted it he does not have to repeat the Shemonah Esrei. If one remembered המלך המשפט that he omitted the words immediately at the conclusion of the המלך Blessing, he should say the words Kaddish ;"בספר חיים" ;"וכתוב" ;(.then המשפט Tiskabel; Havdalah no candle or spices and "בורא פרי הגפן" only the Brachos – Mourner's ;לדוד ד' אורי ;עלינו ;"המבדיל" Kaddish. vkscv /HAVDALAH Havdalah at home as in Shul. [Rav Henkin noted that the most appropriate time to begin the morning prayers is in the following fashion: The introductory should be"ברוך שאמר" ,פסוקי דזמרה Bracha to begun twenty minutes before sunrise, so that "גאל ישראל" the Shema and its final Bracha are completed by sunrise, and the Shemonah Esrei begins exactly at sunrise, in the fashion the ancient pietists whose lives – "ותיקין" of the revolved around the performance of Mitzvos

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ET5769d.indd 20 5/26/08 1:17:11 PM in the most exemplary fashion possible).] The earliest time that one may unquestt tionably put on Tefillinand recite the Shem-o onah Esrei is approximately one hour before sunrise (this is the time when there is enough natural illumination to recognize a casual acquaintance from a distance of six to eight feet). In extenuating circumstances, one may put on and recite the Shemonah Esrei 72 minutes before sunrise. However, earlier than 72 minutes before sunrise, one cannot fulfill the Mitzvos of Tefillin, the morning Shema or the morning Shemonah Esrei.] 'צום גדלי' FAST OF GEDALIAH THURSDAY, OCT. 2, 3 TISHREI This is a Public Fast Day. Selichos are said before the regular morning service throughout the days between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur, except for Shabbos (one should attempt to begin the Selichos before the pre-dawn sky begins to brighten); the regular morning service; שיר המעלות according to Nusach Sefard) and the ישתבח is said between ממעמקים Half-Kaddish throughout the Ten Days of ,זכרנו Repentance); in the Shemonah Esrei ,וכתוב ,המלך המשפט ,המלך הקדוש ,מי כמוך all these are repeated during) בספר and the Chazzan’s Repetition of the Shemonah גואל between עננו Esrei; the Chazzan says

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ET5769d.indd 21 5/26/08 1:17:11 PM If the Chazzan forgot to say) ;רפאנו and שומע here; he should add it during עננו ;(.as an individual does at Mincha תפילה this is said after the Chazzan’s) אבינו מלכנו Repetition of the Shemonah Esrei at Shacharis and Mincha throughout the Ten Days of Repentance, except for Mincha of Erev Shabbos, Shabbos and the entire day (והוא רחום) ;of Erev Yom Kippur); Tachanun some have the)א-ל ארך אפים ;Half-Kaddish whenever י"ג מדות custom of saying the we take out the Sifrei Torah throughout the Ten Days of Repentance); three Aliyahs in "ויחל" ,the usual reading for Public Fasts in Parshas KiSisah (32:11-14, 34:1-10); It is“ ;"...יהי רצון" Half-Kaddish; series of proper to concentrate on listening to the and to answer "...יהי רצון" reading of the after the Chazzan, for they are "אמן" extra-ordinary pleas for the welfare of “Klal Yisroel” and the sustenance of its ובא ;למנצח ;אשרי ;יהללו ;(שערי אפרים) ”sages Psalm of the ,עלינו ;Kaddish Tiskabel ;לציון .Mourner’s Kaddish ;לדוד ד' אורי ,Day vjbn / MINCHA Half-Kaddish; we take out a Sefer ;אשרי if there are at least six ;(י"ג מדות) Torah people present who are fasting, we have ;as in the morning "ויחל" three Aliyahs in [Rav Henkin noted that there are those who even if there are only three "ויחל" read from men present who are fasting. Those three men who are fasting are called to the Torah. This

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ET5769d.indd 22 5/26/08 1:17:12 PM leniency applies only to the four Fast Days mentioned by the Prophets (Tzom Gedaliah, the Tenth of Teves the Seventeenth of Tamuz, and Tisha B’Av). It does not extend to Taanis Esther or to Public Fasts that are decreed by a Kehillah because of a state of emergency.] the third Aliyah is the Maftir; no Half-Kaddish after the Torah is read. Isaiah: 55:6-56:8), is) "דרשו" The Haftorah the usual one for the afternoons of Public Fasts (except for Yom Kippur); Brachos ;יהללו ;"מגן דוד" after the Haftorah until Half-Kaddish; Shemonah Esrei including עננו ,המלך המשפט ,המלך הקדוש ,מי כמוך ,זכרנו .בספר ,שים שלום ,וכתוב ,"שמע קולנו" in o"av /wzj CHAZZAN’S REPETITION As in the morning the Chazzan adds all the special insertions of the Repentance, ,רפאנו and גואל between עננו also saying ;שים שלום before ברכת כהנים and adding ;Tachanun; Kaddish Tiskabel ;אבינו מלכנו .Mourner’s Kaddish ;עלינו שבת שובה SHABBOS SHUVAH FRIDAY AFTERNOON OCT. 3, 4 TISHREI [Rav Henkin noted that in preparing for Shabbos, one should be certain that all food that is to be kept warm, must be completely cooked before candle-lighting time. The

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ET5769d.indd 23 5/26/08 1:17:12 PM food) קידרא חייתא possibility of permitting that is totally raw to be placed on a covered stove immediately before candle-lighting) should not be used nowadays. If food is not completely cooked before Shabbos, there is a strong possibility that one might, Heaven forbid, come to violate the Torah prohibition against cooking on Shabbos. Hot cooked foods that are to be kept warm must be put in their proper place before candle-lighting. One must light candles in the proper time (approximately 20 minutes before sunset). The Bracha on .להדליק נר של שבת" Shabbos candles is פרשת וילך PARSHAS VAYEILECH FRIDAY EVENING, OCT. 3, 5 TISHREI קבלת שבת וערבית WELCOMING SHABBOS AND MAARIV ;ופרוש... ;ברכו... ;...Lechu Neranena, etc Half-Kaddish; Shemonah Esrei of ;ושמרו... Shabbos with the appropriate additions זכרנו, — for the Ten Days of Repentance after ;בספר and וכתוב ,המלך הקדוש ,מי כמוך is המלך הקדוש ;"ויכולו" the Shemonah Esrei Kaddish Tiskabel. Kiddush ;מגן אבות said in לדוד ד' ;עלינו ;for Shabbos is made in Shul If one .אדון עולם ;Mourner's Kaddish ;אורי recited Maariv before the appearance of the stars, one must later recite the Shema over again without its accompanying Brachos [Shulchan Aruch Siman 235.] The

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ET5769d.indd 24 5/26/08 1:17:12 PM Mishna Brurah states there (subparagraph 6) in the name of the classical Poskim that this is not a stringency, but the essential Halacha. The Mishna Brurah further states (subparagraph 19) that if one who has recited Maariv early returns home after the appearance of the stars, it is proper that he repeat the Shema before commencing to eat. Kiddush at home. SHABBOS MORNING, OCT. 4 SHACHRIS / שחרית Regular Shabbos services; (according שיר המעלות ממעמקים to Nusach Sefard -and the Half ישתבח is said between Kaddish); in the Shemonah Esrei and in its ,זכרנו repetition by the Chazzan, we say Kaddish ,בספר ,וכתוב ,המלך הקדוש ,מי כמוך Tiskabel after the Chazzan's Repetition of the Shemonah Esrei; take out one Sefer Torah; seven Aliyahs in Parshas Vayeilech; "שובה ישראל" Half-Kaddish; Haftorah is — Hosea: 14:2-10; then we conclude with Joel 2:11-27 (some add verses 7:18-20 from Micah). We do not honor a child under thirteen years old to read this Haftorah. (Many congregations have the custom that the Rav is given this Haftorah, as he knows how to exhort his congregation to -Half ;אשרי ;אב הרחמים ;יקום פורקן ;(repent Kaddish. MUSSAF / מוסף We add the appropriate insertions for the Ten Days of Repentance to the

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ET5769d.indd 25 5/26/08 1:17:13 PM Shemonah Esrei and to the Chazzan's Repetition of the Shemonah Esrei; after the Chazzan's Repetition — Kaddish Tiskabel; Psalm of the ;אנעים זמירות ;עלינו ;אין כאלקינו Mourner's ;לדוד ד' אורי ;Day of Shabbos . אדון עולם ;Kaddish Kiddush at home. MINCHA / מנחה ;ואני תפילתי ;Half-Kaddish ;ובא לציון ;אשרי three Aliyahs in Parshas Haazinu; (no Half- Kaddish after Torah reading of Mincha); Half-Kaddish; Shemonah Esrei for ;יהללו Shabbos Mincha with the appropriate additions for the Ten Days of Repentance; Kaddish ;צדקתך צדק ;Chazzan's Repetition Mourner's Kaddish. Pirkei ;עלינו ;Tiskabel Avos is not studied. (The custom is for the Rav of the community to lecture on matters of Repentance in what is known as the Shabbos Shuvah Drasha). מוצאי שבת AT THE CONCLUSION OF SHABBOS (It is proper to wait 72 minutes after sunset [under extenuating circumstances, 60 minutes] before making Havdalah or doing activities prohibited on Shabbos. This is true for every Shabbos). MAARIV / ערבית weekday ;"ברכו ;והוא רחום" We begin

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ET5769d.indd 26 5/26/08 1:17:13 PM המלך" ;"מי כמוך" ;"זכרנו" ;Shemonah Esrei the additions in Shemonah) ;"הקדוש Esrei apply throughout the Ten Days of Repentance. See our instructions for the first night of Rosh HaShanah concerning אתה" ;(the omission of these additions בספר" ;"וכתוב" ;"המלך המשפט" ;"חוננתנו ויהי Kaddish Tiskabel; (we do not say ;"חיים ויתן ;Kaddish Tiskabel ;(ואתה קדוש and נועם Mourner's ;לדוד אורי ;עלינו ;Havdalah ;לך Kaddish. We do not sanctify the New Moon until immediately after Yom (קידוש לבנה) Kippur (some do sanctify the New Moon before Yom Kippur); Havdalah at home as usual after every Shabbos. TUESDAY, 8 TISHREI, OCT. 7 Some say the Selict) ."י"ג מדות" :Selichos -on the preceeding Mond "י"ג מדות" chos of day, 7 Tishrei, and they say the Selichos for 7 Tishrei today). [Rav Henkin noted that the custom of Kapporos requires great diligence so that no error in ritual slaughter result from the great number of fowl to be slaughtered in a very limited amount of time. Nowadays, the custom should be relegated to several days before Yom Kippur. It is sufficient to have one bird slaughtered on behalf of several individuals. One is permitted to say on behalf of another, "This is the Kapporah — atonement for so and so," even if he is not present. The Kapporos should be redeemed

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ET5769d.indd 27 5/26/08 1:17:13 PM with money that is then given to Tzedakah, or let the whole process be done with money in Hebrew דמים) as redemption for the soul as well ["כי הדם הוא הנפש"] refers to both soul money' in‘ — דמים as ‘money,' so we have .(['the soul'] — דמים place of The place where the kapora is recited should not be near the box of chickens. See Orach Chaim Siman 79 paragraph 7. ערב יום כפור EREV YOM KIPPUR WEDNESDAY, 9 TISHREI, OCT. 8 We say only a few Selichos in the morning; the usual morning services; no ;no Tachanun ; אבינו מלכנו no ;מזמור לתודה .למנצח no We eat in a bountiful fashion the entire day. After midday we immerse ourselves in a Mikveh — this immersion is obligatory. Even a mourner who is sitting Shiva immerses himself late in the afternoon. (Some people observe the custom of giving each other symbolic lashes before Mincha.) MINCHA / מנחה Half-Kaddish, weekday Shemonah ;אשרי "המברך Esrei; after the concluding Bracha and עושה השלום or את עמו ישראל בשלום" that follows it, we say "...יהיו לרצון" the and "...אשמנו ,בגדנו" :Viduy — confession .just as on Yom Kippur itself "...ועל חטא" The Chazzan recites the usual repetition

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ET5769d.indd 28 5/26/08 1:17:13 PM of the Shemonah Esrei without Viduy. No ;Kaddish Tiskabel ;אבינו מלכנו Tachanun or .Mourner's Kaddish ;עלינו We give ample amounts of Tzedakah throughout the day (in particular to Ezras Torah whose benefactors will have great merit on the Day of Judgement). the — סעודת המפסקת We finish the concluding meal well before sunset. It is advisable that one eat light, easily digested foods, and not overeat. One should avoid cheese, milk, fish, eggs, and wine at this meal. One should drink plenty of water (before any fast) so as not to be afflicted by thirst during the fast. הדלקת נרות CANDLE-LIGHTING At the proper time (not later than 20 minutes before sunset); the Brachos are ."שהחיינו" and "להדליק נר של יום הכפורים" Where there is a custom for everyone to light a candle in Shul, no Bracha should be made over that candle. Regarding the custom to light a "lamp symbolizing the it is sufficient to light one ,(נר נשמה) "soul lamp for departed parents, and one lamp for the household. We bless our children and pray that they have long lives, and that they shall become Torah scholars, G-D fearing individuals, and ardent supporters and lovers of Torah.

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ET5769d.indd 29 5/26/08 1:17:14 PM יום הכפורים YOM KIPPUR WEDNESDAY EVENING, 10 TISHREI, OCT. 8 All activities that are forbidden on Shabbos are forbidden today. We are also obligated to afflict ourselves in five ways by abstaining from the following: all eating and drinking, any washing (even to dip a finger in cold water for pleasure is prohibited), the application of oils and creams to the body, wearing leather footwear, and marital relations. Hands that are soiled may be washed in cold water. We come to Shul early enough to allow the saying of Kol Nidrei before sunset. The custom is to don the Kittel and Tallis before ("להתעטף בציצת" with the Bracha) sunset. One should also allow oneself that is "תפלה זכה" enough time to say the found in many Machzorim. It is proper to seek each other's forgiveness for any possible wrongdoing. Two respected members of the congregation, each holding a Sefer Torah, stand at the right and left sides of the Chazzan. The Chazzan says Kol Nidrei three times, with the congregation repeating along quietly. Afterwards the Chazzan leads the congregation in the The ."שהחיינו" recitation of the Bracha congregation should finish the Bracha

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ET5769d.indd 30 5/26/08 1:17:14 PM before the Chazzan does so that they can to his Bracha. Women who "אמן" answer "שהחיינו" have already made the Bracha over the candles at home should not repeat the Bracha in Shul. MAARIV / ערבית in Shema we ;...ברכו :As is customary in "ברוך שם כבוד מלכותו לעולם ועד" :say -Half ;"...כי ביום הזה יכפר" ;a loud voice Kaddish; Shemonah Esrei of Yom Kippur; "...יהיו לרצון" ,we say "אלקי נצור" before ועל" followed immediately by Viduy and after Shemonah Esrei the customary ;"...חטא poetic renditions — Piyutim, in the format of Selichos are said with the Chazzan; this על" leads into the saying of Viduy and אבינו ;together with the Chazzan "חטא לדוד according to Nusach Sefard) ;מלכנו ;לדוד ד' אורי ;עלינו ;Kaddish Tiskabel ;(מזמור .אדון עולם ;Mourner's Kaddish Many congregations have the custom at אנעים זמירות and שירי יחוד to say all the the conclusion of services. Many people say the first four chapters of Tehillim (Psalms) before they go to sleep. Some people recite the entirety of Tehillim on Yom Kippur. One should be particularly careful not to harbor impure thoughts this night. Upon arising one should wash each hand, alternately, up to the end of the knuckles, three times. Washing the face is not permitted. However, while one's

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ET5769d.indd 31 5/26/08 1:17:14 PM hands are still somewhat moist, one may wipe them over his eyes so as to clear them of sediment. We make the Bracha over the washing of hands as well as the other usual morning Brachos. [Rav Henkin noted that the proper time for the recitation of Shema should not be delayed because of the numerous melodies that are chanted before the Shema on Yom Kippur. However, we should not begin the services extremely early in order to avoid a delayed recital of Shema, as we do not wish to cause undue distress to people for whom a long fast is difficult. It is very important that people not rush out from Shul later that evening, when it might still be Yom Kippur and come, Heaven forbid, to violate the holiday.] THURSDAY MORNING, 10 TISHREI, OCT. 9 SHACHRIS / שחרית The custom is to wear a Kittel underneath the Tallis. As on Rosh שיר HaShanah, the custom is to say the אנעים;(for the fifth day of the week) היחוד לדוד ד' the Psalm of the Day and ;זמירות followed by Mourner's Kaddish and ;אורי ,the regular morning Brachos ;אדון עולם followed by the usual morning order; -Half ;ישתבח ;המלך ;נשמת ;פסוקי דזמרה שיר Kaddish; (According to Nusach Sefard and ישתבח is said between המעלות ממעמקים with) ...ברכת יוצר ,ברכו ;(the Half-Kaddish

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ET5769d.indd 32 5/26/08 1:17:14 PM the customary additions — Piyutim for קריאת ;אהבה רבה ;המאיר לארץ ;(Yom Kippur ברוך שם כבוד מלכותו" :in which we say ;שמע in a loud voice; Shemonah Esrei "לעולם ועד we say אלקי נצור of Yom Kippur; before .etc "על חטא" Viduy, and ,"יהיו לרצון" CHAZZAN'S REPETITION / חזרת הש"ץ in all of) נעריצך In we say the services of Yom Kippur the Kedushah על" Piyutim; Selichos; Viduy and ;(נעריצך is .Kaddish Tiskabel ;אבינו מלכנו ;.etc "חטא TORAH READING / קריאת התורה ;("אתה הראת" :Nusach Sefard) "אין כמוך" followed by the ,י"ג מדות ;open Aron for Yom Kippur; we רבונו של עולם special שמע ;בריך שמיה ;take out two Sifrei Torah ויעזר ;על הכל ;גדלו ;קדוש ונורא ;אחד ;ישראל .ויגן Six Aliyahs are read from the first chapter of Parshas Acharei Mos, Leviticus 16:1-34; Half-Kaddish; Maftir reads from the second Sefer Torah in Parshas Pinchas, Haftorah ;("ובעשור לחדש") Numbers 29:7-11 is from Isaiah 57:14-58:14. In Brachos in יום כפור after the haftorah we mention the middle and in the conclusion. YIZKOR / הזכרת נשמות We make pledges to Tzedakah as a means of elevating the souls of the departed (particularly beneficial as a source of merit for both the living and the dead are donations to Ezras Torah,

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ET5769d.indd 33 5/26/08 1:17:15 PM which aids thousands of needy families of Bnei Torah in Israel and throughout the world). we return the ;יהללו ;אשרי ;אב הרחמים Sifrei Torah to the Aron HaKodesh. MUSSAF / מוסף ;Half-Kaddish ;הנני The Chazzan says Shemonah Esrei of Mussaf of Yom Kippur in same place as in ,"על חטא" Viduy and ; Shachris; Chazzan’s Repetition; Kedushah; ;(אתה כוננת Nusach Sefard) אמיץ כח ;Piyutim נשיאת ;.etc "על חטא" Selichos; Viduy and אין Kaddish Tiskabel (we do not say ;כפים or Mourner's עלינו ,פטום הקטורת ,כאלקינו Kaddish). MINCHA / מנחה We (.ובא לציון and אשרי We do not say) בריך ;(י"ג מדות take out one Sefer Torah (no three Aliyahs in ;("ועל הכל" no) גדלו ;שמיה Parshas Acharei Mos (Levit. 18:1-30) — the ;(forbidden relationships) עריות Parsha of no Half-Kaddish after the Torah Reading; The third Aliyah is Maftir who reads the Haftorah, consisting of the entire Book of Jonah (some add at the end verses מי" — from the Prophet Micah, 7:18-20 Brachos after the Haftorah until "א-ל כמוך return the Sefer ;לדוד מזמור ;יהללו ;"מגן דוד" Torah to the Aron HaKodesh; Half-Kaddish; Shemonah Esrei of Yom Kippur Viduy and in same place in Shemonah Esrei "על חטא" as in Shachris; the Chazzan's Repetition; על" Kedushah; Piyutim; Selichos; Viduy and

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ET5769d.indd 34 5/26/08 1:17:15 PM ;"אלקינו ואלקי אבותינו ברכנו בברכה" ;.etc חטא Kaddish ;אבינו מלכנו ;בספר חיים ;שים שלום .or Mourner's Kaddish עלינו Tiskabel; no (Neilah, the closing service of Yom Kippur, should be begun shortly before sunset. Those who start Neilah too early (thereby ending it too early) only allow for the strong possibility of the violation of Yom Kippur, Heaven forbid, with eating and drinking, or the performance of prohibited activities during a time that might still be Yom Kippur, or sometimes is definitely Yom Kippur. May the Merciful One protect us from such errors.) “The Divine Judgement that was written on Rosh HaShanah concerning the fate of all beings, whether for good or for bad, is sealed by the end of Neilah. A person must actively prepare himself for the prayers of Neilah. For the culmination of the Ten Days of Repentance is Yom Kippur, and the culmination of Yom Kippur is Neilah; everything hinges upon these final few moments. If not now, when? Therefore, even if one is physically weakened by the fast, he still must gird himself, like a warrior preparing for battle, in order to pray with a pure and clear concentration and to accept upon himself all of the many facets of genuine repentance. One who comes to purify himself is helped from Above and will be sealed in the Book of Good Life” (Mishne Brurah: 623:3).

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ET5769d.indd 35 5/26/08 1:17:15 PM NEILAH / נעילה Half-Kaddish; the ;ובא לציון ;אשרי "וחתמנו" Shemonah Esrei of Neilah; we say in place of "וחתום" ,"וכתבנו" in place of ;"ונכתב" instead of "ונחתם" and ,"וכתוב" the same applies for the Chazzan's in the ;"אתה נותן יד" ;Repetition; Viduy Chazzan's Repetition: Kedushah; Piyutim; Selichos; Viduy according to custom; ;שים שלום ;"אלקינו ואלקי אבותינו ברכנו בברכה" we say אבינו מלכנו in) ;אבינו מלכנו ;בספר חיים is said "שמע ישראל" (כתבנו instead of חתמנו "ברוך שם כבוד מלכותו לעולם ועד" ;aloud once is "ד' הוא האלקים" ;is said aloud three times said aloud seven times; Kaddish Tiskabel תתקבל before תקיעה we blow one long — לשנה" :and we say [תשר"ת some blow] "הבאה בירושלים If it is already the proper time, we recite Maariv slowly and with great concentration. (One should be extremely careful not to make Havdalah, eat or do any prohibited activity until 72 minutes have elapsed since sunset [in extenuating circumstances, 60 minutes will suffice].) MAARIV / ערבית As on all weekday nights we begin In Shemonah Esrei we no ."והוא רחום" longer recite any of the additions for the Ten Days of Repentance (if one forgot and "הא‑ל הקדוש" instead of "המלך הקדוש" said - he does not have to repeat the Shemonah

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ET5769d.indd 36 5/26/08 1:17:16 PM Kaddish Tiskabel after ;אתה חוננתנו .(Esrei Shemonah Esrei; Havdalah for the departure בורא מאורי ;בורא פרי הגפן ;of Yom Kippur בורא One must make the Bracha) .האש over fire that has been burning מאורי האש since before the commencement of Yom Kippur, to which one adds another candle ;עלינו ;(that was lit from it after Yom Kippur .Mourner's Kaddish ;לדוד ד' אורי If one has not yet sanctified the New Moon, he should do so now if it is visible. Havdalah at home as it was done in Shul. (After one has eaten it is a good custom to begin working on the Succah.) The next morning we arise early for services in Shul. Between Yom Kippur and Succos we יהי" do not say Tachanun nor the series of after the reading of the Torah. We "...רצון before taking out ,"א-ל ארך אפים" do say the Sefardic ) למנצח the Torah, and on למנצח and "א-ל ארך אפים" is not to say days when Tachanun is not said). We do .א-ל מלא not recite the [Rav Henkin noted that one should endeavor to build for himself a Succah that is fit for the purposes of eating, drinking and sleeping. One who would, because of his physical distress, be exempt from living in the Succah, is still not exempt from building a Succah. If one must use someone else's Succah he should make certain that it is located in a

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ET5769d.indd 37 5/26/08 1:17:16 PM place to which he will be able to bring his food and drink on Shabbos. One should purchase a fine set of the Four Species (Lulav — palm branch, Esrog — citron, Hadassim — myrtle, and Arovos — willow). Esrog — The Esrog should be free of any holes, any thin blister-like protrusions (usually a result of the decomposition of the fruit), or any discoloration. One may purchase an Esrog only from a reputable Torah observant dealer who can be trusted to guarantee that the Esrogs that he sells are not the products of grafted branches (usually, we can rely on the classical appearance of the Esrog, e.g., its shape and bumpy surface, as evidence that the Esrog is not the product of grafted branches). Lulav — One should ascertain that the central leaf that emanates from the spine, whose end is the highest point of the Lulav, is whole (not split or clipped), straight and green. The minimum length of the Lulav's .(ד' טפחים) spine is four handbreadths Hadassim — We take three stems of Haddasim, the majority of each covered with groups of three leaves that emanate from the same rung of the stem. Each stem should .long (ג' טפחים) be at least three handbreadths Most of the leaves should be intact. Arovos — We take two Arovos stems, each of which is reddish in color, whose leaves are long and smooth (not jagged) at the edges. Each stem should be at least three

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ET5769d.indd 38 5/26/08 1:17:16 PM long. Most of the (ג' טפחים) handbreadths leaves should be intact. We bind the Lulav, Haddasim, and Arovos together to fulfill the Mitzvah in the proper manner. The Haddasim are to the right of the Lulav and the Arovos are to the left of the Lulav when the back of the spine is facing the person holding the Lulav. We make two (some make three) additional rings out of the leaves of the Lulav and place them around the Lulav higher than the Haddasim and Arovos. If one is not familiar with the many intricate laws of the Four Species he should consult a Torah authority.] שבת פרשת האזינו SHABBOS PARSHAS HAAZINU 12 TISHREI, OCT. 11 Welcoming the Shabbos, Maariv, Shachris as usual; we call seven Aliyahs to the Torah without any additions; Half- Kaddish; Haftorah is from Samuel II: 22:1- ."אב הרחמים" or "א-ל מלא" no ;51 vjbn / MINCHA Torah Reading: three ;ובא לציון ;אשרי Aliyahs in “Parshas V’zos HaBracha;" no ;יהללו ;Half-Kaddish after Torah Reading returning of the Torah; Half-Kaddish; Shemonah Esrei; the Chazzan’s Repetition; ;עלינו ;Kaddish Tiskabel ;צדקתך צדק no Mourner's Kaddish (we say neither Pirkei .(ברכי נפשי Avos nor

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ET5769d.indd 39 5/26/08 1:17:17 PM מוצאי שבת קודש DEPARTURE OF SHABBOS /hcwg / MAARIV For the departure of Shabbos; usual in Shemonah "אתה חוננתנו" ,weekday Maariv and "ויהי נועם" Esrei; Kaddish Tiskabel; no ;Havdalah ;"ויתן לך" we say ;"ואתה קדוש" .Mourner’s Kaddish ;לדוד ד' אורי ;עלינו The final time for the sanctification of the New Moon of Tishrei is the entire night following Sunday, October 12 (14 Tishrei). (If necessary, the New Moon of Tishrei may be sancitified until the second night of Succos, until 8:20 [16 Tishrei].) ערב סוכות EREV SUCCOS MONDAY 14 TISHREI, OCT 13 Usual Shachris and Mincha services; is said. We conduct למנצח no Tachanun but ourselves as with every Erev Yom Tov: we bathe, (many immerse themselves in a Mikveh), and we make our necessary preparations in honor of the Yom Tov. Candles are lit in the Succah and the שהחיינו" and "להדליק נר של יום טוב" Brachos are said. א' דסוכות FIRST DAY SUCCOS MONDAY NIGHT, 15 TISHREI, OCT. 13

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ET5769d.indd 40 5/26/08 1:17:17 PM MAARIV / ערבית ;Half-Kaddish ;וידבר... ;ופרוש... ;ברכו... ביום חג הסוכות" ;Shemonah Esrei of Yom Tov Kaddish Tiskabel after Shemonah ;"הזה Esrei. (During the holiday of Succos, it is customary not to make Kiddush or Havdalah in the Shul; the same holds true for Shabbos Chol HaMoed and for Shmini Atzeres. However, if there is a Succah by the Shul, then the Chazzan makes Kiddush לדוד ד' אורי ;עלינו (.and Havdalah there .אדון עולם ;Mourner's Kaddish in the Succah. We אושפיזין We say may not make Kiddush on the first two nights before the appearance of The ,בורא פרי הגפן :stars. Kiddush for Yom Tov before making the ;לישב בסוכה ;...אשר בחר .שהחיינו Bracha On the first two nights one is obligated to eat in the Succah. Even if one suffers distress as a consequence of being in the Succah, or if it rains, one should eat at of bread in the (כזית) least an olive's size Succah (however one should not make if it is raining). On "לישב בסוכה" the Bracha the other nights, and during the days, anyone who suffers distress from rain or from any physical condition or malady is exempt from staying in the Succah. (The entire seven days of Succos, one should eat, drink, and spend his free time in the Succah. Snacks, such as a quantity of bread up to the size of an egg, or fruit of any quantity, need not be

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ET5769d.indd 41 5/26/08 1:17:17 PM eaten in the Succah. One who strives, out of his dedication to the Mitzvah, to do all of his eating and drinking in the Succah will be rewarded [especially if all of his meals with family and friend, are eaten in a Succah]. In the colder climates, one is exempt from sleeping in the Succah.) (When one does not make Kiddush he after "לישב בסוכה" should make the Bracha and he should intend that this ,"המוציא" Bracha apply to all of his activities in the Succah until the next meal.) TUESDAY MORNING, OCT. 14, 15 TISHREI In the morning, we can make the Bracha over the Four Species from sunrise on (in extenuating circumstances, from when the sky begins to brighten). The "...וצונו על :Bracha over the Four Species is .שהחיינו ,and on the first day נטילת לולב" The Brachos are made with the Esrog held upside down (the pitum facing down) so that the Mitzvah is first performed in its proper manner after the Bracha, when the Esrog is held the right way (with the pitum facing up). One holds the Esrog in the left hand, and the Lulav, with the other species, in the right hand, with the back of the Lulav's spine facing the person holding it. (Some have the custom to take only the Lulav and its species in the right hand before the Bracha, and then to take the Esrog in the left hand

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ET5769d.indd 42 5/26/08 1:17:17 PM after the Bracha, and then to bring both hands together to perform the Mitzvah.) When the Four Species are held together properly, they are [according to Nusach Ashkenaz], shaken three times back and forth in front of the person [who is facing East], three times to his right, three times behind him, three times to his left, three times above, and three times downward SHACHRIS / שחרית In the usual Yom Tov fashion; Morning Shema and its ;נשמת ;פסוקי דזמרה ;Brachos Brachos; Shemonah Esrei of Yom Tov; the Chazzan's Repetition; complete : One should be particularly careful not to skip or read any word in Hallel incorrectly (see Mishna Brurah Siman 488:2,3 and Shaar Hatzion there.) (we hold the Four Species during the recitation of Hallel and shake them, in the manner prescribed above, [according to Nusach Ashkenaz] during אנא ה'" and during the two "הודו" every and afterwards, as he says the .הושיעה נא" The Chazzan shakes them only ."הודו" last and at both "יאמר נא" at "הודו" at the first and afterwards, as he ."אנא ה' הושיעה נא" After Hallel, Kaddish ."הודו" says the last Tiskabel (some have the custom to say the Hoshanos immediately after Hallel and before the Kaddish Tiskabel); open Aron; two Sifrei Torah ;אין כמוך are removed from the Aron HaKodesh. רבונו של followed by the special י"ג מדות

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ET5769d.indd 43 5/26/08 1:17:18 PM ;שמע ישראל ;בריך שמיה ;for Yom Tov עולם There are five .ויעזר ויגן ;על הכל ;גדלו ;אחד Aliyahs in the first Torah from Parshas Levit. 22:26-23:44; we שור או כשב — Emor place the second Torah next to the first and say a Half-Kaddish over both Torahs; Maftir reads in second Torah Parshas Pinchas, Numbers 29:12-16; the Haftorah is read from Zechariah 14:1-21; Brachos ;י-ה א-לי ;after the Haftorah for Yom Tov return the Sifrei Torah to the ;יהללו ;אשרי Aron HaKodesh. MUSSAF / מוסף Half-Kaddish; Shemonah Esrei of Yom Tov Mussaf; the Chazzan's Repetition; רבונו) the Priestly Blessing — נשיאת כפים after the Chazzan's ;(יהי רצון and של עולם הושענא" :Repetition we say the Hoshana a member of the congregation ;"למען אמיתך holds a Sefer Torah on the central Bimah, while the Chazzan and the congregation march in procession around the Bimah with their Lulavim and Esrogim while אין ;saying the Hoshanos; Kaddish Tiskabel לדוד ד' ;שיר של יום ;אנעים זמירות ;עלינו ;כאלקינו .אדון עולם ;Mourner's Kaddish ;אורי MINCHA / מנחה Half-Kaddish; Shemonah ;ובא לציון ;אשרי Esrei of Yom Tov; the Chazzan's Repetition; .Mourner's Kaddish ;עלינו ;Kaddish Tiskabel

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ET5769d.indd 44 5/26/08 1:17:18 PM ב' דסוכות SECOND DAY SUCCOS TUESDAY NIGHT, 16 TISHREI, OCT. 14 (We delay lighting candles and doing any preparations for the second day of Yom Tov until 72 minutes after sunset (under extenuating circumstances, 60 minutes will suffice). At candle-lighting we make the same Brachos as yesterday "שהחיינו" and "להדליק נר של יום טוב" — MAARIV / ערבית ;ופרוש... ;ברכו... ;In Yom Tov fashion Half-Kaddish; Shemonah Esrei of ;וידבר... לדוד ד' ;עלינו ;Yom Tov; Kaddish Tiskabel Kiddush ;אדון עולם ;Mourner's Kaddish ;אורי ,אשר בחר ,בורא פרי הגפן :in the Succah Some say that) .לישב בסוכה and שהחיינו "שהחיינו" on the second night the Bracha the same as "לישב בסוכה" should follow last night.) WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCT. 15 SHACHRIS / שחרית As yesterday, in the usual Yom Tov ;פסוקי דזמרה ;fashion: Morning Brachos Shema and its Brachos; Shemonah ;נשמת Esrei of Yom Tov; the Chazzan's Repetition; "שהחיינו" Lulav (we do not make the Bracha on the Lulav on the second day); complete Hallel; Kaddish Tiskabel;we We .(י"ג מדות) ;take out two Sifrei Torah have five Aliyahs in the same Parsha as

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ET5769d.indd 45 5/26/08 1:17:18 PM yesterday, (Levit. 22:26-23:44); we place the second Torah next to the first and say a Half-Kaddish over both Torahs; Maftir in second Torah, same as yesterday, Parshas Pinchas — Numbers 29:12-16; the Haftorah is read from Kings I 8:2-21. י-ה ;Brachos for Yom Tov after the Haftorah return the Sifrei Torah to ;יהללו ;אשרי ;א-לי the Aron HaKodesh. MUSSAF / מוסף Half-Kaddish; Shemonah Esrei of Yom נשיאת ;Tov Mussaf; the Chazzan's Repetition after the ;(יהי רצון and רבונו של עולם) כפים Chazzan's Repetition we say the Hoshana ;אין כאלקינו ;Kaddish Tiskabel ;"אבן שתי" ;לדוד ד' אורי ;שיר של יום ;אנעים זמירות ;עלינו .אדון עולם ;Mourner's Kaddish MINCHA / מנחה ;ובא לציון ;אשרי :Exactly as yesterday Half-Kaddish; Shemonah Esrei of Yom Tov; the Chazzan's Repetition; Kaddish Tiskabel; .Mourner's Kaddish ;עלינו א' דחול המועד FIRST DAY CHOL HAMOED WEDNESDAY EVENING, 17 TISHREI, OCT. 15 /hcwg / MAARIV As is usual for the night following a אתה ;Yom Tov: weekday Shemonah Esrei ;עלינו ;Kaddish Tiskabel ;יעלה ויבא ;חוננתנו .Mourner’s Kaddish ;לדוד אורי

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ET5769d.indd 46 5/26/08 1:17:19 PM יעלה ויבא If one had forgotten to say) and suddenly remembered before he he can say it now, before ,מודים began מודים If he had already begun .מודים and then he remembered that he had he must return ,יעלה ויבא forgotten to say If he had already .רצה to the beginning of stepped backward at the conclusion of the Shemonah Esrei [or even if he had only before "יהיו לרצון אמרי פי" :said the second moving his feet], he must repeat the Shemonah Esrei. This applies throughout the nine days of the Yomim Tovim. By Birkas HaMazon (Blessings after a meal) too, if and remembered יעלה ויבא one omitted after he concluded the third Bracha, but did not yet begin the ,("בונה ירושלים") he should say ,("הא-ל אבינו") fourth Bracha אשר נתן ימים..." :the compensatory Bracha If he had ."...טובים לעמו ישראל לששון ולשמחה already begun the fourth Bracha, on Yom Tov he must begin again because of the However, on Chol .יעלה ויבא omission of HaMoed (Intermediate Days) one does not have to repeat Birkas HaMazon if he (.יעלה ויבא forgot At home we make Havdalah only on in the (המבדיל and בורא פרי הגפן) wine is not "לישב בסוכה" Succah. The Bracha made in Havdalah. THURSDAY MORNING, OCT. 16 /hwja / SHACHRIS (According to Nusach Sefard and the

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ET5769d.indd 47 5/26/08 1:17:19 PM Vilna Gaon, one does not wear Tefillin at all during Chol HaMoed [the Intermediate Days.] Those who do wear Tefillin during Chol HaMoed, do so without the Brachos (some have the custom to make the Brachos, but in an inaudible voice). Customary weekday order of prayer: in Shemonah יעלה ויבא ;is said מזמור לתודה Esrei; everyone, including the Chazzan removes their Tefillin before Hallel; we take the Lulav [for the manner of taking the Lulav see Shachris of the first day of and (שהחיינו Yom Tov]; before (with no during Hallel; Kaddish Tiskabel after Hallel; we take out one Sefer Torah and read four Aliyahs from Parshas Pinchas, Numbers 29:17-25, in the section dealing with the Additional Sacrifices of Succos; the Levi reads ,"וביום השני" the Kohen reads וביום" the Yisroel reads from ,"וביום השלישי" וביום" and the fourth Aliyah reads "הרביעי ;Half-Kaddish ;"וביום השלישי" and ,"השני -Half ;(למנצח no) ;ובא לציון ;אשרי ;יהללו Kaddish; pxtn / MUSSAF Shemonah Esrei of Yom Tov Mussaf; the וביום additional offerings mentioned are of ;Chazzan's Repetition ;וביום השלישי and השני weekday Kedushah (according to Nussach as on Yom) ;"אערוך שועי":Ashkenaz) Hoshana Tov, on each of the Intermediate Days of Succos, a Sefer Torah is taken out and held by a congregant on the Bimah while the

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ET5769d.indd 48 5/26/08 1:17:20 PM other congregants march around him with their Four Species); Kaddish Tiskabel; לדוד ד' ;(Psalm of the Day) ;שיר של יום ;עלינו .Mourner’s Kaddish ;אורי vjbn / MINCHA Half-Kaddish; Shemonah Esrei ;אשרי ;Chazzan’s Repetition ;יעלה ויבא with .Mourner's Kaddish ;עלינו ;Kaddish Tiskabel ב' דחול המועד SECOND DAY CHOL HAMOED FRIDAY, OCT. 17, 18 TISHREI Maariv, Shacharis, Lulav, Hallel and Mincha exactly as yesterday; Torah Reading: Four Aliyahs from Parshas וביום – Pinchas, Numbers 29:20-28: Kohen וביום – Yisroel ;וביום הרביעי – Levi ;השלישי and וביום השלישי – Fourth Aliyah ;החמישי ובא ;אשרי ;יהללו ;Half-Kaddish ;וביום הרביעי ;Half-Kaddish ;(למנצח no) ;לציון pxtn / MUSSAF Shemonah Esrei of Yom Tov Mussaf; the additional offerings mentioned are of א-ל" :Hoshana ;וביום הרביעי and וביום השלישי ."למושעות ג' דחול המועד יום שבת קודש THIRD DAY CHOL HAMOED THE HOLY SHABBOS 49

ET5769d.indd 49 5/26/08 1:17:20 PM FRIDAY EVENING, OCT 17, 19 TISHREI Shabbos starts Friday afternoon, 20 minutes before sunset. We place hot cooked food in the oven and make all other preparations for Shabbos before candle lighting. We light candles at the proper time — 20 minutes before sunset. ."להדליק נר של שבת" The Bracha is קבלת שבת WELCOMING THE SHABBOS מזמור Nusach Ashkenaz begins with followed by ,ד' מלך and שיר ליום השבת nor לכו נרננה Mourner's Kaddish (neither is said). (Since there are many במה מדליקין variant customs among those who follow Nusach Sefard, each congregation must follow its own Minhag in these matters.) MAARIV / ערבית ;Half-Kaddish ;ושמרו... ;ופרוש... ;ברכו... in Shemonah Esrei of Shabbos יעלה ויבא after Shemonah מגן אבות and ויכולו with ;לדוד אורי ;עלינו ;Esrei; Kaddish Tiskabel .אדון עולם ;Mourner's Kaddish Regular Kiddush of Shabbos in the Succah; at the end of Kiddush the Bracha .is made לישב בסוכה SHABBOS MORNING, OCT. 18 SHACHRIS / שחרית ;פסוקי דזמרה :Regular Shabbos services Shemonah Esrei of Shabbos with ;נשמת

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ET5769d.indd 50 5/26/08 1:17:20 PM Chazzan's Repetition; complete ;יעלה ויבא Hallel (we do not take the Lulav on Shabbos), Kaddish Tiskabel; Sefer Koheles (Ecclesiastes); Mourner's Kaddish; we take out two Sifrei Torah; in the first, there are seven Aliyahs from Parshas Ki Sisah "ראה אתה" Exodus 33:12-34:26) from) Half-Kaddish; Maftir from ;"בחלב אמו" until second Torah in Parshas Pinchas, Numbers ;"וביום החמישי" and "וביום הרביעי" - 29:23-28 Haftorah from Ezekiel 38:18-39:16; in the Brachos after the Haftorah both Shabbos and the holiday of Succos are mentioned. מקדש השבת" The concluding Bracha is ,אב הרחמים no ,י-ה א-לי no) ;"וישראל והזמנים -etc. Half ;יהללו ;אשרי ;(א-ל מלא and no Kaddish. MUSSAF / מוסף Shemonah Esrei of Yom Tov Mussaf we mention Shabbos at ;"ומפני חטאינו" — all the appropriate places; the additional "וביום השבת", offerings mentioned are Chazzan's "וביום החמישי" and ,"וביום הרביעי" ;אדיר אדירנו Repetition; Kedushah with We do not take out) "אום נצורה" :Hoshana a Sefer Torah, nor do we march around the Shul. However, the Aron HaKodesh is ;עלינו ;אין כאלקינו ;opened); Kaddish Tiskabel ;(Psalm of the Day) שיר של יום ;אנעים זמירות . אדון עולם ;Mourner's Kaddish ;לדוד ד' אורי MINCHA / מנחה ואני" ;Half-Kaddish ;ובא לציון ;אשרי Torah Reading: three Aliyahs in ;"תפלתי

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ET5769d.indd 51 5/26/08 1:17:20 PM V'zos HaBracha (no Half-Kaddish after ;Half-Kaddish ;יהללו ;(Torah Reading יעלה Shemonah Esrei of Shabbos with Chazzan's Repetition; (we do not ;ויבא ;עלינו ;Kaddish Tiskabel ;(צדקתך צדק say Mourner's Kaddish. We wait 72 minutes (under extenuati- ing circumstances, 60 minutes will suff- fice) after sunset before makingHavdalah or doing any of the activities that are proh- hibited on Shabbos. ד' דחול המועד FOURTH DAY CHOL HAMOED SATURDAY NIGHT,20 TISHREI, OCT. 18 מוצאי שבת DEPARTURE OF SHABBOS MAARIV / ערבית ;אתה חוננתנו :Weekday Shemonah Esrei ויהי Kaddish Tiskabel; (we omit ;יעלה ויבא ;עלינו ;ויתן לך we say ;(ואתה קדוש and נועם .Mourner's Kaddish ;לדוד אורי We make the regular Havdalah for the departure of Shabbos in the Succah is not made in לישב בסוכה the Bracha) Havdalah). SUNDAY MORNING, OCT. 19 SHACHRIS / שחרית Customary weekday order of prayer;

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ET5769d.indd 52 5/26/08 1:17:21 PM in Shemonah יעלה ויבא ;is said מזמור לתודה Esrei; everyone, including the Chazzan removes their Tefillin before Hallel; we take the Lulav [for the manner of taking the Lulav see Shachris of the first day of and (שהחיינו Yom Tov]; before (with no during Hallel; Kaddish Tiskabel after Hallel; we take out one Sefer Torah and read four Aliyahs from Parshas Pinchas, Numbers 29:26-34, in the section dealing with the Additional Sacrifices ofSuccos; the Kohen וביום" the Levi reads ,"וביום החמישי" reads "וביום השביעי" the Yisroel reads from ,"הששי ,"וביום החמישי" and the fourth Aliyah reads ;אשרי ;יהללו ;Half-Kaddish ;"וביום הששי" and ;Half-Kaddish ;(למנצח no) ;ובא לציון MUSSAF / מוסף Shemonah Esrei of Yom Tov Mussaf; the additional offerings mentioned are Chazzan's ;וביום הששי and וביום החמישי of Repetition; weekday Kedushah (according אדון" :to Nusach Ashkenaz); Hoshana as on Yom Tov, on each of the) "המושיע Intermediate Days of Succos, a Sefer Torah is taken out and held by a congregant on the Bimah while the other congregants march around him with their Four שיר של יום ;עלינו ;Species); Kaddish Tiskabel Mourner's ;לדוד ד' אורי ;(Psalm of the Day) Kaddish. MINCHA / מנחה Half-Kaddish; Shemonah Esrei ;אשרי ;Chazzan's Repetition ;יעלה ויבא with

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ET5769d.indd 53 5/26/08 1:17:21 PM .Mourner's Kaddish ;עלינו ;Kaddish Tiskabel הושענא רבה HOSHANA RABBA SUNDAY NIGHT,OCT. 19, 21 TISHREI MAARIV / ערבית אתה Same as yesterday (but no Many have the practice to stay) .(חוננתנו awake on the night of Hoshana Rabba steeped in the study of Torah; there is also a practice to have a public recitation of the entire Chumash Devorim and the Book of Psalms (Tehillim) after midnight of Hoshana Rabba.) MONDAY MORNING, OCT. 20 SHACHRIS / שחרית From the perspective of its status as a Yom Tov, Hoshana Rabba is the same as any other of the Intermediate Days. However, many extra prayers are added to the service on Hoshana Rabba. The reason for this is that throughout the Yom Tov of Succos we are judged concerning the fate of our water supply. On Hoshana Rabba, the judgement is finalized. The conclusion of any period of Judgement is our last chance to influence the Divine Judgement and, therefore, it is of great importance to us. The Chazzan wears a Kittel. The custom, as on the High Holy שיר Days, is to begin the services with the ;אנעים זמירות ;(for the second day) היחוד

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ET5769d.indd 54 5/26/08 1:17:21 PM followed by Kaddish at ;שיר של יום and the beginning of services. Then we say ,the regular morning blessings ,אדון עולם followed by the usual morning order; is said, followed מזמור לתודה ;פסוקי דזמרה ,of Shabbos and Yom Tov פסוקי דזמרה by the ;ישתבח ;which is omitted ,נשמת except for שיר המעלות Half-Kaddish. (Many say -and the Half ישתבח between ממעמקים ;ברכו :Kaddish); regular weekday Shachris Shema; weekday ;אהבה רבה ;יוצר אור... Chazzan's ;יעלה ויבא Shemonah Esrei with Repetition; taking of the Lulav; complete open ;אין כמוך ;Hallel; Kaddish Tiskabel followed by the special ;י"ג מדות ;Aron for Rosh HaShanah and Yom רבונו של עולם בריך ;Kippur; We take out one Sefer Torah על ;גדלו ;קדוש ונורא ;אחד ;שמע ישראל ;שמיה four Aliyahs from Parshas ;ויעזור ויגן ;הכל וביום — Pinchas, Numbers 29:26-34: Kohen וביום — Yisroel ,וביום הששי — Levi ,החמישי and וביום הששי — fourth Aliyah ,השביעי ובא ;אשרי ;יהללו ;Half-Kaddish ;וביום השביעי .Half-Kaddish ;לציון MUSSAF / מוסף In usual Yom Tov fashion, Shemonah Esrei of Mussaf of Yom Tov (the Additional ;(וביום השביעי and וביום הששי Offerings are נעריצך Chazzan's Repetition; Kedushah of etc.; at אדיר אדירנו ;(כתר :Nusach Sefard) conclusion of Chazzan's Repetition, we take out all of the Sifrei Torah from the Aron HaKodesh and bring them to the Bimah

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ET5769d.indd 55 5/26/08 1:17:22 PM where members of the congregation hold them while the rest of the congregation, led by the Chazzan, march around the Bimah seven times with their Lulavim and Esrogim; all of the Hoshanos for Hoshana Rabba are said; when we get to we put the Four Species "תענה אמונים" down and we take the special Aravos of Hoshana Rabba (the custom is to take five stems that are bound together) into our hands (anything that invalidates the Arovos of the Four Species during Succos invalidates these Arovos on Hoshana Rabba); at the end of the Hoshanos we beat the Arovos against the floor five times according to custom (some, following the custom of the Ari, wait until after the completion of the Kaddish after the Hoshanos before beating the Arovos); לדוד ד' ;עלינו ;אין כאלקינו ;Kaddish Tiskabel .אדון עולם ;Mourner's Kaddish ;אורי We conduct ourselves as with every Erev Yom Tov: we bathe, (many immerse themselves in a Mikveh), and we make our necessary preparations in honor of the Yom Tov. שמיני עצרת SHEMINI ATZERES MONDAY EVENING, 22 TISHREI, OCT. 20 Candles are lit (in the Succah) at the proper time, (20 minutes before sunset).

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ET5769d.indd 56 5/26/08 1:17:22 PM and "להדליק נר של יום טוב" with the Brachos ."שהחיינו" MAARIV / ערבית (After the appearance of stars) in the ;וידבר... ;ופרוש... ;ברכו... customary way Half-Kaddish; Shemonah Esrei of Yom Kaddish "ביום שמיני עצרת החג הזה" — Tov Mourner's ;לדוד ד' אורי ;עלינו ;Tiskabel Kaddish; (Nusach Sefard makes Hakofos on the night of Shemini Atzeres as on the .אדון עולם ;(night of Simchas Torah We make the Yom Tov Kiddush, with in the Succah; however, we do ,שהחיינו We eat ."לישב בסוכה" not make the Bracha in the Succah both the night and day of Shemini Atzeres, again, without making ."לישב בסוכה" the Bracha TUESDAY MORNING, OCT. 21 SHACHRIS / שחרית In the customary Yom Tov fashion: Shema ;נשמת ;פסוקי דזמרה ;Morning Brachos and its Brachos; Shemonah Esrei of Yom Tov; the Chazzan's Repetition; (the Four Species are not taken on Shemini Atzeres) ;אין כמוך ;complete Hallel; Kaddish Tiskabel י"ג ;open Aron; we take out two Sifrei Torah etc.; fiveAliyahs in first fromParshas מדות "עשר תעשר" R'ei (Deut. 14:22-16:17) from until the end of the Parsha; Half-Kaddish; Maftir reads in the second Sefer Torah from Parshas Pinchas: (Numbers 29:35- Haftorah in Kings ."ביום השמיני עצרת" (30:1

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ET5769d.indd 57 5/26/08 1:17:23 PM in the Brachos ;"ויהי ככלות שלמה" I 8:54-9:1 ביום שמיני" after the Haftorah we mention ."עצרת החג הזה YIZKOR / הזכרת נשמות We make pledges to Tzedakah as a means of elevating the souls of the departed (particularly beneficial as a source of merit for both the living and the dead are donations to Ezras Torah, which aids thousands of needy families of Bnei Torah in Israel and throughout the world). אשרי; ([שערי אפרים] י-ה א-לי no) ;אב הרחמים we return the Sifrei Torah to the ;יהללו Aron HaKodesh. The Chazzan wears a Kittel; Half Kaddish, an announcement is משיב“ made to commence the saying of .in the Shemonah Esrei ”הרוח ומוריד הגשם MUSSAF / מוסף Shemonah Esrei of Mussaf of Yom Tov.We ביום".Offering mentioned ."משיב הרוח" say ."השמיני

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ET5769d.indd 58 5/26/08 1:17:23 PM there; if not he must "משיב הרוח" say begin the Shemonah Esrei again): the Chazzan's Repetition; Kaddish Tiskabel; Mourner's Kaddish. (It is advisable ;עלינו to repeat 101 times [at the very least 90 רב להושיע משיב הרוח ומוריד הגשם..." :[times so as to make the inclusion "מכלכל חיים habitual and "משיב הרוח ומוריד הגשם" of fluent, thus eliminating any future doubt in "משיב הרוח" as to whether one included the Shemonah Esrei or not.) שמחת תורה SIMCHAS TORAH TUESDAY EVENING, OCT. 21, 23 TISHREI We wait 72 minutes (under extenuati- ing circumstances, 60 minutes) after sun-s set before lighting candles or making any preparations for the second day of Yom Tov. One should be careful on Simchas Torah to refrain from any wild and unb- becoming types of behavior. One should behave in a joyous, but proper, fashion that reflects reverence and love for the שמחה של — Most High and His Torah .מצוה MAARIV / ערבית ;Half-Kaddish ;וידבר... ;ופרוש... ;ברכו... ביום שמיני" — Shemonah Esrei of Yom Tov "אתה הראת" ;Kaddish Tiskabel ;"עצרת החג הזה "אתה הראת" It is customary to auction) and the other honors of Simchas Torah

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ET5769d.indd 59 5/26/08 1:17:23 PM such as Chasan Torah, Chasan Breishis, and with the monies collected ,"כל הנערים" אתה" going to Tzedakah. The purchaser of ,distributes its verses, one by one "הראת to other members of the congregation.) All of the Sifrei Torah are removed from the Aron HaKodesh. The members of the congregation, in a joyous and animated manner, carry the Torahs around the Bimah (Hakofos) seven times. At the conclusion of the Hakofos, the Torahs are returned to the Aron HaKodesh, except for one. The congregation recites with the Three (some ;"קדוש" ,"אחד" ,"שמע" Chazzan have the custom of five)Aliyahs are made in Parshas V'zos HaBracha (Deut. 36:1-17 ;יהללו ;"שישו ושמחו" ;or 1-26); Half-Kaddish but) "שהחינו" Kiddush for Yom Tov with not in the Succah). (People who attend a Shul where a public Kiddush is made before Hakofos, and everyone [including the women] partakes of at least an olive's of cake or crackers, are not [כזית] size required to make Kiddush again in the .אדון עולם ;Mourner's Kaddish ;עלינו ;(home (.לדוד ד' אורי We no longer say) WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCT. 22 SHACHRIS / שחרית In the usual Yom Tov fashion; Piyut) ;נשמת ;פסוקי דזמרה ;Morning Brachos for Simchas Torah); Shema and its Brachos; Shemonah Esrei of Yom Tov; the Chazzan's at נשיאת כפים Repetition; we perform

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ET5769d.indd 60 5/26/08 1:17:24 PM ;(at Shachris ותערב Shachris (we do not say complete Hallel; Kaddish Tiskabel; (we do אתה" we begin with ;(אין כמוך not say as we did last night); we remove "הראת all the Sifrei Torah from the Aron HaKodesh and again joyously celebrate with seven Hakofos; after the Hakofos, three Sifrei Torah remain out, while the rest are returned ;אחד ;שמע ישראל ;to the Aron HaKodesh the first five Aliyahs ;ויעזור ויגן ;גדלו ;קדוש are made in V'zos HaBracha (Deut. 33:1- 26). The custom is that every man in the Shul receives an Aliyah on Simchas Torah. The first five Aliyahs are repeated again and again, or the congregation divides itself into several rooms, each of which has a reading, until everyone has had his Aliyah. The last man is called up for the All of the children ."כל הנערים" Aliyah of in Shul come up with him and a huge Tallis is placed over all of them. The man makes the Brachos on the Torah with all of the children. Before the Bracha after the reading is made, the congregation recites The Aliyah "...המלאך הגואל" the passage to "מעונה" of Chasan Torah extends from the end of the Torah (Devorim 33:27-34- 12). After the Torah is concluded, the ."חזק חזק ונתחזק" congregation calls out The second Sefer Torah is placed on the table. The first Sefer Torah is lifted off the table, rolled up, and covered. The second Sefer Torah is read, with the Aliyah of Chasan Breishis, from the beginning of

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ET5769d.indd 61 5/26/08 1:17:24 PM 1:1-) "אשר ברא אלקים לעשות" Breishis until 2:3). We place the third Sefer Torah next to the second and a Half-Kaddish is recited over both of them. The Maftir reads in the third Sefer Torah from Parshas Pinchas the same verses as yesterday. The Haftorah that is read is the entire first chapter of Sefer Yehoshua (the Book of Joshua) (from The Brachos .("חזק ואמץ" until "ויהי אחרי" ;שישו ושמחו ;after the Haftorah are recited the Sifrei Torah ;יהללו; אשרי ;(י-ה א-לי no) are returned to the Aron HaKodesh. MUSSAF / מוסף Half-Kaddish; Shemonah Esrei of Mussaf of Yom Tov; Chazzan's Repetition; שיר של ;עלינו ;אין כאלקינו ; Kaddish Tiskabel Psalm of the Day (we no longer say — יום .אדון עולם ;Mourner's Kaddish ;(לדוד אורי (One should endeavor to refrain from wanton foolishness and levity — rather one should engage only in celebration that is for the sake of Heaven). MINCHA / מנחה Half-Kaddish; Shemonah ;ובא לציון ;אשרי ;עלינו ;Esrei of Yom Tov; Kaddish Tiskabel Mourner's Kaddish.

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ET5769d.indd 62 5/26/08 1:17:25 PM אתה weekday Shemonah Esrei with Kaddish Tiskabel; (Havdalah only ;חוננתנו Mourner's ;עלינו ;(המבדיל and בורא פרי הגפן Kaddish. Havdalah at home as above. THURSDAY MORNING, OCT. 23 SHACHRIS / שחרית As is customary for Isru Chag, we do .למנצח not say Tachanun but we do say Some are accustomed not to say Tachanun until after Rosh Chodesh. (Sefardic Custom: after Torah יהי רצון no Tachanun, no before Torah א-ל ארך אפים Reading, or for the remainder למנצח Reading, and no of the month of Tishrei). שבת פרשת בראשית SHABBOS PARSHAS BREISHIS FRIDAY EVENING, OCT. 24, 26 TISHREI Welcoming the Shabbos and Maariv as usual for every Shabbos. SHABBOS MORNING, OCT. 25 SHACHRIS / שחרית As is customary for Shabbos Morning: Shema and its ;נשמת ;פסוקי דזמרה ;Brachos Brachos; Shemonah Esrei of Shabbos; the Chazzan's Repetition; Kaddish Tiskabel; Reading of the Torah: seven Aliyahs in

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ET5769d.indd 63 5/26/08 1:17:25 PM Parshas Breishis; Maftir reads Haftorah from Isaiah: 42:5-43:10. (The remarks "Sefardim begin here" and "Sefardim conclude here" that are commonly found in the Chumash, refer to those Jews whose ancestors originally came from Spain, not to those who follow Nusach Sefard. In a similar vein we commonly find notations that say “the Italians begin” or “conclude here,” where we are obviously speaking about Jews whose ancestors came from Italy. Those who follow Nusach Sefard, still follow the general customs of most Ashkenazic .([שערים המצויינים בהלכה Jewry. [See 79:2 We bless the month of MarCheshvan (and announce the time of the New אב nor א-ל מלא Moon*). We say neither we return the Sefer ;יהללו ;אשרי .הרחמים Torah to the Aron HaKodesh. * [Rav Henkin noted: The time of the New Moon is one single moment for the whole world. When we announce that the time of the Molad is in the early morning, we mean that it was in Eretz Yisroel in the early morning, although here in America, it was not yet midnight. This discrepancy in time does not affect the yearly calendar, which always follows Eretz Yisroel. However, it does affect our Sanctification of the New Moon, which should be done before the exact moment of mid-month, which is one half of from the חלקים days, 12 hours and 793 29 is 1/1080 of an hour or 1/18 חלק Molad. (A

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ET5769d.indd 64 5/26/08 1:17:25 PM of a minute). It is logical to conclude that we in America must sanctify the moon before mid-month in Eretz Yisroel, which is 7 hours before mid-month in New York.] MUSSAF / מוסף Half-Kaddish; Shemonah Esrei of Shabbos Mussaf, Chazzan's Repetition; אנעים ;עלינו ;אין כאלקינו ;Kaddish Tiskabel ;(Psalm of the Day) שיר של יום ;זמירות .אדון עולם ;Mourner's Kaddish MINCHA / מנחה ואני" ;Half-Kaddish ;ובא לציון ;אשרי Torah Reading: three Aliyahs in ;"תפלתי Parshas Noach (no Half-Kaddish after -Half ;יהללו ;(Torah Reading at Mincha Kaddish; Shemonah Esrei of Shabbos; Nusach) ,צדקתך צדק ;Chazzan's Repetition as they do not צדקתך צדק Sefard omits say Tachanun until after Tishrei); Kaddish ברכי ;Mourner's Kaddish ;עלינו ;Tiskabel .נפשי ערב ראש חדש EREV ROSH CHODESH TUESDAY, 29 TISHREI, OCT. 28 No Tachanun at Mincha. Those who observe Yom Kippur Koton on the day preceding Rosh Chodesh do not do so today.

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ET5769d.indd 66 5/26/08 1:17:26 PM א' דראש חדש FIRST DAY ROSH CHODESH TUESDAY NIGHT, 30 TISHREI, OCT. 28 MAARIV / מעריב in Shemonah Esrei (and in יעלה ויבא Birkas HaMazon — Blessings After Meals); in Shemonah Esrei יעלה ויבא If one forgot) of Maariv or in Birkas Hamazon he does not have to return to the beginning of the Shemonah Esrei again [in Birkas Hamazon, if one remembered after the third Bracha, but before he began the fourth, he should אשר נתן"] :say the compensatory Blessing There is] ["ראשי חדשים לעמו ישראל לזכרון an opinion that in the morning, if after reciting the Mussaf of Rosh Chodesh, one in יעלה ויבא realized that he had omitted Shachris, he need not repeat Shachris.]) WEDNESDAY MORNING, 30 TISHREI, OCT. 29 SHACHRIS / שחרית As is customary for Rosh Chodesh, יעלה weekday Shemonah Esrei with Half-Hallel; Kaddish Tiskabel; Torah ;ויבא Reading: four Aliyahs in Parshas Pinchas 28:1-15: Kohen reads the first three verses Levi repeats ;"עולת תמיד" until "וידבר" from and continues "ואמרת" the third verse רביעית" with two additional verses until until "עולת תמיד" Yisroel reads from ;"ההין The opinion of the Vilna Gaon is) "ונסכה"

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ET5769d.indd 67 5/26/08 1:17:26 PM that the first Aliyah reads the first three verses; the second Aliyah reads the next five verses; the third Aliyah repeats the and then continues "עולת תמיד" sixth verse The fourth Aliyah reads from .("ונסכה until -Half ;"יעשה ונסכו" until "ובראשי חדשיכם" the Torah is returned to the ;יהללו ;Kaddish ;(למנצח no) ובא לציון ;אשרי ;Aron HaKodesh Half-Kaddish; we remove our Tefillin. MUSSAF / מוסף Shemonah Esrei of Mussaf for Rosh Chodesh; Chazzan's Repetition; Kaddish ;ברכי נפשי ;Psalm of the Day ;עלינו ;Tiskabel Mourner's Kaddish. ב' דראש חדש SECOND DAY ROSH CHODESH THURS., OCT. 30, 1 MARCHESHVAN All services are conducted exactly as on the First Day of Rosh Chodesh. (Friday, the second of MarCheshvan, is the Yahrzeit of HaGaon Rav Naftoli son of HaGaon ,זצ"ל ,Zvi Yehuda Riff President of Ezras ,זצ"ל ,Rav Yisroel Riff Torah, 5718-5737.) שבת פרשת נח SHABBOS PARSHAS NOACH NOV. 1, 3 MARCHESHVAN The Haftorah is read from Isaiah 54:1- 55:5.

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ET5769d.indd 68 5/26/08 1:17:27 PM for "מי שברך" We make the special those who will undertake to fast the the first) בה"ב series of fasts know as Monday, Thursday and Monday after the beginning of MarCheshvan). MONDAY, NOV. 3 5 MARCHESHVAN בה"ב. The first of the three fasts of .(בה"ב Selichos for the First Monday (of [Rav Henkin noted that since those who are today very few, those בה"ב actually fast on should בה"ב Shuls that say the Selichos of [."תענית" for "תפלה" substitute the word THURSDAY, NOV. 6, 8 MARCHESHVAN .בה"ב The second of the three fasts of Selichos. lk lk /awi /ca SHABBOS PARSHAS LECH LECHA NOV. 8, 10 MARCHESHVAN The Haftorah is read from Isaiah 40:27- 41:17. MONDAY NOV. 10, 12 MARCHESHVAN, The second Monday (and third fast) .Selichos .בה"ב of The final time for the sancitification of the New Moon of MarCheshvan is the entire night Following Wednesday, November 12. (15 MarCheshvan).

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ET5769d.indd 69 5/26/08 1:17:27 PM שבת פרשת וירא SHABBOS PARSHAS VAYEIRA NOV. 15, 17 MARCHESHVAN The Haftorah is read from Kings II: 4:1-37. שבת פרשת חיי שרה SHABBOS PARSHAS CHAYEI SARAH NOV. 22, 24 MARCHESHVAN The Haftorah is read from Kings I: 1:1-31. We bless the month of Kislev. We do We say ."א-ל מלא" or "אב הרחמים" not say .at Mincha "צדקתך צדק" asj aew cwg EREV ROSH CHODESH THURS, NOV 27, 29 MARCHESHVAN (Some observe Yom Kippur Koton.) No Tachanun at Mincha.

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ET5769d.indd 71 5/26/08 1:17:28 PM astj aew ROSH CHODESH FRIDAY, NOV 28, 1 KISLEV The usual service for Rosh Chodesh: ;in Shemonah Esrei; Half-Hallel יעלה ויבא Kaddish Tiskabel; Torah Reading; Mussaf for Rosh Chodesh, etc. /tskt/ /awi /ca SHABBOS PARSHAS TOLDOS NOV 29, 2 KISLEV The Haftorah is read from Malachi 1:1-2:7. THURSDAY NIGHT, DEC. 4, 8 KISLEV At Maariv of Thursday night Dec. 8, "ותן טל ומטר" Kislev, we begin to include 4 into the Shemonah Esrei. If one became aware, after he had completed the Bracha ותן טל" that he had omitted ,מברך השנים he should wait to insert it right "ומטר If he had .שמע קולנו of "כי אתה שומע" before ,שומע תפלה already completed the Bracha If ."רצה" he may insert it before saying he must "רצה" he had already begun which is ,"ברך עלינו" return to the Bracha If he ."ותן טל ומטר" the proper place for had already completed the Shemonah Esrei and stepped backward, then he must repeat the entire Shemonah Esrei. In any situation in which a person must

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ET5769d.indd 72 5/26/08 1:17:28 PM repeat the entire Shemonah Esrei, he may fulfill his obligation by listening to every word of the Chazzan's Repetition from begining to end, with the intention of thus fulfilling his obligation. (It is advisable to repeat 101 times ואת כל מיני" :[at the very least 90 times] so as to make "תבואתה לטובה ותן טל ומטר habitual and "ותן טל ומטר" the inclusion of fluent, thus eliminating any future doubt "ותן טל ומטר" as to whether one included in the Shemonah Esrei or not.) שבת פרשת ויצא SHABBOS PARSHAS VAYEITZEI DEC. 6, 9 KISLEV The Haftorah is read from Hosea: 12:13-14:10. (The Mishneh brurah Siman 428 Subparagraph 22 states in the name of the Chayei Adam that we add additional pasukim in order to conclude the Haftorah on a positive note). The final time for the sanctification of the New Moon of Kislev is the entire night following Thursday, Dec. 11 (15 Kislev). If necessery, The New Moon of Kislev may be sanctified Friday night until 9:48 PM (16 Kislev). שבת פרשת וישלח SHABBOS PARSHAS VAYISHLACH

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ET5769d.indd 73 5/26/08 1:17:28 PM DEC. 13, 16 KISLEV The Haftorah is read from the Book of Ovadiah. שבת פרשת וישב SHABBOS PARSHAS VAYEISHEV DEC. 20, 23 KISLEV The Haftorah is read from Amos 2:6- 3:8. We bless the month of Teves. We do We say ."א-ל מלא" or "אב הרחמים" not say .at Mincha "צדקתך צדק" ערב חנוכה EREV CHANUKAH SUNDAY, DEC. 21, 24 KISLEV No Tachanun at Mincha. “We should increase our charity contributions during the days of channukah because they are specifically appropriate for rectifying the defects of one’s soul through charity, and especially by supporting the needy among those who study torah.” (Kitzur Shulchan Aruch Laws of Chanukah) א' דחנוכה FIRST DAY CHANUKAH SUNDAY NIGHT, 25 KISLEV, DEC. 21 Sunday night, December 21, after sunset (according to some, after the

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ET5769d.indd 74 5/26/08 1:17:28 PM appearance of three stars) we light the Chanukah lights and make the following שעשה ,להדליק נר של חנוכה :three Brachos After lighting we .שהחיינו and ,נסים etc." We also light the "הנרות הללו" recite Chanukah Menorah, with all of its Brachos, in the southern side of the Shul (where the Menorah was lit in the Holy Temple) so as to make a public declaration of the is recited only on the "שהחיינו" .miracle first night. The first candle that is lit is at the extreme right of the Menorah. MAARIV / ערבית The usual weekday Maariv. We say in Shemonah Esrei. If one omitted ועל הנסים he does not repeat the Shemonah ועל הנסים ועל הנסים Esrei (the same holds true for in the Blessing after Meals (Birkas Hamazon). [Rav Henkin noted that the Talmud states that one can fulfill his basic obligation of lighting Chanukah lights with one candle each night for a man and his entire household. The lighting was done outside, by the door of the house, so as to publicize the miracle to passersby. In later times the custom practiced was to light inside the house, by the left side of the door. It is better, however, to light in a window that is in view of the street, or at the very least, that is in view of an alley or courtyard where people walk. The established custom is to light the Chanukah lights in a way that the Talmud

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ET5769d.indd 75 5/26/08 1:17:28 PM למהדרין מן - called the most beautiful of all whereby on the first day one lights ,המהדרין one candle, and on each day an additional candle is added, that candle being lit first. By the eighth day we light eight candles. The Talmud's basic decree was for the head of the household to light for everyone in the house. They, in turn, must observe the candles being lit and hear the Brachos. If there are visitors in the house at the time of the lighting of the Menorah, they should either contribute oil (or candles) or pay a few cents so that they become partners in the Mitzvah. The custom now is for even visitors to light their own Menorah, at the proper time, with their own Bracha, even if a member of the family is lighting the Menorah for them at home. The individual family members may, if they so wish, light their own Menorahs and make their own Brachos. If they do so, they should light each Menorah in a separate place. One may not derive any practical benefit from the Chanukah lights. Therefore, we light an additional light, called the Shammash, so that if one needs some light, he should use the Shammash. It is best to light at the time of the initial appearance of the stars (except for Saturday night when one, perforce, must light later). Under extenuating circumstances, one may light at midnight or even later, if members of the family are still awake to see the Chanukah lights.

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ET5769d.indd 76 5/26/08 1:17:29 PM There must be enough oil to last one half hour past the time when the stars appear. If one is lighting after the appearance of the stars there must still be enough oil to burn for half an hour. If the Chanukah lights are accidently extinguished prior to their having burned the requisite time, one is not obligated by Halacha to rekindle them; it is, however, advisable that one rekindle them without a Bracha.] (There is a custom to give children Chanukah Gelt as part of the process of publicizing the miracle.) MONDAY MORNING, DEC. 22, 25 KISLEV SHACHRIS / שחרית in Shemonah Esrei; Chazzan's ועל הנסים Repetition; complete Hallel; Half-Kaddish; Torah Reading: three Aliyahs in Parshas Naso (Numbers 7); Kohen reads (1-11) לחנוכת" until "ויהי ביום כלות משה" from מלאה" Levi reads (12-14) until ;"המזבח נחשון בן" Yisroel reads (15-17) until ;"קטרת ;ובא לציון ;אשרי ;יהללו ;Half-Kaddish ;"עמינדב Psalm of ;עלינו ;Kaddish Tiskabel ;(למנצח no) is said after the) מזמור שיר חנוכת ;the Day Psalm of the Day throughout Chanukah); Mourner's Kaddish. ,א-ל ארך אפים ,We do not say Tachanun) ,after Torah Reading יהי רצון the series of (.all eight days of Chanukah למנצח and In Shul we light the Chanukah Menorah

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ET5769d.indd 77 5/26/08 1:17:29 PM in the morning too, (without a Bracha) so as to publicize the miracle. On the weekdays of Chanukah we observe the following order: In Shemonah ועל Esrei and Bircas HaMazon we add Mishne Brurah 682:1)At Shacharis) .הנסים we recite the complete Hallel followed by a half-Kaddish (with the exception of Shabbos and Rosh Chodesh when the Hallel is followed by a Kaddish Tiskabel.). (On each weekday of Chanukah we have three Aliyahs from a section at the end of Parshas Naso, concerning the offerings brought by the N'siim (Princes) during the dedication of the Tabernacle. The first two Aliyahs are read in the paragraph whose day corresponds to that day of Chanukah; e.g., on the third day of Chanukah the first two Aliyahs On other] ;"ביום השלישי" would read from weekdays of Chanukah, the readings of the Kohen and Levi for the respective day, follow the division of Levi and Yisroel on the first day, see above]. The third Aliyah continues with the entire offering of the next day.) ב' דחנוכה SECOND DAY CHANUKAH MONDAY NIGHT, DEC. 22, 26 KISLEV Monday night we light two candles, beginning with the new addition. We שעשה" and "להדליק נר" make the Brachos

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ET5769d.indd 80 5/26/08 1:17:30 PM שבת פרשת מקץ[[ SHABBOS PARSHAS MIKEITZ א' דראש חדש טבת FIRST DAY ROSH CHODESH TEVES ו' דחנוכה SIXTH DAY CHANUKAH FRIDAY AFTERNOON, 29 KISLEV, DEC. 26, We light the Chanukah Menorah at home before lighting the Shabbos candles. (One should recite Mincha before lighting the Chanukah lights. However, one must be careful not to delay the welcoming of Shabbos because of this. One may not light neither Chanukah nor Shabbos lights, earlier than Plag HaMincha – one and one-quarter proportionate hours before sunset, (a proportionate hour is one- twelfth of the daylight period). One must be careful to use enough oil (or light a large enough candle) that will remain lit until thirty minutes after the appearance of the stars. קבלת שבת / ערבית WELCOMING THE SHABBOS

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ET5769d.indd 81 5/26/08 1:17:30 PM FRIDAY EVENING, DEC. 26, 30 KISLEV MAARIV / מעריב .etc ,ועל הנסים ,יעלה ויבא SHABBOS MORNING, DEC. 27, 30 KISLEV SHACHRIS / שחרית in Shemonah ועל הנסים and יעלה ויבא Esrei for Shabbos; Chazzan's Repetition; complete Hallel; Kaddish Tiskabel. We take out three Sifrei Torah; in the first Sefer Torah we have six Aliyahs in the weekly Sidrah (Mikeitz). We place the second Sefer Torah next to the first and we then lift and roll the first Sefer Torah. In the second Torah we have one Aliyah in Parshas Pinchas – (Numbers 28:9-15) the ובראשי" and "וביום השבת" two paragraphs The third Sefer Torah is placed ."חדשיכם next to the second and a Half-Kaddish is said over both of them; the second Sefer Torah is lifted and closed; the Maftir reads in the third Sefer Torah from Parshas Naso אליסף בן" until "ביום הששי" from (7:42-7:47) The Haftorah is read in Zechariah .דעואל ,אשרי ;(אב הרחמים or א-ל מלא no) 2:14-4:7 .יהללו MUSSAF / מוסף Half-Kaddish; in Shemonah Esrei of Mussaf for Shabbos and Rosh Chodesh we Chazzan's ;ועל הנסים and אתה יצרת say .אין כאלקינו ;Repetition; Kaddish Tiskabel

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ET5769d.indd 82 5/26/08 1:17:31 PM Psalm of the) ;שיר של יום ;אנעים זמירות ;עלינו Mourner's ;מזמור שיר חנוכת ;ברכי נפשי ;(Day .אדון עולם ;Kaddish MINCHA / מנחה Three Aliyahs in Parshas Vayigash; in Shemonah Esrei ועל הנסים and יעלה ויבא צדקתך for Shabbos Mincha. (We do not say .(צדק ב' דראש חדש SECOND DAY ROSH CHODESH ז' דחנוכה SEVENTH DAY CHANUKAH מוצאי שבת DEPARTURE OF SHABBOS יעלה ,אתה חוננתנו ;Weekday Maariv ;in Shemonah Esrei ועל הנסים and ויבא Kaddish ;ואתה קדוש ;ויהי נועם ;Half-Kaddish Tiskabel; light Chanukah Menorah in Mourner's ; עלינו ;Havdalah ;ויתן לך ;Shul Kaddish. (Rav Henkin noted that there are various opinions concerning the order of Havdalah and Chanukah Menorah lighting in the home. His recommendation was to make Havdalah first, and then to light the Chanukah Menorah. His reason was a practical one, intended for the benefit of someone who maintains Shabbos longer than the rest of the household. Such a person can

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ET5769d.indd 83 5/26/08 1:17:31 PM make Havdalah with someone else lighting the Havdalah candle and holding it for him. When he is ready to light his Chanukah lights, he may then do so immediately.) SUNDAY, DEC. 28, 1 TEVES SHACHRIS / שחרית in weekday ועל הנסים and יעלה ויבא Shemonah Esrei; Chazzan's Repetition; complete Hallel; Kaddish Tiskabel. We take out two Sifrei Torah; in the first we have three Aliyahs in Parshas Pinchas in the regular Torah Reading for Rosh Chodesh (Numbers 28:1-15): Kohen reads from Levi reads from ;"רביעית ההין" until "וידבר" Yisroel "ונסכה"; the following verse until the fourth Aliyah is "ונסכו"; continues until in the second Sefer Torah in Parshas Naso - Half ביום השביעי"; (Numbers 7:48-53) the Torah is returned to the ;יהללו ;Kaddish ;(למנצח no) ובא לציון ;אשרי ;Aron HaKodesh Half-Kaddish. MUSSAF / מוסף We remove our Tefillin; Shemonah Esrei ;ועל הנסים of Mussaf for Rosh Chodesh with Chazzan's Repetition; Kaddish Tiskabel; מזמור שיר ;ברכי נפשי ;Psalm of the Day ;עלינו .Mourner's Kaddish ;חנוכת ח' דחנוכה EIGHTH DAY CHANUKAH MONDAY, DEC. 29, 2 TEVES

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ET5769d.indd 84 5/26/08 1:17:31 PM SHACHRIS/ שחרית ;ועל הנסים Shemonah Esrei with Chazzan's Repetition; complete Hallel; Half-Kaddish; Torah Reading: three Aliyahs in Parshas Naso and concluding in Parshas B'haalosecha (Numbers 7:54-8:4): "ביום השמיני" Kohen reads (54-56) from Levi reads (57-59) until ;"מלאה קטרת" until (Yisroel reads (7:60-8:4 ;"גמליאל בן פדהצור" "כן עשה את המנורה" until "ביום התשיעי" from in Parshas B'haalosecha; Half-Kaddish; Kaddish ;(למנצח no) ;ובא לציון ;אשרי ;יהללו מזמור שיר ;Psalm of the Day ;עלינו ;Tiskabel .Mourner's Kaddish ;חנוכת שבת פרשת ויגש SHABBOS PARSHAS VAYIGASH JAN. 3, 7 TEVES The Haftorah is read from Ezekiel 37:15-28. עשרה בטבת FAST OF TENTH OF TEVES TUESDAY, JAN. 6, 10 TEVES Public Fast Day. SHACHRIS / שחרית and גואל between עננו The Chazzan says -Tachanun; Half ;אבינו מלכנו ;Selichos ;רפאנו Kaddish; Torah Reading for Fast Days, :Parshas Ki Sisah) "ויחל" three Aliyahs in יהללו; ;Half-Kaddish ;(34:1-10 ,32:11-14)

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ET5769d.indd 85 5/26/08 1:17:31 PM ;עלינו ;Kaddish Tiskabel ובא לציון ;למנצח ;אשרי Psalm of the Day; Mourner's Kaddish. MINCHA / מנחה Half-Kaddish; we take out a Sefer .as in the morning "ויחל" Torah and read No Half-Kaddish after the Torah is read; the third Aliyah is the Maftir. The Isaiah: 55:6-56:8 (until "דרשו" Haftorah is the usual one for the ("אקבץ עליו לנקבציו" afternoons of Public Fasts; Brachos after -Half ;יהללו ;"מגן דוד" the Haftorah until in עננו Kaddish; Shemonah Esrei including During the Chazzan's .שים שלום ;"שמע קולנו" between עננו Repetition, the Chazzan says .שים שלום before ברכת כהנים ;רפאנו and גואל ;Tachanun; Kaddish Tiskabel ;אבינו מלכנו .Mourner's Kaddish ;עלינו The final time for the sanctification of the New Moon of Teves, is the entire night following Jan. 10 (15 Teves). שבת פרשת ויחי SHABBOS PARSHAS VAYECHI JAN. 10, 14 TEVES The Haftorah is read from Kings I 2:1- 12. THURSDAY, JAN. 15, 19 TEVES .(שובבי"ם Some begin the days of)

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ET5769d.indd 86 5/26/08 1:17:32 PM שבת פרשת שמות SHABBOS PARSHAS SHEMOS JAN. 17, 21 TEVES The Haftorah is read from Isaiah 27:6- 28:13 then skipping to 29:22-23. שבת פרשת וארא SHABBOS PARSHAS VAEIRA JAN. 24, 28 TEVES The Haftorah is read from Ezekiel 28:25-29:21. We bless the month of Shevat. ."א-ל מלא" or "אב הרחמים" We do not say .at Mincha "צדקתך צדק" We say ערב ראש חדש EREV ROSH CHODESH SUNDAY, JAN. 25, 29 TEVES (Some observe Yom Kippur Koton.) We do not say Tachanun at Mincha.

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ET5769d.indd 88 5/26/08 1:17:32 PM ראש חדש שבט ROSH CHODESH SHEVAT MONDAY, JAN. 26, 1 SHEVAT The usual services for Rosh Chodesh; ;in Shemonah Esrei; Half-Hallel יעלה ויבא Kaddish Tiskabel; Torah Reading; Mussaf for Rosh Chodesh; etc. שבת פרשת בא SHABBOS PARSHAS BO JAN. 31, 6 SHEVAT The Haftorah is read from Jeremiah 46:13-28. שבת שירה/פרשת בשלח SHABBOS SHIRAH PARSHAS BESHALACH FEB. 7, 13 SHEVAT The Haftorah is read from Judges 4:4- 5:31. (Sunday, 14 Shevat is the Yahrzeit of HaGaon Rav Yisroel ben HaRav ,זצ"ל ,Gershon HaLevi Rosenberg founder of Ezras Torah.) The final time for the sanctification of the New Moon of Shevat, is Monday night Until 11:16 PM, Feb. 9 (16 Shevat). חמשה עשר בשבט TU B'SHEVAT MONDAY, FEB. 9, 15 SHEVAT

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ET5769d.indd 89 5/26/08 1:17:33 PM No Tachanun; (we also do not say Tachanun the preceding Mincha [Sunday afternoon]). The custom is to eat fruits that grow on trees, for Tu B'Shevat is the "New Year of the Trees" (We always on any seasonal שהחיינו make the Bracha fruit that one is eating for the first time that year. The Bracha is not made on artificially preserved fruits or on fruits that are deficient in appearance or taste in comparison to those of the regular seasonal crop.) שבת פרשת יתרו SHABBOS PARSHAS YISRO FEB. 14, 20 SHEVAT The Haftorah is read from Isaiah 6:1- 7:6 and 9:5-6. שבת פרשת משפטים SHABBOS PARSHAS MISHPATIM פרשת שקלים PARSHAS SHEKOLIM FEB. 21, 27 SHEVAT We recite the regular Shabbos service Piyutim for special] יוצרות many say the) occasions], for Parshas Shekolim). We take out two Sifrei Torah; seven Aliyahs in first Sefer Torah from the weekly Sidrah –

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ET5769d.indd 90 5/26/08 1:17:33 PM Mishpatim; Half-Kaddish. The Maftir reads from Parshas Ki Sisah (Exodus 30:11-16). The Haftorah for Parshas Shekolim is read from Kings II 12:1-17. We do not permit a child to read the Haftorah for the congregation on any of the four special Shabbosos: Shekolim, Zochor, Parah, and HaChodesh. We bless the month of Adar; ."אב הרחמים" or "א-ל מלא" we do not say The foremost Rabbis of past generations instituted a wonderful practice whereby, on Shabbos Shekolim Shuls all over America conducted appeals for Ezras Torah, which was a holy bastion of relief and succor for thousands of families of Torah scholars, including Gedolim, Tzaddikim, widows, and children, whose poverty was relieved, to some degree, by the work of Ezras Torah. This practice must be maintained through the present, because these appeals have become a major source of income for Ezras Torah. Heaven forfend that this practice be changed or replaced. pxtn / MUSSAF Shemonah Esrei of Shabbos Mussaf; for יוצרות) ;the Chazzan's Repetition those who say them); Kaddish Tiskabel; ;שיר של יום ;אנעים זמירות ;עלינו ;אין כאלקינו .אדון עולם ;Mourner's Kaddish vjbn / MINCHA Three Aliyahs in Parshas Terumah. We ."צדקתך צדק" say

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ET5769d.indd 91 5/26/08 1:17:33 PM ערב ראש חדש EREV ROSH CHODESH MONDAY, 29 SHEVAT, FEB. 23 (Some observe Yom Kippur Koton.) No Tachanun at Mincha.

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ET5769d.indd 93 5/26/08 1:17:34 PM א' דראש חדש FIRST DAY ROSH CHODESH TUESDAY, FEB. 24, 30 SHEVAT The usual service for Rosh Chodesh: ;in Shemonah Esrei; Half-Hallel יעלה ויבא Kaddish Tiskabel; Torah Reading; Mussaf for Rosh Chodesh, etc. ב' דראש חדש SECOND DAY ROSH CHODESH WEDNESDAY, FEB. 25, 1 ADAR We conduct services exactly as on the first day ofRosh Chodesh. vntw/ /awi /ca SHABBOS PARSHAS TERUMAH FEB. 28, 4 ADAR The Haftorah is read from Kings I 5:26-6:13. שבת פרשת תצוה SHABBOS PARSHAS TETZAVEH פרשת זכור PARSHAS ZACHOR MAR. 7, 11 ADAR We recite the regular Shabbos service

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ET5769d.indd 94 5/26/08 1:17:34 PM .(for Parshas Zachor יוצרות many say the) We take out two Sifrei Torah; seven Aliyahs in the first from the weekly Sidrah — Tetzaveh; Half-Kaddish. The Maftir reads from Parshas Ki Seitzei (Deut. 25:17-19) until the end of the Parsha. It "זכור" from is a Mitzvah of the Torah to read Parshas Zachor. The Haftorah for Parshas Zachor is from Samuel I 15:2-34; we do not say ."אב הרחמים" or "א-ל מלא" MINCHA / מנחה Three Aliyahs in Parshas Ki Sisah. We .צדקתך צדק do say תענית אסתר TAANIS ESTHER MONDAY MORNING MAR. 9, 13 ADAR Public Fast Day. (It is not a Scriptural obligation as are the other four public fast days). SHACHRIS / שחרית גואל between עננו The Chazzan says Tachanun ;אבינו מלכנו ;Selichos ;רפאנו and ;א-ל ארך אפים ;of Monday; Half-Kaddish Torah Reading for fast days — 3 Aliyahs Parshas Ki Sisah: (32:11-14, 34:1-) "ויחל" in ;אשרי ;יהללו ;יהי רצון ;Half-Kaddish ;(10 ;עלינו ;Kaddish Tiskabel ;ובא לציון ;למנצח Psalm of the Day; Mourner's Kaddish.

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ET5769d.indd 95 5/26/08 1:17:34 PM MINCHA/ מנחה Half-Kaddish; we take out a Sefer ;אשרי .as in the morning"ויחל" Torah and read No Half-Kaddish after the Torah is read; the third Aliyah is the Maftir. The Isaiah 55:6-56:8 (until :"דרשו" Haftorah is the usual one for ("אקבץ עליו לנקבציו" the afternoons of public fasts; Brachos -Half ;יהללו ;מגן דוד after the Haftorah until in עננו Kaddish; Shemonah Esrei including During the Chazzan's .שים שלום ;שמע קולנו between עננו Repetition, the Chazzan says ;שים שלום before ברכת כהנים ;רפאנו and גואל and no Tachanun), Kaddish אבינו מלכנו No) .Mourner's Kaddish ;עלינו ;Tiskabel Before Mincha, everyone should give three half-dollar coins to Tzedakah. This money is in commemoration of the Half that was given at this (מחצית השקל) Shekel time of year to the Beis HaMikdash for the purchase of new animal offerings, beginning with the coming month of Nisan. (One should remember that the as well as ,"מחצית השקל" obligation of those of Matanos LaEvyonim on Purim, and Maos Chitim before Pesach can all be fulfilled through donations to Ezras Torah.). (Today, 13 Adar, is the Yahrzeit of HaGaon HaRav Moshe ben HaGaon who ,זצ"ל ,HaRav Dovid Feinstein served as Honorary President of Ezras Torah for many years.) The final time for the sanctification of

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ET5769d.indd 96 5/26/08 1:17:34 PM the New Moon of Adar is the enitre night following Tuesday March 10 (15 Adar). פורים PURIM MONDAY NIGHT, MAR. 9, 14 ADAR MAARIV / ערבית If one .ועל הנסים Shemonah Esrei with and first recalled ,ועל הנסים forgot to say his omission only after he had already completed the Bracha that follows it, he does not begin the Shemonah Esrei again in the ועל הנסים the same holds true for) Blessing after Meals [Birkas Hamazon]). After Shemonah Esrei, Kaddish Tiskabel. The person who will read the Megillah for the entire congregation folds it like a letter, being careful that he does not damage any of the letters in the Megillah. The reader recites the following three Brachos על" :on behalf of the entire congregation ."שהחיינו" and "שעשה נסים" ,"מקרא מגילה [Rav Henkin noted that the Reading of the Megillah, both at night as well as in the morning, is an obligation incumbent upon every man and woman. Therefore, the reader must have a powerful voice that can be heard by everyone. He must read very precisely, without swallowing any words or even letters. For if anyone misses hearing even one word, he does not fulfill his obligation and must repeat the entire Megillah from that point on. Because of the noise that is made

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ET5769d.indd 97 5/26/08 1:17:35 PM after the mention of Haman, many people do not hear the words, and thus fail to perform a commandment. Those (מדברי קבלה) Biblical who initiated this custom of making noise at the mention of Haman's name, had the pure intentions of performing the Mitzvah in a superior fashion. But, today the interest is only in wanton levity and unruly conduct that is always prohibited. The Sefardim have a custom of making noise only at the mention of Haman during the singing of Shoshanas Yaakov, after the Reading of the Megillah is already over. This is a fitting custom that should be universally adopted. However, during the reading of the Megillah, we should tolerate no noise-making.] After the reading and rewinding of the Megillah, the Reader makes the Bracha and "אשר הניא" We then say ."הרב את ריבנו" and "ואתה קדוש" followed by "שושנת יעקב" ;עלינו ;תתקבל Kaddish Tiskabel without Mourner's Kaddish. A mourner during Shiva who does not have a Minyan in his own home should go to Shul for the Megillah Reading. When we arrive home we have somewhat of a festive meal, eaten on a nicely set table with candles lit. TUESDAY MORNING, MAR. 10, 14 ADAR SHACHRIS / שחרית in Shemonah Esrei; in the ועל הנסים Chazzan's Repetition, many say special

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ET5769d.indd 98 5/26/08 1:17:35 PM Piyutim known as the Krovetz L'Purim; no Tachanun; Half-Kaddish; we take out a Sefer Torah from the Aron HaKodesh; three "ויבא עמלק") Aliyahs in Parshas Beshalach till the end of the Parsha) Exodus 17:8-16; we return the Sefer ;יהללו ;Half-Kaddish Torah to the Aron HaKodesh; we read the Megillah; before beginning the Megillah, על" :the Reader makes the three Brachos it) "שהחיינו" and "שעשה נסים" ,"מקרא מגילה should be announced that as the Bracha is made we should intend that "שהחיינו" it also apply to Mishloach Manos, Matonos LaEvyonim and the Seudas Purim). One may not remove his Tefillin until after the Megillah is read, rewound, and the remainder of Shachris completed. After the Megillah is read, the Reader makes שושנת" We say ."הרב את ריבנו" the Bracha no) "ובא לציון" ;"אשרי" ;("אשר הניא" no) "יעקב Psalm of the ;עלינו ;Kaddish Tiskabel ;(למנצח Day; Mourner's Kaddish. (If one did not he should do ,"מחצית השקל" yet give his so now.) One should be very generous in his distribution of his "Gifts to the Poor." One should give to a minimum of two poor people presents of money or of food and drink. In fulfilling his obligation of "Sending Portions to his Friend," one should do this Mitzvah with food that may be eaten without further preparation, and with portions that reflect well on both the giver and the recipient.

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ET5769d.indd 99 5/26/08 1:17:35 PM One should not send "Mishloach Manos" to a mourner during his year of mourning. If the mourner is a poor man, one may send him money. A mourner is obligated to send "Mishloach Manos" to a friend. (If one lives in a town where the only other Jew is a mourner, he may send him foods that are not of a joyful nature, e.g., plain vegetables). Fasting and eulogizing are prohibited on Purim and Shushan Purim. “It is better for a person to emphasize giving "Gifts to the Poor" in a generous and magnanimous fashion, rather than to emphasize the "Sending of Portions" or his own lavish Seudas Purim for there is no greater or more praiseworthy form of celebration than that of celebrating in a manner that gladdens the hearts of the needy, the widowed, the orphaned, and the friendless stranger. One who gladdens the heart of the unfortunate is compared to the Divine Presence, as it is said (Isaiah: 57:15), ‘to revive the spirit of the downtrodden, and to restore the heart of the broken.’" (Rambam in Laws of the Megillah). The Seudas Purim must be begun in Birkas ועל הנסים before sunset. We say Hamazon even if the meal is completed after dark. We begin to inquire about and expound upon the laws of Pesach thirty days before, beginning on Purim itself.

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ET5769d.indd 100 5/26/08 1:17:36 PM MINCHA / מנחה .in Shemonah Esrei ועל הנסים uhwti yata SHUSHAN PURIM WEDNESDAY, MAR. 11, 15 ADAR we should ;למנצח No Tachanun and no rejoice somewhat on this day, too. ea/ hf /awi /ca SHABBOS PARSHAS KI SISAH vwi /awi PARSHAS PARAH MAR. 14, 18 ADAR Usual Shabbos service; many say we take out two Sifrei Torah; in the ;יוצרות first, we have sevenAliyahs in the weekly Sidrah, Parshas Ki Sisah; Half-Kaddish. In the second Sefer Torah the Maftir reads Parshas Parah in Chukas (Numbers 19:1- 22). (Some maintain that the obligation to read Parshas Parah is mandated by the Torah.) The Haftorah of Parshas Parah is read from Ezekiel 36:16-38. We do not ."אב הרחמים" or "א-ל מלא" say pxtn / MUSSAF Shemonah Esrei of Mussaf for Shabbos.

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ET5769d.indd 101 5/26/08 1:17:36 PM vjbn / MINCHA Three Aliyahs in Parshas Vayakhel. We .צדקתך צדק say hstqi-kvqht /awi /ca SHABBOS PARSHAS VAYAKHEL-PEKUDEI פרשת החדש PARSHAS HACHODESH March 21, 25 ADAR The usual Shabbos Shemonah Esrei; the יוצרות Chazzan's Repetition (those who say [Piyutim for special occasions], say the for Parshas HaChodesh); Kaddish יוצרות Tiskabel; Torah Reading: we take out two Sifrei Torah; seven Aliyahs in the firstSefer Torah from the weekly Sidrah — Vayakhel- Pekudei; Half-Kaddish; the Maftir reads in the second Sefer Torah from Parshas Bo (Exodus 12:1-20); the Haftorah of Parshas HaChodesh is read in Ezekiel 45:16-46:18. א-ל מלא We bless the month of Nisan (no .Half-Kaddish ;יהללו ;אשרי ;(אב הרחמים or MUSSAF / מוסף יוצרות As usual; (those who say [Piyutim for special occasions], say the .(for Parshas HaChodesh יוצרות MINCHA / מנחה Three Aliyahs in Parshas Vayikra. We .צדקתך צדק say

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ET5769d.indd 104 5/26/08 1:17:37 PM asj aew ROSH CHODESH THURSDAY, MAR. 26, 1 NISAN The usual service for Rosh Chodesh: ;in Shemonah Esrei; Half-Hallel יעלה ויבא Kaddish Tiskabel; Torah Reading; Mussaf for Rosh Chodesh, etc. (During the entire month of Nisan we do not say Tachanun and the series of after the Reading of the Torah on יהי רצון Mondays and Thursdays. On Shabbos we However, Ashkenazim .צדקתך צדק don’t say is צדוק הדין ;למנצח and א-ל ארך אפים do say א-ל not recited at a burial. We do not say with the exception of) אב הרחמים or מלא the period of Counting of the Omer when is said). Fasting and Eulogising אב הרחמים are prohibited this month. Some have the custom that during the first twelve days of Nisan they read after Shachris each day, the section from the end of Parshas Naso that describes the offering of the corresponding Nasi (e.g., on Rosh Chodesh the offering of the first Nasi, etc.). ewqht /awi /ca SHABBOS PARSHAS VAYIKRA MAR. 28, 3 NISAN The Haftorah is read from Isaiah 43:21- .אב הרחמים. or א-ל מלא No .44:23 .at Mincha צדקתך צדק We do not say

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ET5769d.indd 106 5/26/08 1:17:37 PM and "ויהי נועם" Esrei; Kaddish Tiskabel; (no ;Havdalah ;"ויתן לך" we say ;("ואתה קדוש" .Mourner’s Kaddish ;עלינו [Rav Henkin noted that the Sale of Chometz to a non-Jew should be done by a Rav who is an expert in such Halachos, and even such a Rav should sell as part of a Beis Din of three.] The final time for the sanctification of the New Moon of Nisan is the entire night following Tuesday, Apr. 7 (14 Nisan). If necessary the New Moon maybe sanctified the entire first night of Pesach (15 Nisan). and the second night of Pesach until 12:45 AM (16 Nisan). jxi cwg EREV PESACH TUES. NIGHT, APR. 7, 14 NISAN Tuesday night after the appearance of the stars, (the time that the Mishna in Pesachim refers to as the "Light of the Fourteenth"), we search for chometz in all places to which we bring it during the year. According to custom, we have someone who is not participating in the search place ten pieces of chometz in random locations in rooms to which we bring chometz during the year (failure to do so does not invalidate the search, however one must be very careful to find all ten pieces). Before beginning the search we recite

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ET5769d.indd 107 5/26/08 1:17:38 PM אשר קדשנו במצוותיו וצונו על ביעור" the Bracha on the removal of chometz (for the – "חמץ search is the beginning of the process of removal). After the search, one says the preferably in a) "כל חמירא" declaration language that he understands) nullifying all chometz and sourdough of which he is unaware. One should take care to place the chometz, which will be eaten in the morning until the end of the fourth hour (see below) and the crumbs from the search in a secured place. Whatever is left over from breakfast, along with the crumbs from the search, must be destroyed or removed by the end of the fifth hour. Thechometz that he authorized his Rav to sell must be placed in a reserved area. The sale to the non-Jew is also considered part of the removal .process (ביעור) WEDNESDAY MORNING APR. 8, 14 NISAN vnjv /fwc THE BLESSING ON THE SUN (a once in 28 years occurrence): The occurrence yesterday evening of the Tekufah of Nisan marks the end of the 206th (28 year) solar cycle and the beginning of the 207th solar

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ET5769d.indd 108 5/26/08 1:17:38 PM cycle. This once in 28 year occurrence is accompanied by a special brachah, the Blessing – ברכת החמה referred to as over the Sun. The Shulchan Aruch (Aruch Chaim Siman 229:2) states as follows: “One who sees the sun in its original position at the time of Creation, an event which coincides with the Tekufah of Nisan every 28 years on the fourth day of the week, says the following Blessing on the morning of the fourth day, when he sees the sun: “Blessed… is the One who עושה – ”has made the act of Creation The Mishneh Brurah on this .מעשה בראשית section states in subparagraph 6: “The exact place in the sky in which we see the sun at the moment of the Tekufah after 28 years is the place where the heavenly luminaries were first made to appear during the week of Creation. From that original moment began a series of solar circuits, each of which lasts for 28 years, and which ends exactly at the time of the Tekufah, which occurs at the beginning of Tuesday night leading into Wednesday, at which time the luminaries are in their original positions as at the moment of their creation.” The Mishneh Brurah continues in subparagraph 8: “The best thing to do is to make this Blessing as early in the morning as possible. It is also beneficial to make this Blessing with a multitude of people. If one delayed making the Blessing, he can make it up

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ET5769d.indd 109 5/26/08 1:17:38 PM until the end of the third hour of the day (Levush and Magen Avraham). However, many other authorities agree that in difficult circumstances the full Blessing can be made even until noon. If the sun is not visible because of cloud coverage, see Shaarei Teshuvah. In his Responsum #56, the Chasam Sofer wrote that if the sun were covered by clouds, but the image of the sun could be seen through the clouds, then we do make the Blessing. However, if the sun cannot be seen at all it is not proper to make the Blessing. (In the Mishne Brurah’s reference work, the Shaarei Tzion, he further cites from this responsum of the Chasam Sofer and writes: “Look into Responsum #56 of the Chasam Sofer where it states that in the event of a cloudy day even a solitary individual should make the Blessing as early in the morning as he can see the sun.) And in that Responsum, the Chasam Sofer mentions his personal custom in relation to this Blessing: ‘Before the :Psalms) “הללו את ד' מן השמים“ ,Blessing Chapter 148) is recited. After the Blessing ,וחיות הקודש until א-ל אדון על כל המעשים found in Shacharis of Shabbos is recited. השמים מספרים כבוד – After that ”.קדיש and עלינו followed by ,ק-ל /hwja / SHACHRIS We rise early to go to Shul. Regular ;מזמור לתודה weekday Shachris; we omit

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ET5769d.indd 110 5/26/08 1:17:38 PM ובא ;אשרי ;Shemonah Esrei; Half-Kaddish ;Kaddish Tiskabel ;(למנצח we omit) ;לציון Psalm of the Day; Mourner's ;עלינו Kaddish. The first born have a custom to fast, or to redeem themselves with money for Tzedakah, or to participate in a Seudas Mitzvah such as the completion of a Tractate of Talmud. One may eat chometz until the end of four proportionate hours (see Chanukah for definition of proportionate hour) after seventy-two minutes before – עמוד השחר sunrise (in extenuating circumstances one may calculate the four hours from sunrise itself). One may sell chometz, give it away to a non-Jewish acquaintance, or feed it to an animal until the end of the fifth proportionate hour. We burn the chometz before the end of the fifth hour now ,"כל חמירא" and say the formula of nullifying and making free for all, all chometz of which we are both unaware and aware. We do not make any Bracha at this time (one should also have the intention, that if, for some reason, the sale to the non-Jew is invalid, that all of that chometz, too, is nullified and rendered free for all). [Rav Henkin noted that the Matzah, with which we fulfill our obligation at the Seder and over which we make the Bracha must be under the strict "על אכילת מצה" supervision of a devout Jew, from the time of

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ET5769d.indd 111 5/26/08 1:17:39 PM the harvesting (in extenuating circumstances from the time of the grinding into flour) of the wheat of which it is made up. There are those who make the effort to bake Matzah on Erev Pesach, after noon, in commemoration of the Pesach sacrifice that was offered at this time in the Beis HaMikdash. However, those who do so must take great care to nullify all crumbs before they become chometz, since after the fifth hour ends, we have no ability to nullify chometz. The herb of which we can be most confident that it is indeed one of the five bitter herbs mentioned in the Mishna is (grated) horseradish (chrein). For there are doubts in the minds of certain of the Halachic authorities concerning the status of the various types of lettuce that are available to us today, if they are, indeed, in the category of "lettuce" mentioned in the Mishna and the various Halachic Codes. If one must soak the horseradish in water (so as to soften its pungency) before grating it, he may do so, since many authorities maintain that the the soaking of a food that) ,כבוש problem of renders it as cooked) applies only to the leaves of vegetables and not to the stalks.] It is forbidden to eat Matzah on Erev Pesach. One washes, (some immerse themselves in a Mikveh) and makes all necessary preparations in honor of Shabbos and Yom Tov. We make an Eruv Tavshilin. One must complete all of the

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ET5769d.indd 112 5/26/08 1:17:39 PM preparations for the Seder while it is still daytime. The Romaine lettuce must be thoroughly cleansed and then, carefully inspected for bugs. The horseradish must be grated. The Seder table must be completely set and arranged. All this must be done before Yom Tov. We light candles as usual 20 minutes להדליק נר" :before sunset. The Brachos are "שהחיינו". and "של יום טוב jxis 'e FIRST DAY PESACH WED. NIGHT, APR. 8, 15 NISAN /hcwg / MAARIV ;Half-Kaddish ;וידבר... ;ופרוש... ;ברכו... Shemonah Esrei of Yom Tov (Nusach Sefard calls for the recitation of the complete Hallel with its Brachos in Shul after ;עלינו ;Shemonah Esrei); Kaddish Tiskabel We do not) .אדון עולם ;Mourner's Kaddish make Kiddush in Shul the first two nights of Pesach.) vkhkv wsx THE ORDER OF THE NIGHT After the appearance of the stars, with everything in readiness for the Seder, the head of the household dons a Kittel, and we take our places at the table; we have others pour each of the Four Cups of wine (in the manner of a wealthy man)

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ET5769d.indd 113 5/26/08 1:17:39 PM and we begin the Kiddush of Yom Tov, We follow all the rituals of .שהחיינו with the Seder in the order presented in the the dipping of the ;ורחץ ;קדש ;Haggados vegetable into salt water, the pouring of ;"מה נשתנה" the Second Cup; the son asks the reply to the son: the "telling" of the slavery in and exodus from Egypt, etc.; the of Matzah (כזית) eating of one olive's size (כזית) grams) and an olive's size 20-24) the sandwich of Maror – כורך ;of Maror and Matzah; the meal; the eating of the Afikomen – the final olive's size ofMatzah after the meal; the pouring of the Third Cup; Blessings after the meal; completion of Hallel recited over the Fourth Cup (all done following the detailed instructions found in the Haggada). All four cups רביעית must be full, containing at least a is a רביעית of (preferably red) wine (a little more than 3 ounces or 86.5 grams, there is a stricter opinion that maintains ;is 4 ounces or 113.40 grams רביעית that a one ounce being equal to 28.35 grams). One should try to drink the entire cup, but at the very least the majority of a The Four Cups, as well as the .רביעית eating of the Matzah, Hillel's sandwich, and Afikomen, (women are not obligated to recline) must be done in a position of .(בהסיבת שמאל) reclining to one's left side Women and children are obligated to drink the Four Cups, although children can be given small cups from which to

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ET5769d.indd 114 5/26/08 1:17:39 PM drink, relative to their age and size. (If one is unable to drink wine he must ask a Rav what to do). During the Recitation of the Shema, before retiring for the night, only the and Shema are said, with all המפיל Bracha of the Psalms and prayers for protection ליל שימורים being omitted, for tonight is a – a night of special Divine Protection. THURSDAY MORNING, APR. 9, 15 NISAN /hwja / SHACHRIS ;נשמת ; פסוקי דזמרה :Service for Yom Tov ;Shema ;אהבה רבה ;המאיר לארץ ;ברכת יוצר Shemonah Esrei of Yom Tov; the Chazzan's Repetition; complete Hallel; Kaddish Tiskabel; open Aron; we take out two Sifrei of Yom רבונו של עולם with י"ג מדות ;Torah Tov; in the first we have five Aliyahs in ויקרא" Parshas Bo (Exodus 12:21-51) from ;Half-Kaddish ;"על צבאותם" until "משה משכו Maftir reads in the second Sefer Torah from Parshas Pinchas: (Numbers 28:16-25) the Haftorah is read from ;"ובחדש הראשון" Joshua 3:5-7, 5:2-15, 6:1, and 6:27; Brachos after the Haftorah of Yom Tov, (we omit .etc ;יהללו ;אשרי ;([שערי אפרים] י‑ה א-לי pxtn / MUSSAF For Yom Tov; (the Chazzan dons a Kittel); Half-Kaddish in the special melody for the Prayer for Dew; Shemonah Esrei of משיב הרוח" Mussaf for Yom Tov; we still say

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ET5769d.indd 115 5/26/08 1:17:40 PM Those congregations whose) ."ומוריד הגשם throughout "מוריד הטל" custom is to say the summer, someone should announce before Mussaf, and then the "מוריד הטל" מוריד"congregation should begin to say (.during this silent Mussaf "הטל o"av /wzj THE CHAZZAN'S REPETITION in) ;קדושה ;(Prayer for Dew) תפילת טל his repetition, the Chazzan stops saying The congregation no longer "...ומוריד הגשם" ;רצה .(by Mincha "...ומוריד הגשם" says and רבונו של עולם ;Priestly Blessing ;ותערב see above, Priestly Blessing for) ;יהי רצון the First Day of Rosh HaShanah); Kaddish שיר ;אנעים זמירות ;עלינו ;אין כאלקינו ;Tiskabel Psalm of the Day); Mourner's) של יום .אדון עולם ;Kaddish vjbn / MINCHA Half-Kaddish; we no ;ובא לציון; אשרי It is) ."משיב הרוח ומוריד הגשם" longer say advisable to repeat 101 (or at least 90) ;"רב להושיע מכלכל חיים" times the phrase so that it becomes fluent and habitual, thereby avoiding any future doubt as to משיב הרוח ומוריד" whether one failed to omit ;or not). The Chazzan's Repetition "הגשם .Mourner's Kaddish ;עלינו ;Kaddish Tiskabel

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ET5769d.indd 117 5/26/08 1:17:40 PM time, it is proper for him to count again, after the appearance of the stars, without a Bracha. If one counted earlier than Plag HaMincha – one and one-quarter proportionate hours before sundown (a proportionate hour is one-twelfth of the daytime period), he must count again with a Bracha when the stars appear. If one forgot to count at night, he must count during the day without a Bracha. He may then continue to count again on all of the successive nights with a Bracha. If one failed to count an entire day, he must continue to count the following nights through Shavuos without a Bracha. In such a case one should intend to fulfill his obligation to make a Bracha by hearing the Bracha from the person making it for the congregation. (Some have the custom that every morning the Shammash announces, as a reminder, the current count of the Omer without making any Bracha.) (On Shabbos and Yom Tov during the Sefira period, we first make Kiddush in Shul before counting the Omer. At the departure of Shabbos or Yom Tov, we count the Omer before making Havdalah.) At home, the women light Yom Tov להדליק נר של lights and make the Brachos .שהחיינו and יום טוב The same procedures are followed at the Seder as last night.

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ET5769d.indd 118 5/26/08 1:17:41 PM FRIDAY MORNING, APR. 10 SHACHRIS / שחרית פסוקי :The usual service for Yom Tov אהבה ;המאיר לארץ ;ברכת יוצר ;נשמת ;דזמרה ;Shema; Shemonah Esrei of Yom Tov ;רבה the Chazzan's Repetition; complete Hallel; Kaddish Tiskabel; open Aron; we take out רבונו של with) י"ג מדות ;two Sifrei Torah of Yom Tov); in the first we have five עולם Aliyahs in Parshas Emor (Levit. 22:26- מועדי ה' אל בני" until "שור או כשב" (23:44 Half-Kaddish; Maftir reads in the ;"ישראל second Sefer Torah from Parshas Pinchas: the) "ובחדש הראשון" (Numbers 28:16-25) same as yesterday); the Haftorah is read from Kings II 23:1-9 and 23:21-25; Brachos י-ה א-לי; ;after the Haftorah of Yom Tov .Half-Kaddish ;יהללו ;אשרי MUSSAF / מוסף For Yom Tov: Shemonah Esrei of Yom Tov Mussaf; the Chazzan's Repetition; and רבונו של עולם Priestly Blessing with ;עלינו ;אין כאלקינו ;Kaddish Tiskabel ;יהי רצון ;(Psalm of the Day) שיר של יום ;אנעים זמירות .אדון עולם ;Mourner's Kaddish MINCHA / מנחה Half-Kaddish; Shemonah ;ובא לציון ;אשרי Esrei of Yom Tov; the Chazzan's Repetition; .Mourner's Kaddish ;עלינו ;Kaddish Tiskabel

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ET5769d.indd 119 5/26/08 1:17:41 PM asq /ca THE HOLY SHABBOS We make all preparations for Shabbos before sunset. We light candles at their proper time 20 minutes before sunset and ".להדליק נר של שבת" we make the Bracha א' דחול המועד FIRST DAY CHOL HAMOED FRIDAY NIGHT, APR. 10, 17 NISAN 2nd DAY OF THE OMER /ca /kcq WELCOMING THE SHABBOS /hcwg / MAARIV ד'" and "מזמור שיר ליום השבת" We say followed by Mourner’s Kaddish. (We ",מלך .("במה מדליקין" and "לכו נרננה" do not say יעלה ;Half-Kaddish ;ושמרו... ;ופרוש... ;ברכו... in the Shemonah Esrei of Shabbos; after ויבא "מגן אבות" ;"ויכולו" Shemonah Esrei we say followed by Kaddish Tiskabel; Kiddush of Mourner’s ,עלינו ;Shabbos; Sefiras HaOmer .אדון עולם ;Kaddish SHABBOS MORNING, APR. 11, 17 NISAN /hwja / SHACHRIS ;פסוקי דזמרה :Usual service for Shabbos אהבה ;א-ל אדון ;הכל יודוך ;ברכת יוצר ;נשמת Shema; Shemonah Esrei of Shabbos ;רבה

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ET5769d.indd 120 5/26/08 1:17:41 PM ;the Chazzan’s Repetition ;יעלה ויבא with Half-Hallel; Kaddish Tiskabel. We read Shir HaShirim (The Song of Songs), followed by Mourner’s Kaddish. We take out two Sifrei Torah; in the first we have seven Aliyahs in Parshas Ki Sisah (Exodus 33:12- 34:26); Half-Kaddish; Maftir reads in the second Sefer Torah from Parshas Pinchas: the Haftorah "והקרבתם" (Numbers 28:19-25) is from Ezekiel 37:1-14; Brachos after the Haftorah of Shabbos, concluding with only ;אשרי ;(י‑ה א-לי no) יקום פורקן ;"מקדש השבת" we return the Sifrei Torah to the ;יהללו Aron HaKodesh. pxtn / MUSSAF Half-Kaddish; in Shemonah Esrei of Mussaf for Yom Tov and Shabbos; the and "וביום השבת" additional offerings are Chazzan's Repetition; Kaddish ;"והקרבתם" ;אנעים זמירות ;עלינו ;אין כאלקינו ;Tiskabel Psalm of the Day); Mourner's) שיר של יום .אדון עולם ;Kaddish vjbn / MINCHA ואני" ;Half-Kaddish ;ובא לציון ;אשרי Torah Reading: three Aliyahs in ;"תפלתי Parshas Shemini; (no Half-Kaddish after Mincha Torah Reading); we lift up, rewind the Sefer Torah and return it to the ;Half-Kaddish ;(יהללו Aron HaKodesh (with ;יעלה ויבא Shemonah Esrei of Shabbos with צדקתך the Chazzan's Repetition; (we omit Mourner's ;עלינו ;Kaddish Tiskabel ;(צדק Kaddish.

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ET5769d.indd 121 5/26/08 1:17:42 PM ב' דחול המועד SECOND DAY CHOL HAMOED MOTZEI SHABBOS, APR. 11, 18 NISAN 3rd DAY OF THE OMER (We wait 72 minutes (under extenuating circumstances, 60 minutes will suffice) after sunset before making Havdalah or doing any of the activities that are prohibited on Shabbos.) /ca hemtn DEPARTURE OF SHABBOS /hcwg / MAARIV The usual weekday Shemonah Esrei ותן" We no longer say .אתה חוננתנו with ;יעלה ויבא ;"ותן ברכה" we now say "טל ומטר ויהי נועם Kaddish Tiskabel; (we do not say ;ויתן לך ;Sefiras HaOmer ;(ואתה קדוש and .Mourner’s Kaddish ;עלינו Havdalah (It is advisable to repeat 101 times ואת כל מיני" :[at the very least 90 times] so as to make "תבואתה לטובה ותן ברכה habitual and "ותן ברכה" the inclusion of fluent, thus eliminating any future doubt in "ותן ברכה" as to whether one included the Shemonah Esrei or not.) Havdalah at home as in Shul. SUNDAY MORNING, APR. 12, 18 NISAN SHACHRIS / שחרית Those who wear Tefillin on Chol

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ET5769d.indd 122 5/26/08 1:17:42 PM HaMoed do not make the Brachos over them (some have the custom to make the Brachos in an inaudible voice). The Tefillin are removed by the congregants before Hallel and by the Chazzan after Hallel (so as not to delay the service). (There is a custom on the First Day of Chol HaMoed Pesach for those who are wearing Tefillin to keep them on until after the Torah Reading, because today's Torah Reading discusses the Mitzvah of Tefillin.) Customary weekday morning service; throughout Chol מזמור לתודה we omit) יעלה HaMoed Pesach); Shemonah Esrei with ;Chazzan's Repetition; Half-Hallel ;ויבא Kaddish Tiskabel; we take out two Sifrei Torah; in the first we have three Aliyahs from Parshas Bo (Exodus 13:1-16); the fourth Aliyah is read in the second Sefer Torah in Parshas Pinchas (Numbers 28:19- כל מלאכת עבודה" until "והקרבתם" from (25 Half-Kaddish is recited after the ;"לא תעשו ובא ;אשרי ;יהללו ;second Sefer Torah is read .Half-Kaddish ;לציון MUSSAF / מוסף For Yom Tov: Shemonah Esrei of Yom Tov Mussaf (the Additional Offering the Chazzan's ;("והקרבתם" mentioned is Psalm ;עלינו ;Repetition; Kaddish Tiskabel of the Day; Mourner's Kaddish. MINCHA / מנחה ;Half-Kaddish ;אשרי :For weekdays ;יעלה ויבא weekday Shemonah Esrei with

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ET5769d.indd 123 5/26/08 1:17:42 PM the Chazzan's Repetition; Kaddish Tiskabel; .Mourner's Kaddish ;עלינו ג' דחול המועד THIRD DAY CHOL HAMOED MONDAY MORNING, 19 NISAN, APR. 13, 4th DAY OF THE OMER SHACHRIS / שחרית For weekday mornings: weekday the ;יעלה ויבא Shemonah Esrei with Chazzan's Repetition; Half-Hallel; Kaddish Tiskabel; we take out two Sifrei Torah; in the first we have three Aliyahs from Parshas Mishpatim (Exodus 22:24-23:19); the fourth Aliyah is read in the second Sefer Torah in Parshas Pinchas (Numbers כל מלאכת" until "והקרבתם" from (28:19-25 Half-Kaddish is made after ;"עבודה לא תעשו ;אשרי ;יהללו ;the second Sefer Torah is read .Half-Kaddish ;ובא לציון MUSSAF / מוסף The same as yesterday. ד' דחול המועד FOURTH DAY CHOL HAMOED TUES. MORNING, APR. 14, 20 NISAN 5th DAY OF THE OMER SHACHRIS / שחרית For weekday mornings: weekday the ;יעלה ויבא Shemonah Esrei with

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ET5769d.indd 125 5/26/08 1:17:43 PM WEDNESDAY MORNING, APR. 15 21 NISAN /hwja / SHACHRIS פסוקי :As is customary for Yom Tov אהבה ;המאיר לארץ ;ברכת יוצר ;נשמת ;דזמרה Shema; Shemonah Esrei of Yom Tov; the ;רבה Chazzan's Repetition; Half-Hallel; Kaddish Tiskabel; open Aron; we take out two of רבונו של עולם with) י"ג מדות ;Sifrei Torah Yom Tov);in the first we have five Aliyahs in Parshas Beshalach (Exodus 13:17-15:26); Half-Kaddish; Maftir reads in the second Sefer Torah from Parshas Pinchas (Numbers The Haftorah is read ."והקרבתם" (28:19-25 from Samuel II 22:1-51; usual Brachos for י-ה ;Yom Tov are recited after the Haftorah .Half-Kaddish ;יהללו ;אשרי ;א-לי pxtn / MUSSAF For Yom Tov: Shemonah Esrei of Yom Tov Mussaf (the Additional Offering the Chazzan's ;("והקרבתם" mentioned is רבונו Repetition; Priestly Blessing with אין ;Kaddish Tiskabel ;יהי רצון and של עולם Psalm) שיר של יום ;אנעים זמירות ;עלינו ;כאלקינו . אדון עולם;of the Day); Mourner's Kaddish vjbn / MINCHA Half-Kaddish; Shemonah ;ובא לציון ;אשרי Esrei of Yom Tov; the Chazzan's Repetition; .Mourner's Kaddish ;עלינו ;Kaddish Tiskabel We wait seventy-two minutes (under extenuating circumstances, 60 minutes will suffice) before lighting candles or

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ET5769d.indd 126 5/26/08 1:17:43 PM before doing any preparations for the Last Day of Pesach. The Bracha over no) "להדליק נר של יום טוב":the candles is .(שהחיינו jxi ka ytwje LAST DAY PESACH 7TH DAY OF THE OMER WED. NIGHT, APR. 15, 22 NISAN /hcwg / MAARIV ;Half-Kaddish ;וידבר... ;ופרוש... ;ברכו... Shemonah Esrei of Yom Tov ;Kaddish ;(שהחיינו Tiskabel; Kiddush for Yom Tov (no Counting of the Omer (7th Day of the .אדון עולם ;Mourner's Kaddish ;עלינו;(Omer Kiddush at home as above. THURSDAY MORNING, APR. 16 /hwja / SHACHRIS The customary service for Yom Tov: ;המאיר לארץ ;ברכת יוצר ;נשמת ; פסוקי דזמרה Shema; Shemonah Esrei of Yom ;אהבה רבה Tov; the Chazzan's Repetition; Half-Hallel; Kaddish Tiskabel. Open Aron; We take out רבונו של עולם with י"ג מדות .two Sifrei Torah for Yom Tov. In the first Sefer Torah we have five Aliyahs in Parshas R'ei (Deut. until the end "כל הבכור" from (15:19-16:17 of the Parsha; Half-Kaddish; Maftir reads in the second Sefer Torah from Parshas ;"והקרבתם" (Pinchas: (Numbers 28:19-25 the Haftorah is read from Isaiah 10:32-12:6;

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ET5769d.indd 127 5/26/08 1:17:43 PM Brachos after the Haftorah, of Yom Tov. /tnab /wfzv / YIZKOR We make pledges to Tzedakah as a means of elevating the souls of the departed (particularly beneficial as a source of merit for both the living and the dead are donations to Ezras Torah, which aids thousands of needy families of Bnei Torah in Israel and throughout שערי] י-ה א-לי no) אב הרחמים .(the world we return the Sifrei ;אשרי; יהללו ;[אפרים Torah to the Aron HaKodesh. pxtn / MUSSAF Half-Kaddish; Shemonah Esrei of Mussaf for Yom Tov; Chazzan's Repetition; and רבונו של עולם Priestly Blessing with ;עלינו ;אין כאלקינו ;Kaddish Tiskabel ; יהי רצון ;Psalm of the Day שיר של יום ;אנעים זמירות . אדון עולם;Mourner's Kaddish vjbn / MINCHA Half-Kaddish; Shemonah ;ובא לציון ;אשרי Esrei of Yom Tov; the Chazzan's Repetition; .Mourner's Kaddish ;עלינו ;Kaddish Tiskabel dj twxe ISRU CHAG THURSDAY NIGHT APR. 16, 23 NISAN 8TH DAY OF THE OMER ctr uth hemtn AT THE CONCLUSION OF YOM TOV (It is proper to wait 72 minutes (under

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ET5769d.indd 128 5/26/08 1:17:44 PM extenuating circumstances, 60 minutes will suffice) after sunset before making Havdalah or doing activities prohibited on Yom Tov.) /hcwg / MAARIV As is customary for the departure of ;in Shemonah Esrei אתה חוננתנו :Yom Tov Kaddish Tiskabel; Counting of the Omer (8th Day of the Omer); Havdalah (with "המבדיל" and "בורא פרי הגפן" the Brachos Mourner’s עלינו; (no candle or spices – Kaddish. Havdalah at home as above. FRIDAY MORNING, APR. 17, 23 NISAN SHACHRIS / שחרית As is customary for a weekday morning: Shemonah Esrei; Chazzan's Repetition; Half-Kaddish (We do not say Tachanun until after Rosh Chodesh Iyar); ;עלינו ;Kaddish Tiskabel ;ובא לציון ;למנצח ;אשרי Psalm of the Day; Mourner's Kaddish. (We do not make weddings or take haircuts during the period of Sefiras HaOmer on all days on which Tachanun is recited. Those who are very meticulous also refrain from the above on Rosh Chodesh Iyar and on the first two days of Sivan (with the exception of Lag B’Omer, when haircuts and weddings are permitted). There are those who, besides on the above-mentioned days,

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ET5769d.indd 129 5/26/08 1:17:44 PM also refrain from making weddings and taking haircuts before Rosh Chodesh Iyar.) hbhna /awi /ca SHABBOS PARSHAS SHEMINI APR. 18, 24 NISAN 9TH DAY OF THE OMER The Haftorah is read from Samuel II 6:1-7:17. We bless the month of Iyar. We however, we do say ,א-ל מלא do not say that was composed for the אב הרחמים martyrs of the Crusade period most of whom were slain during the period of Sefiras HaOmer; vjbn / MINCHA ואני" ;Half-Kaddish ;ובא לציון ;אשרי Torah Reading: three Aliyahs ;"תפלתי in Parshas Tazria (no Half-Kaddish after Mincha Torah Reading); we lift up, rewind the Sefer Torah and return it to the ;Half-Kaddish ;( יהללו Aron HaKodesh (with Shemonah Esrei of Shabbos; the Chazzan's Repetition; Kaddish Tiskabel; (we omit Mourner's Kaddish. We ;עלינו ;(צדקתך צדק begin the weekly study of a chapter of Pirkei Avos – "Ethics of the Fathers" every Shabbos afternoon until Rosh HaShanah (Chapter 1).

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ET5769d.indd 130 5/26/08 1:17:44 PM ערב ראש חדש EREV ROSH CHODESH THURSDAY, APR. 23, 29 NISAN 14TH DAY OF THE OMER The order of Yom Kippur Koton is not observed.

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ET5769d.indd 132 5/26/08 1:17:45 PM א' דראש חדש FIRST DAY ROSH CHODESH FRIDAY, APR. 24, 30 NISAN 15th DAY OF THE OMER The usual service for Rosh Chodesh: ;Half-Hallel; Kaddish Tiskabel ;יעלה ויבא Torah Reading; Mussaf; etc. asj aews 'c SECOND DAY ROSH CHODESH gwtmn-ghwz/ /awi /ca SHABBOS PARSHAS TAZRIA-METZORA FRIDAY NIGHT, APR.24, 1 IYAR 16th DAY OF THE OMER /ca /kcq WELCOMING THE SHABBOS chwgn / MAARIV in Shemonah Esrei for יעלה ויבא Shabbos. SHABBOS MORNING, APR. 25, 1 IYAR /hwja / SHACHRIS in Shemonah Esrei; the יעלה ויבא Chazzan's Repetition; Half-Hallel; Kaddish Tiskabel; Torah Reading: we take out two

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ET5769d.indd 133 5/26/08 1:17:45 PM Sifrei Torah; seven Aliyahs in first Sefer Torah from the weekly Sidrah, Tazria- Metzora, followed by the lifting and closing of that Sefer Torah; Maftir reads in the second Torah from Parshas Pinchas – (Numbers 28:9-15) the two paragraphs The . "ובראשי חדשיכם" and "וביום השבת" Maftir reads the special Haftorah for "השמים כסאי" Shabbos and Rosh Chodesh (Isaiah 66:1-24, repeating verse 23 at the ;אשרי ;(אב הרחמים or א-ל מלא end), (no .יהללו pxtn / MUSSAF Half-Kaddish; in Shemonah Esrei of Mussaf for Shabbos and Rosh Chodesh ;Chazzan's Repetition ;אתה יצרת we say אנעים ;עלינו ;אין כאלקינו ;Kaddish Tiskabel ברכי ;(Psalm of the Day) שיר של יום ;זמירות . אדון עולם; Mourner's Kaddish ;נפשי vjbn / MINCHA Three Aliyahs in Parshas Acharei Mos; in Shemonah Esrei for Shabbos יעלה ויבא ;עלינו .צדקתך צדק Mincha. We do not say Mourner's Kaddish. Chapter 2 of Pirkei Avos. uhatsq-hwje /awi /ca SHABBOS PARSHAS ACHAREI MOS-KEDOSHIM MAY 2, 8 IYAR 23rd DAY OF THE OMER The Haftorah is read from Amos 9:7-

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ET5769d.indd 134 5/26/08 1:17:45 PM for "מי שברך" We make the special .15 those who will undertake to fast the the first) בה"ב series of fasts know as Monday, Thursday and Monday after the beginning of Iyar). [See instructions of MarCheshvan beginning in בה"ב for Parshas Noach.] vjbn / MINCHA Three Aliyahs in Parshas Emor. Chapter 3 of Pirkei Avos. MONDAY, MAY 4, 10 IYAR 25rd DAY OF THE OMER The first of the three fasts of c"vc. בה"ב(; Selichos for the First Monday (of .אבינו מלכנו THURSDAY, MAY 7, 13 IYAR 28th DAY OF THE OMER ;בה"ב The second of the three fasts of ."אבינו מלכנו" .Selichos The final time for the sanctification of the New Moon of Iyar is the entire night following Thursday, May 7 (14 Iyar). If necessary. the New Moon may be sanctified the entire night following Friday May 8 (15 Iyar). hba jxi PESACH SHEINI FRIDAY, MAY 8, 14 IYAR 29th DAY OF THE OMER Some omit Tachanun.

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ET5769d.indd 135 5/26/08 1:17:46 PM wtne /awi /ca SHABBOS PARSHAS EMOR MAY 9, 15 IYAR 30th DAY OF THE OMER The Haftorah is read from Ezekiel 44:15-31. At Mincha Three Aliyahs in Parshas .צדקתך צדק .Behar Chapter 4 of Pirkei Avos. MONDAY, MAY 11, 17 IYAR 32nd DAY OF THE OMER The second Monday (and third fast) ."אבינו מלכנו" .Selichos .בה"ב of wntgc d"k LAG B'OMER TUESDAY, MAY 12, 18 IYAR 33rd DAY OF THE OMER Regular weekday services; Half- Kaddish after Shemonah Esrei. We do not say Tachanun on Lag B'Omer, nor at ;למנצח ;אשרי .Mincha of the preceding day Psalm ;עלינו ;Kaddish Tiskabel ;ובא לציון of the Day; Mourner's Kaddish. We are permitted to make weddings and to take haircuts on Lag B'Omer.

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ET5769d.indd 136 5/26/08 1:17:46 PM h/tqtjc-wvc /awi /ca SHABBOS PARSHAS BEHAR- BECHUKOSAI MAY 16, 22 IYAR 37th DAY OF THE OMER The Haftorah is read from Jeremiah 16:19-17:14. Torah Reading at Mincha: three צדקתך Aliyahs in Parshas Bamidbar. We say . צדק Chapter 5 of Pirkei Avos. THURSDAY, MAY 21, 27 IYAR 42nd DAY OF THE OMER (Those who observe Yom Kippur Koton do so today.) We say Tachanun at Mincha. ערב ראש חדש EREV ROSH CHODESH שבת פרשת במדבר SHABBOS PARSHAS BAMIDBAR MAY 23, 29 IYAR 44th DAY OF THE OMER "מחר חדש", The Haftorah is read from the special Haftorah for a Shabbos whose morrow is Rosh Chodesh. (Samuel I 20:18- א-ל We bless the month of Sivan. No .(42 .אב הרחמים We say .מלא

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ET5769d.indd 139 5/26/08 1:17:47 PM ראש חודש ROSH CHODESH מוצאי שבת קודש DEPARTURE OF SHABBOS SHABBOS NIGHT MAY 23, 1 SIVAN /hcwg / MAARIV The usual weekday Shemonah Esrei Kaddish ;יעלה ויבא and אתה חוננתנו with ואתה and ויהי נועם Tiskabel (we do not say ;ויתן לך ;Counting of the Omer ;(קדוש .Mourner's Kaddish ;עלינו ;Havdalah

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ET5769d.indd 140 5/26/08 1:17:47 PM יום המיוחס YOM HAMYUCHAS MONDAY, MAY 25, 2 SIVAN 46th DAY OF THE OMER שלשת ימי הגבלה SHLOSHES YEMEI HAGBOLA TUESDAY, MAY 26, 3 SIVAN 47th DAY OF THE OMER — שלשת ימי הגבלה Beginning of the the three days before Shavuos, on which the Israelites purified themselves before receiving the Torah. /tgtca cwg EREV SHAVUOS THURSDAY, MAY 28, 5 SIVAN 49th DAY OF THE OMER The customary weekday service. three ;א-ל ארך אפים No Tachanun; we say we say ;יהי רצון Aliyahs in Parshas Naso; no .למנצח One washes (some immerse them-s selves in a Mikveh) and makes all neces-s sary preparations in honor of Yom Tov. We make an Eruv Tavshilin. The Yom Tov lights are kindled at the proper time, and "להדליק נר של יום טוב" with the Brachos ."שהחיינו"

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ET5769d.indd 142 5/26/08 1:17:47 PM FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 29 SHACHRIS / שחרית ;פסוקי דזמרה :In usual Yom Tov fashion ;אהבה רבה ;המאיר לארץ ;ברכת יוצר ;נשמת Shema; Shemonah Esrei of Yom Tov; the Chazzan's Repetition; complete Hallel; open Aron; we ;אין כמוך ;Kaddish Tiskabel with) י"ג מדות .take out two Sifrei Torah "אקדמות" of Yom Tov);We say רבונו של עולם — the long Aramaic poem praising G-D, makes his Bracha on the כהן before the Torah. In the first Sefer Torah we have fiveAliyahs in Parshas Yisro (Exodus 19:1- 20:23); Half-Kaddish; Maftir reads in the second Sefer Torah from Parshas Pinchas The ."וביום הבכורים" (Numbers 28:26-31) Haftorah is read from Ezekiel 1:1-28 and 3:12 (a child should not be called up to read this Haftorah; usual Brachos for Yom י-ה ;Tov after the reading of the Haftorah .Half-Kaddish ;יהללו ;אשרי ;א-לי MUSSAF / מוסף For Yom Tov: Shemonah Esrei of Yom Tov Mussaf (the Additional Offering the Chazzan's ;("וביום הבכורים" mentioned is רבונו Repetition; Priestly Blessing with אין ;Kaddish Tiskabel ;יהי רצון and של עולם Psalm) שיר של יום ;אנעים זמירות ;עלינו ;כאלקינו .אדון עולם ;of the Day); Mourner's Kaddish (The custom is to partake of some dairy food on Shavuos besides the usual festive meat meals.)

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ET5769d.indd 143 5/26/08 1:17:48 PM MINCHA / מנחה Half-Kaddish; Shemonah ;ובא לציון ;אשרי Esrei of Yom Tov; the Chazzan's Repetition; .Mourner's Kaddish ;עלינו ;Kaddish Tiskabel We make all preparations for Shabbos and Yom Tov; candle-lighting 20 minutes before sunset. The Brachos over the "להדליק נר של שבת ושל יום טוב":candles are ."שהחיינו" and ב' דשבועות SECOND DAY SHAVUOS יום שבת קודש THE HOLY SHABBOS FRIDAY NIGHT, MAY. 29, 7 SIVAN MAARIV / מעריב ד'" and "מזמור שיר ליום השבת" We say .followed by Mourner's Kaddish "מלך and "לכו נרננה" Nusach Ashkenaz omits) whenever a Yom Tov occurs "במה מדליקין" on Shabbos. Here, Nusach Sefard has many variations; each congregation must follow ;ושמרו... ;ופרוש... ;ברכו... (its own custom Half-Kaddish; in the Shemonah ;וידבר... את יום השבת" Esrei of Yom Tov we mention ואת יום חג השבועות הזה זמן מתן"; and "הזה etc. After Shemonah Esrei, we say "תורתנו concluding מגן אבות, followed by ,"ויכולו" ;Kaddish Tiskabel ;"מקדש השבת" it with only Kiddush for Yom Tov with all insertions for .שהחיינו ;"יום הששי" Shabbos starting with

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ET5769d.indd 152 5/26/08 1:17:51 PM שבת פרשת פינחס SHABBOS PARSHAS PINCHAS JUL. 11, 19 TAMUZ The Haftorah is read from Jeremiah 1:1- the three Haftoros of these) "דברי ירמי" 2:3 שלש דפורענותא three weeks are called the — the "Three Haftoros of Punishment"). Chapter 6 of Pirkei Avos. hgxnt /trn /awi /ca SHABBOS PARSHAS MATOS- MASEI JUL. 18, 26 TAMUZ The Haftorah is read from Jeremiah We bless the month .(שמעו) and 3:4 2:4-28 אב הרחמים. or א-ל מלא of Av. We do not say (אב הרחמים Some have the custom to say) Chapter 1 of .צדקתך צדק At Mincha we say Pirkei Avos. ערב ראש חדש EREV ROSH CHODESH TUESDAY, JUL. 21, 29 TAMUZ (Some observe Yom Kippur Koton.) No Tachanun at Mincha.

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ET5769d.indd 156 5/26/08 1:17:52 PM תשעה באב TISHA B'AV WEDNESDAY NIGHT, JUL. 29, 9 AV This is a Public Fast Day. On Tisha B'Av we are prohibited to eat and drink, to wash ourselves (even in cold water), to apply oils to ourselves for pleasurable purposes, to have marital relations, and to wear leather shoes. "Anyone who eats or drinks on Tisha B'Av will not participate in the rejoicing over the rebuilt Jerusalem. And all who mourn for Jerusalem will earn the right to take part in the rejoicing over the rebuilt Jerusalem. And concerning a person who eats meat or drinks wine at the last meal before the Fast [with the exception of Shabbos]. Scripture states (Ezekiel 32:27): ‘and their iniquities shall come upon their bones.’” [Orach Chaim Siman 554:25] The Mishne Brurah, writing on the first phrase, ‘Anyone who eats or drinks on Tisha B’Av...,’ comments: “Even women who are pregnant or nursing, or people of weak constitution, for whom fasting is very difficult, must fast on Tisha B'Av (this does not apply to someone who is truly ill), for the destruction of the Beis HaMikdash is worth suffering for, at least one day a year." MAARIV / מעריב (We remove the curtain from the Aron HaKodesh, we dim the lighting, and we sit

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ET5769d.indd 157 5/26/08 1:17:52 PM on the floor or on a low stool. We do not sit on regular chairs or benches until after midday. We recite Maariv in a low and subdued voice; Shemonah Esrei; Kaddish Tiskabel. We have a public recitation of Eichah — the Book of Lamentations, followed by several Kinos for the night Kaddish Tiskabel ;ואתה קדוש ;of Tisha B'Av .Mourner's Kaddish ;עלינו ;תתקבל without THURSDAY, JUL. 30 SHACHRIS / שחרית We wash our hands alternately up to the end of the knuckles (as one is drying his fingers, while there is still some moisture on them, he may rub them across his eyes to remove the sediment ,על נטילת ידים there); we make the Bracha as well as all of the other appropriate morning Brachos. We rise early to Shul. We do not wear our Tallis or Tefillin until midday. We do wear our Tallis Koton, but without making a Bracha over it. We say the usual morning Brachos, as well as the פטום rest of the morning order (we omit We recite the usual morning .(הקטורת service: Shemonah Esrei; Chazzan's עננו Repetition; the Chazzan recites the Chazzan does) ;רפאנו and גואל between -Half ;(שים שלום before ברכת כהנים not say א-ל ארך ,Kaddish (we say neither Tachanun after Torah יהי רצון or the series of אפים ;(on Tisha B’Av אבינו מלכנו Reading, nor we take out a Sefer Torah and have three

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ET5769d.indd 158 5/26/08 1:17:52 PM Aliyahs in Parshas Vaeschanan (Deut. 4:25- Half-Kaddish; the third ;"כי תוליד בנים" (40 Aliyah is Maftir. The Haftorah is read in the melody of Eichah from Jeremiah 8:13- At the conclusion of the ."אסוף אסיפם" :9:23 Haftorah, the Brachos after the Haftorah we return the ;"מגן דוד" are read until Sefer Torah to the Aron HaKodesh; we say the lengthy collection of Kinos until their completion (preferably around noon); skipping) ובא לציון (למנצח we omit) ;אשרי etc.); Kaddish "ואני זאת בריתי" the verse Mourner's ;עלינו ;תתקבל Sholem without Kaddish; we do not say the Psalm for the Day during Shachris on Tisha B'Av. (It is recommended that people read Eichah individually to themselves). After midday it is permitted to sit on chairs or benches. MINCHA / מנחה We don Tallis and Tefillin, making the appropriate Brachos. The Psalm of the Day is recited, followed by a Mourner's Kaddish. As is customary for Mincha of followed by ,אשרי all Public Fasts, we say a Half-Kaddish; we take a Sefer Torah out of the Aron HaKodesh and we have three as in the Mincha service "ויחל" Aliyahs in of any Public Fast; no Half-Kaddish after the Torah is read; the third Aliyah is the –Isaiah 55:6 "דרשו": Maftir. The Haftorah is the usual ("אקבץ עליו לנקבציו" until) 56:8 one for the afternoons of Public Fasts;

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ET5769d.indd 159 5/26/08 1:17:53 PM ;"מגן דוד" Brachos after the Haftorah until we return the Sefer Torah to the Aron ;יהללו HaKodesh; Half-Kaddish; Shemonah Esrei "עננו" and בונה ירושלים" in "נחם" including in "נחם" If one forgot to say ."שומע תפלה" in ותחזינה" he may say it before "בונה ירושלים" ברוך" omitting the ending blessing "עינינו ..."ותחזינה" concluding only with ,"מנחם ציון [Mishneh Brurah]. See Tzom Gedaliah for the laws pertaining to an individual or Chazzan repeats ."עננו" Chazzan who omits בונה" in "נחם" ,רפאנו and גואל between עננו before ברכת כהנים and says "ירושלים אבינו מלכנו we do not recite) ;שים שלום ;עלינו ;and Tachanun); Kaddish Tiskabel Mourner's Kaddish. [Our Sages have emphasized that the essence of a Fast Day is the process of Teshuva — Repentance. This is particularly so for those sins that were responsible for the destruction of the Beis HaMikdash, and yet, which we remain guilty of today. Here is a partial listing of those transgressions: Jerusalem was destroyed because: 1) the Jews profaned Shabbos. 2) they did not provide for the Torah education of their small children. 3) they did not recite the Shema morning and night. 4) they showed contempt for Torah scholars. 5) they had unwarranted hatred for each other. 6) they hardened their hearts to any fear

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ET5769d.indd 160 5/26/08 1:17:53 PM of Divine retribution (see Gittin 55b). Throughout the history of the Diaspora we have always taken the matter of repentance on fast days very seriously. Even the 'sinners and scoffers' of past generations were observant in this area. In recent history, however, there has been a tragic breakdown in religious sensitivity, may G-d protect us.] It is a great Mitzvah to study on a daily basis the Sefer Chofetz Chaim which discusses the laws of Lashon Harah and Rechilus (talebearing). The major reason for the destruction of the Holy Temple was senseless hatred and Lashon Harah. By studying these laws, a person becomes sensitized to refraining from these very serious sins. Conversely, if one does not study these laws on a regular basis, he will not be as careful in avoiding these transgressions, nor will he understand the intricate details involved in guarding one's speech. One should read the Chofetz descriptions of the great זצ"ל Chaim's rewards that await those who are careful זצ"ל to avoid these sins. The Vilna Gaon quotes a Medrash that states: "For every moment that a person refrains from forbidden speech, he earns a celestial light hidden away for the righteous, whose value cannot be comprehended by neither angel nor man."

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ET5769d.indd 167 5/26/08 1:17:55 PM מוצאי שבת קודש DEPARTURE OF SHABBOS As is customary for the departure of ;אתה חוננתנו Shabbos: Shemonah Esrei with ואתה and ויהי נועם Half-Kaddish; we say ;Havdalah ;ויתן לך ;Kaddish Tiskabel ;קדוש .Mourner's Kaddish ;לדוד אורי ;עלינו Saturday night, after midnight, or in the early hours of the morning, we begin the recitation of Selichos. The Chazzan dons his Tallis without making a Bracha until later, when it becomes light outside (it is preferable that the Chazzan borrow a Tallis from an individual [not one belonging to the congregation], with the intention that he is not acquiring it even temporarily to fulfill the Mitzvah of Tzizis, thus avoiding any question as to the need for a Bracha). We begin Half-Kaddish, intoned in the ;אשרי with special melodies of Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur; the usual Selichos for the first day; at the end of Selichos we recline, in the usual fashion, as we say Tachanun; Selichos are followed by a Kaddish Tiskabel. We continue the recitation of Selichos on every subsequent weekday morning through Erev Yom Kippur. ערב ראש השנה EREV ROSH HASHANAH FRIDAY, SEPT. 18, 29 ELUL (Some are accustomed to fast until

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ET5769d.indd 168 5/26/08 1:17:55 PM midday.) We begin saying the many Selichos of Erev Rosh HaShanah that before the pre-dawn ,"זכור ברית" include sky begins to brighten; Tachanun during Selichos but not during morning or We do .למנצח afternoon prayers; We say not blow the Shofar at all during the day so as to make a distinction between the voluntary shofar blowing of Elul and the obligatory shofar blowing of Rosh . התרת נדרים ;HaShanah One takes a haircut, and bathes in honor of the approaching holiday. Immersion in a Mikvah, preferably after midday, is appropriate so that we may enter the Day of Judgement in a state of holiness and purity. We make all preparations for Shabbos and Yom Tov. Hot cooked foods that are to be kept warm must be put in their proper place before candle-lighting. We hasten to light candles (20 minutes before להדליק נר" sunset). We make the Brachos over the "שהחיינו" and "של שבת ושל יום טוב candles. May it be the Divine will that our prayers be accepted in mercy and grace, and may we all be written for good long lives full of tranquility and peace.

REPENTANCE, PRAYER AND CHARITY AVERT THE EVIL DECREE! MAY THE NEW YEAR OF 5770 AND ITS BLESSINGS COMMENCE!

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