Rosh Hashanah הלכות ראש השנה
The original Hebrew. Our own AI English translation, not affiliated with Yalkut Yosef, shows only when you ask for it
581The Laws of SelichotSiman 581 · 52 seifim
- 1.Our custom is to rise before dawn to recite…
- 2.The most appropriate time to recite Selichot during these…
- 3.Those outside Eretz Yisrael should preferably wait until midnight…
- 4.A congregation and community who are unable to rise…
- 5.Although Selichot and the Thirteen Attributes may not be…
- 6.One who hears Selichot, the Thirteen Attributes, or Kaddish…
- 7.Kollel students, yeshiva students, and Torah scholars who cannot…
- 8.The same applies to teachers of children who would…
- 9.Torah scholars and yeshiva students who do not rise…
- 10.One who rises before dawn for Selichot during Elul…
- 11.The essential recitation of Selichot must be with concentration,…
- 12.An individual may not recite the Thirteen Attributes from…
- 13.An individual reciting the Thirteen Attributes need not continue…
- 14.The Selichot that were composed in the Aramaic language,…
- 15.The accepted custom is to recite the Thirteen Attributes…
- 16.When the chazzan says the two Divine Names, one…
- 17.The Sages disagree about where the count of the…
- 18.The verse ‘Shema Yisrael’ in Selichot should not be…
- 19.Those who alter the wording of the Yom Kippur…
- 20.In the Selichot poem containing ‘Nipelah na beyad Hashem,’…
- 21.In the supplication Shevet Yehudah, some changed ‘Is the…
- 22.In Shevet Yehudah, some changed ‘Awaken! Why do You…
- 23.In Rachamana, some mention the covenant of Pinchas the…
- 24.In Rachamana, one should say, ‘Remember for us the…
- 25.In Rachamana, it is proper to say, ‘Reveal Your…
- 26.In Anshei Emunah Avadu, one should say, ‘Their cries,…
- 27.Before the supplication ‘Our Father, our King, do not…
- 28.The phrase ‘Do not annihilate us; restrain Your hand…
- 29.One should say ‘Answer us, uFachad Yitzchak’ with the…
- 30.One should say, ‘Answer us, Elaha d’Meir, answer us,’…
- 31.In ‘Our God in Heaven,’ one should say, ‘Grant…
- 32.In ‘Our God in Heaven,’ one should say, ‘Grant…
- 33.In ‘Master of the World,’ the words ‘I will…
- 34.In ‘Hashem, act for the sake of Your Name,’…
- 35.In the poem ‘Machei uMasei,’ the printed wording is…
- 36.After Machei uMasei, some say, ‘We requested simple mercy…
- 37.In Adon HaSelichot, one should say ‘malei zakkiyut’—full of…
- 38.One should say, ‘Act for Moshe’s sake, faithful throughout…
- 39."Aseh lema'an Shemecha — act for the sake of…
- 40.In ‘De’anei la’aniyei aninan,’ the line ‘He Who answered…
- 41.In the poem Im Afes Rova HaKen, the word…
- 42.In the line ‘Examine all that he did; the…
- 43.In the line, ‘We have come to ask forgiveness…
- 44.The text reads, ‘He is appeased through mercy and…
- 45.In the piyut "Elecha Hashem Nasati Einai," it is…
- 46.One should say ‘Rachum heyeh lemish’an le’am ravei la’an,’…
- 47."Ki tzaddik Atah vetzedek madecha." In the sefer Chemdat…
- 48.At the end of Im Afes, it is more…
- 49.After Selichot, Kaddish Titkabbal is recited. Before ‘Titkabbal,’ the…
- 50.Kaddish Titkabbal is recited even when Shacharit follows Selichot…
- 51.Some blow tashrat, tashat, and tarat while the Thirteen…
- 52.One must take care to recite the morning blessings…
+Additional Laws of the Month of ElulAdditional Laws of the Month of Elul · 9 seifim
- 1.Ashkenazim blow the shofar after Shacharit throughout Elul. This…
- 2.It is a fine custom to recite Psalm 27,…
- 3.Those who rise before dawn for Selichot during Elul…
- 4.Elul is an appropriate time to examine one’s deeds,…
- 5.One should concentrate especially during the blessing of Hashivenu…
- 6.It is the pious custom of scrupulous people to…
- 7.When the first day of Rosh Chodesh Elul falls…
- 8.Weddings may be held throughout Elul without any halachic…
- 9.The custom when writing a letter during Elul is…
+Who Is Fit to Serve as ChazzanSiman 581 (continued) · 16 seifim
- 1.Maran rules that a chazzan must be upright, free…
- 2.The congregation and its officers should carefully seek the…
- 3.When possible, an unmarried man should not initially be…
- 4.A chazzan who became widowed should not be removed…
- 5.A man who lived with his wife for more…
- 6.Great care should be taken that the chazzan’s children…
- 7.A chazzan who sued another Jew in a secular…
- 8.One who commits a known transgression, such as shaving…
- 9.If he repented, he may be appointed chazzan, for…
- 10.A chazzan who has a pleasant voice, and who…
- 11.Many communities appoint a ba’al teshuvah as chazzan even…
- 12.A chazzan whose beard has not yet fully grown…
- 13.Every congregant, and especially the chazzan, should review the…
- 14.The Rashba writes that it is preferable to hire…
- 15.The accepted custom permits hiring chazzanim and a shofar…
- 16.Our custom is to station one person to the…
582The Laws of the Ten Days of RepentanceSiman 582 · 29 seifim
- 1.During the Ten Days of Repentance, in the conclusion…
- 2.One who mistakenly concluded ‘HaEl HaKadosh’ and corrected himself…
- 3.One who is uncertain whether he said ‘HaEl HaKadosh’…
- 4.There is one who wrote — the Kaf HaChaim…
- 5.One who mistakenly said ‘Melech HaKadosh’ without the definite…
- 6.A shaliach tzibur who erred in the repetition of…
- 7.Some say that if one recited "Baruch Atah Hashem…
- 8.It is proper to say ‘HaMelech HaKadosh’ slightly aloud…
- 9.Some similarly say Zachrenu LeChayim, Mi Chamocha, and the…
- 10.In the berachah of Hashivah, in the conclusion of…
- 11.If one finished the Amidah and then remembered saying…
- 12.A woman who prayed and erred during the Ten…
- 13.On the night of Rosh Hashanah that falls on…
- 14.The Geonim instituted to say during the Ten Days…
- 15.One who is praying and reached the point of…
- 16.If one mistakenly said Uv’Sefer Chayim in Modim instead…
- 17.If after finishing his Amidah one remembered that he…
- 18.The preceding rule applies to Shacharit and Mincha. During…
- 19.During the Ten Days of Repentance and on Hoshana…
- 20.The established custom is to recite Zachrenu LeChayim and…
- 21.Some say one should avoid daytime sleep during the…
- 22.Some avoid weddings during the Ten Days of Repentance.…
- 23.Avinu Malkeinu is recited after the repetition during the…
- 24.When Rosh Hashanah falls on Shabbat, some are accustomed…
- 25.Some say that if one forgot Retzei VeHachalitzeinu in…
- 26.If time is short at Mincha during the Ten…
- 27.In the text of Avinu Malkeinu, some say that…
- 28.In the text of Avinu Malkeinu our custom is…
- 29.In Avinu Malkeinu, the words ‘tear up the evil…
+The Order of the Rosh Hashanah PrayersSiman 582 (continued) · 29 seifim
- 1.Sephardic students in Ashkenazic yeshivot should try to arrange…
- 2.On the evening when the festival is sanctified, before…
- 3.When Rosh Hashanah falls on Shabbat, immediately after the…
- 4.They pray Arvit with concentration, with submission and with…
- 5.One should not recite Vidui on the day of…
- 6.Those who pray bent over on Rosh Hashanah and…
- 7.Following the Kabbalists, our custom is not to raise…
- 8.Communities where the chazzan recites the nominally silent Amidah…
- 9.One must say in the prayer of Rosh Hashanah…
- 10.One uncertain which conclusion he said on Rosh Hashanah…
- 11.Omitting Zachrenu LeChayim, Mi Chamocha, U’chtov, or Uv’Sefer Chayim…
- 12.One who recited the ordinary Atah Kadosh and correctly…
- 13.When Rosh Hashanah falls on Shabbat, one mentions ‘this…
- 14.The conclusion of Zichronot is ‘Who mercifully hears the…
- 15.The Rosh Hashanah prayers do not include ‘festivals for…
- 16.One who mistakenly concludes the Rosh Hashanah Amidah ‘Who…
- 17.The same applies to Kiddush on Rosh Hashanah night:…
- 18.In Rosh Hashanah Shacharit, ‘Hashem Hu HaElohim’ is said…
- 19.At the end of each Rosh Hashanah Amidah, one…
- 20.Some repeat the word ‘le’eila’ in every Kaddish during…
- 21.Some answer amen after each phrase when the chazzan…
- 22.Some recite the poem ‘Hashem, I heard Your report…
- 23.During the repetition, the congregation must listen carefully, concentrate…
- 24.During the repetition, at ‘You who cleave to Hashem…
- 25.Avinu Malkeinu follows the repetition. When Rosh Hashanah falls…
- 26.High Holiday poems by the early Spanish poets Rabbi…
- 27.Some recent editors have independently altered the traditional poems.…
- 28.The Shacharit poems and Selichot should be shortened enough…
- 29.Following the Kabbalists, it is a fine custom to…
+Notes on the High Holiday Prayer TextNotes on the High Holiday Prayer Text · 23 seifim
- 1.In Achot Ketanah, the stanza beginning ‘Nachah venachat’ ends,…
- 2."Zochreinu lechayim." The Tur, in the name of Maharam…
- 3."Zochreinu lechayim." The Tur wrote in the name of…
- 4."Uv'chen." The Sha'ar HaKavanot wrote: Know that four times…
- 5."Veya'asu chulam agudah achat la'asot retzoncha belevav shalem." The…
- 6."Sheyadanu Hashem Elokeinu shehashilton beyadecha." And not like the…
- 7.Our custom is to say "shehashilton," the shin with…
- 8."Oz beyadecha ugevurah biminecha." One should say the nun…
- 9."Vetikvah tovah ledorshecha" — so it should read, as…
- 10."Uv'chen tzaddikim yir'u veyismachu, viysharim ya'alozu, vachasidim berinah yagilu."…
- 11."Veharish'ah," the resh with a chirik, "kulah ke'ashan tichleh."…
- 12."Vatiten lanu, Hashem Elokeinu, be'ahavah et yom hazikaron hazeh."…
- 13."Yom teruah be'ahavah mikra kodesh." So is the version…
- 14.On Shabbat one says "zichron teruah be'ahavah mikra kodesh."…
- 15.If Rosh Hashanah falls on a weekday and one…
- 16."Vetimloch Atah Hu, Hashem Elokeinu, meherah al kol ma'asecha."…
- 17."Meloch al kol ha'olam kulo." And so is the…
- 18."Veyavin kol yetzur ki Atah yetzarto." The correct reading…
- 19.When Rosh Hashanah falls on Shabbat, it is proper…
- 20."Grant (ten) our portion in Your Torah." The Rav…
- 21."And Your word, our King, is true and endures…
- 22.The text in Seder Rav Amram is "and Your…
- 23.In ‘Concerning the countries it is declared,’ our pronunciation…
583The Rosh Hashanah Evening Meal and Its Symbolic FoodsSiman 583 · 22 seifim
- 1.Candles are lit in honor of Yom Tov, with…
- 2.Some women also recite Shehecheyanu when lighting. The correct…
- 3.Those who recite the verse ‘On the day of…
- 4.The Jewish custom on both nights of Rosh Hashanah…
- 5.These foods should preferably be eaten after washing, reciting…
- 6.Dates are among the foods eaten on Rosh Hashanah…
- 7.When reciting HaEtz over the date, one should intend…
- 8.Some recite the Yehi Ratzon before the fruit blessing…
- 9.Each member of the household may personally recite HaEtz…
- 10.One who hears another person recite a Yehi Ratzon…
- 11.Over pomegranate, one says, ‘May it be Your will…
- 12.One then takes a sheep’s or ram’s head and…
- 13.Some avoid fish on Rosh Hashanah because the Hebrew…
- 14.Some eat squash on Rosh Hashanah night. Squash cooked…
- 15.Some do not eat grapes on Rosh Hashanah for…
- 16.If a wife’s immersion night falls on Rosh Hashanah…
- 17.Some avoid sharp or sour foods and eat only…
- 18.Some place an etrog on the Rosh Hashanah table…
- 19.It is a proper custom to eat rich, sweet,…
- 20.One should not deliberately bring himself to actual crying…
- 21.One should exert every effort to control his inclination…
- 22.When Rosh Hashanah falls on Shabbat, some permit reading…
584The Torah Reading on Rosh HashanahSiman 584 · 14 seifim
- 1.Hallel is not recited on Rosh Hashanah or Yom…
- 2.During the auctioning of honors—opening the ark, carrying the…
- 3.Aliyot may be sold on Shabbat and Yom Tov…
- 4.Some recite the Thirteen Attributes three times with Torah…
- 5.On the first day of Rosh Hashanah, the Torah…
- 6.On the second day, the Torah reading is the…
- 7.Five men must be called to the Torah on…
- 8.Every God-fearing person should make a strong effort to…
- 9.The custom is for the chazzan and shofar blower…
- 10.A fixed meal containing more than a kebeitzah of…
- 11.Some write that a shofar blower who must eat…
- 12.The maftir recites Kaddish after the Torah reading. If…
- 13.After the haftarah, the poem ‘Et Sha’arei Ratzon’ is…
- 14.If a circumcision takes place on Rosh Hashanah, it…
585The Blessing and Performance of Shofar BlowingSiman 585 · 27 seifim
- 1.It is a Torah commandment to hear the sound…
- 2.The entire congregation stands for the blessings and sits…
- 3.An individual who was unable to pray with the…
- 4.The congregation may sit during the blasts before Mussaf;…
- 5.The custom is to blow on the bimah where…
- 6.On the first day of Rosh Hashanah, the blower…
- 7.When the first day of Rosh Hashanah falls on…
- 8.A Sephardic blower should not recite Shehecheyanu when blowing…
- 9.Every effort should be made to bring a shofar…
- 10.Strictly speaking, the shofar may be blown for the…
- 11.One who is uncertain whether he heard the shofar…
- 12.If the public shofar blower must first blow for…
- 13.If the only person able to blow after Shacharit…
- 14.If a shofar became invalid after the blessing and…
- 15.One who arrived after the blower’s blessing but heard…
- 16.Neither blower nor listeners may speak between the blessings…
- 17.One who uses the restroom between the seated and…
- 18.If a blower recited the blessings and completed three…
- 19.Some communities have a person stand beside the blower…
- 20.Speaking is forbidden during the blasts, and even coughing…
- 21.One should not verbally confess between tashrat and tashat…
- 22.Some versions of the Yehi Ratzon before shofar mention…
- 23.If time is short and the congregation is tired,…
- 24.The custom is to keep the shofar covered until…
- 25.The blower should preferably place the shofar at the…
- 26.Anyone who blows to fulfill the public’s obligation should…
- 27.A chazzan may personally blow during the repetition of…
586The Shofar Used on Rosh HashanahSiman 586 · 20 seifim
- 1.The preferred Rosh Hashanah shofar is a curved ram’s…
- 2.The minimum shofar length is one tefach. Some beautify…
- 3.If the only available shofar is shorter than one…
- 4.Every natural shofar tone is valid, whether very deep…
- 5.Painting a shofar decoratively is improper because the paint…
- 6.If a shofar cracked across its width around the…
- 7.A lengthwise crack extending through most of the shofar…
- 8.If an especially easy-to-blow shofar has a lengthwise crack…
- 9.Adding material to a shofar invalidates it, whether the…
- 10.A shofar’s sound may be cleared on Rosh Hashanah…
- 11.A long shofar may be shortened and remains valid…
- 12.It is forbidden to go outside the techum in…
- 13.If the only shofar is two thousand amot beyond…
- 14.The permission to ask a non-Jew to retrieve the…
- 15.If a Jew transgressed and cut a shofar to…
- 16.If a non-Jew made a shofar on Yom Tov…
- 17.If the blower completely blocked his ears and heard…
- 18.Shofar may be blown throughout the day, from sunrise…
- 19.If a congregation lacked a shofar all day and…
- 20.If the sequence blown was tekiah, teruah, teruah, tekiah,…
589Who Is Obligated to Hear the ShofarSiman 589 · 14 seifim
- 1.All adult Jewish men—Kohanim, Levites, Israelites, and converts—must hear…
- 2.One uncertain whether he heard the blasts must hear…
- 3.One does not fulfill the obligation by hearing shofar…
- 4.A minor who is not bar mitzvah, who is…
- 5.Women are exempt from shofar because it is a…
- 6.A shofar may be carried through a public domain…
- 7.A woman cannot discharge a man’s obligation, even that…
- 8.A woman who for years regularly heard shofar or…
- 9.A man may blow for women even after already…
- 10.A woman who knows how to blow may blow…
- 11.It is proper for the blower or a Torah…
- 12.Before the blasts, the rabbi or officer should remind…
- 13.The blower customarily recites prayers and supplications before blowing…
- 14.Individual congregants who hear the blessings and blasts on…
590The Order and Laws of the Shofar BlastsSiman 590 · 9 seifim
- 1.It is a positive commandment from the Torah to…
- 2.The congregation should pray the Mussaf prayer silently, nine…
- 3.One who has not reached the end of the…
- 4.One must alert the congregation that they should stand…
- 5.The Eretz Yisrael custom for the standing blasts is…
- 6.An individual who has not heard shofar may not…
- 7.The measure of a teruah is nine tromitin, that…
- 8.Some ensure that a tekiah is completely plain without…
- 9.The three shevarim must be made in one breath,…
591The Rosh Hashanah Mussaf PrayerSiman 591 · 9 seifim
- 1.In the Mussaf of Rosh Hashanah, both on the…
- 2.The berachot of the Mussaf prayer of Rosh Hashanah…
- 3.In Mussaf one should say, ‘Remember today the Binding…
- 4.If Rosh Hashanah falls on Shabbat and one omitted…
- 5.The universal Sephardic custom is not to recite the…
- 6.Our custom completes the Shofarot verses with ‘On the…
- 7.Women may pray Rosh Hashanah Mussaf because it contains…
- 8.During Kaddish Titkabbal after Mussaf, before ‘May you be…
- 9.One should not speak between the seated and standing…
596The Great Teruah at the End of the ServiceSiman 596 · 4 seifim
- 1.When the chazzan finishes Aleinu at the end of…
- 2.After the service and all required blasts, including the…
- 3.One with a genuine doubt whether the blasts were…
- 4.A minor below bar mitzvah age who has reached…
597Whether One May Fast on Rosh HashanahSiman 597 · 2 seifim
- 1.One eats, drinks, and rejoices on Rosh Hashanah and…
- 2.Ya’aleh VeYavo is recited in Birkat HaMazon with the…
598When Rosh Hashanah Falls on ShabbatSiman 598 · 3 seifim
- 1.When Rosh Hashanah falls on Shabbat, Tzidkatcha is recited…
- 2.Shofar may not be blown when Rosh Hashanah falls…
- 3.One who transgressed and blew the shofar on the…
+Laws of the Eve of Rosh HashanahLaws of the Eve of Rosh Hashanah · 14 seifim
- 1.Some are accustomed to fast on erev Rosh Hashanah.…
- 2.One who fasted on the eve of Rosh Hashanah…
- 3.Those fasting on the eve of Rosh Hashanah may…
- 4.Confession and Tachanun are omitted at Shacharit on the…
- 5.The shofar is not blown on the eve of…
- 6.Some visit cemeteries and pray at the graves of…
- 7.Kohanim must be warned that they are absolutely forbidden…
- 8.The Jewish custom is to take a haircut on…
- 9.The custom is to immerse in a mikveh on…
- 10.One unable to immerse should pour nine kav of…
- 11.A married woman during her seven clean days, as…
- 12.It is customary to perform hatarat nedarim on the…
- 13.Some say the general declaration canceling future vows can…
- 14.When Rosh Hashanah falls Thursday and Friday, one should…
+Conduct on Rosh Hashanah DayConduct on Rosh Hashanah Day · 9 seifim
- 1.After prayer, one should eat and then return to…
- 2.One eats, drinks, and rejoices on Rosh Hashanah. Some…
- 3.It is a good custom not to sleep during…
- 4.After Mincha on the first day of Rosh Hashanah,…
- 5.At Tashlich, the custom is to recite a passage…
- 6.Tashlich may be recited on the first day even…
- 7.If Tashlich was not recited on the first day,…
- 8.Women need not attend Tashlich. Refraining is preferable in…
- 9.Even though the two days of Rosh Hashanah share…
600Kiddush and the Evening Prayer on the Second Night of Rosh HashanahSiman 600 · 9 seifim
- 1.An egg laid on the first day of Rosh…
- 2.On the second night of Rosh Hashanah, the Arvit…
- 3.The symbolic fruits and vegetables with their Yehi Ratzon…
- 4.When the second night begins after Shabbat, Kiddush follows…
- 5.Our established custom follows Maran and recites Shehecheyanu during…
- 6.Rosh Hashanah Kiddush concludes, ‘Your word, our King, is…
- 7.There is one who wrote that one should refrain…
- 8.One must guard the sanctity of Rosh Hashanah and…
- 9.On the second morning, the poems appropriate to the…
601The Second Day of Rosh Hashanah and the Fast of GedaliahSiman 601 · 4 seifim
- 1.On the second day, the prayers follow the first…
- 2.After Rosh Hashanah, Havdalah is recited as after Shabbat,…
- 3.The Fast of Gedaliah is observed on the third…
- 4.A Sephardi praying Mincha on the Fast of Gedaliah…
+Conduct During the Ten Days of RepentanceConduct During the Ten Days of Repentance · 12 seifim
- 1.During the Ten Days of Repentance one should search…
- 2.The seven days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur…
- 3.One must be exceedingly careful on Shabbat Shuvah in…
- 4.The Rambam wrote: Do not say that there is…
- 5.A penitent should not imagine that his past sins…
- 6.The Sages say that even completely righteous people cannot…
- 7.Great is teshuvah, for it brings a person near…
- 8.Although repentance principally means abandoning sin, it is proper…
- 9.The essence of teshuvah is that the sinner forsake…
- 10.The Torah atones for sin. And happy is he…
- 11.If someone hired another person to travel and that…
- 12.The way of ba'alei teshuvah is to be lowly…