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89Laws of Prayer and Its TimeSiman 89 · 48 seifim
  1. 1.The most choice time for the Shacharit prayer is…
  2. 2.On Shabbat too there is a most choice mitzvah…
  3. 3.The congregation should not look up at the sky…
  4. 4.The time for the Shacharit prayer lechatchilah extends until…
  5. 5.If one did not pray Shacharit until four hours…
  6. 6.One who is habitually stringent and calculates the four…
  7. 7.A father who is habitually particular to read Keriat…
  8. 8.One who prays Shacharit after midday — according to…
  9. 9.One who finds himself on Shabbat in a place…
  10. 10.One who prays before dawn has not fulfilled the…
  11. 11.One should be careful on Shavuot and Hoshana Rabbah…
  12. 12.One should not rely on the times for "dawn"…
  13. 13.Early-rising workers who rush through their prayer for the…
  14. 14.One who is able to pray at sunrise or…
  15. 15.Even though according to the halachah it is preferable…
  16. 16.The same applies to one who was delayed from…
  17. 17.Likewise, one who needs to relieve himself and can…
  18. 18.When there is no minyan for prayer at sunrise,…
  19. 19.One who is habitually accustomed to pray consistently at…
  20. 20.Once dawn has broken, a person may not go…
  21. 21.It is permitted to wake a fellow whose name…
  22. 22.Everything we said about not initiating a greeting to…
  23. 23.It is permitted to go to the airport before…
  24. 24.If his fellow is about to leave on a…
  25. 25.One should not go early to his fellow's door…
  26. 26.It is permitted to kiss the hand of one's…
  27. 27.A shaliach tzibur who reads from the Torah before…
  28. 28.It is permitted to go early to a fellow's…
  29. 29.It is forbidden for a person to attend to…
  30. 30.It is permitted to bathe before the time for…
  31. 31.It is permitted to immerse in a mikveh or…
  32. 32.One should not shave before the Shacharit prayer, since…
  33. 33.It is permitted for a person to make his…
  34. 34.Even though it is forbidden to attend to one's…
  35. 35.One who is rushing in the morning to his…
  36. 36.It is forbidden to eat and drink before the…
  37. 37.Many of the later authorities are lenient to permit…
  38. 38.Foods and drinks taken for medicinal purposes are permitted…
  39. 39.It is permitted for the shaliach tzibur to swallow…
  40. 40.It is permitted to give a minor under thirteen…
  41. 41.Some say that before the Shacharit prayer it is…
  42. 42.One who was an onen during the time of…
  43. 43.The Sages only forbade eating before prayer once the…
  44. 44.One who erred and recited a birkat hanehenin over…
  45. 45.A restaurant owner approached by a secular customer who…
  46. 46.If one began eating before dawn broke, and the…
  47. 47.Even studying is forbidden once the time for prayer…
  48. 48.It is permitted to begin studying before the time…
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90The Place of PrayerSiman 90 · 55 seifim
  1. 1.One should not stand to pray the Amidah on…
  2. 2.A sick or elderly person is permitted to pray…
  3. 3.Likewise, if his intent was to be heard by…
  4. 4.If the elevated place is surrounded by partitions on…
  5. 5.Even though one should not pray in an elevated…
  6. 6.One should open doorways or windows facing Jerusalem in…
  7. 7.Even a blind person should properly pray in a…
  8. 8.Lechatchilah it is good to make windows on the…
  9. 9.The widespread custom is that people are not particular…
  10. 10.One should install glass in the windows and the…
  11. 11.One should not pray in an exposed place, such…
  12. 12.It is indeed permitted to pray in the courtyards…
  13. 13.Travelers are permitted to pray in an open field.…
  14. 14.When one has a choice between praying in an…
  15. 15.It is a mitzvah to run when going to…
  16. 16.One should not enter the beit knesset running, but…
  17. 17.One leaving the beit knesset is forbidden to run,…
  18. 18.If he leaves the beit knesset intending to return,…
  19. 19.Likewise, one leaving the beit knesset to go to…
  20. 20.Some say the mitzvah of running to the beit…
  21. 21.One who runs to the beit knesset on Shabbat…
  22. 22.A person should rise early to the beit knesset…
  23. 23.Where possible, it is a mitzvah to come to…
  24. 24.Some are particular to gather ten together and enter…
  25. 25.Even if there were already ten in the beit…
  26. 26.One who finds it difficult to rise early should…
  27. 27.Anyone who fixes a place for his prayer has…
  28. 28.The essential fixing of a place for prayer refers…
  29. 29.Even if he is forced by circumstances to pray…
  30. 30.Within four amot of one's place is considered his…
  31. 31.It is more of a mitzvah to pray in…
  32. 32.Even one who has a beit knesset in his…
  33. 33.Some say the reward for footsteps applies only when…
  34. 34.One who was going to pray in a beit…
  35. 35.One who was habitually accustomed to go pray in…
  36. 36.One who has only a bare minyan at his…
  37. 37.Lechatchilah nothing should separate between him and the wall,…
  38. 38.All this is only for the most choice manner…
  39. 39.A shtender (lectern) used for prayer does not constitute…
  40. 40.Animals do not constitute a separation, and even a…
  41. 41.One may be lenient to pray the Amidah facing…
  42. 42.It is permitted to hang a framed "Shiviti" plaque…
  43. 43.One should not hang pictures of great Torah sages…
  44. 44.One should also refrain from painting on the windows…
  45. 45.One should not hang a curtain (parochet) painted with…
  46. 46.It is permitted to place a Magen David symbol…
  47. 47.Synagogues outside Israel that place their national flags beside…
  48. 48.One who donated a curtain for the Aron Kodesh…
  49. 49.One who has a mobile phone must turn it…
  50. 50.When a bar mitzvah is held in the beit…
  51. 51.One should not kiss children in the beit knesset,…
  52. 52.It is not proper to hold a chuppah and…
  53. 53.It is permitted to hold the third meal (seudah…
  54. 54.A person should not pray beside his primary teacher,…
  55. 55.One who was standing in prayer, and a child…
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+The Law of Prayer With a CongregationSiman 90 (continued) · 48 seifim
  1. 1.One must pray every single day with a minyan…
  2. 2.An elderly or sick person for whom it is…
  3. 3.One who is prevented by circumstances from praying with…
  4. 4.One who thought there was no minyan to pray…
  5. 5.If one prays Musaf at the hour the congregation…
  6. 6.Some say that one who prays at home when…
  7. 7.If the congregation delays the time of the Shacharit…
  8. 8.One who has hatred or a quarrel with the…
  9. 9.When standing with the congregation, one is forbidden to…
  10. 10.A Torah scholar who comes to settlements to strengthen…
  11. 11.A yeshivah student returning from his home to the…
  12. 12.One who has no tefillin at the time the…
  13. 13.Anyone who rises early and goes late to the…
  14. 14.Those praying in a minyan of six or seven…
  15. 15.One who comes to the beit knesset close to…
  16. 16.An individual who prays the Amidah quietly along with…
  17. 17.One who began praying before the congregation's prayer, and…
  18. 18.One praying the Amidah quietly along with the repetition…
  19. 19.One praying the Amidah quietly along with the repetition…
  20. 20.If the minyan is a bare one, and one…
  21. 21.A minyan with nine Yisraelim and one Kohen, where…
  22. 22.One who was imprisoned, and there is no Jewish…
  23. 23.A sick person who, per doctor's orders, may leave…
  24. 24.One should not count toward the minyan someone who…
  25. 25.One who does not put on tefillin — in…
  26. 26.Some say that one who does not permit the…
  27. 27.There is no doubt that a mamzer and all…
  28. 28.Some say that even though a woman is not…
  29. 29.All ten praying must stand in one place. Those…
  30. 30.Nevertheless, one standing in the women's section, where the…
  31. 31.Those praying in an open field are counted toward…
  32. 32.One must be careful not to stand on two…
  33. 33.A shaliach tzibur standing on a platform ten [tefachim]…
  34. 34.A beit knesset divided into two by a partition…
  35. 35.Those praying on a train or airplane, even though…
  36. 36.One who forgets to mention Ya'aleh Veyavo in the…
  37. 37.One who is able to have intent in the…
  38. 38.One who cannot pray with a congregation in the…
  39. 39.A Torah scholar for whom going to the beit…
  40. 40.Even a Torah scholar whose Torah is his profession…
  41. 41.One whose Torah is his profession and who lives…
  42. 42.One who is late to the beit knesset, and…
  43. 43.One who prolongs his prayer for the sake of…
  44. 44.One who is late for prayer and sees that…
  45. 45.One should make an effort to pray the Ma'ariv…
  46. 46.One who has a minyan for Ma'ariv before nightfall,…
  47. 47.On Friday of Chanukah, it is proper to pray…
  48. 48.A mohel who was invited to circumcise a baby,…
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91Girding One's Waist and Covering One's Head During PrayerSiman 91 · 11 seifim
  1. 1.Even though it is good and proper to gird…
  2. 2.One should not pray while wearing gloves, since this…
  3. 3.A soldier carrying a weapon should properly cover his…
  4. 4.A sick person, or one otherwise prevented by circumstances,…
  5. 5.A sick person is permitted to pray wearing house…
  6. 6.It is not proper to pray the Amidah barefoot,…
  7. 7.One praying Shacharit in the beit knesset is permitted…
  8. 8.Unmarried young women who go about without head covering…
  9. 9.It is forbidden to recite a berachah or utter…
  10. 10.One who is forced to sit with an uncovered…
  11. 11.It is permitted to greet a fellow first, even…
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92One Who Needs to Relieve Himself, and Preparations Before PrayerSiman 92 · 8 seifim
  1. 1.One who prays must be careful that his body…
  2. 2.One who needs to relieve himself and can hold…
  3. 3.The measure of "walking a parsah" that the Sages…
  4. 4.A shaliach tzibur who needs to relieve himself between…
  5. 5.One who washed his hands in the morning and…
  6. 6.It is good to give tzedakah before the prayer,…
  7. 7.Before prayer one should clear his throat of phlegm…
  8. 8.One standing in the Amidah who remembers that he…
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93Preparations for PrayerSiman 93 · 5 seifim
  1. 1.Maran wrote in the Shulchan Aruch: "He should wait…
  2. 2.It is a most choice mitzvah not to stand…
  3. 3.Lechatchilah one should not stand to pray in the…
  4. 4.It has already been explained above that one engaged…
  5. 5.It has already been explained above the dispute among…
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94Facing Toward Eretz Yisrael, and the Law of a Blind PersonSiman 94 · 7 seifim
  1. 1.When rising to pray the Amidah, if he is…
  2. 2.One praying on an airplane — if the plane…
  3. 3.If one erred and began praying facing north or…
  4. 4.Lechatchilah it is proper to fix the place of…
  5. 5.A blind person is obligated in all the mitzvot…
  6. 6.One traveling on a bus or train, and the…
  7. 7.One should be careful not to lean against a…
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95Positioning One's Feet in PrayerSiman 95 · 4 seifim
  1. 1.He should place his feet together so they appear…
  2. 2.During the Amidah, one should place his hands one…
  3. 3.Some are accustomed, when standing to pray, to take…
  4. 4.One should bow his head slightly, so that his…
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96Avoiding Distractions in Order to ConcentrateSiman 96 · 9 seifim
  1. 1.When praying or reading Keriat Shema, one should not…
  2. 2.One praying on a train and the like, worried…
  3. 3.It is forbidden to hold an infant in one's…
  4. 4.It is permitted to hold a siddur or machzor…
  5. 5.Regarding the recent invention of having the entire text…
  6. 6.If a holy book fell to the ground and…
  7. 7.Likewise, if he began praying by heart and in…
  8. 8.A blind person praying the Amidah, who in the…
  9. 9.One praying whose hat fell off in the middle…
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97Not Belching During PrayerSiman 97 · 6 seifim
  1. 1.If one feels the urge to belch, yawn, or…
  2. 2.If his tallit slipped off him in the middle…
  3. 3.One wearing glasses that are loose on his nose…
  4. 4.It has already been explained that it is proper…
  5. 5.One should be careful not to lean against a…
  6. 6.We have already explained above that some are accustomed…
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98Laws of Intent (Kavanah) in PrayerSiman 98 · 16 seifim
  1. 1.Prayer stands in place of the sacrifice; therefore one…
  2. 2.Nevertheless, one who is habitually accustomed to have intent…
  3. 3.Before beginning to pray, one must have in his…
  4. 4.One who did not have intent in Avot and…
  5. 5.Some say it is good to pray from a…
  6. 6.There are ten things that help a person concentrate…
  7. 7.One who has a beit knesset in his neighborhood…
  8. 8.It has already been explained above that one who…
  9. 9.One who prolongs his prayer for the sake of…
  10. 10.If one rushes through his prayer in order to…
  11. 11.One should pray in the manner of supplication, like…
  12. 12.A person should not think that it is fitting…
  13. 13.Even one who knows about himself that he cannot…
  14. 14.One who got into bed and remembered that he…
  15. 15.One for whom prayer with a congregation prevents him…
  16. 16.It is fitting for a person to have fine…
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99The Law of a Drunk Person in PrayerSiman 99 · 2 seifim
  1. 1.One who drank a revi'it of wine at once…
  2. 2.A drunk person, even though he may not pray,…
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100One Should Prepare the Festival PrayersSiman 100 · 1 seifim
  1. 1.Even though Maran wrote in the Shulchan Aruch that…
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101One May Pray in Any LanguageSiman 101 · 14 seifim
  1. 1.One who hears the prayer from the shaliach tzibur…
  2. 2.Outside Israel, where not everyone understands the Holy Tongue,…
  3. 3.Therefore, one should judge favorably those who say Kaddish…
  4. 4.The custom of Sephardim and Eastern communities is to…
  5. 5.One must be very careful, when mentioning Hashem's Name,…
  6. 6.One must distinguish when pronouncing the letters, distinguishing between…
  7. 7.The Sephardic and Eastern communities' text of prayer is…
  8. 8.Therefore, in schools in Eretz Yisrael, and certainly in…
  9. 9.The "unified" prayer text instituted for use in several…
  10. 10.A Sephardi praying with an Ashkenazi minyan should not…
  11. 11.A Sephardi praying with an Ashkenazi minyan, who is…
  12. 12.It is permitted for Ashkenazim to pray with a…
  13. 13.One of Ashkenazi descent who immigrated to Eretz Yisrael,…
  14. 14.One who is habitually accustomed to praying in the…
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+Prayer of the HeartSiman 101 (continued) · 6 seifim
  1. 1.Chazal learned from what is said regarding Chanah's prayer,…
  2. 2.Communities accustomed to have the shaliach tzibur say the…
  3. 3.One who prays the Amidah quietly but raises his…
  4. 4.One praying at home, and praying the Amidah somewhat…
  5. 5.One who prayed with mental contemplation, without uttering the…
  6. 6.One should not double words in prayer, and this…
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102Not Interrupting in Front of One Who Is PrayingSiman 102 · 25 seifim
  1. 1.It is forbidden to sit within four amot of…
  2. 2.Some say that just as it is forbidden to…
  3. 3.It has already been explained that if the one…
  4. 4.If he was standing initially, and sees a person…
  5. 5.When there is a glass partition in front of…
  6. 6.It is forbidden to pass in front of those…
  7. 7.Some say that if the one praying has draped…
  8. 8.A Kohen who wishes to perform Birkat Kohanim, and…
  9. 9.One who needs to go teach a class to…
  10. 10.A congregation waiting for a tenth person for the…
  11. 11.Some say it is permitted to pass in front…
  12. 12.One should not be lenient to pass in front…
  13. 13.Some say it is permitted to pass in front…
  14. 14.One should also not pass in front of a…
  15. 15.Where the one praying stood in a place used…
  16. 16.If he finished his prayer and another person is…
  17. 17.If he finished his prayer and another person is…
  18. 18.All this — that it is forbidden to take…
  19. 19.Some say that if he finished his prayer and…
  20. 20.One who finished his prayer but cannot take three…
  21. 21.A Torah scholar who finished his prayer, and sees…
  22. 22.Some are particular that no one should walk in…
  23. 23.If, immediately upon the individual finishing his prayer and…
  24. 24.If there is a platform ten tefachim high in…
  25. 25.One who finishes his prayer on Yom Kippur, and…
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104Not Interrupting in PrayerSiman 104 · 12 seifim
  1. 1.It is forbidden to interrupt in the middle of…
  2. 2.Since it is forbidden to interrupt in the middle…
  3. 3.One studying Torah who hears Kaddish or Kedushah —…
  4. 4.One standing in prayer in the middle of the…
  5. 5.One who is uncertain in the middle of his…
  6. 6.One who paused during the Amidah for long enough…
  7. 7.One standing in the middle of the Amidah who…
  8. 8.The custom throughout the Jewish diaspora is that the…
  9. 9.One who was praying and a snake came and…
  10. 10.One who was prevented by circumstances and needed to…
  11. 11.The same applies to an infant or child disturbing…
  12. 12.A young child who asks his father or an…
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105The Law of One Who Prays Two PrayersSiman 105 · 2 seifim
  1. 1.One praying two prayers one after the other must…
  2. 2.One who erred in his prayer in a way…
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106Who Is Obligated in PrayerSiman 106 · 17 seifim
  1. 1.The Rambam wrote: It is a positive commandment to…
  2. 2.Most Ashkenazic women pray only Shacharit and Mincha, for…
  3. 3.Since women are obligated in tefillah, therefore they instituted…
  4. 4.Women are exempt from the Mussaf tefillah of Rosh…
  5. 5.A woman who prayed Shacharit on Rosh Chodesh, and…
  6. 6.A minor who has reached the age of chinuch…
  7. 7.It is a mitzvah to bring young children who…
  8. 8.Therefore, in schools that have a minyan of students…
  9. 9.It is proper to train young children to pray…
  10. 10.A minor who has reached the age of chinuch…
  11. 11.The mitzvah of chinuch applies also to rabbinic mitzvot;…
  12. 12.A person must train his daughters to pray one…
  13. 13.It is proper for all teachers of young children…
  14. 14.It has already been explained that it is permitted…
  15. 15.A minor who has reached the age of chinuch,…
  16. 16.A minor who has reached the age of chinuch…
  17. 17.A boy of thirteen years and one day, for…
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+A Shaliach Tzibur Who ErredA Shaliach Tzibur Who Erred · 6 seifim
  1. 1.A shaliach tzibur who erred in the Shacharit prayer…
  2. 2.A shaliach tzibur who erred in the Shacharit repetition…
  3. 3.A shaliach tzibur who erred in his silent prayer…
  4. 4.It has already been explained above that a shaliach…
  5. 5.A shaliach tzibur who prayed at the end of…
  6. 6.A shaliach tzibur who was prevented by circumstances and…
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107The Law of One Who Errs in His PrayerSiman 107 · 22 seifim
  1. 1.One who erred in his prayer regarding something that…
  2. 2.One who erred in his prayer regarding something that…
  3. 3.One who dozed off in the middle of his…
  4. 4.One who was standing in prayer and finds himself…
  5. 5.The same law applies to one standing in prayer…
  6. 6.One who was praying on Chanukah, and said "Ve'atah…
  7. 7.One who inadvertently skipped one of the middle berachot…
  8. 8.One who errs in his prayer during the Ten…
  9. 9.One who does not have a siddur, and knows…
  10. 10.An individual who erred in the Shacharit prayer on…
  11. 11.Everything stated in the previous se'if applies whether he…
  12. 12.If the time for the Shacharit prayer has not…
  13. 13.One who prayed Shacharit alone on Rosh Chodesh, and…
  14. 14.One who did not pray Musaf, and remembers close…
  15. 15.An individual who prayed with the congregation and forgot…
  16. 16.One who erred at Ma'ariv on the night of…
  17. 17.One who erred on the night of Rosh Hashanah…
  18. 18.One who erred in his prayer on Chanukah and…
  19. 19.One who errs in the Shabbat prayers and switches…
  20. 20.One who erred on Rosh Chodesh, and prayed the…
  21. 21.One who forgot to say Ya'aleh Veyavo at Shacharit…
  22. 22.On Shabbat and Chol HaMoed, if one prayed "Atah…
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+One in Doubt Whether He Prayed, and the Law of a Voluntary PrayerSiman 107 (continued) · 8 seifim
  1. 1.One who is in doubt whether he prayed or…
  2. 2.A person who was in doubt whether he mentioned…
  3. 3.If he is in doubt during the summer season…
  4. 4.If a person feels that within thirty days he…
  5. 5.If he erred in his tefillah and became uncertain…
  6. 6.One who is uncertain whether he prayed Shacharit, or…
  7. 7.One who was standing in tefillah, and in the…
  8. 8.A shaliach tzibbur who remembers in the middle of…
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108The Laws of the Make-Up PrayerSiman 108 · 30 seifim
  1. 1.One who erred or was prevented by circumstances and…
  2. 2.One who erred and did not pray Minchah prays…
  3. 3.The Musaf prayer has no make-up — if the…
  4. 4.Likewise, one who was prevented by circumstances and did…
  5. 5.If one forgot or was prevented from praying Ma'ariv,…
  6. 6.An individual who forgot or was prevented from praying…
  7. 7.If one willfully neglected to pray one prayer, it…
  8. 8.One is called "willful" only when he neglects the…
  9. 9.Likewise, one who was preoccupied with a monetary matter…
  10. 10.Likewise, one who is drunk and forbidden to pray…
  11. 11.One who was occupied clarifying a halachic ruling on…
  12. 12.A woman who is habitually accustomed to pray three…
  13. 13.A minor who forgot or was prevented from praying…
  14. 14.There is no make-up for a lost prayer except…
  15. 15.Some say the make-up applies only to the immediately…
  16. 16.One who erred or was prevented and did not…
  17. 17.One who erred or was prevented and did not…
  18. 18.One who erred or was prevented and did not…
  19. 19.One who forgot to say "Atah Chonantanu" in the…
  20. 20.One who erred or was prevented and did not…
  21. 21.One who erred and did not pray Minchah on…
  22. 22.If one was prevented and did not pray Ma'ariv…
  23. 23.One who forgot or was prevented and did not…
  24. 24.One who erred and did not mention Ya'aleh Veyavo…
  25. 25.But if Rosh Chodesh was two days, and he…
  26. 26.If Rosh Chodesh falls on a Friday, and he…
  27. 27.If one forgot to request rain in the berachah…
  28. 28.One who erred and did not say Ya'aleh Veyavo…
  29. 29.One who errs in his prayer and mentions the…
  30. 30.All this applies when he mentioned the occasion of…
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109An Individual Says Kedushah With the Shaliach TziburSiman 109 · 6 seifim
  1. 1.One praying the Amidah along with the repetition of…
  2. 2.However, if he was praying Shacharit, and at the…
  3. 3.Likewise, one praying Ma'ariv while it is still day,…
  4. 4.One who enters the beit knesset and finds a…
  5. 5.One should not skip the text of Al HaNisim…
  6. 6.One who prolongs his prayer such that the congregation…
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110One Setting Out on a Journey Says the Traveler's Prayer, and the Law of Prayer for WorkersSiman 110 · 17 seifim
  1. 1.In the Gemara they said: one who is traveling…
  2. 2.One setting out on a journey should pray in…
  3. 3.One must say the traveler's prayer in the plural…
  4. 4.One walking on the road should, if possible, stop…
  5. 5.It is good to engage in Torah study on…
  6. 6.It is permitted to cast a lot by opening…
  7. 7.One setting out on a journey in the morning…
  8. 8.The custom of Rabbeinu Meir of Rothenburg, when setting…
  9. 9.One should recite this berachah after he has taken…
  10. 10.If, during the journey, a small special recording of…
  11. 11.One who recites the traveler's prayer over a loudspeaker…
  12. 12.One flying on a plane for the measure of…
  13. 13.One who recited the traveler's prayer, and his fellow…
  14. 14.One who traveled from city to city for the…
  15. 15.One parting from his fellow should not say to…
  16. 16.One entering a beit midrash should pray: "Yehi ratzon…
  17. 17.In the text of the Kaddish said after completing…
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111The Law of Juxtaposing Redemption to PrayerSiman 111 · 10 seifim
  1. 1.At Shacharit one must juxtapose redemption to prayer. Chazal…
  2. 2.Nevertheless, if he hears Kaddish, Kedushah, and Barchu between…
  3. 3.According to the holy Zohar, one should not interrupt…
  4. 4.Some are accustomed to kiss the tefillin shel rosh…
  5. 5.Some say it is specifically on weekdays, to which…
  6. 6.One who came late to the beit knesset on…
  7. 7.One who finds himself on Shabbat in a place…
  8. 8.One who did not have a tallit, and one…
  9. 9.Even though the law of juxtaposing redemption to prayer…
  10. 10.Some Sephardim are accustomed, before the Amidah, to turn…
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112Requesting One's Needs in the First Three BerachotSiman 112 · 2 seifim
  1. 1.A person should not request his personal needs in…
  2. 2.One should not request personal needs on Shabbat in…
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113The Laws of Bowing in the AmidahSiman 113 · 12 seifim
  1. 1.One should not bow in prayer at a place…
  2. 2.Those accustomed to bow on Rosh Hashanah and Yom…
  3. 3.One who bows at "Vechol komah lefanecha tishtachaveh," or…
  4. 4.Lechatchilah the congregation should not bow while answering "Baruch…
  5. 5.The custom of bowing in the middle of "Berich…
  6. 6.One praying must bow until all the vertebrae of…
  7. 7.An elderly or sick person who cannot bow until…
  8. 8.One should not bow so much that his mouth…
  9. 9.When bowing, one should bow quickly, all at once;…
  10. 10.When bowing, one bows at "Baruch"; when straightening up,…
  11. 11.When the congregation says Aleinu LeShabeach, bowing at "Va'anachnu…
  12. 12.One should not add to the titles of the…
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114Laws of Mentioning Rain and DewSiman 114 · 15 seifim
  1. 1.One begins saying "Mashiv HaRuach Umorid HaGeshem" in the…
  2. 2.During the rainy season, if one did not say…
  3. 3.A shaliach tzibur who forgot to mention "Morid HaGeshem"…
  4. 4.Beginning with the Musaf prayer of the first day…
  5. 5.If one erred during the summer and said "Mashiv…
  6. 6.If one erred during the summer and said "Mashiv…
  7. 7.Our custom is to say "Mashiv HaRuach Umorid HaGeshem"…
  8. 8.During the summer, if one is uncertain whether he…
  9. 9.One who is uncertain during the summer whether he…
  10. 10.Even if he knows about himself, before the thirty…
  11. 11.One who erred during the summer after thirty days…
  12. 12.Wherever it is ruled that one who errs goes…
  13. 13.If one spoke of mundane matters in the middle…
  14. 14.Where it is said that one goes back to…
  15. 15.Our custom is to say "Mashiv HaRuach Umorid HaGeshem"…
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115The Law of the Berachah of Atah ChoneinSiman 115 · 3 seifim
  1. 1.Since what distinguishes a person from an animal is…
  2. 2.In the text of the berachah of Atah Chonein,…
  3. 3.A person requests his personal needs in the Amidah;…
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116The Laws of the Berachot of HaShivah, Re'eh Na Be'onyeinu, and Refa'einuSiman 116 · 13 seifim
  1. 1.In the berachah of "Hashiveinu," we mention "Avinu" —…
  2. 2.One who has a relative not observant of Torah…
  3. 3.In the berachah of "Selach Lanu Avinu," one should…
  4. 4.In the text of the berachah of "Re'eh Na…
  5. 5.In the berachah of "Refa'einu," one should say: "Refa'einu…
  6. 6.One who wishes to add to the berachah of…
  7. 7.Some wrote that if the sick person is a…
  8. 8.One praying for a sick person need not mention…
  9. 9.One praying for his sick father should not describe…
  10. 10.One praying for a sick person, mentioning his name…
  11. 11.Some are accustomed, when reading the psalm "Ya'ancha Hashem…
  12. 12.One who mentions a verse in the manner of…
  13. 13.One who sees a notice with a request to…
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117Laws of Requesting RainSiman 117 · 20 seifim
  1. 1.In Eretz Yisrael, one requests rain in the berachah…
  2. 2.The custom of Sephardim and Eastern communities in the…
  3. 3.One who erred and requested rain in the berachah…
  4. 4.This applies to Eretz Yisrael, which is a land…
  5. 5.One from outside Israel who erred in his prayer…
  6. 6.If one erred and did not request rain —…
  7. 7.One who erred in the Ma'ariv prayer during the…
  8. 8.A woman who erred in the berachah of the…
  9. 9.If one erred and did not request rain at…
  10. 10.One who is uncertain whether he requested rain in…
  11. 11.One who erred in his prayer and forgot to…
  12. 12.One who erred in the Shabbat prayer and began…
  13. 13.One who forgot to request rain and finished his…
  14. 14.One who is habitually accustomed to prolong his prayer…
  15. 15.A resident of Eretz Yisrael who left for outside…
  16. 16.A resident of Eretz Yisrael who began requesting rain…
  17. 17.A tourist visiting Eretz Yisrael during these days, who…
  18. 18.Beginning from the end of the first day of…
  19. 19.In places where the period between Sukkot and Pesach…
  20. 20.In countries whose climate and weather are opposite to…
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118The Laws of the Berachah of HaShivahSiman 118 · 2 seifim
  1. 1.In the berachah of "HaShivah Shoftenu," one should conclude…
  2. 2.If one forgot to say "Zochreinu lechayim" during the…
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119One Who Wishes to Add a Request to the BerachotSiman 119 · 5 seifim
  1. 1.One praying who wishes to request his personal needs…
  2. 2.Even though it is said in Berachot that a…
  3. 3.A critically ill patient whom the doctors have given…
  4. 4.One requesting his needs in prayer should articulate his…
  5. 5.An individual who erred on communal fast days and…
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120It Is Proper to Say Retzeh in Every PrayerSiman 120 · 2 seifim
  1. 1.One says "Retzeh" in all the prayers, unlike those…
  2. 2.One who erred at Minchah and did not say…
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121Laws of ModimSiman 121 · 7 seifim
  1. 1.One bows during Modim, and in the berachah of…
  2. 2.One who says "Modim, modim" is silenced. There is…
  3. 3.One must bow during Modim until all the vertebrae…
  4. 4.One standing in the middle of the Amidah, when…
  5. 5.The berachah of "Sim Shalom" is a request from…
  6. 6.In the berachah of "Sim Shalom" one must say…
  7. 7.Shlomo HaMelech, alav hashalom, instituted saying Birkat Kohanim within…
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122Laws Pertaining to the Passage Between the Amidah and Yihyu LeratzonSiman 122 · 7 seifim
  1. 1.After finishing the berachah of "Sim Shalom," and saying…
  2. 2.One standing in the middle of "Elokai Netzor," who…
  3. 3.It is not proper to say supplications before "Yihyu…
  4. 4.One who is habitually accustomed to say these four…
  5. 5.It is customary to say at the end of…
  6. 6.Even though the accepted halachah is that written matters…
  7. 7.Before saying "Elokai Netzor," some are accustomed to say…
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123Laws of Bowing at the Conclusion of the AmidahSiman 123 · 10 seifim
  1. 1.Before taking three steps backward at the end of…
  2. 2.While bowing, he takes three steps backward, moving his…
  3. 3.After taking three steps, while still bowing, before straightening…
  4. 4.After taking his steps at "Oseh shalom," he should…
  5. 5.When standing in the place where the steps ended,…
  6. 6.At Ma'ariv, after finishing the Amidah and taking three…
  7. 7.The shaliach tzibur too must take three steps when…
  8. 8.Our custom is that the shaliach tzibur too, after…
  9. 9.At the end of the Amidah, after finishing his…
  10. 10.An individual from the congregation who has finished the…
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124Laws of the Repetition and Answering AmenSiman 124 · 29 seifim
  1. 1.The Sages instituted that the shaliach tzibur repeats the…
  2. 2.When the shaliach tzibur repeats the Amidah, he should…
  3. 3.A shaliach tzibur who has not yet prayed the…
  4. 4.In a beit knesset with worshippers who do not…
  5. 5.When time is limited and the shaliach tzibur says…
  6. 6.It is a beautiful custom to say, after every…
  7. 7.Likewise, one who is in the middle of Keriat…
  8. 8.It is forbidden to answer an "orphaned Amen" —…
  9. 9.If the shaliach tzibur did not wait after the…
  10. 10.One answering Amen should not raise his voice louder…
  11. 11.Wherever there is doubt regarding a berachah whether it…
  12. 12.The congregation is permitted to sit during the repetition…
  13. 13.Some are accustomed, in the berachah of "Barech Aleinu"…
  14. 14.When the shaliach tzibur repeats the prayer aloud, the…
  15. 15.It is proper and correct for tzedakah collectors to…
  16. 16.In any case, if one of the ten prolongs…
  17. 17.It is proper and correct for the shaliach tzibur…
  18. 18.A shaliach tzibur reciting the repetition, with some of…
  19. 19.One who prayed alone at home, and after finishing…
  20. 20.One who enters the beit knesset and finds the…
  21. 21.When finishing the repetition, he should say aloud the…
  22. 22.It has already been explained above that a shaliach…
  23. 23.A shaliach tzibur praying, and in the middle of…
  24. 24.The shaliach tzibur must be careful not to lean…
  25. 25.Prayer stands used by the shaliach tzibur that have…
  26. 26.If there were ten and the shaliach tzibur began…
  27. 27.One who erred in his silent prayer and, in…
  28. 28.One who stood to pray Musaf, Minchah, or a…
  29. 29.One who hears the repetition of the shaliach tzibur,…
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125Laws of KedushahSiman 125 · 9 seifim
  1. 1.Some say that before Kedushah one should have intent…
  2. 2.The custom that the entire congregation says aloud and…
  3. 3.When the shaliach tzibur reaches "Kadosh Kadosh Kadosh" —…
  4. 4.It is proper to close one's eyes while saying…
  5. 5.It is good to keep the feet together, like…
  6. 6.It is customary to rise slightly and lift the…
  7. 7.When the shaliach tzibur says "Le'umatam meshabechim ve'omrim," or…
  8. 8.Our widespread custom is to say "Nakdishach Vena'aritzach," the…
  9. 9.One praying the Amidah, when the congregation reaches Kedushah,…
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126A Shaliach Tzibur Who ErredSiman 126 · 4 seifim
  1. 1.A shaliach tzibur who erred in the repetition and…
  2. 2.A shaliach tzibur who erred in the repetition and…
  3. 3.A shaliach tzibur who erred in the repetition, and…
  4. 4.A shaliach tzibur who erred during the Ten Days…
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127Laws of Modim D'RabbananSiman 127 · 4 seifim
  1. 1.When the shaliach tzibur reaches Modim, the congregation too…
  2. 2.If there are no Kohanim present, the shaliach tzibur…
  3. 3.When there are no Kohanim and the shaliach tzibur…
  4. 4.The people do not answer Amen after the Birkat…
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128Laws of Nesiat KapayimSiman 128 · 102 seifim
  1. 1.It is a positive commandment from the Torah that…
  2. 2.In what circumstances do these matters apply? If the…
  3. 3.However kohanim who are not fit to ascend to…
  4. 4.The mitzvah of nesiat kapayim is from the Torah…
  5. 5.Some say that just as there is a mitzvah…
  6. 6.One who was prevented by circumstances beyond his control…
  7. 7.One who prays in a synagogue that has no…
  8. 8.There is no nesiat kapayim with fewer than ten,…
  9. 9.If there were ten at the start of the…
  10. 10.Nesiat Kapayim applies even in a place where there…
  11. 11.The ascent to the duchan is not indispensable, and…
  12. 12.Therefore, if the shaliach tzibbur is a kohen, and…
  13. 13.A Yisrael who recites a berachah with nesiat kapayim…
  14. 14.Just as we find in the service of the…
  15. 15.A kohen who lifted his hands in the Priestly…
  16. 16.A kohen who has not yet prayed Shacharit, and…
  17. 17.The custom is widespread in Eretz Yisrael that the…
  18. 18.We also train the minors, that they should go…
  19. 19.There are those who are accustomed that an unmarried…
  20. 20.A kohen who is thirteen years old, even though…
  21. 21.The kohanim need to wash their hands before they…
  22. 22.The kohanim need to wash their hands in a…
  23. 23.If there is a levi in the synagogue, he…
  24. 24.If there is no levi there, some say that…
  25. 25.There are those who say that if the Levi…
  26. 26.Also on Tisha B'Av and on Yom Kippur, the…
  27. 27.Lechatchilah it is fitting that the kohen not delay…
  28. 28.Even according to the opinion of Maran the Shulchan…
  29. 29.A kohen who washed his hands for nesiat kapayim…
  30. 30.It is permitted for kohanim to wash their hands…
  31. 31.Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai enacted that the kohanim should…
  32. 32.Even on Tisha B'Av and on Yom Kippur, when…
  33. 33.There are those who say that the removal of…
  34. 34.Correct is that one should not ascend to the…
  35. 35.When there are two kohanim in the synagogue who…
  36. 36.And nevertheless, the calling out of "kohanim" does not…
  37. 37.When there is only one kohen present, the shaliach…
  38. 38.As has already been explained above, that if there…
  39. 39.The one who prompts, who calls "kohanim," is not…
  40. 40.The shaliach tzibbur shall not begin any word of…
  41. 41.One must be careful that the shaliach tzibbur recite…
  42. 42.There are those who say that the shaliach tzibbur…
  43. 43.During Shabbat, when there is a joy of a…
  44. 44.In places where they are accustomed on a Shabbat…
  45. 45.The kohanim must be careful not to divide the…
  46. 46.When the shaliach tzibbur reaches the berachah of Retzei,…
  47. 47.A kohen who lifts up his hands, the custom…
  48. 48.Already it has been explained above that the opinion…
  49. 49.The kohanim stand on the duchan and their faces…
  50. 50.When the kohanim raise their hands, they should raise…
  51. 51.The kohanim need to say the verses of Birkat…
  52. 52.The kohanim are not permitted to sing during the…
  53. 53.When they say the words: "yevarechecha," "veyishmerecha," "eilecha," "vichuneka,"…
  54. 54.Birkat kohanim is not recited except in the holy…
  55. 55.Some say that there is a law of "one…
  56. 56.If the shaliach tzibbur is a kohen, and there…
  57. 57.A kohen who is standing in the middle of…
  58. 58.A kohen who is within twelve months of the…
  59. 59.A shaliach tzibbur who erred and skipped Birkat Kohanim,…
  60. 60.A shaliach tzibbur who erred in Birkat Kohanim, and…
  61. 61.During the time when the kohanim raise their palms…
  62. 62.Likewise, the entire congregation needs to give ear and…
  63. 63.The congregation must stand facing the kohanim, or to…
  64. 64.A person who enters the synagogue for some matter,…
  65. 65.Likewise, one who is sitting and engaged in Torah…
  66. 66.The congregation answers amen after the berachah of the…
  67. 67.A kohen who is not able to pronounce the…
  68. 68.A kohen who has a mum (blemish) on his…
  69. 69.Therefore a kohen who was wounded in war and…
  70. 70.A blind person in both eyes, even if he…
  71. 71.A kohen who has a bandage on the palm…
  72. 72.A kohen who has a tattoo on his hands…
  73. 73.A kohen who is not meticulous in the mitzvot,…
  74. 74.However, if the kohen desecrates Shabbat in public deliberately,…
  75. 75.A kohen who killed a person, whether unintentionally or…
  76. 76.If the kohen was driving a vehicle, and struck…
  77. 77.However, if he was completely under duress, such as…
  78. 78.Kohanim who participated in the battles of Israel's wars,…
  79. 79.A kohen who is a mohel who circumcised an…
  80. 80.A kohen who married a divorcée does not lift…
  81. 81.And the same law applies to a kohen who…
  82. 82.A kohen who is a chalal does not lift…
  83. 83.A kohen who became impure through contact with a…
  84. 84.A kohen who is ill and requires a catheter,…
  85. 85.A shaliach tzibbur who forgot to say Ya'aleh VeYavo…
  86. 86.If there are gentiles in the synagogue at the…
  87. 87.A kohen whose wife is a niddah at home…
  88. 88.Some have the custom to say to the kohanim,…
  89. 89.One who is praying the Amidah, and heard Birkat…
  90. 90.The shaliach tzibbur does not answer "amen" after the…
  91. 91.A kohen is not permitted to add of his…
  92. 92.After the berachah of the kohanim, the shaliach tzibbur…
  93. 93.The kohanim are not permitted to turn their faces…
  94. 94.When there are no kohanim, the shaliach tzibbur says…
  95. 95.When there are no kohanim and the shaliach tzibbur…
  96. 96.When there are no kohanim and the shaliach tzibbur…
  97. 97.When there are no kohanim and the shaliach tzibbur…
  98. 98.They said in the Midrash, that the kohanim must…
  99. 99.The custom of the Sephardim and the communities of…
  100. 100.If a kohen has no tallit, and there is…
  101. 101.It is forbidden to make use of a kohen,…
  102. 102.A Torah scholar is permitted to make use of…
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129At Which Prayers the Kohanim Lift Their HandsSiman 129 · 5 seifim
  1. 1.There is no nesiat kapayim at night, as it…
  2. 2.In public fast days the kohanim lift up their…
  3. 3.In public fast days, any kohen who is not…
  4. 4.In the fast of the 7th of Adar, or…
  5. 5.They recite birkat kohanim in the house of the…
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130The Ribono Shel Olam Said During Nesiat KapayimSiman 130 · 2 seifim
  1. 1.One who saw a dream and does not know…
  2. 2.The one who prays regarding his dream should pray…
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131Some Laws of Nefilat ApayimSiman 131 · 42 seifim
  1. 1.Immediately after the repetition one must say Vidui and…
  2. 2.Between tefillah and Nefilat Apayim one should not interrupt…
  3. 3.And in any case he is permitted to interrupt…
  4. 4.Man is required to say all the particulars of…
  5. 5.During the time of the confession one must stand,…
  6. 6.During the recitation of the confession one should not…
  7. 7.One must confess and stand throughout all the vidduyim…
  8. 8.When one confesses he must bow slightly, and he…
  9. 9.Some are accustomed that at the time of the…
  10. 10.There are those who say that the tzibbur is…
  11. 11.When he says "Vayikra beshem Havayah," he should pause…
  12. 12.When he says "Vaya'avor" he should bow slightly, and…
  13. 13.There are those who count with their fingers the…
  14. 14.An individual is not permitted to say the Thirteen…
  15. 15.When he recites nefilat apayim, he must sit.
  16. 16.The widespread custom among the Sephardim and the communities…
  17. 17.Even a single individual who says the Thirteen Attributes…
  18. 18.One who hears the thirteen attributes from the tzibbur,…
  19. 19.Vidui and the Yud-Gimmel Middot and nefilat apayim are…
  20. 20.Moshe Rabbeinu instituted for Yisrael that the chatan conducts…
  21. 21.If the chuppah and kiddushin are held, for example,…
  22. 22.Those who pray in the house of the mourner…
  23. 23.If there is no minyan in the house of…
  24. 24.The custom has spread in Eretz Yisrael and in…
  25. 25.When there is a berit milah in the beit…
  26. 26a.The father of the son who is found in…
  27. 26b.There are those who are accustomed to say the…
  28. 27.A place where they have the custom that if…
  29. 28.A synagogue where they perform a circumcision there in…
  30. 29.Also when the milah is performed in the morning,…
  31. 30.On the day when they perform the Pidyon HaBen,…
  32. 31.One who received word that a son was born…
  33. 32.If one performs the milah and the second performs…
  34. 33.Those who are accustomed not to say vidui and…
  35. 34.On the day of the bringing in of a…
  36. 35.When they make a siyum feast of a tractate…
  37. 36.These are the days on which vidui and nefilat…
  38. 37.There are those who are accustomed not to say…
  39. 38.On every day when Vidui is not recited, such…
  40. 39.It is fitting and proper to institute in every…
  41. 40.One recites the Vidui in the plural language, "chatanu,…
  42. 41.In days when Vidui is not said, one does…
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132Saying Ashrei and U'va LeTziyon, and the Rest of the PrayerSiman 132 · 24 seifim
  1. 1.On days when tachanunim and nefilat apayim are not…
  2. 2.One must be careful to say the kedushah of…
  3. 3.When there is a need to announce to the…
  4. 4.Even though the halachah is widespread that anything requiring…
  5. 5.Our custom is to sit at the time of…
  6. 6.It is correct not to leave the synagogue before…
  7. 7.Before the taking out of the Torah scroll on…
  8. 8.A shaliach tzibbur who erred and said Kaddish Titkabbel…
  9. 9.In a place where they are accustomed to be…
  10. 10.If the shaliach tzibbur who recites the repetition is…
  11. 11.Our custom is to say "titkabbal tzelotana u'va'utana im…
  12. 12.If there were ten and the shaliach tzibbur began…
  13. 13.They recite the Song of the Day, and there…
  14. 14.One should say every day the Pitum HaKetoret, Shacharit…
  15. 15.Some have the custom to write Parashat HaKetoret and…
  16. 16.After Pitum HaKetoret they say "Tana DeVei Eliyahu: Talmidei…
  17. 17.At the conclusion of the tefillah they say "Aleinu…
  18. 18.When he says "el kel lo yoshia," he should…
  19. 19.Our custom is to say "Al kein nekaveh lecha"…
  20. 20.Already explained above that when the tzibbur says Aleinu…
  21. 21.Someone who is found in the middle of "Aleinu…
  22. 22.Those who push one another to hurry to leave…
  23. 23.The custom of the Sephardim is that they do…
  24. 24.If there is no orphan in the synagogue, it…
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133The Law of Borchu on ShabbatSiman 133 · 2 seifim
  1. 1.On Shabbat and Yom Tov there are those who…
  2. 2.One who did not pray Shacharit with the tzibbur,…
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134The Order of "VeHu Rachum"Siman 134 · 5 seifim
  1. 1.The custom is to increase in tachanunim on Monday…
  2. 2.There are those who are accustomed to fast on…
  3. 3.The custom of Yerushalayim and Eretz Yisrael is to…
  4. 4.One who prays with the Ashkenazim on Mondays and…
  5. 5.If the shaliach tzibbur draws out the melody at…
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+Texts of the Prayers and BlessingsTexts of the Prayers and Blessings · 111 seifim
  1. 1.It is not proper to change from the accepted…
  2. 2.A Sephardi who transgressed and prayed in the Ashkenazi…
  3. 3.In the text of "Modeh Ani" there are those…
  4. 4.The text of the berachah of Asher Yatzar is:…
  5. 5.In the berachah of Asher Yatzar there are those…
  6. 6.Our custom is to say "afilu sha'ah echat" ("even…
  7. 7.Our custom is to say "Rofei chol basar u'mafli…
  8. 8.In the berachah of Elokai Neshamah, one should pause…
  9. 9.One should say Elokai "neshamah", and not "haneshamah". And…
  10. 10.In the text of the berachah of "HaNoten LaSechvi…
  11. 11.In the text of the berachah of "HaNoten LaSechvi,"…
  12. 12.Our custom is to say in the berachah of…
  13. 13.In the berachah of "HaMechin mitz'adei" etc., there are…
  14. 14.He must recite each day three berachot: "shelo asani…
  15. 15.One recites the berachah "she'lo asani eved" with the…
  16. 16.The woman does not recite "shelo asani ishah," rather…
  17. 17.A righteous convert does not recite the berachah "she'lo…
  18. 18.In the berachah "she'asah li kol tzorki" one should…
  19. 19.In the berachah of "Who removes the bonds of…
  20. 20.In the text of the berachot of the Torah,…
  21. 21.A person must be careful in Petach Eliyahu, may…
  22. 22.In the text of "L'Shem Yichud" before donning the…
  23. 23.In the korbanot one should say: "for all our…
  24. 24.In the korbanot section one must say: "she'meiahavatecha she'ahavta…
  25. 25.In the korbanot one must say: "Ashreinu she'anachnu mashkimim…
  26. 26.In Pitum HaKetoret there are those who say "u'machzeiran…
  27. 27.In Pitum HaKetoret one should say "kosht shneim asar,"…
  28. 28.Regarding the korbanot one should say "Abaye hava mesader…
  29. 29.In Ana BeKoach one must pause in this manner:…
  30. 30.When one recites Baruch Shem Kevod, etc., one should…
  31. 31.There are those who say that it is permitted…
  32. 32.In the beraita of Rabbi Yishmael, one should say…
  33. 33.In the Kaddish one should say: "bealma di vera…
  34. 34.In the recitation of Yehei Shemei Rabba, one should…
  35. 35.One should say in Kaddish "le'alam ul'almei almaya" with…
  36. 36.The word "shemei" in Kaddish is missing the letter…
  37. 37.In the Kaddish one should say "le'eila min kol…
  38. 38.In the text of the berachah of Baruch She'amar,…
  39. 39.In the text of the berachah of Baruch She'amar…
  40. 40.There are those who say that one must pause…
  41. 41.In the verse "Ki ga'oh ga'ah" one should emphasize…
  42. 42.In the berachah of "Yotzer" our custom is to…
  43. 43.Some say that one needs to say in the…
  44. 44.One must say in the berachah of Yotzer "the…
  45. 45.In the wording of the berachot of keriat shema…
  46. 46.One should say "Lael Baruch Ne'imot Yitenu," with a…
  47. 47.Our custom is to say "Ahavat Olam." And the…
  48. 48.In the text of the berachah of Ahavat Olam…
  49. 49.In the berachah of Ahavat Olam, there are some…
  50. 50.Our custom is to say "mashiv haruach u'morid hageshem,"…
  51. 51.In the wording of the berachah of "Attah Chonen,"…
  52. 52.In the berachah of Atah Chonen, the correct nusach…
  53. 53.In the berachah of Atah Chonen, there are those…
  54. 54.The custom of the Sephardim is to say in…
  55. 55.One must be careful in the berachah of the…
  56. 56.The precise and correct text in the tefillah in…
  57. 57.In the berachah of "Al HaTzaddikim VeAl HaChassidim" that…
  58. 58.In the berachah of "Et Tzemach" it is fitting…
  59. 59.In the berachah of Shema Koleinu it is proper…
  60. 60.In the text of "Yaaleh V'Yavo" that is recited…
  61. 61.In the wording of Yaaleh V'Yavo, there are those…
  62. 62.The correct text to say in Ya'aleh VeYavo according…
  63. 63.There are versions in the tefillah of Mussaf of…
  64. 64.In the Mussaf of Rosh Chodesh some say that…
  65. 65.There are those who say that one should not…
  66. 66.In Musaf of Rosh Chodesh in a leap year…
  67. 67.In the berachah of Modim one should say: "u'magen…
  68. 68.In the text of Al HaNissim on Chanukah and…
  69. 69.Regarding the text of Al HaNissim on Chanukah, one…
  70. 70.In the text of Al HaNissim on Chanukah one…
  71. 71.In the text of Al HaNisim on Chanukah one…
  72. 72.In the days of Chanukah one should say the…
  73. 73.In the text of Al HaNissim on Purim, one…
  74. 74.When there are no kohanim and the shaliach tzibbur…
  75. 75.When there are no kohanim and the shaliach tzibbur…
  76. 76.In the text of "Sim Shalom" one must say:…
  77. 77.It is necessary to say "kulanu ke'echad" and one…
  78. 78.In the text of Sim Shalom one should say…
  79. 79.In the text of "El Erech Apayim" etc., one…
  80. 80.The custom among the Sephardim in Eretz Yisrael is…
  81. 81.Our custom is to say in the berachot of…
  82. 82.The correct text in the Kaddish "Titkabel" is: "Titkabel…
  83. 83.In the Kaddish Titkabel one should say "kadam avuna…
  84. 84.In the Ten Days of Repentance one should conclude…
  85. 85.There are those who are accustomed to say in…
  86. 86.In Aleinu LeShabeach one should say: "shelo sam chelkeinu…
  87. 87.In the Ma'ariv tefillah one should say: "V'ahavatcha lo…
  88. 88.In the berachah of Ahavat Olam recited in Ma'ariv,…
  89. 89.In the Ma'ariv tefillah there are those who are…
  90. 90.In the berachah of Hashkiveinu the custom is to…
  91. 91.The correct nusach in the closing of the berachah…
  92. 92.In the berachah of Hashkiveinu there are those who…
  93. 93.The custom has already spread among the Sephardim to…
  94. 94.In the berachah of HaShkivenu on the night of…
  95. 95.In the text of "Nishmat Kol Chai" in the…
  96. 96.In the text of Nishmat Kol Chai they say:…
  97. 97.In the text of Nishmat Kol Chai one must…
  98. 98.In the text of Nishmat Kol Chai one must…
  99. 99.In the text of the Shabbat tefillah, our custom…
  100. 100.In the Musaf of Shabbat the widespread custom is…
  101. 101.In the text of Kedushat Keter in Mussaf of…
  102. 102.There are those who are accustomed to say in…
  103. 103.In several siddurim there is an addition at the…
  104. 104.In Mincha of Shabbat one must say "umi ke'amcha…
  105. 105.In the Mincha of Shabbat, close to the sealing…
  106. 106.In the version of the Musaf tefillah of Rosh…
  107. 107.In the text of the berachah of the moon…
  108. 108.In the berachah of the moon one should say:…
  109. 109.In the berachah of the moon it is correct…
  110. 110.In the berachah of the moon they say: "Sasim…
  111. 111.One who does not know by heart how to…
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+Prayer Texts for the Festivals of the YearPrayer Texts for the Festivals of the Year · 11 seifim
  1. 112.In the nusach of the tefillah on Rosh Hashanah…
  2. 113.In the Mussaf of Rosh Hashanah one says: "And…
  3. 114.Also when Rosh Hashanah falls on Shabbat, one should…
  4. 115.When Rosh Hashanah falls at the conclusion of Shabbat,…
  5. 116.In the text of Kol Nidrei one must say:…
  6. 117.In what is printed in the machzorim in the…
  7. 118.In the text of the confession of Rabbeinu Nissim…
  8. 119.When Yom Kippur falls on Shabbat it is fitting…
  9. 120.In the tefillot of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur,…
  10. 121.In the Mussaf tefillah of Yom Kippur that falls…
  11. 122.In the tefillot of the three regalim, and Rosh…
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+The Text of Various BlessingsThe Text of Various Blessings · 35 seifim
  1. 123.In the wording of the berachah for lighting the…
  2. 124.The text of the second berachah of the lighting…
  3. 125.In the text of the final berachah of the…
  4. 126.One should not change the wording of Nachem which…
  5. 127.In Birkat HaMazon our custom is to say "ve'al…
  6. 128.In Birkat HaMazon there are those who say "u'mevarechim…
  7. 129.In the text of "Retzei VeHachalitzenu" that is said…
  8. 130.In the text of the berachah of "Asher Natan…
  9. 131.In the text of the fourth berachah of Birkat…
  10. 132.Our custom is to say in the wording of…
  11. 133.Our custom is to say "HaRachaman Hu yolichenu meherah…
  12. 134.In the berachah "me'ein shalosh" close to the conclusion,…
  13. 135.In the sealing of the berachah one must say:…
  14. 136.In the text of the "L'shem Yichud" that is…
  15. 137.In the text of the counting of the Omer…
  16. 138.On the text of the berachah of the eiruv,…
  17. 139.In the text of Birkat HaMazon in the house…
  18. 140.The text of the berachah on the trees is:…
  19. 141.In the berachah of Borei Nefashot one should say:…
  20. 142.Our custom is to conclude in the berachah over…
  21. 143.One should say "borei peri hagafen," with a dagesh…
  22. 144.Our custom is to say in the text of…
  23. 145.If the father of the son circumcises his son…
  24. 146.In the berachah of "Asher Kidash" that follows the…
  25. 147.Before separating challah one recites a berachah: "Baruch atah…
  26. 148.Before he fixes the mezuzah in the doorway, he…
  27. 149.Fruits which have a good fragrance, one recites a…
  28. 150.Text of the berachah of HaGomel is: "HaGomel lechayavim…
  29. 151.In the text that the congregation responds there are…
  30. 152.The formula of the zimmun among us is: "Hav…
  31. 153.In the Kiddush of Shabbat night our custom is…
  32. 154.One who sees the sun at its tekufah recites…
  33. 155.If he immerses one utensil, he recites a berachah…
  34. 156.The text of the berachah when one sees a…
  35. 157.The text of the berachah for the search for…
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+Introduction to the Laws of Prayer — the Obligation and Value of PrayerIntroduction to the Laws of Prayer — the Obligation and Value of Prayer · 12 seifim
  1. 1.It is a positive commandment from the Torah to…
  2. 2.The Rishonim disagree whether the obligation to pray is…
  3. 3.There is a further practical difference as to whether…
  4. 4.There is a further practical difference regarding a boy…
  5. 5.Even though it is not explicitly stated in the…
  6. 6.In the Gemara Berachot they said: "that which is…
  7. 7.Some wrote that even according to the opinion that…
  8. 8.Even though the mitzvah of prayer is a Torah-level…
  9. 9.Even though the attribute of the Holy One, blessed…
  10. 10.It is said in the Midrash Tanchuma: the Holy…
  11. 11.One who wishes his prayer to be accepted should…
  12. 12.One should also pray abundantly for the education of…
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