Yom Kippur הלכות יום הכיפורים
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604The Eve of Yom KippurSiman 604 · 11 seifim
- 1.It is a mitzvah to eat and drink generously…
- 2.The principal mitzvah of eating and drinking applies during…
- 3.Ideally, at least one meal with bread should be…
- 4.One should somewhat reduce his Torah study in order…
- 5.One may not fast on the eve of Yom…
- 6.Women are also obligated in the mitzvah of eating…
- 7.A dangerously ill person who will not fast on…
- 8.People rise early for Selichot on the eve of…
- 9.Some omit Mizmor LeTodah on the eve of Yom…
- 10.Most Sephardim recite Avinu Malkeinu at both Shacharit and…
- 11.Annulment of vows is customarily performed after Shacharit or…
605The Custom of KapparotSiman 605 · 18 seifim
- 1.The custom in all the dispersions of Israel is…
- 2.A rooster is customarily taken for each male and…
- 3.For a pregnant woman, the custom is to take…
- 4.A person of limited means may use one rooster…
- 5.One circles the kapparah around his head and says,…
- 6.A kapparot hen may be circled in the air…
- 7.Some place their hands on the bird’s head in…
- 8.During kapparot one should contemplate repentance and recognize that…
- 9.If kapparot birds are kept at home for a…
- 10.It is a sacred obligation to be careful to…
- 11.It is best always to have two shochtim together:…
- 12.It is customary that the shochtim show their knives…
- 13.Some give the kapparot birds to the poor. It…
- 14.If the slaughtered bird is later found to have…
- 15.As to what some are accustomed to do, that…
- 16.One should seek the mitzvah of covering the bird’s…
- 17.In the place where the shochet wishes to slaughter…
- 18.The blessing and covering of blood take place only…
606Seeking Forgiveness from Others Before Yom KippurSiman 606 · 21 seifim
- 1.Transgressions that are between a person and his fellow…
- 2.So too one who turned to secular courts and…
- 3.Any person who has a monetary dispute with his…
- 4.So too, even if he only provoked his fellow…
- 5.If the injured person refuses the first request, one…
- 6.It is forbidden for a person to be cruel…
- 7.One need not forgive someone who spread a damaging…
- 8.Some say that one who demeaned another and violated…
- 9.One who called another ‘a mamzer, son of a…
- 10.An offender should ordinarily seek forgiveness personally, not through…
- 11.It is a sacred obligation upon every person to…
- 12.It is beautiful for each person to declare forgiveness…
- 13.One whose request for forgiveness was refused should announce…
- 14.One who accidentally caused death while trying to revive…
- 15.If the injured person is away, the offender should…
- 16.If one spoke lashon hara and the subject knows…
- 17.Likewise, if one secretly harmed another’s honor and full…
- 18.If the injured person died, the offender brings ten…
- 19.One who repented from forbidden relations need not undertake…
- 20.A ba’al teshuvah who before returning to observance willingly…
- 21.A mistaken ruling that permits a treifah is a…
+Immersion on the Eve of Yom KippurSiman 606 (continued) · 8 seifim
- 1.It is a fine custom to immerse in a…
- 2.One unable to immerse because of weakness or discomfort…
- 3.Chazzanim leading the Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services…
- 4.Although barriers do not legally invalidate this customary immersion,…
- 5.Some confess while in the mikveh, but they must…
- 6.Even one who immersed before Rosh Hashanah and remained…
- 7.Some receive thirty-nine light lashes on the eve of…
- 8.A woman during her seven clean days, as well…
607Confession at Mincha on the Eve of Yom KippurSiman 607 · 8 seifim
- 1.Mincha is prayed well before sunset and before the…
- 2.Confession is recited standing and bent in submission. Whenever…
- 3.The chazzan does not repeat this confession or Al…
- 4.After confession, Al Chet is recited in alphabetical order.…
- 5.The entire confession and Al Chet should be recited…
- 6.One should not engage in conversation from the start…
- 7.When confessing quietly, it is proper to specify one’s…
- 8.Sins confessed on the previous Yom Kippur may be…
608The Final Meal Before Yom KippurSiman 608 · 7 seifim
- 1.Some dip the HaMotzi bread in honey or sugar…
- 2.Eating and drinking must end before sunset because the…
- 3.One who stopped eating well before sunset may resume…
- 4.Some specifically eat fish at the morning meal on…
- 5.Only light, easily digested foods should be eaten so…
- 6.One who suffers greatly while fasting may take a…
- 7.Using a medicinal suppository on Yom Kippur merely to…
+Keeping Food Hot from Before Yom KippurKeeping Food Hot from Before Yom Kippur · 1 seifim
Read this siman →610Candle Lighting on the Eve of Yom KippurSiman 610 · 8 seifim
- 1.It is a mitzvah to light candles in honor…
- 2.The blessing is recited before lighting, as is our…
- 3.Women are also commanded to add from the weekday…
- 4.Shehecheyanu should not be recited at candle lighting because…
- 5.Candles should be lit for Yom Kippur night in…
- 6.It is a mitzvah to wear fine, clean clothing…
- 7.A fine tablecloth is spread as on Shabbat, and…
- 8.A penitent who wears sackcloth during the year should…
611Yom Kippur Night Has the Same Laws as the DaySiman 611 · 2 seifim
- 1.Yom Kippur night has all the day’s laws: labor,…
- 2.Every labor punishable on Shabbat is likewise punishable on…
612The Prohibition of Eating on Yom KippurSiman 612 · 6 seifim
- 1.One who eats the volume of a large date…
- 2.One who forgot the fast and recited a blessing…
- 3.Snuff may be inhaled on Yom Kippur whether or…
- 4.One may recite ‘Who gives a pleasant fragrance to…
- 5.No fragrance blessing should be recited over perfume, because…
- 6.Everyone may swallow the saliva naturally present in the…
613The Prohibition of Washing on Yom KippurSiman 613 · 4 seifim
- 1.Pleasurable washing is forbidden on Yom Kippur with hot…
- 2.After using the restroom, one may wash the hands…
- 3.Kohanim ascending for the priestly blessing may wash fully…
- 4.A bride may wash her face during the first…
614The Prohibition of Anointing on Yom KippurSiman 614 · 3 seifim
- 1.Anointing even part of the body is forbidden. The…
- 2.A sick person or someone with sores on the…
- 3.Although young children are strictly permitted to be washed…
+The Prohibition of Leather Footwear on Yom KippurSiman 614 (continued) · 9 seifim
- 1.Leather shoes or sandals are forbidden, including wooden sandals…
- 2.Because many mistakenly wear leather shoes, the public must…
- 3.Some say wearing shoes also violates carrying where there…
- 4.A woman during the first thirty days after childbirth…
- 5.When rain leaves the street full of mud and…
- 6.Leather shoes are not muktzeh on Yom Kippur and…
- 7.Rubber shoes that closely resemble leather may be worn…
- 8.One may stand on leather cushions on Yom Kippur…
- 9.Children should be trained to wear cloth or rubber…
+Marital Relations Are Forbidden on Yom KippurMarital Relations Are Forbidden on Yom Kippur · 3 seifim
- 1.Marital relations are forbidden on Yom Kippur, and a…
- 2.Hugging and kissing should be forbidden. Other niddah separations,…
- 3.One who experiences a seminal emission on Yom Kippur…
+Children on Yom KippurChildren on Yom Kippur · 3 seifim
- 1.A child under nine does not fast at all,…
- 2.A child who has completed eleven years and one…
- 3.An adult should not handle food on Yom Kippur…
617Pregnant and Nursing Women on Yom KippurSiman 617 · 11 seifim
- 1.Everyone must complete the Yom Kippur fast, including pregnant…
- 2.A woman within seventy-two hours of giving birth may…
- 3.The three-day and seven-day periods are calculated from the…
- 4.A miscarriage after forty days of pregnancy has the…
- 5.A nursing mother whose sick baby could face danger…
- 6.A pregnant woman who twice miscarried after fasts and…
- 7.One should not be hasty to rely on a…
- 8.A woman sitting on the birthstool with labor pains…
- 9.If a pregnant woman smells food and her appearance…
- 10.The same applies to anyone whose appearance changes after…
- 11.If a pregnant woman craves prohibited food, some say…
618An Ill Person on Yom KippurSiman 618 · 15 seifim
- 1.A sick person whose doctor says that if he…
- 2.A patient who ate on Yom Kippur under medical…
- 3.If a patient who knows it is Yom Kippur…
- 4.A dangerously ill person, or a woman within three…
- 5.If portions were not weighed before Yom Kippur, they…
- 6.These principles also apply to someone not presently in…
- 7.If the doctor or patient says all needed food…
- 8.A patient permitted to eat need not seek intravenous…
- 9.A non-dangerously ill person may not eat even half…
- 10.A genuine concern of severe mental destabilization is treated…
- 11.An ill person or woman after childbirth who eats…
- 12.One who eats a bread meal on Yom Kippur…
- 13.A patient who must eat bread for danger washes…
- 14.A patient who must drink for possible danger recites…
- 15.Likewise, one eating intermittently for possible danger recites a…
619The Yom Kippur Night ServiceSiman 619 · 33 seifim
- 1.The custom is to wear a tallit at Yom…
- 2.Once nightfall has arrived, no blessing is recited over…
- 3.Some advise those who inspect and separate the tzitzit…
- 4.After initially covering the head and then lowering the…
- 5.If a tallit fell off completely and is put…
- 6.When Yom Kippur falls on Shabbat, Kabbalat Shabbat is…
- 7.The service opens with Lecha Eli Teshukati, attributed to…
- 8.This poem and its confession are recited humbly. The…
- 9.Torah scrolls are taken out from the ark, and…
- 10.Kol Nidrei is then recited. The Mishnah teaches that…
- 11.Some require Kol Nidrei before sunset. Our custom is…
- 12.Kol Nidrei is recited three times for emphasis.
- 13.Kol Nidrei is phrased in both past and future…
- 14.According to Kabbalah, it is highly proper to remove…
- 15.Kabbalah considers purchasing the honor of the Kol Nidrei…
- 16.The chazzan or rabbi recites Shehecheyanu aloud for the…
- 17.If honors are auctioned and the person holding the…
- 18.Some hold a memorial for the dead, with relatives…
- 19.When Yom Kippur falls on Shabbat, it is good…
- 20.The Torah scrolls are returned to the ark while…
- 21.Our Eretz Yisrael custom, even when Yom Kippur falls…
- 22.One should pray with tears, crying, and profound submission.…
- 23.Even on a weekday, the Amidah says, ‘You lovingly…
- 24.When Yom Kippur falls on Shabbat, it is proper…
- 25.On Yom Kippur night and day, ‘Baruch Shem kevod…
- 26.A pause must separate ‘Baruch’ from ‘Shem kevod malchuto.’…
- 27.Women also say this verse aloud. The widespread practice…
- 28.When Yom Kippur falls on Shabbat, Vayechulu follows the…
- 29.Our custom in Yom Kippur night Selichot is to…
- 30.During Selichot and the long confession, two people stand…
- 31.One unable to cry should pray and confess in…
- 32.Across Yom Kippur night and day, Vaya’avor is recited…
- 33.At the conclusion of Arvit on the night of…
620Keeping the Yom Kippur Morning Service TimelySiman 620 · 12 seifim
- 1.Shacharit should begin early, and poems and Selichot should…
- 2.Some omit the morning blessing ‘Who provided me with…
- 3.At Shacharit of Yom Kippur, the Sephardic custom is…
- 4.Mizmor LeTodah is omitted after Baruch She’amar. Mizmor Shir…
- 5.The Sephardic custom is to recite the order of…
- 6.The phrase ‘We did not answer Baruch Hu uvaruch…
- 7.Confession should not be repeated but said once. At…
- 8.Avinu Malkeinu is recited after the repetition even when…
- 9.Kohanim ascending for the priestly blessing should remove cloth…
- 10.The congregation stands during the priestly blessing; only a…
- 11.Some add rosewater to the water used for the…
- 12.The exalted poem Sha’ananim Sha’ananim, recited after Shacharit, was…
621The Yom Kippur Torah ReadingSiman 621 · 6 seifim
- 1.Two Torah scrolls are removed. Six people read Parashat…
- 2.If someone who publicly desecrates Shabbat is called to…
- 3.A dangerously ill person who ate repeated less-than-prohibited quantities…
- 4.A longstanding elderly chazzan whose doctors require medicinal tablets…
- 5.Some discourage adding aliyot on Yom Kippur even when…
- 6.When Yom Kippur falls on Shabbat, the haftarah blessings…
+The Yom Kippur Mussaf ServiceSiman 621 (continued) · 12 seifim
- 1.In the Mussaf of Yom Kippur that falls on…
- 2.During the Mussaf repetition, the chazzan recites the order…
- 3.Some strike the chest when the Kohen Gadol’s confession…
- 4.The congregation prostrates even when Yom Kippur falls on…
- 5.The chazzan should not leave his place when everyone…
- 6.The chazzan should not sit during the poems preceding…
- 7.An elderly, distinguished chazzan who served for decades and…
- 8.As explained above, the piyutim and the long confession…
- 9.The assistant recites the poems inserted into the repetition…
- 10.After Selichot, Ein Keloheinu, the psalm and prayer for…
- 11.At a Yom Kippur circumcision, the mohel must perform…
- 12.If a circumcision occurs and the mother is within…
622The Yom Kippur Mincha ServiceSiman 622 · 12 seifim
- 1.Our custom at Yom Kippur Mincha is to begin…
- 2.The passage of the Binding and the following Master…
- 3.After the Binding, Psalm 84, ‘For the conductor, upon…
- 4.A Torah scroll is taken out and three people…
- 5.The third reader is the maftir. Kaddish is not…
- 6.The third reader chants Jonah, concludes with the verses…
- 7.‘Va’ani tefilati’ is not recited even when Yom Kippur…
- 8.Jonah is read before the Torah is returned. The…
- 9.A Kohen who purchased the Yom Kippur Mincha maftir…
- 10.Our custom after the haftarah is to recite all…
- 11.Kohanim do not perform the priestly blessing at Mincha.…
- 12.When Yom Kippur falls on Shabbat, Tzidkatcha Tzedek is…
623The Ne’ilah ServiceSiman 623 · 13 seifim
- 1.Before Ne’ilah, the ark is opened and El Nora…
- 2.The time for the Ne’ilah prayer of Yom Kippur…
- 3.At Ne’ilah, ‘inscribe us’ becomes ‘seal us’ in the…
- 4.When Yom Kippur falls on Shabbat, Shabbat must be…
- 5.An individual’s confession at the end of the Ne’ilah…
- 6.After Ne’ilah, the Selichot are extended until approximately twenty…
- 7.Ne’ilah Selichot do not begin with ‘Shevet Yehudah in…
- 8.After each Rachamana, the response should be ‘for the…
- 9.Every Selichot reference to ‘writing’ is changed to ‘sealing’:…
- 10.At the end, the chazzan says Shema Yisrael once…
- 11.Strictly speaking, shofar may be blown during twilight even…
- 12.If sunset has passed and the synagogue becomes dark,…
- 13.One who, through weakness, slept through Ne’ilah and awoke…
624After Yom KippurSiman 624 · 13 seifim
- 1.Arvit after Ne’ilah should be prayed calmly and deliberately,…
- 2.One who mistakenly said HaMelech HaKadosh or HaMelech HaMishpat…
- 3.Weekday time must also be added at the sacred…
- 4.Havdalah is recited over wine without a spice blessing,…
- 5.The fire blessing after Yom Kippur is recited only…
- 6.When Yom Kippur fell on Shabbat and no rested…
- 7.A flame permissibly lit during Yom Kippur for a…
- 8.Food may not be eaten before Havdalah. A thirsty…
- 9.In the opinion of Rabbeinu Tam and those who…
- 10.A woman whose husband returns late from synagogue may…
- 11.Some postpone the Tishrei moon blessing until after Yom…
- 12.One eats, drinks, and rejoices after Yom Kippur because…
- 13.Confession and Tachanun are omitted between Yom Kippur and…