Lit. "Shabbat Eve". Shabbat Eve occurs every Friday night after sundown. There are many laws and customs during this time.
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Origin of using priestly blessing on Friday night
I know why we use Ephraim and Menashe when blessing the children on Friday nights, (see: Why Does Hashem Bless Us Like Efraim And Menashe?) but why do we use Birkat Kohanim? Is there any specific ...
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Torah personalities chosen for blessings on Friday nights
Why do we bless our children on Friday nights with non-correlated blessings between the boys and the girls?
I can understand that we want our daughters to emulate the Matriarchs. Yet we don't bless ...
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Kol Mekadesh - sung Friday Night - המאחרים לצאת מן השבת וממהרים לבא
In Kol Mekadesh that is sung Friday night it says המאחרים לצאת מן השבת וממהרים לבא which seems out of order. Do we not first rush into Shabbos and then delay its departure? Then why do we sing it in ...
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Who wears a talis on leil Shabbos?
Rabbi Chanina would don his talis gadol on erev Shabbos (Mas. Shabbos 25b, Rambam Hilchos Shabbos 30:2). While this has been practiced by individuals, is it today the practice of any particular ...
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Minhag of throwing Challah at the Friday night Seuda
Aruch HaShulchan 167:31 and Be'er Hataiv 167:22 both say that it is forbidden to throw the (Challah) bread. I have heard that there are some people (I heard that there are some Rabannim who do so) ...
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Blessing the Children on Friday Night
I have noticed that many families (including my own) have the custom for the father to bless all the children on Friday night before kiddush.
When and where did this custom originate, and by whom, ...
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When should we light shabbat candles?
On page 188 of my סדור רינת ישראל (or p. 196 in this edition) the instructions for lighting shabbat candles begins as follows:
כשהחמה בראש האילנות, מדליקים נר של שבת.
My limited Hebrew has me ...
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Are marital relations on Friday nights a “double mitzvah”?
An uncle of mine once told me that a rabbi told him that having marital relations on Friday nights is a "double mitzvah," presumably because one would be fulfilling both the obligation to have ...
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Shalom Aleichem to angels?
The zemer "Shalom Aleichem" is obviously addressed to angels. The Tur (OC Siman 3) gives a short text to says before entering the bathroom: התכבדו מכובדים משרתי עליון, etc. (also obviously addressed ...
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Eating after Kiddush Friday Night without Motzi?
In many synagogues, it is common to have an informal food gathering after services on Shabbat morning. This is very rarely, if ever, done Friday night. On Shabbat morning the way it's done is usually ...
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Mincha after plag hamincha without minyan
It is Friday Night. The shul is due to daven Mincha at 7.30pm, but Plag Hamincha is 7.37pm. The Shul is two short of a minyan and the decision is taken to daven Mincha privately. It is now 7.45pm (and ...
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Kiddush Levanah on Friday night
Why do we avoid making the Bracha of Kiddush Levanah on Friday night and the nights of Yomim Tovim?
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Why do we say Eishes Chayil on Friday nights?
Eishes Chayil is indeed a beautiful song. But why do we say it specifically Friday nights (before Kiddush)?
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Friday Night Prayer before Maariv - Kegavnah or Bameh Madlikin
Ashkenaz say Bameh Madlikin, and those who daven Nusach Sefard say Kegavnah... Why this distinction?
And if one is praying in a shul that does not say his Nusach, what should he do?
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Saying VaYhi Erev VaYehi Voker before Kiddush Friday night
The Minhag that many people have is to start Kiddush Friday night with VaYehi Erev VaYehi Voker before saying Yom HaShishi.
I heard that HaRav Moshe Feinstein Zatzal did not say VaYehi Erev VaYehi ...
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Can one say Vayechulu Friday Night alone?
If one Davened an extra-long Shemoneh Esrei, and missed saying ויכולו... with the congregation, can he say it by himself? Or must he say it with someone else?
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Where is the text of Friday night Kiddush from?
There is a fairly uniform text for Kiddush Friday night. There are some differences between the Ashkenazi and Sfardi versions, but they are mostly very similar.
What is the source for the text? As ...
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When would you have a Seudas Bris by the Friday night Seuda? [closed]
How is it possible that you would you have a Seudas Bris by the Friday night Seuda?
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When to Stand Friday Night by Hashkiveinu?
It seems on Friday night that various people rise at various times towards the end of השכיבנו (and before beginning ושמרו). When is the actual proper moment to rise? (Sources, please.)
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Shalosh Seudos on Friday Night
Is there anything wrong with having the third meal on Friday night instead of the following day (i.e. two on friday night and one the next day)? Is one still yotzei 3 Seudos?
This would be especially ...
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Challah Friday Night
When you make Hamotzi on Shabbos you use the top Challah. However, on Friday night you use the bottom. Therefore, so as not to pass over the Mitzvah you hold the bottom one closer.
My question is why ...
