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When do we start reciting Psalm 27?
Yesterday being the 30th of Av (and Rosh Chodesh Elul), prompted a question at shul: exactly when do we start saying Psalm 27—on the first day of Elul or the first day of Rosh Chodesh Elul? Most ...
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Posuk (Breishis 24:1) said after the end of Hallel on Rosh Chodesh
Artscroll Hebrew Siddurim - and 1 2 among others have at the end of Hallel to say the following Posuk.
וְאַבְרָהָם זָקֵן בָּא בַּיָּמִים וַה' בֵּרַךְ אֶת-אַבְרָהָם בַּכֹּל
Artscroll says it is a ...
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When to get an aliya for a Bar Mitzvah?
According to the new "Annotated Edition" of the Siddur Tehillas Hashem, a Bar Mitzvah bachur should get his first aliya either on Shabbos Mincha time, Monday, Thursday, or Rosh Chodesh.
I assume that ...
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Source for wearing special clothing on Rosh Chodesh
Is there a source for wearing somewhat festive clothes on Rosh Chodesh?
I have seen some people who hold this custom.
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Purpose of announcing Molad
The custom is that the gabbai announces the time of the Molad during the course of "Bircas HaChodesh" on Shabbos Mevorchim. What is the purpose of this? The molad is anyhow not directly connected to ...
