Questions related to different times of day as they apply to Jewish Law.
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Can one follow Rabbeinu Tam time for beginning Shabbos?
Does anyone today follow Rabbineu Tam time for the beginning of Shabbos? Reading some tshuvas (e.g. Eretz haTzvi) it is clear this was widespread in Europe.
If one has previously been accustomed to ...
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Last time for Kiddush Levanah
How can I calculate the last possible time to say Kiddush Levanah for a given month?
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If you didn’t put on tefilin at shacharis, when should you? [duplicate]
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Putting on tefillin late
Someone was unable to put on tefilin when he 'davened' (prayed) shacharis.
When should he put on tefilin — immediately when he has the ...
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Answering amen to a post-nightfall mincha
If I come to shul early for maariv and it is already past nightfall and there is a minyan that starts davening mincha am I allowed to answer amen to chazaras hashatz? Sources please.
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Why daven ke-vasikin on Hoshana Rabbah?
I know that some people specifically daven ke-vasikin on Hoshana Rabbah. Is this only because they stayed awake all night and thus want to daven as early as possible, or is there a more direct and ...
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Jewish Sunrise and Sunset
How can one calculate Jewish sunrise and sunset? I'm not necessarily asking for a formula. Just wondering if there's a difference between Halachik rise/set and what the world considers [e.g. science] ...
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Kohanim on first shift can't say Shema'?
The first Mishnah in Berachoth quotes R' Eli'ezer's opinion that the time for reciting Shema' in the evening extends only until the end of the first shift (the Kohanim would serve in the Beith ...
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Shabbos and Later Davening (Prayer)
Why on Shabbos do most people daven (pray) later than usual? (I seek an halachic answer.)
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On a boat in the Arctic Circle [closed]
I and my wife will be spending Shabbat Hagadol (this year the 31st of March) on a ship. The evening before the ship will be leaving one of the more northern ports of Norway, and navigating through ...
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Priorities: Mincha Ketana vs Mincha Gedola
Which timing of mincha is more important: mincha gedolah or mincha ketana? Why?
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12 hours to the day, 12 hours to the night
Why is a day and night divided into 12 hours? Why not 10 hours? What is the significance of 12?
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Why do we call it “candle-lighting” time?
Since it is still permissible to do melacha (work forbidden on shabbat) including lighting shabbat candles until shki'a (sunset), which is 18 minutes (or 40 minutes in Jerusalem) following ...
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Marriv before/after lighting the Menorah
Does one need to Daven Marriv before lighting the Chanukah Menorah or can you light before davening? Why?
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Mishna, Brakhot 2a: When the kohanim enter…where?
Mishna, Brakhot 2a
מאימתי קורין את שמע בערבין משעה שהכהנים נכנסים לאכול בתרומתן
What is the author implying as the direct object of the verb נכנסים? In other words, from the hour that the kohanim ...
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Davening Maariv at Shekiya / or after Plag HaMincha - repeating Kriyas Shema
If a person prays Maariv after Plag HaMincha prior to Shekiya is there any Halachic authority that holds he is Yotzei the Mitzva of Kriyas Shema and does not have to repeat it? What if he prays right ...
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Precise Zemanim?
This site (see the paragraph starting with "accuracy") says that no one can predict the times for sunrise and sunset to within a minute accurately for a given location because of certain atmospheric ...
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Mincha started before sheki'a, extended beyond it. What about davenning maariv straight after mincha?
A minyan starts to daven mincha before sheki’a with the intention to daven maariv after sheki’a. In the event, mincha extends beyond shki’a.
There are IMHO three possible cases:
They start but do ...
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Preferable time to light Chanukah Menorah
What is the preferable time to light before Marriv or after and after dark or before?
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Temimos Thiyenah
On Shavous by Night we wait and daven Marriv late in order to have Temmimos,Why dont we daven early on the second night of Pesach for the same reason?
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Variant on: Is it better to Daven “too early” with a Minyan, or to Daven alone at the right time?
In many communities there is a regular weekday morning Minyan and the "working-person's" Minyan, which technically Davens too early according to most opinions, but which is better than nothing, ...
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Is visiting Antarctica permitted for a Jew?
Antarctica can have very short days or very short nights. As discussed elsewhere on this site, finding the right time to pray can be difficult. Is it permissible to visit places like this?
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Which kings stay in bed to the third hour of the day?
It says in the Gemara that we can say Shma until the third hour since that's when kings get up.
What kings are we talking about? Jewish kings weren't around until much later, so Sof Zman Krias Shema ...
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When is the earliest time one can pray in the morning? [duplicate]
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Davening Shacharis?
When is the earliest time one can pray (the Shemone Esre) in the morning?
Reciting Keriath Shema' has its own rules, and I understand you may need ...
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Are there different shitos for when fasts end? What are they?
Are there different shitos for when fasts end? (Similar Motzei Shabbos, when some people wait 72 minutes past shkiya to do melacha, where other people wait less.)
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When is the earliest time you can daven ma'ariv during the week?
When is the earliest time you can Daven Maariv during the week?
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If borchu of maariv is before plag hamincha and the amida after plag, is this “tartei desasrei” – two contradictory acts?
A minyan starts to daven mincha before plag hamincha with the intention to daven maariv after plag hamincha. In the event, mincha is too fast and the borchu of maariv is before plag hamincha while the ...
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Eating before shachris when up all night
This question has been asked (and answered) on this forum before, but my question is when is the cutoff after which it is considered eating before shachris (as opposed to eating AFTER maariv). ...
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Getting up by alos hashachar — Halachically required?
That which the Machaber writes in the first siman of Shulchan Aruch:
יתגבר כארי לעמוד בבוקר לעבודת בוראו, שיהא הוא מעורר השחר
From here could one say that if one doesn't get up by alos hashachar ...
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Sefiras HaOmer - earliest time to count
According to Halacha what is the earliest time can you say Sefiras HaOmer each night and be Yotzei?
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What is Neitz and why is it important
What is Neitz and why is it important?
My inspiration:
http://mekubal.wordpress.com/2011/03/14/at-long-last/#comments
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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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How do I calculate the latest time to start the third Shabbos meal on erev Yom Tov?
From myzemanim.com for where I live, for this Shabbos, erev Shovuos, the “sho’o zemanis” (Proportional Hour) Gra & Baal Tanya is 1hr:22mins.
Nightfall - 3 Stars is around 10:30 pm.
Shkia is ...
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Early maariv on 2nd day Yom Tov
A shul in my city made an early maariv for the 2nd day of yom tov. Knowing who the Rabbi is, he did not do this out of ignorance. There are 2 issues I am unclear about:
Are there contemporary ...
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Earliest time for Mincha Gedola
Looking at this myzmanim.com chart for Brooklyn, NY on 01/21/2013 it gives me the following Zmanim for Mincha Gedola.
30 fixed minutes after midday 12:37:27
Gra & Baal Tanya 12:31:53
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Optimal time for sleichos
What is the optimal time for the recitation of, nay the asking for, Sleichos? Please state whose opinion you are following or stating in your answer.
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Does one make Birkas Hatorah/Hashachar before alos hashachar?
As per this question, it seems apparent that one doesn't make the morning blessings until at least alos hashachar.
However, in Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum's book "The Sweetest Hour: Tikkun Chatzot," on ...
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Food on crock-pot done by when, when making shabbos early?
Normally, let's say I make shabbos at the usual time, shortly before sunset. If I want to leave food in the crockpot, I want to make sure it's cooked by sunset.
Now what happens if I make Shabbos ...
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Why is elevation not factored into zmanim in places like New York?
As you might already know, zmanim (for Shabbos, etc.) are determined by a number of factors, one being the elevation of the particular locale. But for some reason, if you check the charts and ...
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Calculation methods for intermediate time of chanukah lighting
We know that there are those who light chanukah candles at sunset and other at tzeis but there are some poskim lighting between at an intermediate time, for example :
Rav Moshe Feinstein, Rav ...
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eating before kiddush
Is there any time in the early morning on Shabbat in which I can eat and drink something without any question of it being considered eating before davening and kiddush? For example, at 3, 4, or 5 ...
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Kabbalos Pnei Rabo
That which it says in the Gemorah (Rosh Hashana 16b) that one has a obligation of "kabbalos pnei rabo" (to go see ones rebbe) on holidays - when is the obligation? Is there an obligation every day, or ...
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Why do we still blow shofar during mussaf?
The gemarah (rosh hashana 32b) asks why we wait until mussaf to blow the shofar and answers that the ruling enemies of the Jews mistook the shofar sound for a rallying war cry and forbade it. They ...
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What is the earliest time to daven maariv during the week? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
When is the earliest time you can daven ma'ariv during the week?
On Shabbos one could accept Shabbos early and thereby daven Maariv early. During the week, when ...
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time for shacharit and eating before this time
When is the obligation for Shacharit? Is this what is considered the morning?
Is it dawn (alot hashachar), or the earliest time for tallit and tefillin, or sunrise (netz), or the latest time for ...
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The “Shir Hamaalos” etc before Maariv: is it said before nightfall?
The German nusach contains the following explanation of the “Shir Hamaalos” etc said before Maariv.
When ערבית is recited after nightfall, it is preceded by the following
פסוקים, which speak of ...
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Language of Mishneh Brurah - Sefiras HaOmer and counting before Aleinu
Shulchan Aruch 489:1 says that after Maariv of the second night of Pesach we begin to count Sefiras HaOmer. The Mishneh Brurah there in note 2 says that one should count before "Aleinu" because "col ...
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Time for Reading the Meggilah
What is the optimal time for reading the Meggilah
By day?
By night?
When is the first and last halachicly acceptable time for each?
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Why is the world round? [closed]
Why does shabbat start at different times at different places? Crossing a time zone does not conjure up a time warp, so how can it be Friday in one place, and Shabbat in another? It just doesn't ...
