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Authorship / Derivation of the Yehi Ratzon יְהִי רָצוֹן at the End of the Amidah
In Nusach Ashkenaz we say at the end of each Amidah, a three phrase Yehi Ratzon for the rebuilding of the Bet HaMikdash (Temple).
Can anyone shed light on the authorship or derivation of this Yehi ...
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Assuming the status of a Beit Knesset or Beit Medrash
I heard Beit HaKnessiot and Medrashot have certain laws like you can't eat or sleep inside a Beit Knesset, for example, and others for Beit Medrash.
Now I heard our synagogue is like a Beit HaMedrash ...
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Tefilla b’Tzibur during Bayis HaRishon?
During the תקופתו של בית הראשון and even before, did forms of Tefilla and Limud b’Tzibur/ Basei Knessios exist among people?
During my years in Yeshiva, this topic was gently discussed. I remember ...
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Why would the Temple turn to a House of Prayer?
"וַהֲבִיאוֹתִים אֶל־הַר קָדְשִׁי וְשִׂמַּחְתִּים בְּבֵית תְּפִלָּתִי
עוֹלֹתֵיהֶם וְזִבְחֵיהֶם לְרָצוֹן עַל־מִזְבְּחִי,
כִּי בֵיתִי בֵּית־תְּפִלָּה יִקָּרֵא לְכָל־הָעַמִּים׃"
"I will ...
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Why is Tikun Chatzos said specifically at Chatzos? What's so special about Chatzos?
The Shulchan Aruch writes in Orach Chaim 1:3
ראוי לכל ירא שמים שיהא מיצר ודואג על חורבן בית המקדש
It is fitting for every person who has fear of Heaven to be anguished
and concerned ...
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What was the order of "Shacharit" in the Bet Hamikdash?
I'm assuming that the majority of the format of the Siddur that we currently have and use did not exist during the time of the 1st Bet Hamikdash. Perhaps, by the 2nd Bet Hamikdash, some items were ...
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Evidence of 2nd Temple Liturgy @Temple &/or Synagogue
Friends, I have tried & failed to find really firm documented evidence of 2nd temple period Liturgy used either in Temple services or among the Judean or extra-Judean synagogues. What I find ...
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Beith Habechira Vs. Beit Hamikdash
In the Haggadah, in Dayeinu we say the final lines about Hashem's building for us (itself a curious idea) the temple. But different texts have different wording.
One haggadah reads "vlo vana lanu et ...
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Which part of the Temple did they recite prayers?
It is forbidden to pray in the presence of excrement. (See here for one source.)
Numerous animals were brought for sacrifices in the Temple (Bet Hamikdash.) Prior to slaughter, some animal probably ...
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Are all prayers a replacement of offering?
Are all prayer a replacement of offering?
In accordance with the words of Hosea, we render instead of bullocks the offering of our lips (Hosea 14:3)
Not asking if all offering is just prayer,we have ...
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What will happen to most of the text of our prayers once the next Temple is built?
King Solomon, who built the 1st Temple, said during its inauguration, (I Kings 8:30):
וְשָׁ֨מַעְתָּ֜ אֶל־תְּחִנַּ֤ת עַבְדְּךָ֙ וְעַמְּךָ֣ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִֽתְפַּֽלְל֖וּ אֶל־הַמָּק֣וֹם ...
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Shaas hashmad and Arab terrorism
There is a halachik principle brought down in the Talmud and codified in halacha known as shaat hashmad - a time of forced religious persecution. Generally, the rule is that any commandment of the ...
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Why don't we care if the Pesach pilgrims get rained on?
After Sukkos, we immediately begin saying mashiv haruach, as it is the rainy season. However, we delay saying v'sein tal umattar, the request for rain, until we have given the pilgrims who came to ...
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Purpose of Beis Hamikdash
Rambam writes that the purpose of the beis hamikdash is specifically for offering sacrifices and for pilgrimages (Sefer Hamitzvos: Shoresh 12):
שיהיה לנו בית מוכן יבאו אליו ויחוגי בו ובו תהיה ...
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Which way to face when davening at the Kotel
It seems that at the Kotel, the general practice is to daven directly facing the wall. (Speaking from experience.)
However, i thought we were supposed to face the kodesh hakodashim, which has a "...
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Do we say tikkun chatzos on tisha b'av night?
In my siddur (Shelah, Shaar HaShamayim) it says that tikkun chatzos (specifically tikkun Rachel) is not said on days were tachanun is omitted. On Tisha B'Av we do not say tachanun. However it is hard ...
