Questions tagged [kiddush]
Sanctification of Shabbat or Holidays said over a cup of wine at the inception in the night. During the day Kidusha Rabba is recited which one only needs a Brocho on a cup of wine.
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How does one proceed at a stand-up Kiddush?
How does one proceed at a Kiddush where the one making Kiddush can sit down but everyone else stands? The cake is not covered before kiddush. In every case attendees make a brocho before eating or ...
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Borei P'ri or Borei F'ri hagefen?
Have heard a few mizrahi recordings for qiddush and am noticing that some of them use borei f'ri hagefen. When i looked up Qiddush in my Egyptian siddur (Farhi Siddur) i noticed the Pei had no dagesh. ...
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Can minhag hamakom allow you to make what is for you a bracha levatala
I have a question about a specific case but it relates to a broad subject so I'm making the question less narrow.
Pesachim 101a presents a minhag they used to have to make Kiddush in synagogue. Even ...
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Becoming Bar Mitzvah on Shabbas but made early kiddush
A child once they become Bar/Bas Mitzvah is now an adult and is obligated in all the mitzvos (assuming they've reached physical maturity). In the case where they became Bar Mitzvah on Shabbas (Friday ...
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Israeli attending second seder Motzaei Shabbat - How should he behave during Kiddush?
If an Israeli attends your 2nd Seder this year, when it's Motzaei Shabbat, how should he behave at your Seder table for the 1st cup of wine?
You will do a combo Kiddush / havdalah. He does no Kiddush ...
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Kiddush for a latecomer
If someone already made Kiddush on Friday night and now someone came late to the meal and asked him to make Kiddush again, but the latecomer refuses to drink from the wine, is it permitted for the one ...
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Why do Akdamut, Reshuyot on Simchat Torah and Yom Tov kiddush use the same tune?
The tune used for Yom Tov Kiddush throughout the year by most Ashkenazim is almost exactly like the tune used for Akdamut - the Aramaic poem recited in many Nusach Ashkenaz and Nusach Sefard ...
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Early Shabbos during 9 days
Is it permitted to bring in Shabbos early during the 9 days and make Kiddush? I know that the prevailing custom for Havdallah is to do it over something other than wine, but obviously this cannot be ...
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Must a kiddush cup be both clean and dry?
The kiddush cup needs washing inside and out (O Ch 183:1).
The hands need to be washed before eating bread. One may not eat bread with wet hands – it is like eating impure bread according to the ...
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Why only four cups of wine during the seder instead of giving each obligation its own separate cup of wine?
Chazal instituted that we drink four cups of wine on Pesach night.
The first cup of wine is that of Kadeish. In other words, the first cup of wine we would be drinking anyway to fulfill the normal ...
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Why the different wording between Shabbat Kiddush and zemirot?
In Leil Shabbat Kiddush we see the phrase:
תחילה למקראי קודש
Loose translation (mine): "The start of the holy callings (i.e. holy days)"
But in the Shabbat lunchtime somg Yom Ze Mechubad, we see ...
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Does Kiddush in shul require a minyan?
While I understand that Kiddush in shul Leil Shabbat and Yom Tov does not require a minyan halachically, I'm curious if based on the minhag that started this, does it assume that the recitation was ...
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According to all besides Rav, where is Shehechiyanu placed on Sunday Yom Tov, esp. according to Abaye?
Pesachim 102b-103a records a massive dispute regarding the order of Havdalah and Kiddush on a Yom Tov which falls out on Motzaei Shabbos:
יום טוב שחל להיות אחר השבת: (1) רב אמר יקנה, (2) ושמואל אמר ...
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Making Kiddush for a group of women
If one makes kiddush for a group of women should they say סברי גברותי before the bracha instead of סברי מרנן?
I ask because saying listen up misters when making kiddush for only women feels weird. it ...
