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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Making Kiddush Hoshanah Rabah morning
My family has a Minhag (practice) to make Kiddush Hoshanah Raba morning before the meal.
does anyone know if there's a source to this Minhag and what it is?
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Making Kiddush/Havdalah Twice
Is it okay to say kiddush or havdalah twice in order to be Motzi someone else (e.g. wife)?
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Shiur for kiddush rabba mezonos
When we make kiddush rabba with mezonos before having a real meal with bread, is there a shiur for how much mezonos a person should eat in order for it to be yotzei kiddush? Does it matter whether the ...
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Can you daven mincha & ma'ariv in shul after making making Kiddush at home on Shabbat eve?
Let's say that you are the only qualified Ba'al Tefilah in a small summer community that has just 1 shul. (Yes, it does happen!)
Shabbat starts late (around 8:15 PM, say). You have a disabled child ...
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Kiddush before coffee?
Commenting on the Shulchan Aruch in siman 289 which states that one may not taste anything before kiddush shabbos morning, except water, the Biur Halacha s.v. Chovas Kiddush writes that that it is ...
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kiddush for someone else, excluding myself
I would like to stop by and say Kiddush for someone who is homebound and unable to say it for themselves. This would be on Shabbat morning after schul. However, I don't want to be Yotze from this ...
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If someone forgot to recite the Havdalah section in Yom Tov Kiddush, must he repeat any part of kiddush?
When Yom Tov falls on Saturday night, Havdalah is included in Kiddush. If someone forgot to say the two blessings M'oraui Ha'esh and Hamavdil does he need to repeat any part of Kiddush? If so, which ...
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Kiddush cup handoff
Why do some Jews (Sephardic, Hasidic, et al.) place the kiddush cup into the hands of another?
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Kiddush in Schul on Yom-Tov
In those communities where kiddush is still said before Aleinu on Shabbat (Friday night), is it also said on leyl (the night of) yom-tov?
As this question relates to my effort with the creation of a ...
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Posture for listening to Kiddush and Havdalah
I heard that when anyone else is listening to someone make kiddush or havdalah, l’chatchilah they must be either sitting or standing depending on what the person making kiddush or havdalah is doing. ...
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In what case can a wine made from the "Fruit of the Vine" be kosher but not acceptable for kiddush? [duplicate]
I saw a post the other day where a religious Jew posted a picture of a new wine he got and clarified that it was made from the "fruit of the vine" and yet it wasn't good for kiddush. What kind of ...
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Non-observant Jew making kiddush
Can a Jew who does not observe Shabbat say kiddush for others?
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why is the order of kiddush different at night from the day?
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At night time why do we mention the wine before the day? It would seem most appropriate that after making the bracha on the wine there should be no interruption ...
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Kiddush, Learning and Mitzvos for dead/niftar neshamos
I seek an early source that giving Kiddush (so others will make a bracha for the zchus of the neshama) or other such actions that can positively affect the neshamos of those who have departed.
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On shabbos there are three meals. Why does the last meal not have the distinction of requiring kiddush?
If every meal on shabbos is a seudas mitzvah why does sudas shilshis not have the honor of having a kiddush?
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In the phrase זכר למעשה בראשית in Kiddush, is the word זכר an adjective?
Usually, a word that has a segol such as "zecher" gets a tzerei when it becomes an adjective. Example - "mateh" becomes "matei" when used as an adjective as in "matei Levi".
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Eating a Yom Tov meal on Yom Kippur
If someone must eat on Yom Kippur, do they make kiddush on wine and have two challah rolls, plus meat and fish like he would on any other Yom Tov?
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Kiddush on Yom Kippur
If I must eat on Yom Kippur is there a Chiyuv To make Kiddush? If there is not Is there a situation where you do?
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What is the qualification for chamar m'dina ? [duplicate]
The Shulchan Aruch mentions in a few places that if wine is not available then one may
use chamar m'dina (a national drink), for bentching, kiddush, and havdala. chamar m'dina is also permitted if one ...
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Making a bracha for someone else, can then use for one's self?
Consider the following 2 situations:
Reuvan is unable to make kiddush and has asked Shimon (who already made kiddush for himself) to make kiddush for him (Reuvan).
Shimon, however, says he can't ...
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sitting or standing during kiddush or havdalah [duplicate]
Where in halacha is it mentioned that when anyone else is listening to someone make kiddush or havdalah, l’chatchilah they must be either sitting or standing depending on what the person is doing?
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Yom Tov, Women and Shechiyanu
On Yom Tov women light candles and make a shechiyanu. They may not answer אמן to their husband’s berachah of shechiyanu at kiddush because that would be a hefseik in the woman’s kiddush. Alternatively,...
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Opinions concerning using other beverages for kiddush and "cups of blessing"
What are the major rabbinic opinions today concerning the suitability of substituting another beverage for wine (or grape juice) for kiddush and other "cups of blessing," e.g., havdalah or Passover ...
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What is the correct wine for kiddush in accordance with all the poskim.?
I have heard of mevushal not being used for kiddush. Now most wine labels indicate whether the wine is mevushal. But are there other things to be concerned about?
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Should one drink from the leader's cup after kiddush?
Inspired by the upcoming holiday of Pesach, where many minhagim seem to have each person drink from his own cup, I was wondering about the custom of drinking wine from the cup upon which kiddush is ...
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Why do people say a half-verse as part of shabbos morning kiddush?
I have seen people make kiddush shabbos morning by only stating the following
עַל-כֵּן, בֵּרַךְ יְהוָה אֶת-יוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת--וַיְקַדְּשֵׁהוּ
Which is half of the verse in Shemos 20:10. I realize ...
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What makes a wine valid for Kiddush?
Where do we draw the line to define what drinks are valid to do Kidush (Shabbat)?
Does it matter if it says so on the bottle?
I saw that some bottle say "valid for kiddush" or something like this. I ...
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Why is mevushal wine good enough for kiddush, but not good enough for avoda zara?
So the reason why we use mevushal (cooked) wine is that it's seen as a wine inferior and incapable of being offered to an idol (Shulchan Aruch, YD 123). I understand why one can drink mevushal wine in ...
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Why is so much importance attached to Mevarchim haChodesh (the blessing of the coming month)?
For example, in many shuls, there is a "Shabbos Mevarchim" kiddush, and I know of many people who try extra hard to be in shul that week (like it's parshas zachor or something). Is there any reason ...
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Hefsek between netilat yadayim and hamotzi
I have been in situations where most everyone follows the common minhag of washing after kiddush before hamotzi, whereas, unless it is minhag avot for my host, I wash beforehand. '
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Cookies for kiddush
Many people, including Chabad, eat cookies before shacharis which raises a question about kiddush asked here. I understand that they do this because cookies don't count as a seudah.1 The flip side of ...
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Covering the Cake During Kiddush
Many times there is cake, cookies or various other foods out on the table during Kiddush. Is it necessary to cover them (as I sometimes see people do)? Would it make a difference if the cake is going ...
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Washing for bread before Kiddush. Convenient for sukkos?
There is a custom followed by Jews of German extraction to wash for Hamotzi before making Kiddush. See OC 271 (12) MB{61}. This is very convenient for those who have an outside sukka and don’t want ...
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Making Kiddush/Havdala if I did not keep Shabbos
Lately I have stopped being fully Shomer Shabbos, spending Shabbos afternoons in the bedroom surfing the internet on my phone and texting non-Jewish friends. My wife and children think I'm sleeping ...
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Does kidush bimkom s'uda need to be before the s'uda?
Anyone fulfilling his obligation of hearing kidush must eat a meal (or a nominal meal) at the same time and in the same place. There are details ‐ see Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chayim 273 — but ...
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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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Kiddush cup: stemmed or not?
Is there any reason behind whether people use a stemmed kiddush cup or not? Does it have to do with minhag? Kabbalah?
I would have thought that some people who have a minhag to put their palm under ...
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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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Kiddush between 6 and 7 o'clock - Which clock?
Many people hold that one should not make kiddush on Shabbos between the hours of 6 and 7. (Sources: Shulchan Aruch Harav and Taamei Haminhagim, (who, in turn, bring a Maharil, a Magen Avraham, and a ...
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Who doesn't make Kiddush from 6-7pm?
From this question I learned that "many" people don't make Kiddush between 6-7pm.
Who does this? Is this primarily a Lubavitch Minhag? If so, among Lubavitchers, how prevalent is it?
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Leishev Basukkah before Shehechiyanu or after?
According to my minhag: on the first night of Sukkos by Kiddush, Leishev Basukkah [לישב בסכה] is said before the bracha of Shehechiyanu [שהחינו]. On the second night, however, Shehechiyanu is said ...
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Yom tov kiddush tune
There's a popular tune used for kidush on the nights of the shalosh r'galim. (It's available on YouTube (but ignore the "shehechiyanu" part of that recording).)
What's its origin?
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How can we use grape juice instead of wine?
There are many rituals for which we use wine. I would think that wine means a fermented grape product, or at least a fermented fruit product. On what basis do so many people use grape juice instead of ...
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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.
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Source of shabbat evening kiddush text?
The beginning of the shabbat evening kiddush (vayehi erev, vayehi boker, yom hashishi...) is from Bereshit, 1:31 ff. Where does the second part (khi hu yom tehilah lemikraei kodesh...) come from? Is ...
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Askinu Seudasa and Azamer Bishvachin before Kiddush
There is a variety of placement in siddurim which include Askinu Seudasa and Azamer Bishvachin. Some (Tefila Yeshara, Artscroll if memory serves correctly) put both before Kiddush. Some (Tehilas ...
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What sort of covering is required for Challa and cake while making Kiddush?
The Halacha is that we cover the Challa / Cake while we make Kiddush in order not to embarass it (Talmud Yerushalmi as quoted by the Tur, Orach Chaim 271) as we are not making Hamotzi / Mezonos first. ...
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Drinking the wine that spills over the cup during Kiddush
There is a widespread custom among the Jewish people to fill up their kiddush cup to the point that it overflows. This overflowing of wine symbolizes Hashems blessing overflowing in our lives. I was ...
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What if Kiddush was forgotten on Leil Shabbat?
Suppose Kiddush were forgotten on Leil Shabbat. Would a person be allowed or even required to do Tashlumin and then recite Kiddush during the daytime since it was missed the previous night?
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Why do we cover the challot on Shabbos?
The answer I learned growing up was that "we don't want to embarrass the bread because we are first making kiddush" or some variation thereof. I later learned that is a zecher for the ma'n which fell ...
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