Questions tagged [rosh-hashanah-new-year]
Rosh Hashanah is a Biblical holiday celebrated on the first and second days of the month Tishrei. Also known as the Day of Judgement.
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What happens on Hoshanah Rabbah?
On Rosh Hashanah the judgment is written.
On Yom Kippur it is sealed.
But we really have until Hoshanah Rabbah to repent. The Zohar [Tzav 31b] says that's when the judgment is delivered.
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Why do we say Dayanim Mumhim in Hatarat Nedarim (Canceling vows)?
The text of Hatatarat Nedarim starts like this:
שִׁמְעוּ נָא רַבּותַי דַּיָּנִים מֻמְחִים
"Please hear, expert Dayanim (court)
It's not just that usually we gather three random people to be ...
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Why, in Yom Kippour and RH davening, when we say Tefilas responsively, does sometimes the baal Tefila go first, sometimes the congregation?
Why, in Yom Kippour and RH davening, when we say Tefilas responsively, does sometimes the baal Tefila go first, sometimes the congregation? For example, Shema Koilanu, aveenu Malkainu, the Baal tefila ...
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Why are there piyyutim for the beginning of first day Rosh Hashanah musaf, but not for the second day (in Nusach Ashkenaz)?
On the first day of Rosh Hashanah at musaf, Ashkenazim recite piyyutim as part of the first three berachot of the amidah, composed by R. Elazar HaKalir. On the second day, no such piyyutim are recited ...
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Is there a recommended sound quality for a shofar?
I have a preference for blowing a shofar that produces a clear low pitched sound. (Of course, when I choose a shofar, my higher priority is that it's lightweight and is easy for me to blow.)
O.C. 586:...
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Must all parts of Hatarat Nedarim be said in a language which we understand, or only some parts?
Introduction
Before Rosh Hashanah, it's customary to do the "annulment of vows" ceremony. There are good reasons for this ceremony. Though the ArtScroll Siddur commentary warns:
Annulment is ...
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Apparent contradiction if Elul was made full when necessary
The Gemara Rosh Hashanah 19b says:
והאמר רבי חיננא בר כהנא א"ר מימות עזרא ואילך לא מצינו אלול מעובר
לא מצינו דלא איצטריך הא איצטריך מעברינן ליה
Didn’t Rabbi Chinana bar Kahana say that Rav said: ...
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What had Hashem promised to Noach?
In the musaf of Rosh Hashana, in the Zichronot section, we say
וְגַם אֶת נֹֽחַ בְּאַהֲבָה זָכַֽרְתָּ. וַתִּפְקְדֵֽהוּ בִּדְבַר יְשׁוּעָה וְרַחֲמִים בַּהֲבִיאֲךָ אֶת מֵי הַמַּבּוּל לְשַׁחֵת כָּל ...
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Why are there 4 citations from Ketuvim (Writings) instead of 3 in Shofarot?
Talmud Rosh Hashanah 32a says:
מתני' אין פוחתין מעשרה מלכיות מעשרה זכרונות מעשרה שופרות
My translation:
We do not lessen (saying) 10 verses in each of Malchuyot, Zichront and Shofarot (The middle ...
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וכל מאמינים - essentially the same for both כ lines
The piyut Vechol Maaminim for Rosh Hashanah follows a pattern - two lines for each letter of the Hebrew alphabet, each one describing God in some way. However, the two lines for the letter Kaf seem to ...
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A Strange Way to Blow Teruah
I recall learning an outlier Rabbinic opinion that the correct way to blow teruah is actually by shaking the shofar with the hands. I saw it demonstrated as a child. What is the source for this ...
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When responding to a bracha, many respond with v’chen l’mar. Would the appropriate response to a woman be v’chen l’maras?
When responding to a bracha, many respond with v’chen l’mar. Would the appropriate response to a woman be v’chen l’maras?
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List of pesukim you can add to Musaf of Rosh Hashanah?
In Rosh Hashana musaf, we are required to say 10 pesukim each for malchuyos, zichronos, and shofaros. You are allowed to say more than 10, and the standard minhag in machzorim that I've seen is to ...
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Apparent contradiction in the Rosh Hashanah menu/diet
On the one hand, on Rosh Hashanah we don’t eat sour/bitter foods, on the other hand we eat foods that have a negative connotation (see Orach Chaim 583:1) and apply them to our enemies - so why can’t ...
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Mixing Shofar Sounds
This year we had multiple minyanim, some of which started at the same time. They all had shofar blown outside of the building. This created the possibility that people from one minyan might hear the ...
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Rainbow on Rosh Hashana
The bracha on a rainbow is the subject of a disagreement on Brachos 59a. The Gemara brings זוכר הברית unattributed, Rabbi Yishmael the son of Rabbi Yochanan ben Beroka says נאמן בבריתו וקים במאמרו, ...
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Was there a bracha on blowing the silver trumpet?
The Torah mentions blowing the silver trumpet at various times during the year (e.g., RH, chagim). Was there a bracha on blowing the silver trumpets?
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Exchanging presents on Rosh Hashana?
Nehemia 8:10 records that the people in Jerusalem were told to, among other things, provide food for Rosh Hashana for those who are lacking:
ויאמר להם לכו אכלו משמנים ושתו ממתקים ושלחו מנות לאין ...
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המלך המשפט on Yom Tov
According to this answer, if you accidentally start the weekday shemoneh esrei on Shabbos Cheshvan 7/December 5 or the first day of Pesach, you don't say ותן טל ומטר because the rest of the community ...
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What about "if as a slave" in selichot?
On Rosh Hashana, after the shofar blowing during the Musaf repetition, we say "Hayom Harat Olam." In it, we consider 2 possibilities of how Hashem might deal with us -- "im k'vanim" (if as children) ...
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Hataras Nederim Erev Rosh HaShanah
What is the earliest makor (source) for making hataras nederim erev rosh hashanah in front of 3 people with a long nusach? It appears from minimal research to be a rather "late" minhag. What is the ...
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Davening together with the shliach tzibbur on Rosh HaShanah
On Rosh HaShanah one was not able to daven the quiet Shemoneh Esrei with the tzibbur. Now he wants to daven together with the Shliach Tzibbur (in order that it should be considered "tefillah b'tzibbur"...
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Will one fulfill his obligation of hearing the shofar on Rosh Hashanah if it is done via livestream due to Covid reasons?
It is an echoing sound so not sure if Rosh Hashanah 3:7 agrees or disagrees.
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Birkat Habanim (Blessing of the sons) on Shabbat Yom Tov, Shabbat Rosh Hashana and Shabbat Yom Kippur
Those who bless their sons in Birkat Habanim, every Sabbath evening when returning from synagogue. Should the father bless his sons on Shabbat on that falls on Yom Tov falls? and how will he behave ...
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The reasons for changes in Tefilah when Rosh Hasahana falls on Shabbat
I have summarized some changes in the Rosh Hashanah Tefilah that falls on Shabbat and I would be happy to understand whether the change took place and the reason for the change in the wording (...
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Zemirot during Third Meal on Shabbat Rosh Hashana
Should Zemirot (chants) be said at all Shabbat meals that fall on Rosh Hashanah?
Does what is said about Rosh Hashanah: "One does not say poetry on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur" (Rosh ...
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The Tolner Rebbe on donkeys and shofars
This article refers to a teaching of the Tolner Rebbe on the Talmudic passage regarding one who mistakes the sound of the shofar for the sound of a donkey:
The Tolner Rebbe asks – which Jew walks by ...
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Rosh hashanah chassidut simcha
Does anyone know where i could find a rav tzadok that elaborates on the simcha of rosh hashanah by the pesukim in nechemia
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Which officiants wear a kittel on Rosh HaShanah?
In many Ashkenazi congregations, most of the congregants do not wear a kittel on Rosh HaShanah; however, a number of the officiants do wear a kittel.
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What Shabbat malachot are allowed on Rosh Hashanah(Sunday)?
I was wondering what Shabbat malachot are allowed on Rosh Hashanah(Sunday). I know that I am allowed to carry, transfer a flame, and increase a flame. Are there any other ones? I am specifically ...
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Covering a Shofar to prevent the spread of Coronavirus
Two nights ago, as part of his weekly livestream COVID update, Rabbi Dr. Glatt quoted Rav Mordechai Willig (he quoted "Poskim" but the implication was that it was Rav Mordechai Willig. Even ...
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Did anyone propose switching back to using date honey on Rosh-Hashanah to dip apples?
As seen from "why-use-bee-honey-on-rosh-hashana", the use of bee honey in the minhag is clearly circumstantial - the lack of "the original" honey led to use its substitute - bee honey.
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Is there an approach that cuts the Teffilot on Rosh Hashanah in favor of Torah study?
It is clear from the Sugiyot Gemmorah (Brochos and Shabbos 10, here) that the lengthening the Teffilah at the expense of Torah learning was perceived negatively through many generations till late ...
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Blowing the shofar in an "older" large shul
Mishnah Rosh Hashanna 3:7 says:
One who blows into a pit or a cistern or a jug, if he heard the sound
of the shofar, he has fulfilled his obligation, but if he hears the
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Hatoras Nedarim - mentioning specific examples
If one is aware of specific examples of vows or a 'minhag tov' that one undertook, then one should articulate this to at least one member of the 'judges'. Is this informing essential or does the ...
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Why cover one's face during shofar?
I noticed two people in the synagogue this Rosh Hashana who, whenever the shofar was sounded, covered their respective faces with their respective tallits. I didn't feel comfortable asking them why. (...
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Is there a preferred or required way to sound shevarim?
I have heard the shevarim sound from the shofar done in one of two ways:
three short blasts maintaining the same pitch (like "toot-toot-toot")
three short blasts alternating in pitch staring with a ...
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Is one allowed to break up the shofar blowing grouping to other than what the siddur indicates?
Most siddurim (Nusach Ashkenaz Sefard) group the shofar blowing as follows:
30 blasts before Musaph divided as:
A 3 times Tekiah Shevarim-Tru'ah Tekiah
B 3 times Tekiah Shevarim Tekiah
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Why the custom at the end of Tashlich to shake off Tzitzis?
In the Siddur Nussach Ari it says by the end of Tashlich to shake the ends of your Tzitzis, I heard that this symbolizes the tossing of a persons sins in the depth of the water (as in the verse " ...
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Davening by a Tzaddik on Rosh HaShanah
Where does the inyan of davening with a Tzaddik on Rosh HaShanah come from? Where did it start? Was there ever such a minhag before chassidus come along? (Assuming it started with the Chassidim -- my ...
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"Makadesh Yisrael v'Roshei Chadashim" on Rosh HaShanah
If someone ends off the bracha on Rosh HaShanah "makadesh yisrael v'roshei chadashim" (the text for Rosh Chodesh) instead of "v'yom hazichoron" (the correct text for Rosh Hashanah) are they yotzee b'...
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Is carrying permitted on Rosh Hashana without an eruv?
I think I read somewhere recently that Rosh Hashanah is different than other Yom Tovs in that one may carry for certain mitzvah needs.
For example: A shofar or tallis or a siddur may be carried if I'...
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Why is the mitzvah of Shofar on Rosh Hashannah for hearing the sound and not for blowing the shofar?
There is no direct mitzvah to blow the shofar on Rosh Hashanna. The mitzvah is to hear the shofar blown. It seems that this mitzvah is phrased "causativly". In order to hear the sound, someone has to ...
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Orlah when planting between Rosh Hashanah and Tu Bishvat?
I was under the impression that for purposes of Orlah, there are two relevant periods of planting:
Before Tu B’Av (Count the upcoming Rosh Hashanah for purposes of the age)
After Tu B’Av (Only count ...
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Eating Apples and saying Chakal Tapuhin in Shabbat Yom Tov or Rosh Hashana
There is a custom to eat apples on Shabbat, as well as saying (Hakal Tapuchin) "apple field Kaddishin". On Shabbat that falls on Yom Tov, as well as on Shabbat that falls on Rosh Hashanah, ...
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What does it mean that judgement happens on Rosh Hashanah?
What does it mean that G-d judges people on Rosh Hashanah, if G-d is 'outside of time'?
It's one thing to say that G-d performs an action (e.g. sends the Maan, talks to a prophet) that has a ...
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Saying Shirat Haberiah (song of creation) in Rosh Hashana
In Masechet Rosh Hashanah 32 B: it is stated that "no poetry is said on Rosh Hashanah and on Yom Kippur". Is it possible to understand from this that it is not acceptable to say the song of ...
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What is the connection between Rosh Hashana and honey?
Although I initially thought honey was just a nice Rosh Hashana siman for a "sweet new year", the Likutei Maharich quotes the Arizal who reveals that there is a deeper connection between the ...
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29 or 30 days of Elul
Does the month of Elul ALWAYS have 29 days, or can it also have 30 days?
Also, if there are only 29 days of Elul and Mosheh went up to Mount Sinai on the first of Elul, and then came down on the 10th ...
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Bracha of לשמוע קול שופר if you don't know musaf
On Rosh Hashanah, the common practice (as far as I know) is to blow shofar before musaf and during musaf; before the first set, we say the bracha לשמוע קול שופר, and this bracha covers all the shofar ...
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