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Why is Hashkiveinu not considered a hefsek between Ga'al Yisra'el and the Amidah (Chabad)?
As I wrote here, the Talmud states that Hashkiveinu is not an interruption between geulah and tefillah because since it was ordained by the Sages as part of the blessings for Keriat Shema it is as if ...
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Short prayer after a vort or dvar torah
You are thinking of the famous saying of chazal (our Rabbis of blessed memory) found in Makkos 23b and famous for being mentioned at the end of Pirkei Avos:
רִבִּי חֲנַנְיָא בֶּן עֲקַשְׁיָה אוֹמֵר ...
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Is there a source for davening minchah and maariv of kabalas shabbos after plag and before shkiya?
This is a very old practice with many suggested answers. Here are some:
Lechem Mishne (Tefilla 3:2) understands Rambam as holding that since Arvit is a somewhat lower level obligation prayer there's ...
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Chafetz Chaim and Maariv
There is a set called כל כתבי חפץ חיים with a few volumes. The last one is a compilation of many letters he wrote throughout his lifetime. The hakdama was written by his son and details many stories ...
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Saying sim shalom in maariv shmoneh esrei
Shulchan Aruch 127:2
The Rema says that we say Sim Shalom any time we have a tefilah that is fitting for the blessing of the Kohanim to be included.
This is based on the end of the discussion of the ...
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Ma'ariv vs. Arvit - when did these terms first appear?
תפלת ערבית is mentioned in the Tosefta Berakhot (3:6), and several places in the Talmud, e.g. Berakhot 4b, 6b, 26b, etc. תפלת מעריב does not appear in Hazal (at least none of the works included in the ...
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Why did people not go to Shul at Yom Tov by night?
The same people that went to shul at night on Shabbos went at night on Yom Tov. There are various reasons why there was no takana to say birchas me'ein sheva on Yom Tov.
According to the Tur/Shulchan ...
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Latest time to say Maariv
One can pray until dawn (alot hashahar), ideally (lechathila) one should do so before midnight (halachic midnight i.e., hatzot) (Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 70:2).
Chabad.org explains
The time for ...
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Why is the beracha Me'ein Sheva omitted on the first night of Pesach?
The Shulchan Arukh (OC 487:1) rules this way, and the Magen Avraham there notes the reason is that the first night of Pesach is a Leil Shimmurim (cf. Exodus 12:42) ("a guarded night") and Mei'ein ...
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When did Ma'ariv stop becoming 'optional'?
The idea that according to the technical law it is a reshut but that it has now been accepted as a chovah goes back at least to R. Isaac Alfasi:
Rif Berachot 27b:
והאידנא נהוג עלמא לשוייה חובה
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Does it count as "praying with a minyan" you are saying a different service?
The Minchas Yitzchak (2:132) brings the Magen Avraham in Orach Chayim 90:17 and 235:2 with an understanding that not only isn't it considered תפילה בציבור but it is not even considered בשעה שהציבור ...
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Effect of Maariv being originally optional
The Rosh in Berachos ch. 4 siman 2 writes
.וי"ל דנהי שהיא רשות אין לבטלה אם לא מפני צורך שעה כגון מפני מצוה עוברת ושרי המייניה דלא מטרחינן ליה בפ"ק דשבת דף ט: וכן עלה על מטתו בירושלמי דאין מטריחין ...
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Alarm clock in place of a shomer
R' Sh'lomo Zalman Auerbach indicated that it would be acceptable to rely upon an alarm for eating if the alarm is functional, although it should not be relied upon to wake oneself from sleep (Halichos ...
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Is there any opinion that permits davening Maariv before plag
As noted in a number of comments to the question, T'rumat HaDeshen in Responsum #1 struggles with the common (in his day) practice to pray arvit three or four hours before tzeit hakochavim (long ...
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Why say V'Hu Rachum at Ma'ariv only when saying Barchu?
Vehu Rachum is recited as some sort of Kaparas Haavonos/forgiveness). See Tur and B"Y OC 237 which bring earlier sources and reasons for this, based on the above (forgiveness). I did not see anyone ...
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Wearing Tefilin at the earliest Maariv possible
This responsum from the Rabbis of Eretz Hemdah permit an individual who was already wearing tefillin to keep them on while praying arvit while it is still daytime.
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Early maariv prayer and Kiddush on the night of Shavuot - what are the halachic considerations?
R David Brofsky (in his book Hilkhot Mo'adim, p. 573 and here online) brings sources on all sides of the debate. I have somewhat restructured the text to group opinions and added the sub-titles in ...
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Short prayer after a vort or dvar torah
From https://outorah.org/p/4589/
The Rabbis’ Kaddish (“Kaddish D’Rabbanan”) is recited after a public lecture in the Oral Torah. There is an opinion that the primary practice is to recite this ...
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Saying Va'yechulu with a woman
Pesach Hadvir 268:7 - line 10 says that since Vayechulu is a Eidus that is well known, even ladies can be witnesses for this. On line 15 he says that a man and lady can say it together.
Kaf Hachaim ...
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Explain beginning of "Magen Avot"
The “saying” is part of Braishis 15(1)
אַחַר הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה הָיָה דְבַר ה' אֶל אַבְרָם בַּמַּחֲזֶה
לֵאמֹר אַל תִּירָא אַבְרָם אָנֹכִי מָגֵן לָךְ שְׂכָרְךָ הַרְבֵּה
מְאֹד.
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Starting Maariv with Shir Hamaalos
I found this article at www.daat.ac.il .
He gives several reasons:
Based on a gemoro in Brochos 4b [paraphrased]: a person comes in to the synagogue from his work in the field and he learns what he ...
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Which minyanim light Chanuka candles?
From Halachipedia:
The congregation should light Chanukah Candles between Mincha and Mariv even if it means lighting at sunset (Shekiyah) because the congregation would leave right after Mariv and ...
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Why mention the tzitzit in the evening service?
It is not for Tsitsit but , but it is a part of the Shema, the set of the 3 paragraphs. I
See Berachot 21a
Rab Judah said: If a man is in doubt whether he has recited the Shema', he need not ...
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Is it better to daven a"tartei desasrei" mincha/maariv with a minyan or in the correct time without a minyan?
In 233 he is talking about those communities which always pray mincha and ma’ariv together after plag, because they cannot gather a minyan otherwise.
In 267 he’s talking about a community which ...
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Ma'ariv vs. Arvit - when did these terms first appear?
Regarding your question about the difference in meaning between the words, Rabbi Berel Wein writes (Living Jewish: Values, Practices and Traditions) that both words are indeed derived from erev/...
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Is a woman allowed to pray maariv?
There is no question that an Ashkenazi woman can pray maariv if she desires.
It has optional status according to many, R Melamed for instance writes
Women never took Maariv upon themselves. ...
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On a "minor fast day" must one daven Maariv before eating once the fast is over?
According to dinonline.org:
You do not have to daven maariv before breaking the fast.
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Marovis on Yom Tov
KAYJ of Jerusalem says them. As does Kehilas Ashkenaz of Bnei Brak. As does KAJ of Beitar. As does the Yekkish minyan in Kiryat Sefer.
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Can I omit ברוך השם לעולם אמן ואמן to catch up in Maariv?
Yes, it's befeirush (explicit) in Mishna Berura siman 236 s"k 11. that one should skip it to daven Shmoneh Esrei with the tzibur:
ואם הם עוסקים עדיין בברכות ק"ש והוא משער שעד שיגיעו הצבור ...
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Recitation of vihi noam on tisha bav
There are two answers to the question in Bet Yosef:
Because Tish'a beav is a Moed (festival) from some point of view.
Because Vihi Noam is linked to the Bet Ha Mikdash's being built and Tish'a Beav ...
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