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Why do we still stand at Vayevarech Dovid on a Shabbos and/or Yom Tov?
While the Arizal does indeed say that A) one should stand for Vayivarech David, and B) that one should give tzedakah standing during Vayivarech David, these customs are not dependent on one another. ...
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What is the basis for the custom to stand or sit by Vayivarech Dovid?
To stand for Vayevarech David is codified by the Rema, OC 51:7:
ונהגו לעמוד כשאומרים ברוך שאמר ויברך דוד וישתבח:
The custom is to stand when they say Baruch She’amar, Vayivarech David, and ...
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Reconciling "פותח את ידך" and knowing people are starving?
“Umasbi'a lechol chai ratzon – …and cause satisfaction for every living being…” At this point, attempts to parse the grammar falter. “Ratzon” can means desire, as we see in a few verses, “Retzon yerei'...
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Should one lain the trop while reciting Shiras Hayam during Pesukei D'zimra?
Its brought down in Siddur Arizal to say Shiras Hayam with the trop.
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Mizmor L'Toda with Melody
Historically, there were rabbinic authorities who cited the custom of singing this mizmor. Among Polish Jewry, the Matteh Moshe [R. Moshe Mat of Galicia, c. 1591] (see #48) and the Levush [R. Mordecai ...
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Reconciling "פותח את ידך" and knowing people are starving?
I’d like to propose an answer of my own, which I have not seen anyone say, based on the continuation of the Pesukim: “Hashem is righteous in all His ways...Hashem is close to those who call Him, to ...
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Reconciling "פותח את ידך" and knowing people are starving?
In his commentary to Berachot 4b, R. Ezekiel Landau notes that the word רצון used in this verse appears out of place. If the verse was referring to every creature receiving all of its sustenance needs ...
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What is our "matir" for saying Tehillim before or after Shacharis?
I asked this of Rav Schachter and he thought it's a good question for Tehillim and Selichot before Shacharit, but for afterwards seemingly it lasts all day.
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Reasons to say Psalm 30 before Barukh Sheamar
The Aruch HaShulchan (cited below) writes that Psalm 30 before Baruch Sheamar is part of Nusach Ashkenaz. He also offers an original reason for its recitation. He writes, "the practice of ...
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What is the set in Pesukei deZimra according to the Tur?
The essential weekday pesukei dezimra is described in Tur OC 51 as follows:
A preceding blessing (baruch she-amar)
Psalms 145-150 (inclusive)
A concluding blessing (yishtabach).
He then adds that ...
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Why repeat the last verse of "Yoshev b'Seter Elyon"
A late answer, I know, but a different one (and, I must say that I still don't understand some of the claims made in the other answer so this one is as reasonable, but I can't find a source for it).
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Saying Pesukei DiZimra after Davening
The Tur (Orach Chaim § 52) brings a dispute about this. Someone asked Rav Netronai Gaon if they can skip Pesukei D'Zimra and say it after their prayers, and he responded no. Rather, they should say an ...
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Saying Pesukei DiZimra after Davening
This is indeed how R Artscroll rules (in the section on laws at the end of their siddur), in short
if one arrived too late to recite the entire prayers and still recite Shmonei Esrei with the ...
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Saying Pesukei DiZimra after Davening
Shulchan Aruch in siman 52 says to say pesukei dezimra if you came late and had to skip it. This would be without Baruch She'amar and Yishtabach, as those are brochos were established on the rest of ...
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Why are SA OC 61:22 and 61:23 in that order?
The Shulchan Aruch's organization is based on that of the Tur. In particular, here, the laws listed in the question are presented in the same order, with the same section-numbering, in the Tur. So, ...
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Does the Shaliach Tzibur need to be at the Amud throughout Pesukey D'Zimra?
The Tur (סימן נג) writes
ועומד ש"צ ומתחיל ישתבח
Translation - the Shaliach Tzibbur gets up and says Yishtabach.
We can derive from this, that until Yishtabach no Shalich Tzibur was present, as ...
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Why kiss the tefillin by "poseach es yadecha"?
the minhag to kiss the tefilin during ashrei is described by rabbi yaacov rakowski, z"l, in his book aruchat bat ami, p. 338, quotting orach chaim, 51:7. the simple reason, he says, is to prevent "...
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Different endings of Yishtabach
I was only able to find a solutions to some issues you raised.
Answer based on the סידור רבינו הזקן עם ציונים והערות (picture below) and מאמר נוסח התפלה סי' יג:
Why do we say א-ל חי (nusach 3 and 5)?
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Skipping parts of pessukei dezimroh to get to work on time?
The second link above has the list of priorities and parts one can skip if late, in order to sync with the rest of the mynian. But my understanding was always that one has to make up the missing parts ...
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Reconciling "פותח את ידך" and knowing people are starving?
I heard [myself saying] once:
משביע לכל חי רצון can mean (in Hebrew) "providing/making everyone [to] desire]". The very idea that we want things is not trivial as it might seem, some people get so ...
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Reconciling "פותח את ידך" and knowing people are starving?
I saw a number of answers among the meforshim. They all translate the Pasuk differently, minimizing the difficulty.
1) Metzudas David: You open Your hand and satisfy all the living according to its ...
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Translation of "Ashrei"
The English word "happy" derives from the word "hap," which originally meant chance, fortune, or luck, and came to mean any sort of event. We still have this meaning in words like ...
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Translation of "Ashrei"
It seems that classic commentators on Tehillim have different explanations of the word.
The word אַשְׁרֵי first appears in the first chapter of Tehillim - as the first word - so I took some ...
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Pesukei de-Zimra in Sidur of Amram Gaon
R. Amram writes that in the Babylonian yeshiva they would say אלה ברכב ואלה בסוסים... המה כרעו ונפלו... ה' הושיעה המלך יעננו... ברוך אתה ה' אמ"ה הא-ל המלך המהולל בפי עמו...
Then they would say ...
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Reasons to say Psalm 30 before Barukh Sheamar
After having posted my question I've done some research and found some additional points:
R' Avraham Landau in Tzelota deAvraham discussed that Psalm 30 was not present neither in Siddur Rav Amram ...
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Reasons to say Psalm 30 before Barukh Sheamar
One source is the Yesod Vishoresh Haavoda (shaar 3 chapter 3). He says simply:
הוא תקון גדול מתקוני התפילות לאמרו קודם ברוך שאמר על פי האר"י ז"ל
It is a great tikun from amongst the tikunim ...
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Word count methods
With Psalm 67, the extra four words you're seeing are verse 1, which is the caption, and isn't counted towards the total. Indeed, any siddur that has these words for the respective days of Sefiras ...
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Difference in starting order of Psukei Dezimra
According to Seder Olam Rabbah, the first fifteen verses of Hodu were recited during the morning korban tamid service, and the last fourteen verses were recited during the afternoon korban tamid ...
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