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Is tachanun said at a bar mitzvah?
Rivivos Efraim 8 page 400 says that one should say Tachanun at a Bar Mitzva and also has a letter from Rabbi Nosson Gestetner which says that Tachanun should be said at a Bar Mitzva as it is not ...
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Tachanun on 'erev Yom Ha'Atzmaut'
[Collected from the writings of Ha-Rav Aviner]
Tachanun on Erev Yom Ha-Atzmaut
It is proper to recite Tachanun at Minchah of Erev Yom Ha-Atzamaut, as the Chief Rabbinate of Israel has decreed this ...
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Is tachanun said at a bar mitzvah?
R' Ovadia Yosef in Yabia Omer 1:27 says that a Bar Mitzvah boy entering mitzva-hood is like a chosson entering the chuppah and therefore one does not say tachanun on a bar-mitzvah.
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What rabbi recommended that American Jews skip Tachanun on Thanksgiving?
The Spanish-Portuguese Synagogue (Cong. Shearith Israel) omits "tahanunim" and recites special psalms. The current rabbi is Meir Soloveichik. Source.
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Where is "no Tachanun" on Pessach Sheni documented?
Qitzur Shulhhan Arukh - Yalqut Yosef (Orahh Hayim 131:36) states:
אלו הימים שאין אומרים בהם וידוי ונפילת אפים לא בשחרית ולא במנחה: חודש ניסן, פסח שני, ל''ג בעומר, מראש חודש סיון עד י''ב בו ועד בכלל,...
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Why say tachanun in mincha on 13 Iyar if you won't on 14 Iyar?
From R' Dov Lior's answer at Yeshiva.org.il:
הסיבה לכך היא, שכל עניין "פסח שני" מתחיל מהבוקר ואין שום עניין בלילה. את קרבן פסח שני עשו בבוקר, ובלילה לא עושים שום דבר (בניגוד לשאר חגים). ...
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Why does Nusach Sefard omit Tachanun during Mincha?
See here where they suggest:
1 they often daven until after shkiya, and according to many opinions
tachanun may not be said after shkiya, so a blanket rule was
instituted so as never to come to ...
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Clarify the rules for "E-l Erech" and "Lamenatze'ach' (Psalm 20) on non-Tachanun days
ואפילו בימים שאין אומרים תחנון אומרים למנצח מלבד בראש חודש וחנוכה ופורים וע"פ וערב יום כפור וט"ו באב [מנהגים וע"ל סי' תקנ"ט]:
Even on days where tachanun is not said we say ...
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Canceling Tachanun for the balance of a month
It seems from this story that if an individual doesn't say Tachanun for most of the month for a private reason (with exception of Nissan where everyone doesn't say Tachanun for most of the month and ...
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Skip Tachanun on the Sunday of Purim Meshulash?
R. YM Tucazinsky writes in Ir Hakodesh Vehamikdash vol. III ch. 26 p. 355 that those in Jerusalem recite neither tachanun nor lamnatzeiach on Sunday 16 Adar.
R. S. Deblitzky in Purim Meshulash, ch. 7 ...
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No tachanun after shkiah?
(Sources here.)
Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim 131:3) writes:
אין נפילת אפים בלילה...:
There is no "Nefilat Apayim" [what we consider to be "Tachanun"] at night...
Mishnah Berurah ...
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Why is this phrase flipped between Avinu Malkeinu and Tachanun?
A possible thought that I think is a answer to your question.
In Tachanun we are Davening there for the Geula. This can be seen from the continuation where we say
אֲדונֵינוּ אֱלהֵינוּ. שְׁמַע קול ...
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Where and how does the Shaliach Tzibbur say Tachanun?
Per Rabbi Naftali Hoffner in Halacha - Nesias Kapayim U'Tachanun 92:3 the three steps one is supposed to take after Shemona Esrei prior to walking is applicable to the Chazan. The Chazan does these ...
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Tachanun on 'erev Yom Ha'Atzmaut'
R Eliezer Melamed in Peninei Halacha (Tefila 21:7) writes we do not say Tachanun on Erev Yom Haatzmaut
Today, ever since Hashem began to bring forth our redemption, Tachanun
is not recited on Yom ...
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Tachanun on 'erev Yom Ha'Atzmaut'
The Koren Yom Haatzmaut Machzor says to say tachanun at mincha of erev yom haatzmaut if you daven during mincha gedola, but that one skips tachanun during mincha ketana.
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Which Tachanun should I say when davening in a minyan with a different Nusach?
Igros Moshe Orach Chaim 3:89 - last paragraph says that if ones Nusach is not to say Vidui & 13 Midos, and is in a Shul that does say Vidui & 13 Midos, he should definitely say the Vidui & ...
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Should you lean your head while reciting the section after nefillat apayim in the M/Th Tachanun?
You may need to get a better sense of the evolvement of what we currently call "Tachanun" and what Nefilat Apai'im refers to, as they are not the same thing.
I'm excerpting various ideas from several ...
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Should you lean your head while reciting the section after nefillat apayim in the M/Th Tachanun?
The ArtScroll RCA siddur (Kol Yaakov) is more clear about it (page 132), specifically saying to keep your head down until יבשו רגע (the end of that paragraph).
The ArtScroll Chinuch siddur (Chaim ...
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How did shomer Yisroel become daily?
This Beurei Hatefillah article is fairly extensive on the history of the piyut.
The article mentions that the piyut didn't start appearing in Siddurim as part of the daily tachanun until the 1700's. ...
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Is Tachanun recited in shul when a chattan and an avel are both present?
This question is based on a false premise: That the congregation says Tachanun because the Aveil is present.
if an aveil (mourner) is present in shul during his week of shiva, the congregation does ...
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Who are the rabbanim of the story of Vehu Rachum?
There seems to be at least 2 variations of this story. The Kol Bo version is actually different than the one mentioned in the question
עובדא הוה בספינתא דיהודאי דאתא מגלותא דירושלם לאתרא דהוה תמן ...
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Does one say "Tzidkatcha" and "El Maleh" next Shabbat (or any 28 Elul that falls on Shabbat)?
The Artscroll Yitzchak Yair siddur (the all-Hebrew Ashkenaz one) states that if 28 Elul is a weekday, tachanun is said even by Mincha, and on Shabbat, tzikatcha is said.
You are correct that normally,...
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Answering Amen , Kaddish and Barchu during different parts of davening
In the respective inside back covers of the popular sidurim תפלת כל פה (where the chart is in Hebrew) and תהלת ה׳ (where it's in English and according to Chabad-Lubavitch practice).
ArtScroll sidurim ...
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Where and how does the Shaliach Tzibbur say Tachanun?
From here:
Tachanun is the only part of davening where the chazzan does not
stand. Since the entire purpose of the Tachanun is to recite a prayer
while one is bowing, the chazzan also "falls ...
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Saying tachanun on a fast day when there is a chatan
According to Mishnah Berurah commentary on O.C. 131:5 comment #27, if a chattan is in shul on a fast day, they say Selichot, but do not say Tachanun.
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Why can't we repent every day?
I suggest that one of the blessings of the weekday Amidah (page 120) covers confession without the need to say Tachanun:
Forgive us, O our Father, for we have sinned; pardon us, O our
King, for ...
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About how often does a mohel say Tachanun?
For the same reason I explained here (namely that the day of a Bris Milah is a Yom Tov for the Mohel), a Mohel does not say Tachanun for Shacharis no matter where he davens in the morning.
From my ...
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Nefilat Apayim on arm without tefilin
The first point to note is that this custom of alternating sides depending on whether one is wearing tefillin, is something of a compromise position.
Shulchan Aruch Orach Chayyim 131:1:
כשנופל על ...
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Why is chabad not worried about putting their head down when saying "l'david" when the Zohar says its dangerous?
According to the Shulchan Aruch HaRav 131:1
עַל פִּי הַקַּבָּלָה, יֵשׁ לוֹמַר מִזְמוֹר מ"ז, "אֵלֶיךָ ה' נַפְשִׁי אֶשָּׂא". אַךְ מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהָאוֹמְרוֹ וְלִבּוֹ רָחוֹק מִמֶּנּוּ גּוֹרֵם ...
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Is Tachanun recited in shul when a chattan and an avel are both present?
If an Aveil is in Shul during the month of Nissan when Tachanun is not said, or if an Aveil is in Shul on Rosh Chodesh when no Tachanun is said, then no Tachanun is said by all, remains the rule. The ...
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