This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com The Torah reading: One removes two Sifrei Torah from the ark. Five people are called to 1st Torah and the 6th to Maftir. [On Shabbos one reads 7 Aliyos from the first Torah.] Background: Moshe Rabbeinu established for […]
Hallel during Shacharis of Pesach
This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com Hallel during Shacharis of Pesach: The obligation:[1] On each one of the Shalosh Regalim, [which includes, in the Diaspora, both days of Shavuos, the first two nights and days of Pesach, the nine days of Sukkos, including Shemini Atzeres, […]
Maariv on Pesach night: Meiyn Sheva; Hallel
This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com Maariv Pesach night: The order until Shemoneh Esrei: For Maariv of Yom Tov, some are accustomed to read the added Mizmorim that are said on Shabbos.[1] The Chabad custom on the night of Yom Tov is to recite a […]
Setting the table
This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com Setting the table:[1] One is to prepare the Seder table on Erev Pesach, before Yom Tov.[2] [This, however, is with exception to the Seder plate which is only prepared once the father returns from Shul.[3] The cushions for leaning are […]
Roasting meat for Seder
This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com Not to roast the meat for the Seder?[1] It is forbidden to eat roasted meat on the night of the Seder, and thus one must beware to avoid roasting the meat that will be eaten by the Seder meal. In […]
Bathing and Mikveh on Erev Yom Tov
This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com Bathing and Mikveh:[1] It is a Mitzvah to bathe one’s body in hot water on Erev Pesach in honor of Yom Tov. Mikveh:[2] It is a customary to immerse in a Mikveh on Erev Pesach in order to purify oneself […]
Candle lighting
This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com Lighting candles: When are the candles lit?[1] The custom is to light the candles prior to sunset at the same time that they are lit on Erev Shabbos.[2] [One who did not light the candles prior to sunset is to light […]
Preparing 24/48 hour candle and Yartzite candle
This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com Preparing a 24-hour candle: It is proper to prepare a 24:48 hour candle on Erev Shavuos in order to have a preexisting flame available to use on Yom Tov. [In those years that Shavuos falls on Motzei Shabbos, one […]
Mincha Erev Pesach
This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com Mincha Erev Pesach: Seder Karban Pesach:[1] The details of the Pesach offering are to be read after Mincha[2] of Erev Pesach, as written in the Siddur. It is to be read before sunset. [If it was not read before […]
Preparing for the Seder checklist
This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com Preparing for the Seder checklist: The following is a checklist of reminders that are to be done on Erev Pesach in preparation for the Seder: Wash and clean the lettuce to be used for Maror. Roast the Zeroa-neck of […]
