This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com Fasting: One is not to fast on Pesach Sheiyni, as is the law regarding any day in which Tachanun is omitted.[1] This applies even if the fasts of Bahab fall on this day.[2] Some Poskim[3] however allow fasting on this […]
Funerals on Pesach Sheiyni
This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com Funerals: Eulogy/Hesped:[1] One does not say a Hesped on any day that Tachanun is omitted[2] unless the person is a Torah Sage, and his body is present at the time of the Hesped.[3] Tziduk Hadin:[4] One does not say Tziduk […]
Tachanun on Pesach Sheiyni
This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com Tachanun:[1] Tachanun [and Lamnatzeiach[2] and Keil Erech Apayim[3]] is omitted on Pesach Sheiyni, which is the 14th of Iyar. It is however recited the Mincha prior, on the 13th of Iyar.[4] [Thus when the 13th falls on Shabbos, Tzidkascha is […]
Background of Pesach Sheiyni
This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com Background of Pesach Sheiyni:[1] In the times of the Temple, a person who did not bring the Pesach offering in the 14th of Nissan, either due to being impure or due to being a distance from Jerusalem, was required to […]
Buying a home, new item, and giving presents during Sefira
This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com *All customs listed below are only practiced during the period of time in which one is accustomed to observe the mourning customs, as explained in the previous Halacha. For semantic purposes we will refer to this as “the mourning period […]
Swimming and traveling during Sefira
This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com May one swim or visit the beach during Sefira? Yes.[1] However, some Poskim[2] rule one must avoid doing so due to danger. May one travel during Sefira? Yes.[3] However, some Poskim[4] rule one must avoid doing so due […]
Cutting nails during Sefira
This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com May one cut his nails during Sefira?[1] Yes. There is no custom to abstain from cutting nails during Sefirah. __________________________________________________________ [1] Moed Lekol Chaiy 6:1; Zechor Leavraham 1 Bookmark
The prayers said after the Sefira
This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com The prayers said after the Sefira:[1] After the counting of the Sefira it is customary to recite “Yehi Ratzon Sheyibaneh Beis Hamikdash etc”[2] (Some are accustomed for reasons known to them to say after this prayer the Psalm of […]
The Kavana of the Sefira
This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com The Kavana:[1] When counting Sefira one is to have in mind the Sefira of that night, one word of the Ana Bechoach, and one word of the psalm Mizmor Elokim Yechoneinu, and one letter from the verse Yismachu. [It is […]
Learning Torah Lishma-When to stop and contemplate
Tanya Chapter 41 The intent of Lishma is required prior to beginning the learning: It is known that for a Beinoni, the main preparation of Torah study Lishma [which can invalidate the ability of one’s learning to be elevated above], is prior to one commencing his Torah session. This is […]
