This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com Musaf-Morid Hatal:[1] In Nussach Sefarad and Arizal, in Musaf of the first day of Pesach one stops reciting Mashiv Haruach Umorid Hageshem and rather recites Morid Hatal. The Gabbai is to announce prior to the silent Shemoneh Esrei of […]
Torah reading
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 […]
