Checking ones Mezuzos and Tefillin:[1] It is customary to check one’s Tefillin and Mezuzos during the month of Elul [if they have not been checked within the 12 months[2]].[3] One is to publicize this matter to others.[4] Doing so helps draw down a Kesiva Vechasima Tova for the coming year.[5] […]
Shofar in Elul #3
Excerpt from Upcoming Sefer “The Laws and Customs of Rosh Hashanah” Erev Rosh Hashanah:[1] One does not blow the Shofar on Erev Rosh Hashanah.[2] This applies beginning from the night of Erev Rosh Hashanah [the night of the 29th of Elul].[3] This applies even when Rosh Hashanah falls on […]
Shofar in Elul #2
Excerpt from the “Laws and Customs of Rosh Hashanah” soon to be published! On which day of Rosh Chodesh does one begin to blow?[1] Some Poskim[2] rule one is to begin to blow the Shofar from the first day of Rosh Chodesh which is the 30th of Av. Other […]
Shofar in Elul #1
Excerpt from the upcoming Sefer on the Laws of Rosh Hashanah Blowing the Shofar in Elul:[1] It is the custom of Ashkenazi[2] Jewry to blow Shofar throughout the month if Elul. Background: The Rosh in his conclusion of Tractate Rosh Hashanah records the Pirkei Direbbe Eliezer 46 […]
13 Attributes of Mercy
The Thirteen Attributes of Mercy: It is forbidden to recite the thirteen attributes without proper concentration.[1] [It is to be recited slowly and carefully.[2] It is to be recited aloud.[3] Some are accustomed to count the Middos with their fingers.[4] Some are accustomed to picture each letter of each word […]
Kesiva Vechasima Tova
Wishing each other a sweet new year:[1] We begin to wish each other a “Kesiva Vachasima Tovah”[2] starting from Rosh Chodesh Elul. [Some[3] are accustomed to begin doing so from the 15th of Menachem Av.] Sparks of Chassidus The blessing affects oneself and the person being blessed:[4] The […]
The 5 Oppressions
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Aseres Yemei Teshuvah
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Tzom Gedalia
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Hadasim Meshulashim
Meshulash/Three Leaved:[1] The Torah states that the Hadas must be braided. This means that there are three leaves that extend from each area of the branch and that these three leaves are symmetric to each other that they extend from the same horizontal line. If two leaves are symmetric […]
