This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com Eating before counting:[1] One must abstain from eating even a small meal starting from a half hour prior to the time of Sefira[2], which is a half hour before Bein Hashmashos [i.e. sunset].[3] This applies even if one has already […]
When is one to count?
This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com When is one to count? The starting date:[1] One begins to count Sefiras Haomoer on the second night of Pesach, which is the 16th of Nissan. [This applies in all areas, even the Diaspora.[2]] This is because the Omer offering […]
Women counting Sefira
This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com Women counting Sefiras Haomer:[1] Women are exempt from the Mitzvah of Sefiras HaOmer.[2] [Likewise, based on Kabala, women are not able to fulfill this Mitzvah.[3]] However in certain provinces[4] women have accepted this Mitzvah upon themselves as a complete obligation.[5] […]
The Mitzvah of Sefiras Haomer and its meaning
This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com The Mitzvah:[1] It is a positive command of the Torah for every single Jew[2] to count seven weeks worth of days beginning from when the Omer was offered. [In the times of the Temple the Omer was offered on the […]
Isru Chag
This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com Isru Chag:[1] The name:[2] The day after each of the three Holidays is called Isru Chag.[3] The name Isru Chag derives from the verse “Isru Chag Baavosim Ad Karnei Hamizbeiach”. This means to say that this day is to be […]
Havdalah on Motzei Yom Tov
This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com Havdala on Motzei Yom Tov:[1] On Motzei Yom Tov, one is required to recite Havdala over a cup of wine just like on Motzei Shabbos. Haeish: During Havdala of Motzei Yom Tov, we do not say a blessing over fire.[2] […]
The Shavuos Yom Tov day meal and the eating of Dairy
This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com The Yom Tov day meal: The importance of eating on Shavuos:[1] It is a positive command[2] to eat and drink during all festivals.[3] Shavuos, however, contains an additional stringency not applicable by other Holidays. Unlike Shabbos and other Holidays, in […]
Av Harachamim before Musaf of Shavuos
This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com Av Harachamim:[1] On the second day of Yom Tov in the Diaspora [1st day in Eretz Yisrael], when Yizkor is recited, the entire congregation may choose to say Av Harachamim prior to Ashreiy of Musaf on Yom Tov, and not […]
Reading Megillas Rus on Shavuos
This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com Reading Megillas Ruth:[1] It is customary to read the Megillah of Rut on [the second day of[2]] Shavuos being that it is the time of Matan Torah.[3] Nevertheless, a blessing is not recited over the reading. [The Chabad custom is […]
Yizkor
This article is an excerpt from our Sefer Yizkor:[1] It is an Ashkenazi[2] custom to recite Yizkor on Shavuos immediately after the completion of the Haftorah. In the Diaspora, the custom is to recite Yizkor on the second day of Shavuos, after the Torah reading. Who remains in Shul?[3] All […]
