Preparing food on Yom Kippur

Preparing food on Yom Kippur:[1] For after the fast: It is forbidden to prepare food on Yom Kippur for after the fast. This applies even after Mincha of Yom Kippur.[2] For a child:[3] One may prepare food for a child on Yom Kippur if the food is not edible otherwise. […]

Yom Kippur attire

The Yom Kippur Attire: Wearing clean clothing:[1] There is an obligation to honor Yom Kippur with clean and proper attire.[2] One may not place on himself sackcloth even if he is doing so for purposes of repentance.[3] Wearing a white Kittel:[4] The custom is to wear a Kittel [over one’s […]

Melacha on Yom Kippur

Melacha:[1] Yom Kippur has the same Halachic status as Shabbos with regards to Melacha. Thus, it is forbidden to carry and cook on Yom Kippur just like on Shabbos, and everything forbidden on Shabbos, whether Biblical or Rabbinical, is likewise forbidden on Yom Kippur. ___________________________ [1] Admur 611/4          Bookmark

The Five Prohibitions of Yom Kippur

The five prohibitions:[1] The verse[2] states that on Yom Kippur one is required to oppress himself. The Sages derived from this verse five oppressions that one must restrict himself from on Yom Kippur, in order to decrease one’s pleasure. All these five prohibitions are of Biblical status, as they are […]

Malkus-Lashes on Erev Yom Kippur

Malkus-Lashes:[1] When?[2] It is customary to receive 39 lashes on Erev Yom Kippur[3] [after midday] prior to going to Mikveh[4], prior to Mincha.[5] Why?[6] Although Malkus is no longer affective in today’s times due to lack of judges that have Semicha and due to lack of Hasara[7], nevertheless the custom […]

After Midday

The difference of Avoda between the morning and afternoon of Erev Yom Kippur:[1] On Erev Yom Kippur in Lubavitch there was a difference between the atmosphere of the first half of the day and the second half, as if they were two completely different times of the year. [1] Likkutei […]

Visiting graves on Erev Yom Kippur

Visiting graves-cemetery:[1] Some communities have the custom to visit gravesites on Erev Yom Kippur in order to increase in charity while there. This is a good custom. The charity that is given by the cemetery is the worth of the chickens used for Kapparos, known as Pidyon Kaparos. It is […]

Eating on Erev Yom Kippur

Eating on Erev Yom Kippur: A. The Mitzvah to eat:[1] It is a (Rabbinical[2]) Mitzvah and obligation based on scripture, to eat and drink on Erev Yom Kippur in preparation for the Yom Kippur fast.[3] By eating on Erev Yom Kippur Hashem rewards us as if we had fasted that […]