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Gates to Prayer

Guide to the Jewish Year and On Waking

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GUIDE TO THE JEWISH YEAR AND ON WAKING

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ON WAKING 316 The custom is to say מודה אָנִי immediately on waking, even before washing hands .[משניב או"ח, א:ח] Laws of Washing Hands; naw aby יצר; wx nara 317 Upon waking, one is obligated to wash hands [:np ,naw]. Some hold that one should not walk four amot (around six feet) prior to washing hands ] משניב או"ח, אב .[(בשם הזוהר) 318 According to some authorities, there is a separate obligation to wash hands prior to prayer ערוה"ש או"ח, ד: ה] [. One who washes and says the blessing of orp nb) על after waking, does not repeat the blessing when washing prior to prayer .[רמ"א או"ח, ו ב] me 319 Hands should preferably be washed using a cup, but a cup is not required ]+ ורמ"א; או"ח: ד, yw]. The custom is to pour water from the cup onto the right hand, then the left, and repeat a total of three times [> שם: wn]. Where water is unavailable, one may clean one’s hands using any appropriate material; in that case, the blessing is changed to orp nvpaby או"ח, ד: כב] yw]. 320 The blessing of or? עַנְטִילַת may be said before drying one’s hands or afterward משניב, ד ב] |. 321 A number of reasons have been offered for washing hands upon waking. The Gemara states that, during the night, hands are enveloped by an “evil vapor,” ,רוחרעה which is removed by washing one’s hands שבת, קח:] [. In addition, there is aconcern that, while sleeping, one’s hands may have touched an unclean part of
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308 During Minha both tallit and tefillin are worn. 309 Before Minha, the Daily Psalm, Mourner’s Kaddish, wana אי and the Rabbis, Kaddish (pages 191-207) are said. Minha then begins with Ashrei and Half Kaddish (page 223). The Torah is read: page 1166. Three men are called up; the third reads the Haftara: page 1166. After the Torah is returned to the Ark, the Shaliah Tzibbur says Half Kaddish. 310 During the silent recitation of the Amida, the congregation says om (page 237) as part of the fourteenth blessing (awry (בונה and wy (page 239) as part of the sixteenth blessing (9n (שומע (unless one is not fasting). During the Repetition of the Amida, the Shaliah Tzibbur says zy between the seventh (Sx dys) and eighth (bxw חולי עמו wat) blessings, om as part of the fourteenth blessing, and the paragraph relating to Birkat Kohanim ] שו"ע ורמ"א א"ח תקטו: א [. Minha ends with Full Kaddish and Aleinu. 311 After Maariv, Kiddush Levana is said (page 331). When Tisha B’Av begins on Motza’ei Shabbat, Havdala is said on Sunday night, preferably over a cup of wine or grape juice; no blessing is made over spices or a flame. 312 Although the fast is broken after nightfall, it is customary to continue the other mourning customs until midday of the 10th of Av. However, if the 10th of Av falls on Friday, one is permitted to bathe and otherwise prepare for Shabbat prior to midday .[רמ"א או"ח, תקנח: א] Shabbat Nahamu (Shabbat following Tisha B’Av) 313 Named for the first word of the Haftara, wan). The first of the seven Shabbatot (smanat yaw) between Tisha B’Av and Rosh HaShana, on which a Haftara is read from Isaiah containing words of consolation. Tu Biv (1sth of Av) 314 According to the Mishna (Ta ‘anit 4:8), on the isth of Av, the young women of Jerusalem would put on borrowed white dresses and dance together in the vine- yards. Young men would come out to watch them, and the women would urge the men not to be swayed by beauty, but to be drawn to women of good family. 315 Tahanun is omitted during Shaharit and Minha. If it falls on Shabbat, הָרְחמִים aK is omitted during Shaharit, and qnp1x during Minha.
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ON WAKING 316 The custom is to say mvdh ny immediately on waking, even before washing hands .[mshnyv v"ch, :ch] Laws of Washing Hands; naw aby ytzr; wx nara 317 Upon waking, one is obligated to wash hands [:np ,naw]. Some hold that one should not walk four amot (around six feet) prior to washing hands ] mshnyv v"ch, v .[(vshm hzvhr) 318 According to some authorities, there is a separate obligation to wash hands prior to prayer rvh"sh v"ch, d: h] [. One who washes and says the blessing of orp nb) l after waking, does not repeat the blessing when washing prior to prayer .[rm" v"ch, v v] me 319 Hands should preferably be washed using a cup, but a cup is not required ]+ vrm"; v"ch: d, yw]. The custom is to pour water from the cup onto the right hand, then the left, and repeat a total of three times [> shm: wn]. Where water is unavailable, one may clean one’s hands using any appropriate material; in that case, the blessing is changed to orp nvpaby v"ch, d: chv] yw]. 320 The blessing of or? ntylt may be said before drying one’s hands or afterward mshnyv, d v] |. 321 A number of reasons have been offered for washing hands upon waking. The Gemara states that, during the night, hands are enveloped by an “evil vapor,” ,rvchrh which is removed by washing one’s hands shvt, kch:] [. In addition, there is aconcern that, while sleeping, one’s hands may have touched an unclean part of