1) It is proper to eat the Seudas Melave Malka as soon after Shabbos as possible, as the normal way to "escort" a departing guest (i.e. the Shabbos queen) is as they depart and not a long time after they have already departed. (Mishna Berura Siman 300:2)
If one is not hungry immediately after Shabbos, and will be delaying Melave Malka, it is proper to avoid doing real work chores until after Melave Malka, as doing so will take one's mind off the Shabbos queen. (Ibid.)
Even if it is pushed off for a long time, it is important to at least eat Melave Malka before Chatzos, Halachic midnight. (ibid. See also Sha'arei Teshuva Os 1 quoting the Arizal that the Kedusha, holiness, of Shabbos remains until Chatzos on Motzaei Shabbos.)
2) It is customary to light candles in honor of the departure of the Shabbos queen, as well as to sing special Zemiros, praises to Hashem, on Motzaei Shabbos after Havdallah and/or at the Melave Malka meal. These songs are printed in most Birchonim or Siddurim. (See Mishna Berura Siman 300:3
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Reader's Question:
What is the halachic justification for wearing a wide brim hat on shabbos , most people are not aware that this a problem [of an ohel, as stated in Talmud Shabbos 138]
Answer:
Being that our hats are tight fitting to the head, have sloped and soft bendable brims and are usually not worn for shade, most of our hats are permitted to be worn. See Shulchan Aruch Siman 301: 40 and comment of the Be'er Hagolah there. See also Mishna Berura 301:152 at length.
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GENERAL RULE: Emphasis (shown here by bold and italics) is usually on the last syllable. Look for a vertical line in (most) siddurim if the emphasis is on a different syllable.
WEEK EIGHT:
When the words of a pasuk are sung, many people are singing non-existent words. The words have been distorted to fit the tune. Take the classic example of the word mazone in bentching. When singing this song from our earliest memories in nursery, we tend to insert another syllable, so it sounds like ma-a-zone instead of mazone. Another example in adon olam is "'beyado' afkeed ruchi". Adding an extra syllable (beya-a-do) to fit the tune is also incorrect.
It is usually possible to fit the correctly pronounced words into the same tune with minor adjustments to the tune. Pay attention to the pronunciation and you might
be pleasantly surprised that it actually works.
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