Halacha For Today:
Wednesday
7 Tamuz 5772
June 27, 2012
CURRENT TOPIC:
HALACHOS OF KIDDUSH LEVANA
1) Kiddush Levana is not recited on a Motzaei Shabbos that falls out on a Yom Tov. (Rama Siman 426:2 quoting the MaHaril)
A resident of Chutz L'Aretz that is in Eretz Yisroel on Motzaei [the first day of] Shavuos and davens Ma'ariv (of Yom Tov) with a minyan of Bnei Eretz Yisroel who proceed to recite Kiddush Levana after their Ma'ariv (of weekday), should not recite Kiddush Levana with them, but rather recite it the following night when it will be Motzaei Yom Tov for him.
This is the case even if this will cause him to have to recite it B'Yechidus, alone.
He should be as inconspicuous as possible and ensure that nobody realizes that he is not joining them for the recital; if this is impossible and everyone will know, many Poskim allow him to recite it with them even though it is Yom Tov for him. (See Shu"t B'Tzeil Hachachma Vol. 2 Siman 37 and Sefer Yom Tov Sheini K'Hilchaso Perek 11:5)
2) Although Kiddush Levana is generally not recited on Shabbos or Yom Tov (for various Kabalistic and Halachic reasons), if by not reciting it on Shabbos or Yom Tov it will result in missing the deadline for that month altogether, it may be recited even on Shabbos or Yom Tov. (See Mishna Berura Siman 426 S"K 12 and Sha'ar Hatziyun Os 12)
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Reader Submitted Questions of interest on topics related to Halachos we covered, as well as other interesting topic and Answers.
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QUESTION:
Baruch Hashem I have been zoche to daven K'vasikin every day including shabbos at a local minyan since Elul. Now my family and I are going on a well deserved vacation where they will be no Minyan at Vasikin. Do I still daven Neitz with no Minyan or is it better to daven later but with a minyan. My grandfather told me that he remembers the Chazon Ish used to daven Neitz byechidus even before their was a minyan at that time in Bnei Berak, but is this Halacha L'Ma'aseh?
ANSWER:
I have heard from Rav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita that indeed Netz B'yechidus is better than Tefilah B'Tzibur later. I have also heard in the name of Rav Dovid Feinstein Shlita that davening with a minyan is more important. Please consult your Rav for Halacha L'Ma'aseh.
CHIZUK CORNER
This
section is dedicated L'Ilui Nishmos the Telzer Rosh Yeshiva, HaRav
Chaim Yaakov Stein Zatzal , the Mir Rosh Yeshiva, HaRav Noson Tzvi
Finkel Zatzal and the Rosh Yeshiva of Torah Ohr, the great Posek
HaRav Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg Zatzal.
May we all strive to follow in their ways and may they be Melitzei Yosher for all of Klal Yisroel.
We
will B'Ezras Hashem post here each day a short inspirational thought to
help us all improve our lives and grow in our service of our Father in
heaven, HaKadosh Baruch Hu.
THANK YOU AND תזכו למצות!
The following is from the Shirat Devorah site:
I
had a personal salvation this week, after several months of wondering
why I was going through so much suffering - which was actually worse
than anything I'd ever experienced before - and on Rosh Chodesh Tamuz I
was given the answer via a dream - even though I didn't remember the
dream, I woke up with the answer, just as I had prayed for it before I
went to sleep. Once I'd acknowledged it and dealt with it, the judgment
on me seemed to disappear, and I felt so much better.
If
something of great importance is transmitted to you while you sleep, you
will wake up with it on your mind, and it is vital that you realize it
for what it is, and act on it. The part of our soul that ascends while
we sleep can answer our deepest questions, so pray hard before you sleep
for the answer, and if the time is right, you will receive it.
We
have been taught that all suffering has a time limit, and if you are
someone who is suffering through some kind of agonizing problem, know
that it will end, and you will be given the solution to it eventually -
the remedy is in your own hands, and Hashem will supply you with the
answer if you genuinely want to rectify it.
This
is known as a tikkun - a rectification - and the bigger the problem,
the more likely it is that it is part of your life's mission to get
through it and come out the other end, a better and stronger person.
Often
the people we are drawn to are the ones who can help us fix ourselves,
and sometimes we can also be the ones to fix them as well. That is how
tikkunim are achieved - some people have to meet simply for that reason,
and therefore they are drawn to each other on some level, as their soul
knows they have to work something out. Soul attractions are real, not
accidental. We are magnetically drawn to those people who can help us
find our way.
As the Vilna Gaon writes [Commentary on Jonah]:
"The
main thing [to keep in mind, is that the purpose of reincarnation], is
to affect the repair of a [negative] influence, originating in a
previous lifetime...
[One
way] to discern exactly what that negative influence is, is to reflect
upon the type of wrong your soul yearns after the most, in this
lifetime. That which you yearn after most, is likely something you
became habituated to in a previous life.
And
therefore pay attention to your vices. [They tell you exactly what you
have to work on in this lifetime.] ...The main thing is, to repair that
which one stumbled in in a previous [life] ...
That's
why some people are drawn after one type of sin, more than another. And
that's also why our Sages say, that one must continually judge himself,
and weigh his actions..."
Submitted by daily reader, C.R
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