- Q. Honorable Rabbi.
I’m a woman that davens almost every Shabbat at home (and daily too), with and for my, bless Hashem many young children and when it is the Shabbat Mevarchim (Special blessing recited for the incoming new month), I also say it and with lots of Kavanah, as it is very meaningful and important to me.
I was always wondering if I should say at home that Tefila on the Shabbat prior to Rosh Hashana, since it is not said in Shul? I truly wonder what are the reasons it is usually said and now in this important time, it is omitted?
A. The Shabbos before Rosh Chodesh is titled “Shabbos Mevorchim” since after the reading of the Torah, we announce the upcoming of the new month in a special Tefila. (O.H. (284:7).
There are important reasons why we usually recite a special blessing on the Shabbos before the beginning of the New month (see following question), and a woman can recite it at home.
However, when it is omitted in Shul she should also do so at home.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu, Horav Kalman Ochs and Horav Dovid Bartfeld quoting Horav Berkovits Shlit’a .
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