Minhagim for Erev Rosh Hashana 5785 and Halachos
תשפ"ה - תהא שנת פלאות ה
תהא שנת פרי הבטן
תהא שנת פלפול התורה
תהא שנת פתיחת השערים
תהא שנת פדיון השבויים
תהא שנת פרנסה הרבה
תהא שנת פרי הגפן/העץ/האדמה
תהא שנת פריצת הדרך
- Eruv Tavshilin this year
-Some have a minhag to purchase a new knife on Erev Rosh hashana as a segulah for parnassah. החותך חיים לכל חי
-The minhag is for men to fast on erev Rosh Hashana up to chatzos (12:46 pm in Lakewood)
- Minhag to say התרת נדרים after shachris, we don't say tachnun after shachris
-Some go to visit kevorim on erev Rosh Hashana.
-Minhag is to go to the mikva on erev yom tov.
- This year the bracha on candle lighting for Rosh Hashana is להדליק נר של יום טוב without mentioning Yom Hazikaron, and שהחיינו (some do say Yom Hazikaron)
Gemara says mikvah on Regel. RH is not a Regel.
ReplyDeleteAnother supposed minhag not part of mesorah. Unless one goes everyday, which is a separate minhag.
The rama brings it down on erev rh
DeleteEven if you are not learning enough to read Shulchan Arch on your own I'm assuming a simple Google search will reveal to you that it is a Ram"a in O"C 591 , 4
DeleteCharam sofer says no mikvah erev RH specifically citing it's not a regel
DeleteRegarding Rosh Hashana, the earliest sources are from Ashkenazi Rishonim, and it is cited by the Rama (OC 581:4), not the Shulchan Aruch, and as a minhag that some follow.
ReplyDeleteNevertheless, the Mishna Berura (581:26) applies the matter of timing to Rosh Hashana as well, and the Kaf Hachayim (OC 581:82-83) suggests multiple dunkings with different contemplations for Rosh Hashana as well.
In short, if one is in a community in which most men go to the mikveh before Rosh Hashana, it is proper but not a fully required practice for individuals to do so. A chazan or ba’al tokei’ah should definitely go to the mikveh (see Magen Avraham 581:9).
CS says Baal tkeia and makri go to mikvah just before the tekiah. I assume that's why we have a kiddush before shofar. And an appeal for . . .
DeleteCS says Baal Tekeia and Makri go to mikvah just before the tekiah. I assume that's why we have a kiddush before shofar. And an appeal for. . .
DeleteRegarding Rosh Hashana, the earliest sources are from Ashkenazi Rishonim, and it is cited by the Rama (OC 581:4), not the Shulchan Aruch, and as a minhag that some follow.
ReplyDeleteNevertheless, the Mishna Berura (581:26) applies the matter of timing to Rosh Hashana as well, and the Kaf Hachayim (OC 581:82-83) suggests multiple dunkings with different contemplations for Rosh Hashana as well.
In short, if one is in a community in which most men go to the mikveh before Rosh Hashana, it is proper but not a fully required practice for individuals to do so. A chazan or ba’al tokei’ah should definitely go to the mikveh (see Magen Avraham 581:9).