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2nd Day Rosh Chodesh Teves;7th Day of Chanukah 5771
December 8 2010
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1) If one omitted "V'Sein Tal U'Matar L'Vracha" during the winter months, if they remembered while still in middle of the Bracha of "Bareich Aleinu", before saying the name of Hashem at the end, go back and say "V'sein tal U'Matar L'Vracha" and continue from there.
If the name of Hashem was already recited at the end of the Bracha , do not go back, rather finish the Bracha ad continue Shemona Esrei and add "V'sein Tal U'matar L'Vracha" during the Bracha of "Shma Koleinu". (Shulchan Aruch Siman 117:5. See Kitzur Shulchan Aruch Siman 19:6 and Kaf HaChaim Siman 117:37that just the 4 words "V'Sein Tal U'Matar L'Vracha" are added and no further text. However, Aruch HaShulchan Siman 117:6 seems to say that the entire text of the Bracha is added.)
2) If the Bracha of Shma Koleinu was finished and there too "V'Sein Tal U'Matar L'Vracha" was omitted, if the Bracha of "Retzei" was not yet started, "V'Sein Tal U'Matar L'Vracha" can be said right then and there. (Shulchan Aruch Siman 117:5)
If one already began "Retzei", as long as one is still in middle of Shemona Esrei (i.e. did not say the second "YihYu L'Ratzon in Elokai Netzor for those who say it twice. See Mishna Berura Siman 117:18), he/she should go back to the beginning of the Bracha of "Bareich Aleinu" and say from there until the end of Shemona Esrei again, and this time remember to say "V'Sein Tal U'Matar L'Vracha". (ibid.)
If one finished the entire Shemona Esrei, he/she needs to repeat the entire Shemona Esrei from the beginning. (ibid.)
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Reader Submitted Questions of interest on topics related to Halachos we covered, as well as other interesting topic and Answers. Taken from the Q & A pages on the Halacha For Today website.
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Reader's Question:
I read/say Hallel slower than the congregation because I am not as fluent in the words and the congregation reads/says Hallel fast.
I am a Kohain and often the only one, so I know that I will be called up.
I will not be able to finish my recitation of Hallel before they call me up.
Am I allowed to do any of the following in order to try and finish in time before I am called up?
1. Start Hallel early, such as right after Modiem which is the last response I have to make in the repetition?
2. Say Hallel without a brachah? Perhaps then I am just "reading pesukim" and it's not so bad that I'm be forced to interrupt when I am called up?
Answer:
There is no need for you to start Hallel early or to say Hallel withouta Bracha.
If you get called to the Torah while you are in the middle of Hallel, you may go up and say both the Bracha before and after the reading, and then resume the Hallel after your Aliyah, from where you left off. ( Sefer Ishei Yisroel Perek 39:47)
It is best to try and be between paragraphs of the Hallel, while doing so, just as with the other permissible responses allowed during Hallel.
(See Shulchan Aruch Siman 488:1 and Mishna Berura S"K 4-6)
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Chizuk For Today:
A certain Jew once paid HaRav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, zt"l a visit and aired an interesting complaint.
"It is so hard to be a Jew!
Every action is regulated by so many halachos. There are even halachos for how to put on your shoes in the morning. First the right shoe, then the left. And the laces must be tied in opposite order, first the left then the right.
And the same is true regarding every second of each day. Even the most mundane
acts are required to be done specifically according to their own halachos. How can we endure so many obligations?"
Rav Shlomo Zalman's reply changed the questioner's view towards halacha.
"Why look at it like that? Why not see the positive side of halacha?
Everyone must put on his shoes each day, regardless of whether he follows halacha.
Instead of being part of a mindless routine, the halachic order for putting on shoes makes even this mundane action a mitzvah.
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