Questions tagged [minhag]
Questions about Jewish customs and traditions.
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Minhagei Russia/eastern Latvia?
Family comes from Kursk Russia, Dankere/Glazmanka in Latvia and I’m trying to figure out what the prevalent minhagim were there..nusach hatefillah, etc.
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Is this bracha ever given to Chasanim or is it not given for a reason?
There is a fairly well-known and practiced minhag for parents to tell a Kalla right before the Chupa אֲחֹתֵ֕נוּ אַ֥תְּ הֲיִ֖י לְאַלְפֵ֣י רְבָבָ֑ה (Breishis 24:60) I think it is first mentioned in the ...
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Reason for the mourning custom of banging in a nail?
There is a Chabad custom at the end of shiva to bang a nail into the floor where the avel sat. The underlying source for this custom is absent from the materials I could find online and is described ...
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Walking in the middle of the road on Shabbat
Particularly in Israel, and in certain communities where there are fewer/no cars on the road on shabbat, some people walk on the road. At one point I had learned that some people do this to ...
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May a child set the pace for Shema from his seat and essentially lead Shema instead of the Shaliach Tzibbur?
Can anyone provide me with a source permitting the following situation that occurred this morning?
Context: An Israeli Ashke-Sephard Minyan (meaning Nusach Sefard and Edot HaMizrach with Ashkenaz ...
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Persian Custom of giving Apples during a Brit
A classmate mentioned to me today that her family comes from Mashhad, Iran, and Mashhadi Jews have a custom of giving out apples during Brit Milah ceremonies, as a segulah for fertility. She's trying ...
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Switching between minhag lita and minhag polin in selichos
Unlike actual Shacharis, differences between major Ashkenazi minhagim of selichos is minimal. Between minhag lita and minhag polin, the primary difference is the order of selichos (disregarding more ...
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Minhagim that seem to go against Halacha that are justified by the halachic authorities [closed]
I'm looking for minhagim that are apparently not in conformity with the halacha that klal yisroel hasn't been able to shake yet (some of which have developed over the generations due to historical ...
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When was the passage Veyotzeinu added to the Pesach Haggadah?
I believe there are different customs regarding the recital of VeYotzeinu in the Haggadah, (after the four questions and before the Datzach). When was the passage added, why do some recite it and some ...
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Wearing a Tallis by Mincha
The Shulchan Aruch writes that one of the requirements to folding clothes on shabbos is that it be needed for that day. The Mishna Berura says therefore, one may not fold a tallis on shabbos unless he’...
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Why do people mention a sick person's name when praying for them?
In light of this gemara:
אֲמַר רִבִּי יַעֲקֹב אֲמַר רַב חִסְדָּא: כָּל הַמְּבַקֵּשׁ רַחֲמִים עַל חֲבֵירוֹ, אֵין צָרִיךְ לְהַזְכִּיר שְׁמוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: אֵל נָא רְפָא נָא לָהּ. וְלָא קָמַדְכַּר ...
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Siddur for Chernobyler Chassidim
I once saw a siddur for the Chernobyler Chassidim specifically. I have since forgotten what it's called. What is it called, and where can one obtain it?
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What is the rationale, etc for the covering of knives during Birkat Ha-mazon?
In his Sefer Shemirath Shabbath, Rav Yehoshua K. Neuwirth ZT”L writes:
a) Although the custom is to cover the knives during birkat ha-mazon or to remove them from the table,
b) on Shabbat and Yom Tom,...
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How can the diversity of Minhag (מנהג) and Nusach (נוסח) be reconciled with the prohibition "lo titgodedu" (לא תתגודדו)? [duplicate]
As derived in Yevamot 13b–14a from lo titgodedu (לא תתגודדו) that within a community or a Beit Din, two different Halachot on the same matter should not be practiced, how can the current diversity of ...
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Info about R' Belsky and Techelet
Does anyone know about R' Belsky's customs regarding Techelet? Did he wear it on his Talit Gadol? Did he wear it publicly?
Bonus: If he only wore it out some of the time, or only on his Talit Katan, ...
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