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Guide to Prayer for Visitors to Israel
מַדְרִיךְ לַתְּפִלָּה לַמְּבַקְּרִים בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל
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A HALAKHIC GUIDE TO PRAYER FOR VISITORS TO ISRAEL
GENERAL RULES PUBLIC VS. PRIVATE CONDUCT
474 For halakhic purposes, the definition of "visitor" is one who intends to return to his place of origin within one year [משנ״ב, קיז: ה]. Unmarried students may be considered visitors as long as they are supported by their parents [שו״ת אגרות משה או״ח ח״ב, קא].
475 In general, a visitor to Israel should continue to follow his or her customs in private. In public, however, one should avoid conduct that deviates from local practice [שו״ע או״ח, תסח: ד; משנ״ב, שם: יד]. Hence, a visitor to Israel should generally pray in accordance with his non-Israeli customs. This rule is limited, however, to one's private prayers.
476 If one is serving as Shaliaḥ Tzibbur, one is required to pray in accordance with the local Israeli custom. This includes, for example, repeating the Amida according to Israeli practice: for example, saying וְתֵן טַל וּמָטָר לִבְרָכָה from the 7th of Marḥeshvan onward.
477 If one is serving as Shaliaḥ Tzibbur for Musaf on Yom Tov in a congregation of Israelis, in the silent Amida one should say the Korbanot as said outside Israel, but when repeating the Amida, say them following the Israeli practice [יום טוב שני כהלכתו, א (בשם שערי יצחק)].
478 In Israel (and in some congregations outside Israel), Taḥanun is not said from Isru Ḥag of Simḥat Torah until Rosh Ḥodesh Marḥeshvan, and from Isru Ḥag of Shavuot until the 12th of Sivan.
479 Even if one is not serving as Shaliaḥ Tzibbur, a visitor praying with Israelis should say the following prayers, because of their public nature, following local Israeli custom:
a Birkat Kohanim is said daily in Shaḥarit and Musaf, in Minḥa on fast days and Ne'ila on Yom Kippur, although not in certain communities in northern Israel.
b Birkat HaḤodesh concludes with the extended version of יְחַדְּשֵׁהוּ (page 593).
c In the Rabbis' Kaddish, the word קַדִּישָׁא is added after the words דִּי בְּאַתְרָא.
Laws of Tefillin on Ḥol HaMo'ed
480 The custom in Israel is not to put on tefillin on Ḥol HaMo'ed. One whose custom is to put on tefillin on Ḥol HaMo'ed may, when visiting Israel, put on tefillin in private, but should not do so when praying with a congregation [שו״ת אגרות משה או״ח ח״ד, קה: ה].
וְתֵן טַל וּמָטָר לִבְרָכָה
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481 If one is visiting Israel on the 7th of Marḥeshvan, when Israeli residents begin saying וְתֵן טַל וּמָטָר לִבְרָכָה, and one intends to remain in Israel until after the 4th (or 5th) of December, when nonresidents of Israel begin saying וְתֵן טַל וּמָטָר לִבְרָכָה, one should also begin to say וְתֵן טַל וּמָטָר לִבְרָכָה. If, however, one intends to leave Israel before then, there are two opinions: (a) while one remains in Israel one should say וְתֵן טַל וּמָטָר לִבְרָכָה, but upon leaving Israel one need not continue saying it [בה״ט או״ח, קיז: ד], and (b) while one remains in Israel one should add וְתֵן טַל וּמָטָר לִבְרָכָה to the blessing of שׁוֹמֵעַ תְּפִלָּה [אשי ישראל, כג: לו (בשם רש״ז אויערבאך)].
482 If, between the 7th of Marḥeshvan and the 4th (or 5th) of December, one forgets to say וְתֵן טַל וּמָטָר לִבְרָכָה, one need not repeat the Amida [שו״ת בצל החכמה ח״א, סב].
יום טוב שני של גלויות
Laws of Second Day Yom Tov
483 Most authorities require a visitor to Israel to celebrate two days of Yom Tov [משנ״ב, תצו: יג]. Some hold that one should not publicly celebrate the second day, but say the festival prayers in private [שם]. Others permit organizing a public service for visitors on the second day of Yom Tov, and this has become the accepted practice. If, however, there are fewer than ten visitors, they should pray privately, rather than recruit Israeli residents to complete a minyan [אשי ישראל, טו: יח (בשם רש״ז אויערבאך)].
484 Some authorities rule that a visitor to Israel should celebrate only one day of Yom Tov, but, on the next day (Yom Tov outside Israel, but either Ḥol HaMo'ed or Isru Ḥag in Israel), one should abstain from labor and perform the מצוות עשה דאורייתא associated with Yom Tov [עיר הקודש והמקדש ח״ג, פ: יא]: