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At this hour, one ought to shake or brush out one's pockets and those of one's children, to ensure that no crumbs of chametz remain there.", "englishOnly": true, "transliteration": {} }, { "type": "Passage", "english": "12. It is customary not to eat matzah that has come into contact with water—or other liquids in the first seven days of Pesach. Because of the strict observance of this custom, one ought not pass wet fingers over the lips while washing mayim achronim (page 89), for matzah crumbs may be about the lips. On the eighth day of Pesach, we purposely mix matzah with water.", "englishOnly": true, "transliteration": {} }, { "type": "Passage", "english": "13. Before going to bed on the first night of Pesach, one recites solely the first passage of the Shema and the Hamapil blessing (pages 142, and 147).", "englishOnly": true, "transliteration": {} }, { "type": "Passage", "english": "12. On the first day of Pesach, prior to the congregation reciting the Musaf Amidah, the gabbai announces \"מוֹרִיד הַטָּל\". Thereafter, in place of saying מַשִּׁיב הָרוּחַ וּמוֹרִיד הַגֶּשֶׁם in the second blessing of the Amidah, one begins saying מוֹרִיד הַטָּל.", "englishOnly": true, "transliteration": {} }, { "type": "Passage", "english": "13. One not praying with the congregation, not intending to pray with a later minyan, and not yet having prayed the Shacharit Amidah, but having heard the gabbai's announcement before reciting the morning service, should recite מוֹרִיד הַטָּל in his morning service.", "englishOnly": true, "transliteration": {} }, { "type": "heading", "english": "COMMUNAL FAST DAYS AND SELICHOT", "transliteration": {} }, { "type": "Passage", "english": "1. On the days when tragedies took place, we fast \"so as to stir the hearts and to open the paths of teshuvah (returning to God). It stands as a reminder of our sinful conduct, and that of our ancestors which resembles our present conduct, visiting these calamities upon them and upon us. By calling these matters to mind, we shall return and improve our conduct...\" (Rambam, Laws of Fasts 5:1). Fasting itself is not the chief service of the day. The fast is merely a preparation for teshuvah, and the day is not to be spent in idleness and useless activities.", "englishOnly": true, "transliteration": {} }, { "type": "Passage", "english": "2. Teshuvah demands more than merely abandoning the past and beginning anew. It demands spoken confession of sin before God, together with expressing one's quest for pardon and restoration to the favor of God. Such is the essential idea and substance of the selichot, the petitions of supplication seeking forgiveness and atonement.", "englishOnly": true, "transliteration": {} }, { "type": "Passage", "english": "3. Should a fast day fall on Shabbat, the fast is deferred to the following day, except for the Fast of Esther, which is advanced to Thursday.", "englishOnly": true, "transliteration": {} }, { "type": "Passage", "english": "4. What follows is an account of the public fast days:", "englishOnly": true, "transliteration": {} }, { "type": "heading", "english": "THE FAST OF GEDALIAH", "transliteration": {} }, { "type": "Passage", "english": "The day following Rosh Hashanah, the third day of Tishrei, is called Tzom (the Fast of) Gedaliah. The Sages instituted it in commemoration of the assassination of Gedaliah ben Achikam, Judah's Jewish governor appointed by Nebuchadnezzar. That decisive event proved the final blow to hopes that the Jewish community in the Land of Israel would outlast the Babylonian domination, and brought about its destruction. The episode is set down in II Kings chapter 25, and in Jeremiah chapters 40-41. The fast is likewise mentioned in Zechariah (7:5 and 8:19).", "englishOnly": true, "transliteration": {} }, { "type": "heading", "english": "THE TENTH OF TEVET", "transliteration": {} }, { "type": "Passage", "english": "On the tenth day of the month of Tevet in 588 BCE, the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar opened his siege of Jerusalem, bringing on the fall of the first Beit Hamikdash and, ultimately, the Babylonian exile. This episode is set down in II Kings 25:1-4 and Ezekiel 24:1-2, and first appears as a fast day in Zechariah 8:19.", "englishOnly": true, "transliteration": {} }, { "type": "heading", "english": "THE FAST OF ESTHER", "transliteration": {} }, { "type": "Passage", "english": "The Fast of Esther is kept on the day before Purim, Adar 13. That date marks the anniversary of when the Jews battled their foes throughout the Persian Empire (Esther 9:1), and at every time the Jewish people went to war, they would fast so that God would come to their aid.", "englishOnly": true, "transliteration": {} } ], "footer": [] } }, "links": [ { "rel": "parent", "title": "Siddur Tehillat Hashem, Annotated Edition", "href": "/siddur/tehillat-hashem-annotated.json" }, { "rel": "prev", "title": "Purim / Pesach", "href": "/siddur/tehillat-hashem-annotated/1156-1156-614-614-selected-laws-and-customs-purim-pesach.json" }, { "rel": "next", "title": "The Seventeenth of Tammuz / The Ninth of Av / Prayer on Public Fast Days", "href": "/siddur/tehillat-hashem-annotated/1158-1158-616-616-selected-laws-and-customs-the-seventeenth-of-tammuz-the-ninth-of-av-prayer-on-public-fast-days.json" } ] }