Rosh Hashanah

“ And then, when it returns the holiness of the knowledge that it swallowed, then the knowledge and the brains are in completion. And this is the aspect of Rosh Hashanah, Rosh (Head) specifically, the aspect of repair of the head and the brain via the rod of strength mentioned above. And when we bring out from the Other Side what it swallowed, then we bring out too it substance of life, which is the aspect of converts. And this is the aspect of Tishrei, the aspect of (Ex. 23) : “For you know the spirit of the sojourner, for you were sojourners” etc. ”

“ The haftarah is from Jeremiah, "Thus spoke God: [the nation] found favor in the wilderness" [Jeremiah 31:2] until "Is not Ephraim my precious son?" [Jeremiah 31:20] . At the conclusion of Rosh Hashanah, we do Havdalah just like at the conclusion of Shabbat except for we do not bless on spices or fire. ”

“ It is certainly possible to draw kingship to oneself other than by means of wisdom, which sustains the Malchut. Therefore, this haughty person who says 'I shall rule' blemishes wisdom in wanting to draw the mind into the kingship of evil, which is haughtiness. Therefore, as long as disorder is not yet ameliorated, that is, at the beginning of Rosh Hashanah, one must completely relinquish and set aside one's mind so that disorder, judgments, will not be able to attach itself to it. ”

“ For Rosh Hashanah is the first of the Ten Days of Repentance, and the essential repair of repentance is by the aspect of the ten types of melody, which are the entirety of joy, the aspect of reversing grief and sorrow to joy as mentioned. And as discerned in Rabbeinu z"l's words in many places, how much a man who is far from serving Hashem needs to rise up and make himself happy by any possible means of still finding in himself any good point. ”

“ One who does not fear for his soul does not need to fast his whole life (Kol Bo and Minhagim) but does need to be formally released, just as for any other vow (Kol Bo) .
סעיף ב
יש מקומות שקבלה בידם שכל מי שרגיל להתענות בראש השנה ומשנה רגילתו ואינו מתענה אינו משלים שנתו: הגה ומי שאינו ירא לנפשו א"צ להתענות כל ימיו (כל בו ומנהגים) רק צריך התרה כמו שאר נדר. (כל בו) :
597:3 If one fasted for a dream on Rosh Hashanah once, if it was on the first day, he must fast both days for the rest of his life. If it was on the second day, he only must fast the second day. ”

“ We rise at dawn to say Selichot on the Sunday before Rosh Hashanah. If Rosh Hashanah falls on Monday or Tuesday, we start on the Sunday of the previous week (Minhagim) . A mourner is forbidden to leave his house to go to synagogue to hear Selichot, except for on the day before Rosh Hashanah when we say many Selichot. On that day, the mourner can go to synagogue (Piskei Mahar"i chapter 133) . It is important to search for a prayer leader for Selichot and the Days of Awe who is most fit, one who is learned and does good deeds. He should be at least thirty and married. ”

“ Rem"a: This is also true when Rosh Hashanah falls on Shabbat. The end of the blessing mentions only Shabbat. The same is true when Yom Kippur falls on Shabbat (Mahari"l and Minhagim) .
סעיף ג
בשבת בינתים ערבית יאמר בברכת מעין שבע המלך הקדוש. הגה: והוא הדין אם חל ראש השנה בשבת. וחותם בשל שבת לבד, וכן כשחל יום כפור בשבת (מהרי"ל ומנהגים) .
582:4 Some have the practice of praying on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur bent over. These people need to straighten up at the end of each blessing. ”

“ However, if an individual person [not in a minyan] has not prayed the nine blessings [of the Amidah] , somebody else cannot pray to fulfill his obligation. Rem"a: Some disupte this and say that if the other person can pray, he can fulfill his obligation to prayer (Ra"n at the end of Rosh Hashanah, Mordechai, and Hagahot Asheri in the first chapter of Rosh Hashanah) . ”

“ Also at that time, before the Shabbat that was before that Rosh HaShanah, with me there were two prominent chasidim, and they dined by him z"l, and during their conversation with him they were making mockery of someone in Nemirov whose custom was to do a great deal of hand clapping during prayer, and Rabeinu z"l took exception with this, said harsh things to them and said to them, "And do you know what is hand clapping during prayer and all the things involved in it, that you make mockery of this man, whose hand clapping you find unacceptable? ”

“ Inferred from what he said is that there's truly an enormous difference between the Zohar and the Tikunim. Even though the Zohar is extremely holy and awesome, it has no value at all in compare to the sanctity and secrets of the Tikkunim.
[#392-402] The Matter of the Controversy Over Him [#403-406] The Great Preciousness of His Rosh Hashanah 403 He said, "My Rosh Hashanah is above everything. And what has been a wonder to me is that if my followers believe me then why are not all of my followers heedful that they should all be [present] on Rosh Hashanah; no man should be missing! ”

“ Otherwise, it is not kosher.
סעיף כ
נתן שופר לתוך שופר אם הפנימית עודף על החיצון משני צדדין ונתן הפנימי בפיו ותקע בו כשר: הגה ולי נראה דאפי' אינו בולט בצד הרחב רק שוה לחיצון הואיל ובולט לצד הפה ותוקע בפנימי יצא כן נראה לי וכ"מ מלשון הרא"ש והוא שלא ישנה קולו במה שהוא נתון בתוך החיצון ואם לאו פסול:
586:21 We do not break the laws of Holidays for the Rosh Hashanah shofar, even something that is only rabbinically prohibited. How so? If there was a shofar at the top of a tree or across a river and there is no other shofar, one does not climb the tree or sail on the water. ”

“ Each day before dawn, we say the confessional three times, besides for the day before Yom Kippur when we say it only once (Rokeach) . We do not excommunicate people nor do we have people testify in court until after Yom Kippur (Mahari"l) . We do not sanctify the moon until the night after Yom Kippur. On the Shabbat between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, it is the custom to say Tzidkatcha tzedek [at Mincha] . ”

“ And also Yom Kippur, the actual Yom Kippur. And also Sukkot, the real Sukkot. I also heard that they were shouting, "Chodsheikhem umo`adeikhem son'ah nafshi/ My soul hates your new moons and your festivals." "What [right] do you [plural] have to judge the world? Rosh Hashanah itself will judge." And they all fled; they fled with all the leaders of the generation.
And I saw that engraved on the chair were the forms of all the world's creatures, and each one was engraved with his mate next to him, and for this reason matches are immediately made, for each one found and saw his partner there. ”

“ If one intended to claim ownership of the shofar, they have not fulfilled their obligation, as it is now an object of idol worship owned by a Jew. (There are those who are stringent and who regard even blowing a shofar [that is an object of idol worship] owned by an idol worshipper as fulfilling their obligation unless the shofar's status as an object of idol worship was nullified before the holiday (Mordechai) . ”

“ However, it is permitted to tell to sound the shofar, even one who is old enough to be educated (the Maggid chapter 2 of the Rules of Shofar) , and it is permitted for him to blast it all day (Or Zarua on Rosh Hashanah) .
סעיף א
לאחר תפלה מריעים תרועה גדולה בלא תקיעה: הגה ויש מקומות נוהגין לחזור ולתקוע שלשים קולות (מנהגים ישנים) ולאחר שיצאו בזה שוב אין לתקוע עוד בחנם אבל קטן אפי' הגיע לחינוך מותר לומר לו שיתקע (המגיד פ"ב מהלכות שופר) ומותר לו לתקוע כל היום. ”

“ If it is an emergency situation where there is no other shofar available, it is kosher when patched with native material and the majority is intact, even if the voice does not return to its original sound. ”

“ Rabbeinu z"l said, I an jealous of R' Yoske, who was an extremely simple man, and he had a big thick siddur with all the early supplications and all the yotzerot of all the Shabbatot of the year. And he used to go all day to the beit midrash with his thick siddur and he didn't move from there until he started from the beginning, Modeh Ani, and said it in order (even all the prayers from Rosh haShanah and Yom Kippur and Pesach and Sukkot etc. and all the blessings and Teki`at Shofar and the Blessings for Enjoyments and Marriage Blessings and circumcision etc. etc.) , everything till the end. ”

“ Special sacrifices were offered on Rosh Chodesh, so while the Temple existed, they allowed people to desecrate Shabbat whenever necessary in order to deliver messages regading Rosh Chodesh, so that the sacrifice might be offered on the correct day. ”

“ Some are careful not to eat nuts as "nut" has the same numerical value as "sin." Additionally, they cause excess saliva and phlegm and nullify prayers (Mahari"l) . We go to the river to say the verse "You shall toss to the depths of the sea all of our sins..." ”

“ This was explained above in 513:5 and 515.
סעיף א
ביצה שנולדה ביום טוב הראשון וכן מה שנצוד בו וכן מה שנתלש בו אסור בשני: הגה וכבר נתבאר לעיל סי' תקי"ג סעיף ה' וסימן תקט"ו:
600:2 During Kiddush on the second night one should, wear a new garment (Hagahot Maimoni, chapter 29 of the Laws of Shabbat) or place a new fruit and say Shehecheyanu. If one cannot find (a new garment or) a new fruit, one should still say Shehecheyanu. ”

“ If the crack traverses the whole shofar, even on one side, it is not kosher, even if they heat it in the fire and attach the sides of the crack.
סעיף ח
נסדק לאורכו פסול י"א אפי' בכל שהוא פסול אלא אם כן הדקו הרבה בחוט או במשיחה ונשתייר שיעור התקיעה ממקום הקשירה ולמעלה לצד הפה (כל בו) וי"א דוקא ברובו ואם דבקו כשר אפילו אם דבקו בדבק ויש מי שאומר שאינו כשר אלא כשדבקו בעצמו שחיממו באור עד שנפשר וחבר קצותו זה עם זה ואם נסדק כולו אפי' מצד אחד פסול אפילו חממו באור וחבר סדקיו זה עם זה:
586:9 If it cracks widthwise, if the crack traverses the minority of the shofar, it is kosher. ”

“ The ‘Amen’ response is treated similarly (it is not a personal obligation) , except for those in the ‘Mussaf Shemona Esrai’ of Rosh Hashana, where fulfilling the obligation of Shofar is connected to the order of the blessings. In our community, where we do not blow Shofar in the quiet ‘Shemona Esrai’ [of Mussaf] , the main prayer is the prayer leader’s repetition. This applies to his reciting of the ‘Mussaf’ of Yom Kippur as well, because the Yom Kippur Temple service is mentioned therein. ”

“ One should also be careful to recite the blessing on the Torah ('Birchas HaTorah') before Slichos (see there) . In addition, note what I have written in chapter 47.
Section 8 The following text is brought in a Midrash in the portion of Vayikrah (Parsha 30) :
"On the day before Rosh Hashana the great people of the generation fast. The Holy Blessed be He overlooks a third of their sins. From Rosh Chodesh until Yom Kippur, individuals fast, and the Holy One Blessed be He says to Israel: 'What is in the past, is past. ”

“ The Hashishin were the members of a Moslem secret society, founded in 1090 by one Hassan of Khorassan. There is a persistent tradition in parts of the Orient that this sect still flourishes in Assyria, under the rule of a certain Hassan of Aleppo, the Sheikh-al-jebal, or supreme lord of the Hashishin. My careful inquiries, however, at the time that I was preparing matter for my “Assyrian Mythology,” failed to discover any trace of such a person or such a group.
I accordingly assumed Hassan to be a myth—a first cousin to the ginn. I was wrong. He exists. ”

“ And there has already been printed the story of the Baal Shem Tov obm, at the end of the book Toledoth Ya`akov Yosef, of the trader and his wife who were at sea, etc., which is founded on this predicate that the “woman who fears Hashem” is the assembly of Yisrael.
Now that Hashem has informed us of all this, through our early prophets and tzaddikim and sages, according to these words the understanding reader who wants to gaze into these stories with the honest eye for its own sake can easily understand and be enlightened by them, to find wonderful awesome things. ”

“ Our path led us over rising meadows to Geurmuk and Dadar, and so into the mouth of a gorge where Ḥasanah nestles under rocky peaks. The clouds gathered over the mountains and thunder came booming through the gorge as we pitched our tents by the edge of the stream, nine hours from Zâkhô. Ḥasanah is a Christian village inhabited partly by Nestorians and partly by the converts of American missionaries. ”

“ I knew that the saintly Hassan was Sheikh of the Hashishin. And familiarity with that dreadful organization had by no means bred contempt. I was the holder of the key, and my fear of the fanatics grew like a magic mango, darkened the sunlight of each day, and filled the night with indefinable dread.
You, who have not read poor Deeping’s “Assyrian Mythology”, cannot picture a creature with a huge, distorted head, and a tiny, dwarfed body—a thing inhuman, yet human—a man stunted and malformed by the cruel arts of brother men—a thing obnoxious to life, with but one passion, the passion to kill. ”

“ These words made such an impression on Shamaun that he made a profession of the faith of Islam, dying soon afterwards. On the night of his death, Hasan in a dream saw Shamaun wearing a crown of gold, clothed in raiment of resplendent beauty, and walking in Paradise. "My God," he cried when he awoke, "Thou hast had mercy on him who spent seventy years in infidelity; is it strange that Thou shouldest show mercy to the faithful?" ”

“ And if we would have indeed known, and had it not been hidden from our eyes, that many had arisen against him — nevertheless the truth is witness for itself, and we are obligated to do his will, and Hashem will do what is good; the one who hears will hear and who refrains will refrain. And also because, praise God, until now His mercies have helped us, for his holy compendiums have spread out within the Holy People, in the community and the assembly and Yisrael, and his words have been joy and happiness to them, and have been sweet as honey in their mouths. ”

“ HASSAN (To himself) What if the Jews are an older race than we and know old forgotten secrets? Alas, I believe no more in these Israelitish sweets. Could those drops of purple liquid command the spirit of love? And yet, who can say? the young men of the market-place laugh at all enchantments—but do they know how to spin the sun? On a night like this, does not the very fountain sing in tune and enchant the dropping stones? Ah, Yasmin? (Taking a lute from beneath his cloak and a tuning it.) Yasmin...Yasmin...Yasmin...Yasmin. ”