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1 Guide to Minhag Ashkenaz TRIAL VERSION NOT FOR PUBLICATION AUGUST 3, 2009 Rabbi Binyamin Shlomo Hamburger Translated by Rabbi Reuven Poupko Machon Moreshes Ashkenaz Bnei Brak 2009

2 Copyright

3 Table of Contents I. Introduction 1. The Migration of Torah Tradition from the Land of Israel to Ashkenazic Lands 2. Types of Customs 3. The Geographical Boundaries of Minhag Ashkenaz 4. The Significance of Minhag Ashkenaz 5. Polish Customs in the Rama s Writings 6. Guardians of Minhag Ashkenaz 7. The Community of Frankfurt Stronghold of Minhag Ashkenaz 8. Siddurim (Prayer Book Texts) II. Daily customs 1. Prayer Dress 2. Proper Pronunciation 3. Birkos Hashachar (Morning Blessings) 4. Birkos HaTorah (Torah Blessings) 5. Tallis and Tefillin 6. Pesukei Dezimrah (Morning Psalms) 7. Kaddish and Barechu 8. Shema and Its Blessings 9. Shemoneh Esreh 10. Kaddish Hapesach Perisah al Shema 11. Leader s Shemoneh Esreh 12. Birkas Kohanim (Priestly Blessings) 13. Nefillas Appayim (Leaning on the Face) 14. Torah Reading 15. Conclusion of Shacharis and Recital of Kaddish 16. Minchah (Afternoon Prayers) 17. Ma ariv (Evening Prayers) 3

4 III. Shabbos (Sabbath) 1. Paroches (Torah Curtain) for Shabbos 2. Kabbalas Shabbos 3. Ma ariv 4. Shacharis 5. Shabbos Torah Reading 6. Multiple Torah Scrolls 7. Haftarah 8. Prayers after the Haftarah 9. Birkas Hachodesh 10. Mussaf 11. Minchah 12. Ma ariv for Motza ei Shabbos (Saturday Night) IV. Rosh Chodesh 1. Ma ariv 2. Shacharis 3. Shabbos Rosh Chodesh 4. Birkas Halevanah V. The Seder Night 1. Bedikas Chametz (Searching for Leaven) 2. Sereifas Chametz (Burning the Chametz) 3. Fast of the Firstborn 4. Eiruv Chatzeiros (Inclusion of the Courtyards) 5. Eiruv Tavshilin (Mingling of Cooked Foods) 6. Preparations for the Seder 7. Blessing the Children 8. Candle Lighting 9. Preparation of the Seder Plate 10. Kiddush 11. Leaning 12. Giving Out Nuts to the Children 13. Urchatz (First Washing) 14. Karpas (Dipping the Vegetable) 15. Yachatz (Breaking the Middle Matzah) 16. Maggid (Recounting the Story of the Exodus) 4

5 17. Rochtzah (Second Washing) 18. Motzi Matzah (Blessings over the Matzah) 19. Maror (Bitter Herbs) 20. Koreich (Wrapping the Matzah with Maror) 21. Shulchan Oreich (Festive Meal) 22. Tzafun (Afikoman) 23. Bareich (Birkas Hamazon) 24. Shefoch Chamasecha 25. Hallel 26. Piyyutim Recited after the Haggadah 27. After the Seder VI. Bris Milah (Circumcision) 1. Zachar (Friday Night before the Bris) 2. Wachnacht (The Night before the Bris) 3. Preparations before Shacharis 4. Order of Prayers 5. When the Bris Is Not in Synagogue 6. Sandak 7. Preparations for the Bris 8. The Bris Ceremony 9. The Festive Meal 10. When Two Brisim Take Place Together 11. Bris on Shabbos 12. Changes in the Prayers on Special Days 13. Bris during the Nine Days 14. The Third Day after the Bris 15. Customs Relating to the Mother Going to Synagogue 16. Chol Kreish 17. Wimpel VII. Pidyon Haben (Redemption of the Firstborn) 1. Who Is Obligated 2. When the Pidyon is Performed 3. Five Sella Coins 4. The Ceremony 5. The Manner of the Pidyon 6. The Festive Meal 5

6 7. If the Firstborn is Absent 8. Delays in the Pidyon VIII. Bar Mitzvah 1. Pre-Bar Mitzvah Period 2. Calling the Bar Mitzvah Boy to the Torah 3. Baruch Shepitarani 4. Joyous Customs during the Prayers 5. The Festive Meal IX. Marriage 1. Eirusin (Engagement) 2. The Full Ancient Ashkenazic Tenaim Text 3. Condensed Tenaim Text 4. Engagement Period 5. Accompanying the Bride and Groom 6. The Time of the Wedding 7. The Shabbos before the Wedding (Schpinholtz) 8. Sivlonos (Presenting Gifts) 9. Chuppas Main 10. The Day of the Wedding 11. Kesuvah 12. Tenaim Acharonim (Second Tenaim) 13. Chatzi Zachar Document 14. Prenuptial Chalitzah Document 15. Covering the Bride s Face 16. The Procession to the Chuppah 17. Chuppas Tallis 18. Kiddushin Blessings 19. Reading the Kesuvah 20. Nisuin Blessings 21. Yichud (Seclusion) 22. The Wedding Meal 23. The Sheva Berachos Week 24. The Shabbos after the Wedding 6

7 X. Mourning 1. Bikur Cholim (Visiting the Sick) 2. Prayers for the Sick 3. Blessing the Children before Death 4. Gesisah (State of Dying) 5. Death and Rending the Clothing 6. Aligning the Limbs 7. Setting Down the Body (Abheben) 8. Shemirah (Watching the Body) 9. Aninus (Pre-Burial Period) 10. The Coffin 11. The Shrouds 12. Taharah (Washing the Body) 13. Taharah (Pouring Water on the Body) 14. Halbashah (Dressing the Body) 15. Placing the Body in the Coffin (Einlegen) 16. Burial of One Who Died Bleeding 17. Requesting Forgiveness (Mechilah Freyin) 18. Interval before the Burial 19. The Funeral 20. Rending the Clothing before the Burial 21. Tzidduk Hadin (Accepting the Judgment) 22. Putting Earth in the Coffin 23. The Burial Location 24. The Burial 25. Kaddish after Burial 26. Shurah (Consolations at the Cemetery) 27. Casting of Grass and Earth 28. Handwashing 29. Eulogies 30. Se udas Havra ah (Mourner s Meal) 31. Shivah (Seven Day Mourning Period) 32. Nichum Aveilim (Consolations at the House of Mourning) 33. Prayers in the House of Mourning 34. Shabbos during the Shivah 35. Relatives of the Mourner 36. Torah Study in the House of Mourning 37. Charitable Donation in the Will 38. Candles in the House of Mourning 7

8 39. Furnishings in the House of Mourning 40. Sheloshim (Thirty Day Mourning Period) 41. Twelve Month Mourning Period 42. Leap Year 43. Visiting the Cemetery 44. Yahrtzeit (Anniversary of the Death of a Parent) 45. Tombstone 46. Prostration at the Grave 47. Prayers at the Cemetery 48. Inauguration of a Cemetery XI. Hachnasas Sefer Torah (Inauguration of Torah Scrolls) 1. The Preferable Time 2. Shabbos Evening 3. Shacharis 4. The Procession 5. Installing the Scroll in Synagogue 6. Alternate 1: Passing from One to Another 7. Alternate 2: Circuits around the Bimah 8. Installation and Initial Reading 9. Calling Up to the Torah 10. Se udas Sefer (Festive Meal) 11. Reading from a New Torah Scroll XII. Synagogue Structure 1. Traditional Structure 2. Location and Height 3. Doors 4. Floor 5. Windows 6. Aron Kodesh (Holy Ark) 7. Amud (Leader s Stand) 8. Bimah (Reader s Table) 9. Seating 10. Women s Section 11. Lighting 12. Accessories 13. Plaques and Decorations 8

9 14. The Vestibule and Additional Rooms 15. Proper Honor and Respect XIII. Chanukas Habayis (Inauguration of a Home) 1. The Preferable Time 2. Installing Mezuzos 3. Timely Blessings 4. Torah Study 5. Recital of Tehillim (Psalms) 6. Festive Meal 7. Obligation To Be Called to the Torah XIV. Index of Rabbinic Sages 9

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