After Uva Letzion, Mizmor 86 (“Tefila LeDavid”) and the verses of Bet Ya’akov arerecited. The Seder Hayom, the Avudraham and the Tur all discuss Mizmor 86 and say that it […] Read More
Author: Magen Avot
On each day of the week in the times of the Bet HaMikdash, the Levi’im would recite a psalm corresponding […] Read More
In general, when Rosh Hodesh, Hanukkah, a public fast, etc. fall on a weekday, the Sephardic custom is to recite […] Read More
After the Shir Shel Yom, the custom is to recite Kaddish Yehe Shelama, although the Ashkenazim recite it after Alenu […] Read More
There is a Segula to read the Pitum HaKetoret off of parchment, and Rabbi Haim Palagi (Kaf HaHaim 17:18) says […] Read More
The Gemara (Berachot 32b) expounds the verse (Tehillim 27:14) “Kave El Hashem, Hazak Ve’ametz Libecha, Vekave El Hashem” (lit. “Hope […] Read More
The Zohar (Parashat Vayakhel) explains that one who reads the Pitum HaKetoret daily is protected from harm, both spiritual and […] Read More
The Pitum HaKetoret lists the eleven ingredients that made up the incense that was used in the Bet HaMikdash, and […] Read More
Pitum HaKetoret concludes with the Baraita “Tana Deve Eliyahu”: “Whoever studies Halachot daily is assured a place in the World […] Read More
The Shulhan Aruch (Orah Haim 133:1) states that on Shabbat and Yom Tov, “Barechu” is not recited after the last […] Read More