Questions in Davening

 

Q. If I am ahead of the minyan, is it preferable to say the Tehillim which we usually say after davening, while waiting for the minyan to catch up so that I can say aleinu together with the minyan or should I finish everything and say Tehillim at the end?

A. The daily Tehilim should be said after Aleinu and after Ach Tzadikim.

 

Q. When doing chazaras hashatz, does the chazan need to hit his chest by slach lanu like in a quiet shmone esrei?

A. Some hold that we tap on the chest by selach lanu only in the quiet shmone esrei. Nonetheless, The Rebbe, when he was the Sheliach Tzibbur, tapped at chazoras hashatz as well.

 

Q. When doing chazaras hashatz by birkas cohanim – what is the correct sequence of movement for the chazan?

A.

When reading the first verse of Birkas Kohanim the Sheliach Tzibbur inclines his head as follows:

(a) he bows to the right when saying יברכך; (b) he faces right, but with head erect, when saying ה’; and (c) he bows forward when saying וישמרך.

When reading the second verse: (a) he bows to the left when saying יאר; (b) he faces left, but with head erect, when saying ה’; (c) he bows to the left when saying פניו; (d) likewise for אליך; and (e) he bows forward when saying ויחנך.

When reading the third verse: (a) he bows forward when saying ישא; (b) he faces ahead, but with head erect, when saying ה’; (c) he bows forward when saying פניו; (d) likewise for אליך; (e) he bows to the right when saying וישם; (f) he bows to the left when saying לך; and (g) he bows his head forward when saying שלום.

 

Sources:

עלינו לשבח – ספר השיחות תרפ”ז עמוד 116, שיחות קודש וא”ו תשרי ה’תש”ל סעי’ ח.

וראה מ”ש הרב אוברלנדר בקובץ העו”ב אהלי תורה תתקפ”ז ע’ 60 ובקובץ תתקפ”ח ע’ 71.

סלח לנו – חות יאיר במקור חיים חלק ב’ סי’ קל”א סעיף ו’ עמ’ קס”ח, משנה ברורה סי’ קט”ו סק”א. ספר המנהגים עמוד 11 ראה שו”ע אדה”ז סי’ ר”ז סעי’ ז.

ברכת כהנים – ספר המנהגים עמוד 12.

 

 

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