Rosh Chodesh Archives

Can/Should I cut my nails on Rosh Chodesh which falls on Erev Shabbos?

If the nails are large and need to be cut, they should be cut regardless. Otherwise, if one cuts the nails every single Erev Shabbos, they may be lenient…

What is the proper way to say the Bracha before and after Hallel? In certain Siddurim it says that when half Hallel is said, the Tzibbur should be Yotzei the first Bracha with the Chazzans Bracha, but this does not seem to be common practice in Chabad. As well as the final Bracha some say that when we say Chatzi Hallel we do not say the Bracha. What is the proper way and why does it seem to say otherwise in many Siddurim?

The comment in Siddurim is the Psak of the Alter Rebbe. However, the Rebbe Rashab did not follow this Psak. The Rebbe once mentioned that the custom of Chassidim is…

I know that if you finished Shemoneh Esrei and you forgot Yaaleh Veyavo on Rosh Chodesh by Mariv, you do not go back. How however if you remember while you are still in middle of Shemoneh Esrei, should you go back and say Yaaleh Veyavo?

If you remembered before Hashem’s name at the end of the Bracha of Retzei you go back, otherwise you do not. Sources: וגם אין לאומרו לפני מודים - ראה…