Hallel on Rosh Chodesh:Answer
I searched and found that Rav Yitzchak Zev Soloveichik answered as follows: Lighting the Menorah on Chanuka is inherently a mitzva and not a minhag. Just in the context of a shul it is merely a minhag. But "býesodo" it is a mitzva. Hence a bracha is in order.
In contrast, there is no basis "in mitzva" at all to make a bracha on Hallel on Rosh Chodesh. It is purely minhag. Hence a bracha is not called for.
See the sefer "Ner Ish Ubeiso" for more explanation.
In contrast, there is no basis "in mitzva" at all to make a bracha on Hallel on Rosh Chodesh. It is purely minhag. Hence a bracha is not called for.
See the sefer "Ner Ish Ubeiso" for more explanation.
Although it has basis in halacha, kiddush in shul on friday night is still a bracha l'vatala. why does a d'orasa (shem hashem l'shav) get pushed away for a minhag?
Posted by
Anonymous |
4:15 PM
Excellent question!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Many poskim deal with it and offer various answers. See a summary in Yalkut Yoseph Shabbos - chelek aleph.
[Incidentally, most poskim maintain that bracha l'vatala is assur midrabbanan. Rav Yaakov Chaim Sofer Shlita wrote an entire sefer to prove this point].
Posted by
Rabbi Ally Ehrman |
1:33 AM
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