Shulchan Aruch
Chapter 598:
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Title (1 Paragraph)
Note The REMA is in brackets []
1. If Rosh Hashanah falls out on Shabbat we say ...צדקתך in
Mincha (מנחה, Afternoon Service). [There are those who say that you do
not say it.]
Chapter
599: No Title (1 Paragraph)
1. The eve of Rosh Hashanah (ליל ר׳ה) that falls out on
[מוצאי שבת [1 we say ...ותודיענו.
Chapter
600: An egg that was made on Rosh Hashanah and the laws of Kiddush
(3 Paragraphs)
1. If an egg was made on the first day of the festival and
similarly whatever was caught with it and whatever is touching it is
forbidden on the second day [2]. [This
was already explained in
513:5 and chapter 515.]
2. In Kiddush of the second night [you should wear a new
garment or] place a new fruit
before you and say שהחיינו. And if
you can find a new fruit in spite of all this you should say שהחיינו.
3. If the fist day falls out on Shabbat, we say the שהחיינו
over the Shofer on the second day.
[There are those who
say that you should (also) say it (on the second day) even if the first
day is on a weekday and such is the custom in these areas.]
Chapter
601: The arrangement of the second day of Rosh Hashanah (2
Paragraphs)
1. On the second day [we pray like on the first day] and we
read from “...והאלקים” (Genesis 22:1-4) until the end of the
portion. For Maftir we
read like the day before (Numbers 29:1-6).
We conclude with the following found in Jeremiah “כה אמר ה׳ מצא חן
במדבר” until “הבן יקיר לי אפרים”(Jeremiah 31:1-20). And the night
following Rosh Hashanah (מוצאי ר׳ה) we make Havdalah like after Shabbat
but we don’t make the blessing over the spices and on the fire.
2. Even in the land of Israel we make Rosh Hashanah two
days.
Chapter
602: The arrangement of the days of Repentance (1 Paragraph)
1. All the days between Rosh Hashanah and The Day of
Atonement (Yom Kippur), we indulge in prayers and supplications.
[And we say אלוקים מלך morning and evening except on
Shabbat.
Even if a Brit Milah (circumcision) occurs where you don’t say [תחנון
[3, nonetheless we say אלוקים מלך. And we confess (say ודוי)
three times every day before day break (עלות השחר) except on the day
preceding the Day of Atonement where we only say it one time. We
don’t put someone in חרם (the ban) and similarly we don’t allow someone
to swear before the court until after the Day of Atonement. We
don’t sanctify the new moon until after the Day of Atonement. On
the Sabbath between Rosh Hashanah and The Day of Atonement, the custom
is to say Tzidkascha. ]
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1. Even one who is normally not concerned about using bread
baked by a gentile [4], it is necessary to be careful on the ten days
of repentance. [Every one should seek out and inspect his deeds
and to turn them back (from sin) in the Ten Days of Repentance.
When there is a doubt if a sin was committed (ספק עבירה), more
repentance is necessary than a unquestionable sin since something is
more engraved (in memory) when one knows about it then when one is
unaware. For this reason, the [אשם תלוי קרבן [5 must be more
valuable than a חטאת (sin offering). ]
END OF HALACHOT ROSH
HASHANAH
Translated by Jay Dinovitser 7/06 shulchanarach.com
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[1] The night just after the Sabbath ends.
[2] M.B: On other festivals it would be permitted to use on the second
day but not on Rosh Hashanah. The reason is that on R.H. both
days are sanctified as one. On the rest of the festivals, one of
the days is a regular day and one is a festival day on a strictly
Biblical basis.
[3] A supplication for forgiveness said during the weekday where you
fall on your face. See your prayer book for more information.
[4] Some Jews have the custom to not eat bread baked by a gentile and
some do not. Food baked by non Jews is a completely different
issue and is strictly forbidden for most foods unless a Jew turned on
the fire and supervised as verified by the Kosher certificates in front
of the Kosher eateries and Kosher symbols on food.
[5] Guilt offering given in the above situation at the time of the
temple.