The Nefillat Apayim<\/i> prayer is one that expresses sorrow concerning our errors and shortcomings, which prevent us from standing before Hashem. Instead, we fall on our faces. For that reason, it is not proper to recite it on days of joy. Since, in its essence, the Tachanun<\/i> prayer is voluntary, it is therefore customary not to recite Tachanun<\/i> even on days that are deemed uncertain as to whether or not they should be defined as days of joy (the sources for these laws can be found in Shulchan Aruch<\/i> 131:6-7 and in the commentaries).<\/p>\n
On the following days, Tachanun<\/i> is not recited: Shabbat, Festivals, Chol HaMo\u2019ed<\/i>, and Rosh Chodesh<\/i>. The remaining days are presented in the order of the calendar year: Shacharit<\/i> of Erev Rosh HaShanah<\/i>; Shacharit<\/i> of Erev Yom Kippur<\/i>; from the 11th<\/sup> of Tishrei until the end of the month of Tishrei, since those days surround the Festival of Sukkot; Chanukah; Tu BiShvat; the two days of Purim, and in leap years also on the 14th<\/sup> and 15th<\/sup> of Adar I; the entire month of Nisan, since most of it possesses sanctity, for the dedication of the Tabernacle was held in the beginning of the month and the holiday of Pesach <\/i>follows; the 14th<\/sup> of Iyar, which is Pesach Sheni; Lag BaOmer; from Rosh Chodesh Sivan<\/i> to the 12th<\/sup> of Sivan, since the supplementary sacrifices for Shavuot were offered until that time; Tish\u2019ah B\u2019Av (either because of mourning or because it is called a mo\u2019ed<\/i>); and Tu B\u2019Av. Additionally, at the Minchah<\/i> service preceding all these days, Tachanun<\/i> is not recited, except for Minchah<\/i> of Erev Rosh HaShanah<\/i> and Erev Yom Kippur<\/i>, when many people recite Vidui<\/i> then, but not Tachanun<\/i>.<\/p>\n Today, ever since Hashem began to bring forth our redemption, Tachanun<\/i> is not recited on Yom HaAtzma\u2019ut (Israel\u2019s Independence Day), and on the 28th<\/sup> of Iyar, Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Liberation Day), nor at Minchah<\/i> before each of them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Nefillat Apayim prayer is one that expresses sorrow concerning our errors and shortcomings, which prevent us from standing before Hashem. Instead, we fall on our faces. For that reason, it is not proper to recite it on days of joy. Since, in its essence, the Tachanun prayer is voluntary, it is therefore customary not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-21-nefillat-apayim-and-the-prayers-of-supplication"],"yoast_head":"\n