{"id":6520,"date":"2010-01-25T04:00:16","date_gmt":"2010-01-25T02:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=6520"},"modified":"2018-05-24T12:18:20","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T09:18:20","slug":"02-25-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/02-25-04\/","title":{"rendered":"04 – Adjoining Redemption to Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"
The main part of the Exodus occurred during the day, when the Jewish people left Egypt. Therefore, the primary obligation of adjoining redemption to prayer is in Shacharit<\/i>. Nevertheless, because the redemption began at night, there is also a mitzvah to adjoin redemption to prayer at night. Yet, we are not as meticulous in adjoining redemption to prayer in Ma\u2019ariv<\/i> as we are in Shacharit<\/i>. Therefore, the Chachamim<\/i> instituted Birkat<\/i> Hashkiveinu<\/i> after Birkat<\/i> Ga\u2019al Yisrael<\/i> and considered it a continuation of Birkat<\/i> Ga\u2019al Yisrael<\/i>, for in Birkat<\/i> Ga\u2019al Yisrael<\/i> the blessing concerns the redemption of all Jews as a collective whole, while in Hashkiveinu<\/i> we request the redemption of the individual from the dangers of the night. Were we to be strict about adjoining redemption to prayer, it would be impossible to say Birkat<\/i> Hashkiveinu<\/i> after the blessing regarding the redemption.<\/p>\n
Similarly, Half-Kaddish<\/i> is recited between Birkot Keriat Shema<\/i> and the Amidah<\/i>, for that is the order of the prayer; at every transition point from one stage to another in the prayer service, Chazal<\/i> established saying Kaddish<\/i>. Although in Shacharit<\/i>, Kaddish<\/i> is not recited immediately before the Amidah<\/i> because of the great importance of not interrupting between redemption and prayer, in Ma\u2019ariv<\/i>, in which there is no need to be as meticulous in adjoining redemption to prayer, Kaddish<\/i> is recited between Birkot Keriat Shema<\/i> and the Amidah<\/i>.<\/p>\n
The custom in many places on Rosh Chodesh<\/i> night is that the gabbai<\/i> announces the words \u201cYa\u2019aleh V\u2019Yavo<\/i>\u201d before the Amidah<\/i> prayer, and on the night of the seventh of Cheshvan, when we begin to ask for rain, the gabbai<\/i> declares, \u201cTal U\u2019Matar<\/i>.\u201d In Shacharit<\/i>, we cannot interrupt with speech; instead, the gabbai<\/i> or chazan<\/i> reminds the congregation that there is something different in this Amidah<\/i> by pounding on the pulpit. Yet, in Ma\u2019ariv<\/i>, we are lenient and express this reminder verbally (Shulchan Aruch<\/i> 236:2; Mishnah Berurah<\/i> 7). Still, there are those who pound on the pulpit in Ma\u2019ariv<\/i> as well, so as not to interrupt with speech (see Kaf HaChaim<\/i> 336:17; Piskei Teshuvot <\/i>236:6).<\/p>\n
One who arrives late, when the congregation is about to start praying the Amidah<\/i>, should recite the Amidah<\/i> with the minyan<\/i>, and then make up Birkot Keriat Shema<\/i> afterwards. In Shacharit<\/i>, the halachah is that he must recite the prayers in order because adjoining redemption to prayer is more important than praying in a minyan<\/i>. However, in Ma\u2019ariv<\/i>, prayer in a minyan<\/i> takes precedence, and therefore he prays with the congregation and afterwards makes up Birkot Keriat Shema<\/i> (Shulchan Aruch<\/i> 236:3).[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n