Month of Nissan: Difference between revisions

# Also it is very important for the (local) Rabbi to give [[shiurim]] informing people of the halachot of [[Pesach]]. <ref>Mishna Brurah in Shaar HaTziyun 429:5 points out that the primary teaching on the holiday itself should be halacha and not just the idea of the day. Chazon Ovadyah ([[Pesach]] pg 1) writes that it's important for the (local) Rabbi to give [[shiurim]] about hilchot [[pesach]]. See Kaf HaChaim 429:3 who speaks about the importance of these drashot of the Rabbi and how they should include halacha.</ref>

# There's no [[Tachanun]] for the entire month of Nissan. <Ref>Shulchan Aruch 429:2 writes that there's no [[Tachanun]] for the entire month of Nissan. Mishan Brurah 429:7 explains that since the Nesiyim (in Bamidbar 7) brought the [[Korbanot]] for the first 12 days of Nissan, the days were considered a [[Yom Tov]] for them. Then [[Erev Pesach]], [[Pesach]], and [[Issru Chag]] are connected to [[Pesach]]. Altogether since most of the month is related to [[Kedusha]] it's all considered Kodesh. Chazon Ovadyah (pg 2) adds that the celebration of the building of the third Bet Hamikdash, which will occur in Nissan and in particular on [[Pesach]], will extend for another week after [[Pesach]]. This is also brought down in Shu"t Chatam Sofer 103. </ref>

# According to Ashkenazim, one shouldn’t fast during Nissan; even an individual who has Yehrzheit shouldn’t fast during Nissan. <Ref>Rama 429:2 </ref> However, according to Sephardim, one shouldn’t establish a communal fast during Nissan. However, an individual is permitted to fast, such as for a Yehrzheit during Nissan, except on [[Pesach]] and [[Rosh Chodesh]]. <Ref>S”A 429:2, Chazon Ovadyah ([[Pesach]] pg 5-7). Or Le’sion (vol. 3, 5:1). </ref>

# A bride and groom the day of their wedding may fast during Nissan even on [[Rosh Chodesh]] Nissan. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 429:10, Halichot Shlomo (Moadim vol 1, 2:3)  </ref>

# It’s permissible to fast a Tanit Chalom, a fast made to rectify a bad dream, during Nissan. <Ref>Rama 429:10 </ref>

==Parshat HaNesiyim==

# During the first 13 days of Nissan, there is a nice minhag, for the first 12 days to read the Parsha of the Nesiyim for that day (found in Bamidbar 7), and on the 13th day to read the first four pesukim of Parshat Bahalotcha. <ref>Shulchan Aruch HaRav 429:15, Kaf HaChaim 429:22, Chazon Ovadyah (pg 3), Mishna Brurah 429:8 </ref> The minhag is to read it from a chumash. <Ref> Perisha YD 270:7 writes that since nowadays writing down Torah SheBaal Peh is treated as though it’s permitted and that we don’t learn from nuances in the text, one shouldn’t degrade the holiness of a [[Sefer Torah]] to learn from it, but rather one should learn from a sefer. Chazon Ovadyah ([[Pesach]] pg 4) argues that this is only according to the Shach’s explanation of the Rosh that nowadays there’s no mitzvah to write a [[Sefer Torah]] and the primary mitzvah is to write sefarim. However, according to the Bet Yosef’s explanation of the Rosh that even nowadays there’s a mitzvah to write a [[Sefer Torah]], then it seems one may learn from a [[Sefer Torah]] and there’s no issue of degrading its holiness. He supports this from the Radvaz 3:529 who recommends reading [[Shenayim Mikrah]] from a [[Sefer Torah]]. Chazon Ovadyah (pg 3) concludes that the minhag is to read it from a chumash. </ref>