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    Kiddush levana, also known as Birkat halevana, is a Jewish ritual and prayer service, generally observed on the first or second Saturday night of each...
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  • aleichem to three people who respond Aleichem shalom as part of the Kiddush levana ritual. Many other Semitic languages (the language family to which Hebrew...
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  • Rosh Hashanah mussaf. It is also recited in many communities following Kiddush levana and after a circumcision is performed. It is second only to the Kaddish...
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    tracing the shape of a menorah, as part of Kiddush levana. Within a few decades, illuminated Kiddush levana prayerbooks would include micrography of Psalm...
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    stars, as mentioned in the Book of Psalms and in particular in the Kiddush levana, thereby indicating the ethical balance of who, being Tzadik, would...
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    synagogue on the preceding Sabbath. There are special prayers, the kiddush levana, said upon observing the waxing moon for the first time each month....
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    Yatzar Birkat HaMazon El Malei Rachamim Havdalah Kiddush levana Tefilat HaDerech Birkat Hachama Kiddush HaAderet v'HaEmunah Bedtime Shema 1 On Shabbat 2 On...
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    Yatzar Birkat HaMazon El Malei Rachamim Havdalah Kiddush levana Tefilat HaDerech Birkat Hachama Kiddush HaAderet v'HaEmunah Bedtime Shema 1 On Shabbat 2 On...
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    portions of Psalm 19 as they made their way to the synagogue courtyard for Kiddush levana. A tradition among Jews to avoid Eshel Abraham, potentially due to its...
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    Halakha to changing realities in science was his controversial stance on Kiddush Levana, the monthly blessing over the new moon. A prayer customarily added...
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    announcing the new moon; benedictions for weddings and funerals. 20: Kiddush levana; lighting the Hanukkah candles; blessings and Torah reading for Hanukkah;...
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    pedestrian crossing Special Shabbat Shabbaton Eve of Passover on Shabbat Motza'ei Shabbat Kiddush levana Havdalah Melaveh Malkah List of Shabbat topics...
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  • Yatzar Birkat HaMazon El Malei Rachamim Havdalah Kiddush levana Tefilat HaDerech Birkat Hachama Kiddush HaAderet v'HaEmunah Bedtime Shema 1 On Shabbat 2 On...
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  • and would both rely on someone supporting them to ensure they recited kiddush levana while standing. He was also friends with Ravina I, and they are mentioned...
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    for almost any occasion, from a meeting of Israeli soldiers to a Shabbat kiddush. Gil Marks has said: In Modern Israel, borekas…follows only falafel in...
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    brought pickled herring from Eastern Europe. Herring is often served at the kiddush that follows synagogue services on Shabbat, especially in Ashkenazi communities...
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