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Chayei Adam - K’lal 139 - The Laws of Rosh Hashana Night & Rosh Hashana Tefilos

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Shabbos, Avinu Malkeinu is not said at all. After, we read the Torah and haftarah.
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If there is a bris milah, it is done before blowing shofar, as is alluded to by [the
order of the words of selichos] ‘zechor bris Avraham v’akeidas Yitzchak’.
Afterwards, we daven musaf. In the liturgy of ‘and because of our sins’ some
sidurim say ‘and we cannot go up and appear’ which is a mistake for even when
the Beis HaMikdash was standing, there was no obligation to go and appear
[there] except on the three festivals. Rather [the correct reading is] ‘and we
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cannot fulfill our obligations’. One should say ‘and the musaf sacrifices of the
day of remembrance’ in order to include musaf of rosh chodesh which is also
considered a day of remembrance, and one must say ‘and two goats to
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atone’. One should say ‘and remember the akeidas Yitzchak for his descendants
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today’ and not ‘for the descendants of Yaakov’. Nevertheless, if one erred in any
of the liturgy, he does not have to repeat it. One must say [the blessings of]
malchuyos, zichronos, and shofaros in order and if he said them out of order, he
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must go back and say them again in order. We stretch out the davening until
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write that one may say them, either because it recommends scheduling the bris before so
is not intended as a confession (Kneses that they will approach tekias shofar with the
Hagedolah), or because one must only be mitzvah of bris milah already in their hands.
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particular about this during shemoneh esrei
(Shelah). Alternatively, the first two lines can 54. Meaning the sacrifices which were
be read together to mean that although our offered on behalf of the entire Jewish people.
fathers have sinned, we only have You,
Hashem as our king. (Mishna Berura). 55. On Rosh Hashana, a musaf was
offered for Rosh Chodesh as well as for Rosh
52. Since making personal requests is Hashana. Accordingly, the sacrifices are
forbidden on Shabbos. mentioned as a plural form. This is true even
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on the second day, for although it is not Rosh
53. Additionally, because bris milah is Chodesh, one shouldn’t change the text so as
performed more often. (Gra). If however, the not to take the second day lightly. R’ Akiva
bris milah will take place in the baby’s home, it Eiger and the Mateh Efraim write that if he said
is postponed until after musaf so as not to musaf in the singular form on the first day, but
cause undue inconvenience to the tzibur. Still, not the second, he must repeat it. See
if the house is nearby, the Mishna Berura however Shaar Hatziyun who rules that once

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