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Does anyone know the nusach for אפפוני חבלי מות that is sung in the movie Simon Magus?
I haven't seen the whole movie Simon Magus. It depicts 19th-century Poland. I saw a scene where a Pesach Seder is held. They're saying Hallel and I've never heard that melody for Psalm 116. They start ...
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Hallel in syngagogue on Pesach night before dark
Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 487:4 describes a custom to recite Hallel in the synagogue at the end of Arvit on the first (two) night(s) of Pesach.
Some (e.g. Gra) link this custom to the practice found ...
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Why no (full) Hallel on the second day of Pesach?
On the last 6 days of Pesach, according to the Gemara, we don't say (full) Hallel because the korban is the same for all 7 days.
The second day of Pesach has a unique korban. So why don't we say ...
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Not Standing During Hallel of the Seder
Shulchan Aruch Harav Orach Chaim 473:48 says we don’t need to stand during hallel
לְפִי שֶׁכָּל מַעֲשֵׂי לַיְלָה זֶה הוּא דֶּרֶךְ חֵרוּת, לְפִיכָךְ אֵין מַטְרִיחִין אוֹתוֹ לַעֲמֹד.
How come, ...
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Davening without a Minyan - Hallel Pesach night [duplicate]
There are those that say Hallel, Pesach night after Maariv. This year when it looks like, due to COVID-19, we will still not be Davening with a Minyan Pesach night, does one who is Davening without a ...
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Can / should one praying alone recite Hallel after Arvit on the first night of Pesach?
Many have the custom to recite Hallel in the synagogue on the first night(s) of Pesach, at the end of Arvit. (Discussed, for example, in this question and its answer.)
Is this custom only to be ...
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Why is Chanukah "happier" than Pesach?
Following up on this answer.
The answer seems to conclude that one way that we measure happiness is by the saying of Hallel and it lists the days on which we say the whole of hallel. But we do not ...
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Why do we specifically skip Lo Lanu and Ahavti?
On those days on which we skip part of Hallel (i.e. Rosh Chodesh and the last six days of Pesach), why were the first pieces of Tehillim 115 and 116 (Lo Lanu and Ahavti) the pieces chosen to be ...
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Fourth cup after starting Nirtzah
The semi popular Passover Haggadah by Rabbi Nathan Goldberg strangely puts drinking the fourth cup at the seder after starting a couple of songs from nirtzah.
I've never seen this in any other ...
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Understanding lack of Hallel on Purim and most of Pessah
Hallel, six psalms (113-118) that thank and praise God, is recited on Pessah, Shavuot, Sukkot, Hanukkah and Rosh Chodesh.
-But not on Purim, because the miracle did not happen in the Land of Israel, ...
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No Bracha before Hallel said in shul on the first two nights of Pesach - Chazon Ish minhag
This M.Y. answer explains why many shuls recite Hallel during the first two nights of Pesach. It seems that most of the opinions state that one should say a bracha in shul.
It seems that there is ...
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Why does the Shulchan Aruch say to make a bracha on Hallel Pesach Night?
In Shulchan Oruch Orach Chayim Siman 487 Sif 4 it is brought the minhag of saying Hallel in shul the first night of Pesach
בליל ראשון של פסח גומרים את ההלל בצבור בנעימה בברכה תחלה וסוף ובן בליל
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Saying Hallel Before Nightfall on the First Night of Pesach [duplicate]
In Shulchan Oruch Orach Chayim Siman 487 Sif 4 it is brought the minhag of saying Hallel in shul the first night of Pesach
בליל ראשון של פסח גומרים את ההלל בצבור בנעימה בברכה תחלה וסוף ובן בליל
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Saying Hallel in Shul on Pesach Night
There is a minhag by some kehillas in chutz L'aretz and by almost all kehillas in Israel to say the complete version of Hallel in the shul during maariv on the first night of Pesach (and second in ...
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Why is hallel at the seder different from hallel during the year?
I know there are many differences between hallel at the seder and regular hallel.
At the seder, hallel:
Has no starting bracha (Orech Chaim Hilchot Pesach Siman 473)
Is said sitting down (Sefer ...
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