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|begins = The night immediately following the [[Shalosh regalim|Three Pilgrimage Festivals]] |
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|observances = Minor: |
|observances = Minor: Most omit [[Tachanun]] from [[Shacharit]] and [[Mincha]], and some partake of extra food and drink. |
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|significance = Follows each of the [[Sheloshet Haregalim|Three Pilgrimage Festivals]]. Serves to bridge the respective holidays to the rest of the year. |
|significance = Follows each of the [[Sheloshet Haregalim|Three Pilgrimage Festivals]]. Serves to bridge the respective holidays to the rest of the year. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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==See also== |
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[[Mimouna]], a traditional North African Jewish celebration held the day after Passover. |
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Revision as of 17:07, 4 October 2012
| Isru Chag | |
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| Official name | Hebrew: אסרו חג English translation: "Bind the Festival" |
| Observed by | Jews in Judaism |
| Type | Jewish |
| Significance | Follows each of the Three Pilgrimage Festivals. Serves to bridge the respective holidays to the rest of the year. |
| Observances | Minor: Most omit Tachanun from Shacharit and Mincha, and some partake of extra food and drink. |
| Begins | The night immediately following the Three Pilgrimage Festivals |
| Ends | At nightfall of the day following the Three Pilgrimage Festivals |
Isru Chag (Template:Lang-he, lit. "Bind the Festival") refers to the day after each of the three pilgrimage festivals in Judaism: Pesach, Shavuot and Sukkot. The phrase originates from the verse in Psalms 118:27, which states, “Bind the festival offering with cords to the corners of the altar.” This verse, according to the Sages of the Talmud, should homiletically be understood to mean “Whosoever makes an addition to the Festival by eating and drinking is regarded by Scripture as though he had built an altar and offered thereon a sacrifice.”[1]
In a responsum to a community that had inquired as to the rationale behind the observance of Isru Chag, Ben Ish Chai cited Rabbi Isaac Luria to the effect that we connect the day after the holiday to the holiday itself due to the remaining “light” of the holiday – in other words, so that the sanctity of the holiday will be extended. [2]
Observances
Adding a degree of festivity to the day as a practice has further been codified in Ashkenazic communities, as the Rema has stated in his notes on the Orach Chaim, “And we have the custom to eat and drink a little more on the day after the holiday - and that is the day known as "bind the festival."”[3] The Chofetz Chaim has ruled that the minhag (custom) is to generally forbid fasting on Isru Chag, except in instances when as a result of great distress the community synagogue decrees it.[4]
Almost all communities omit Tachanun on Isru Chag. However, communities that follow Maimonides' rulings, such as the Dor Daim, maintain that the only days on which Tachanun is to be omitted are Shabbat, Yom Tov, Rosh HaShana, Rosh Chodesh, Chanukah, Purim, and the Mincha before Shabbat and Yom Tov.[5]
References
- ^ Babylonian Talmud Sukkah 45b
- ^ Shu”t Torah Lishmah: Orach Chaim, Question 140
- ^ Shulchan Aruch; Orach Chaim 429:2
- ^ Mishna Berurah Orach Chaim 429:14
- ^ Mishne Torah Hilchot Tefillah 5:15
See also
Mimouna, a traditional North African Jewish celebration held the day after Passover.
External links
- What is Isru Chag?
- "Holiday Wrapping"
- Isru Chag
- The Morning After
- Understanding Isru Chag and Yemei Tashlumin
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