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Sefer HaMinhagim

The Book of Chabad-Lubavitch Customs

Compiled by Menachem Zeev Greenglass and Yehudah Leib Groner; Translated by Uri Kaplun

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Publisher’s Foreword		On the Observance of Customs From a Talk of the Rebbe Shlita
Note on Divergent Rulings		Morning Conduct Cf. Siddur, p. 6ff.
The Morning Blessings Cf. Siddur, p. 6ff.		Tzitzis Cf. Siddur, p. 11
Tefillin Cf. Siddur, p. 12		The Morning Service: Shacharis Cf. Siddur, p. 12ff.
Textual Variants		Prayer
Pesukei DeZimrah Cf. Siddur, pp. 30-42		Shema and its Berachos Cf. Siddur, p. 42ff.
Shemoneh Esreh Cf. Siddur, p. 50ff.		The Repetition of Shemoneh Esreh and the Priestly Blessing Cf. Siddur, p. 50ff.
The Reading of the Torah: Kerias HaTorah Cf. Siddur, p. 69ff.		Raising the Sefer Torah: Hagbahah
The Conclusion of Shacharis Cf. Siddur, p. 61ff.		The Six Remembrances Cf. Siddur, p. 86
The Tefillin of Rabbeinu Tam		The Chitas Study Cycles Instituted by the Rebbe Rayatz: Chumash, Tehillim, Tanya
Washing the Hands (Netilas Yadayim) before Meals; Grace After Meals (Birkas HaMazon) & Other Blessings		The Prayer for Travelers: Tefillas HaDerech Cf. Siddur, p. 86.
Circumcision: Bris Milah Cf. Siddur, p. 410ff.		The Afternoon Service: Minchah Cf. Siddur, p. 96ff.
The Evening Service: Maariv Cf. Siddur, p. 106ff.		Prayer Before Retiring at Night: Kerias Shema Cf. Siddur, p. 118ff.
As the Sabbath Approaches: Erev Shabbos		Minchah on Shabbos Eve Cf. Siddur, p. 124ff.
Prayer for Welcoming the Sabbath: Kabbalas Shabbos Cf. Siddur, p. 128ff.		Kiddush for the Eve of Shabbos Cf. Siddur, pp. 146-7
The Sabbath Table Hymns: Zemiros		Shema before Retiring on Friday Night Cf. Siddur, p. 118ff.
Morning Service for Shabbos: Shacharis Cf. Siddur, p. 148ff.		The Torah Reading on Shabbos and Festivals Cf. Siddur, p. 183ff.
List of Haftorah Readings where Customs Vary Cf. Siddur, p. 187ff.		The Additional Service: Mussaf for Shabbos Cf. Siddur, p. 193ff.
The Afternoon Service: Minchah for Shabbos Cf. Siddur, p. 203ff.		The Close of Shabbos and Havdalah Cf. Siddur, p. 106ff. and p. 234
Rosh Chodesh		The Month of Nissan Cf. Siddur, p. 368-371
Pesach: The Seder and the Haggadah		The Priestly Blessing Cf. Siddur, p. 268ff.
The Seventh and Eighth Days of Pesach		The Period of Sefiras HaOmer and Lag BaOmer
Beis Iyar		The Month of Sivan
Vav Sivan: The First Day of Shavuos		Gimmel Tammuz
Yud-Beis and Yud-Gimmel Tammuz		The Three Weeks and Public Fasts
Chaf Menachem Av		The Month of Elul
Distinctive Customs of Elul, Rosh HaShanah, the Ten Days of Penitence and Yom Kippur		Liturgical Supplement for the Days of Awe
Vav Tishrei		Yud-Gimmel Tishrei
Sukkos, Shemini Atzeres and Simchas Torah		The Month of MarCheshvan
The Month of Kislev		Chanukah Cf. Siddur, p. 339
Gimmel DeChanukah		The Month of Teves
The Month of Shvat		The Month of Adar
Bar-Mitzvah		Weddings
Mourning: Semachos		Yahrzeit
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