Vol II, 1934 – Special Occasions, Minor Holidays, and Lifecycles
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Rosh Hodesh

  1. Kiddush Lebana
  2. Yangaleh Veyabo for Rosh Hodesh and all other times of the year
  3. Hallel for Rosh Hodesh and all other times of the year
  1. Pages 487 - 495, in 20 sengifim
  2. Pages 496 - 497, in 2 sengifim
  3. Pages 498 - 514, in 18 sengifim

Hanukka

  1. Text of the main Hanukka blessing
  2. The miracle of the oil vs. the victory of the Maccabees
  3. Lighting the Hanukka on Ngereb Shabbat and Motsa'ei Shabbat
  4. Lighting the Hanukka in the synagogue vs. at home
  5. 8 days of Hanukka and not 9
  6. Process of lighting the Hanukka, part I
  7. Mizmor Shir Hanukat and Kave during Shaharit
  8. Process of lighting the Hanukka, part II
  9. Mizmor Shir Hanukat during Ngarbit, and whether to make to Kaddishim
  10. 8 days of Hanukka and not 7
  11. Torah reading on Hanukkah, Algerian customs for taking out the scroll
  12. At the Montefiore Synagogue, they light even without a minyan
  13. We seem never to read Haftarat Mikketz because it falls on Hanukkah
  14. Why we finish Hallel on Shabbat
  15. Liturgical variants of Hanerot Halalu
  16. The placement and purpose of the Shamash
  17. Origin and liturgical variants of Ngal Hanisim
  18. The meaning of the word "Hasmonean"
  19. Origin and explanation of Hanerot Halalu
  20. The unusual importance of blessing when seeing a Hanukka lamp
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Purim

  1. The "Mi Khamokha" poem on Shabbat Zakhor
  2. Reciting Psalms 22 at Ngarbit of Purim night
  3. Origins and liturgical variants of the Megilla blessings
  4. Unfolding the Megilla for the reading, or rolling it like a Torah
  5. Reading the Megilla with and without Tengamim
  6. Sheheheyanu at night and during the day
  7. At the Montefiore Synagogue, they keep the Megilla in the Hekhal
  8. Verses of the Megilla recited by the congregation during the reading
  9. Noisemakers & masquerading, why the Spanish-Portuguese omit this
  10. Ata Kadosh after Esther and Ekha
  11. No mention of God's name in the Megilla
  12. Why the Megilla is read on the 15th of Adar in ancient walled cities
  13. Liturgical variants of Arur Haman, etc. after the Megilla reading
  14. The origins and pitfalls of the rabbinic injunction to get drunk
  15. Liturgical variants in the addition for Hanukka in the Ngamida
  16. Names of Haman's 10 sons in one breath, and the big Vav there
  17. When Purim falls on Motsa'ei Shabbat
  18. Customs of the 15th of Adar
  19. Repeating the last verse in the reading of Vayabo Ngamalek
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Lifecycles Prior to Majority

  1. Hatob Vehametib
  2. Honoring the Mohel and blessing over wine
  3. Taking the boy to be circumcised
  4. Blessings, customs, and prayers of circumcision
  5. Syndicus
  6. Elijah's chair, Lilith, superstitions, naming, customs after circumcision
  7. Pidyon Haben
  8. Hag Hape'ot
  9. Tefilat Bar Mitsva (more on Bar Mitsvah in Volume 1 under "Tefillin")
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  3. Pages 556 - 557, in 1 sengif of 3 notes
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Engagement and Marriage

  1. Shidukhin
  2. When to read the Ketuba during the ceremony
  3. The venue of the wedding
  4. Who writes the Ketuba
  5. What is discussed with the couple before the ceremony
  6. The manner of arranging people under the Hupa, and their roles
  7. Fasting on the day of the wedding prior to the Hupa
  8. When the act of consecration is performed
  9. Liturgical variants of how to introduce the blessings
  10. Liturgical variants of the wedding blessings
  11. Liturgical variants of the engagement statement and blessings
  12. Why we bless over wine twice
  13. Why we use a ring for engagement, and put it on the index finger
  14. "According to the religion of Moses and Israel"
  15. Pouring out the wine (De Sola siddur)
  16. Standing at the Hupa vs. sitting at the meal
  17. Breaking the glass at the Hupa, and breaking the plate at Shidukhin
  18. Why the bride stands at the groom's right
  19. Breaking the glass, revisited
  20. Origin of the written Ketuba
  21. The custom of wedding gifts and wedding invitations
  22. Veiling and unveiling the bride
  23. Engagement and marriage blessings, revisited
  24. The bridal party
  25. Tallet and Sheheheyanu at the Hupa
  26. The groom stamps on the bride's foot, or vice versa
  27. Engagement and marriage blessings, revisited
  28. Writing the Ketuba, liturgical variants, and it's meaning
  29. Why the ring does not have a precious stone
  30. Procedure for double weddings
  31. Why there are seven marriage blessings and not more
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At Home and Away

  1. Tefilat Haderekh
  2. Birkat Mezuza
  3. Hanukkat Habayit
  1. Pages 634 - 635, in 1 sengif
  2. Pages 636 - 640, in 9 sengifim
  3. Pages 640 - 641, in 1 sengif

Sickness, Death, and Mourning

  1. Changing the name of the sick
  2. Viduy for the deathbed
  3. 7 hakafot for the dead
  4. Tsiduk Hadin
  5. Asher Yatsar Etkhem
  6. Prayers in the house of mourning
  7. Accompanying, burial, funerals and prayers, customs, mourning, misc
  1. Pages 642 - 643, in 1 sengif
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  4. Pages 646 - 650, in 5 sengifim (book lumps next 113 sengifim together)
  5. Pages 651 - 652, in 2 sengifim
  6. Pages 653 - 661, in 12 sengifim
  7. Pages 662 - 710, in 94 sengifim

Selihot and Sefirat Hangomer

  1. Selihot before the High Holy Days
  2. Sefirat Hangomer
  1. Pages 710 - 713, in 3 sengifim
  2. Pages 713 - 731, in 20 sengifim

Extras

  1. Poetical celebration of Vols. 1-2 (simultaneous release)
  2. Addenda (should be thought of as part of the main text)
  3. Topical index (mostly follows the order of appearance in Vols. 1-2)
  4. Table of corrigenda
  5. Alphabetical list of abbreviations used in Vols. 1-2
  6. Drawing of the Menora in the Bet Hamikdash
  1. Page 732
  2. Pages 733 - 740
  3. Pages 741 - 780
  4. Pages 781 - 783
  5. Pages 784 - 791
  6. Rear endpapers