Making up Pesukei d'Zimra

Hi,

One who misses the morning shacharit prayer due to a reason other than carelessness recites the amidah for minchah twice. The second amidah counts as the morning shacharit amidah, but one does not precede it with the pesukei d'zimra paragraphs which would have been used as part of shacharit.

One who misses pesukei d'zimra may recite its paragraphs at any point during the day, but one would not recite the beginning and ending blessings.

(Rivivot Ephraim 1:169)

חג סוכות שמח,
Mordechai

Amen after Baruch She'amar

Hi,

Baruch she'Amar is the berachah that opens the psukei d'zimra portion of our morning davening, and it is considered to be a berachah "on" the songs we are about to sing in psukei d'zimra. Therefore, we should not interrupt, or even pause, between Baruch she'Amar and the start of psukei d'zimra.

Nonetheless, one may respond Amen to another person's Baruch she'Amar even before he has had a chance to start the songs of psukei d'zimra. We view the "Amen" as part of the praise that is in psukei d'zimra.

(Rivivot Ephraim 1:50:8)

Have a great day,
Mordechai

Asher Yatzar during psukei d'zimra

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Regarding one who uses the washroom during psukei d'zimra: There are those who permit reciting the berachah of asher yatzar after using the washroom during psukei d'zimra, between the paragraphs. Others disagree, saying one should wait until after the amidah.

The consensus is that one may not recite asher yatzar between Barchu and the Amidah.

(Rivivot Ephraim 1:50:4)

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Mordechai

Switching the chazan after Yishtabach

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Normally, those who have one chazan lead psukei d'zimra and another chazan lead Shacharit will switch them before Yishtabach. However, one may also make the switch after Barchu. One may even switch in both places, having a chazan lead just for Yishtabach/Kaddish/Barchu.

(Rivivot Ephraim 1:49)

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Mordechai

V'charot imo habrit

Hi,

In the psukei d'zimra part of the morning davening, it is common for people to have a paragraph break in the middle of the Vayivarech David verses, before the words V'Charot imo habrit. This segment is part of the book of Nechemiah - Chapter 9, sentences 6-11.

The paragraph break seems to be a mistake; the point where people pause is actually mid-sentence. The mistake seems to have begun from a custom regarding the day of a brit milah: when there is a circumcision, some shuls have the mohel lead the recitation of the section that begins with v'Charot imo habrit. This may have led people to view that as a breakpoint. However, there should be no break.

(Rivivot Eprahim 1:41:2)

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Mordechai

Doubling "kol haneshamah"

Hi,

At the end of the "Hallelukah" paragraphs of Tehillim recited in the psukei d'zimra portion of the morning davening, we recite the last sentence in Tehillim 150, Kol haneshamah, twice. This doubling is to mark the end of a section, as we conclude the paragraphs selected from Tehillim.

(Rivivot Ephraim 1:41:1)

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Mordechai

After Barchu

Hi,

If someone has not yet said the Yishtabach berachah concluding psukei d'zimra, and he answers Barchu and automatically begins the berachah (yotzeir or) that follows Barchu, he cannot then go back and say Yishtabach.

(Ishei Yisrael 16:35)

חג אורים שמח,
Mordechai

Answering Barchu while in Pesukei d'Zimra

Hi,

One who is in the pesukei d'zimra portion of the morning service should respond to the chazan's Barchu, unless he is in the part of Baruch she'Amar after the second 'Baruch atah' or in Yishtabach after 'Baruch atah'.

(Mishneh Berurah 51:8; Ishei Yisrael 16:32)

חג אורים שמח,
Mordechai

Skipping Pesukei d'Zimra for work

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One who will be late for work if he recites Pesukei d'Zimra may skip it, assuming that his employer expects him at a specific time. One may not cheat his employer in order to recite Pesukei d'Zimra.

(Rav Moshe Feinstein, Igrot Moshe Orach Chaim 4:91:2)

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Mordechai

Asher Yatzar during Psukei d'Zimra

Hi,

There are two opinions regarding reciting Asher Yatzar after using the washroom during psukei d'zimra; some say to recite it immediately, others say to wait until after davening. Either opinion is correct, but Rav Moshe Feinstein waited until after davening.

(Rav Moshe Feinstein, Igrot Moshe Orach Chaim 4:14)

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Mordechai

The Amen for "v'Yatzmach"

Hi,

One who is davening with a Sephardic minyan, so that they include ויצמח פורקניה ויקרב משיחיה, should not respond Amen to those words when he is in pesukei d'zimra. The Rambam did not include an Amen for this line in his edition of kaddish, so it is not considered integral.

(Rav Moshe Feinstein, Igrot Moshe Orach Chaim 4:14)

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Mordechai

Interruptions during Psukei d'Zimra

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One should not respond "Brich Hu" and "Baruch Hu uVaruch Shmo" during Psukei d'Zimra.

(Rav Moshe Feinstein, Igrot Moshe Orach Chaim 2:16)

המצפה לישועה,
Mordechai

The Order of Psukei d'Zimra

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One who skips within Psukei d'Zimra to catch up, and then realizes that he has time to say that which he had skipped before Yishtabach, may insert the sections he skipped, out of context. The same is true if one skipped sections by accident.

(Rav Moshe Feinstein, Igrot Moshe Orach Chaim 2:16)

המצפה לישועה,
Mordechai

Late to shul on Rosh Chodesh?

Hi,

We have said that Hallel is meant to be recited on Rosh Chodesh with a minyan, to the point that some question whether one who recites Hallel alone should recite a berachah upon Hallel or not.

Therefore, one who comes to shul on Rosh Chodesh just before Hallel should recite Hallel with the minyan before reciting the rest of davening. Further, one who is in the middle of psukei d’zimra when Hallel begins should recite Hallel, without a berachah, before continuing psukei d’zimra.

(Mishneh Berurah 422:16, Aruch haShulchan Orach Chaim 422:8)

Have a great day,
Mordechai