[Avodah] Kiddush Levanah on Motzoei Yom Kippur

[Harry Maryles]

--- Yitzchok Levine <Larry.Levine at stevens.edu> wrote:

> Many have the custom of making Kiddush Levanah on Motzoei Yom
> Kippur 
> right after Maariv. However, this means that the wives of the men 
> making Kiddush Levanah have to wait longer before they can break 
> their fast, because they have to wait for their husbands to return 
> home and make Havdalah before they can eat. Is it really proper to 
> perform this mitzvah at the "expense" of others who may well be 
> feeling weak from fasting?

This practice is Halachicly incorrect. One is supposed to eat before
making Kiddush Levana. It is only out of expedience that many shuls
do so. In my son's Shul in Ramat Bet Shemesh everyone goes home to
make Havdlaha and eat immediately after the Maariv and return later
at a pre-determiend time to do Kiddush Levanah. 

HM

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