[Avodah] Kiddush Levanah on Motzoei YK

[Dov Kay]

<<Mitzvah haba leyadkha al tachmitzenah is invoked as a chiyuv. I do not
understand why we aren't all zerizim maqdimim.>>

The Levush, who maintains that it should be recited before YK, argue on the 
basis that we need as many z'chuyos as we can get before YK, not z'rizim 
makdimin.

As R Saul Mashbaum points out, it may depend on how one prioritizes hiddur 
vs z'rizus.  On the other hand, it might be that being in a state of joy 
when reciting KL is a part of the mitzva, if not an essential one, which 
precludes its being said when a person experiences eimas hadin during AYT.

Living in Manchester, I have adopted the AhS's custom of making KL as soon 
as possible, even in Tishre and Av, because the moon is seldom visible in 
this city.

Kol tuv
Dov Kay

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