[Avodah] Kiddush Levanah on Motzoei Yom Kippur

[saul mashbaum]

RMBerger wrote about Kiddush Levana for Tishrei

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


This is a classic question: if there is a hiddur in doing something later, does that override "Mitzvah haba leyadkha al tachmitzenah " ? The common case is KL motzaei Shabbat, which is preferable to a weekday night since one is more nicely dressed, in a good mood because of the joy of the Shabbat, and KL can usually be done b'rov am, which are hiddurim for KL. The common practice is to wait until motzaei Shababt, even though one thus is "machmitz" the mitzva which could have been done earlier. The same principle applies to KL motzaei YK, which some hold is the most mehudar time to say it; this may override MHBAT. I'll provide some sources soon, b"n, but this is the idea. The same question applies to other mitzvot as well.

Saul Mashbaum