[Avodah] Sleeping on Rosh Hashana

[Professor L. Levine via Avodah]

The following is from today's Daf HaYomi B'Halacha

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The Rama cites a custom not to sleep during the day of Rosh Hashana. This is based on a statement of Chazal that if someone sleeps on Rosh Hashana, his mazal will sleep. According to the Arizal, the problem is limited to the morning hours before chatzos. There is a machlokes as to whether this custom mandates arising before dawn on Rosh Hashana morning. Some contemporary poskim write that even if the minhag does not require people to rise early, someone who woke up early should not go back to sleep. Someone whose head feels heavy or who won't be able to daven properly without a nap can rest as needed on Rosh Hashana. Some poskim say that the minhag differentiates between sleeping in a bed and in a chair -- and only resting in a bed could be a problem.

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