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<font size=3>At 08:32 AM 5/30/2009, SBA on Areivim wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Another issue relates to the
second day of Shavuos. There is an enactment to<br>
keep two days of yom tov in Chutz LaAretz (on account of sefeika
d'yoma-an<br>
uncertainty in the day that rosh chodesh was declared). Can we daven
early<br>
on the second night (Friday night), or do we have to wait until the time
the<br>
stars come, just as we do on the first night of
Shavuos?...</blockquote><br>
The YI of Ave J had a minyan on Friday (the first day of Shavuous at 7 PM
for Mincha followed immediately by Maariv. Over 100 people
attended!!! <br><br>
When someone asked a RY at Yeshiva Torah Vodaath about davening early on
Friday when the second day of Shavuous is Shabbos, he showed him a Mogen
Avraham that says that one should daven earlier on this Friday, so that
people stop cooking before Shabbos begins. When this person said,
"But I never recall this being done, the RY said, 'So?' It is
definitely allowed." <br><br>
So the answer is clearly one can daven early on the second night (Friday
night).<br><br>
BTW, let me add the following that occurred to me. According to those
poskim who are concerned about Temimos, do they also require that women
wait to light candles on the first night of Shavuous until after Tzeis?
Should not Temimos apply to lighting candles also, if one is to be
consistent?<br><br>
I have never heard of such a thing, and all of the calenders that I have
seen give the usual 18 minutes before Shkia for candle lighting for the
first night of Shavuous. <br>
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Yitzchok Levine</font></body>
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