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<p>In Avodah V26#201, RAM wrote:<br>
> But it seems to me that this Yehi Ratzon destroys the hekker. No one would say this Yehi Ratzon on a day when there's no mitzvah of Yeshivas Sukkah....It seems that the idea of the omission of Layshev being a hekker contradicts the custom of saying the Yehi Ratzon on Shmini Atzeres. <<br>
Stated this way, I would disagree w/ RAM, at least insofar as the minhag chutz laAretz is concerned. I'll quote what (as per the Roedelheim machzor, which records it in the volume for Shmini Atzeres) I say on Shmini Atzeres in order to try to explain why: "Y'hi Ratzon...k'sheim sheqqiyyamti v'yashavti bassukkah zo...." In order to say "qiyyamti v'yashavti," I, as a chutznik, first have to fulfill divrei CHaZaL that on Shmini Atzeres one "sits [but does not bless]" -- I _do_ have a mitzvah [d'Rabbanan] and won't say the "Y'hi Ratzon" until I've "fulfilled" it. <br>
In the same digest, RSF responded to RAM:<br>
> The Yehi Ratzon is l'maaseh, a tefilah you make upon leaving the Sukkah for<br>
the last time that year. Regardless of the reason why, l'maaseh you are not<br>
leaving the Sukkah until after Shmini Atzeret (if that is your minhag). It<br>
would not make sense to say the Yehi Ratzon and then go back into the Succah<br>
to have another meal. <<br>
This explains the "yashavti," but it implies that one could say the "Y'hi Ratzon" before Shmini Atzeres even chutz laAretz if one knew one would not be able to sit in one's sukkah from that point through the end of Shmini Atzeres -- it's a minor, and possibly theoretical point, but I'm thinking that if one has his own sukkah, he nevertheless shouldn't say the "Y'hi Ratzon" under those circumstances until the end of Shmini Atzeres, at which time one can say the past-tense "qiyyamti [to the best of my ability]" w/out hesitation. <br>
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All the best from<br>
--Michael Poppers via RIM pager</body></html>