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Picture, if you will, the hallowed halls of almost any <em class="ContentPasted1">
Yeshivah</em>, almost anywhere in the world, on <em class="ContentPasted1">Rosh Hashanah</em> morning. As the strains of
<em class="ContentPasted1">Shiras Chanah</em> conclude, followed by the post-<em class="ContentPasted1">Haftarah brachos</em>, there suddenly is a loud bang on the
<em class="ContentPasted1">Bimah</em> and the <em class="ContentPasted1">Gabbai</em> calls out “<em class="ContentPasted1">Kiddush</em>!” Most of those assembled take a break for a quick
<em class="ContentPasted1">Kiddush</em> and then return for the day’s main <em class="ContentPasted1">
Mitzvah </em>- the <em class="ContentPasted1">Tekiyas Shofar</em>, the <em class="ContentPasted1">
Blowing</em> of the <em class="ContentPasted1">Shofar</em>. The recitings of ‘<em class="ContentPasted1">Lamnatzeach</em>’ soon reach a crescendo, not unlike a deafening roar, as the congregation eagerly anticipates and prepares for the
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Although this is indeed the common custom in almost every <em class="ContentPasted2">
Yeshivah</em>, curiously, the idea of making <em class="ContentPasted2">Kiddush</em> and eating prior to the main
<em class="ContentPasted2">Mitzvah</em> of the day is considered an anathema to some. In fact, the
<em class="ContentPasted2">Matteh Efraim</em>, who is considered the authority on issues relating to the
<em class="ContentPasted2">Yomim Nora’im</em>, writes that it is actually prohibited to eat before
<em class="ContentPasted2">Tekiyas Shofar</em>, barring if one is weak, and, even only then, a small ‘<em class="ContentPasted2">Te’imah</em>’, tasting of food, in private, is allowed.<a href="https://ohr.edu/6500#_edn1" title="" class="ContentPasted2">[1]</a>
If so, why do so many make <em class="ContentPasted2">Kiddush</em><a href="https://ohr.edu/6500#_edn2" title="" class="ContentPasted2">[2]</a> and eat before
<em class="ContentPasted2">Tekiyas Shofar</em>?<br>
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See the above URL for much more. <br>
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If you will be in Brooklyn for RH, I invite you to daven with the Young Israel of Avenue J Hashkama Minyan that starts at 7:15 and will end no later than 11:30. If you join us, you will be able to go home and make kiddush well before Chatzos.</div>
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This minyan meets in the Bais Medrash which is downstairs. <br>
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