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which discusses saying Tachanun in detail.</div>
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<h2><strong class="ContentPasted1">Postscript:</strong><strong class="ContentPasted1"> Is
<em class="ContentPasted1">Tachanun</em> Obligatory?</strong></h2>
<p class="ContentPasted1">Although this author has heard it opined that the common “custom” of skipping
<em class="ContentPasted1">Tachanun</em> for reasons not mentioned in the <em class="ContentPasted1">
Shulchan</em><em class="ContentPasted1"> Aruch</em> nor <em class="ContentPasted1">
Poskei HaDoros</em> is due to the <em class="ContentPasted1">Tur’s</em> citing of Rav Nitoranei Gaon’s dictum that ‘<em class="ContentPasted1">Tachanun</em> recited in the
<em class="ContentPasted1">Beis Kenesses</em> is a <em class="ContentPasted1">Reshus</em>,’(non-obligatory)<a href="https://ohr.edu/10045#_edn36" title="" class="ContentPasted1" data-loopstyle="linkonly">[36]</a> nevertheless, both the
<em class="ContentPasted1">Bach</em> and the <em class="ContentPasted1">Prishah</em> explain that that is far from his intent.<a href="https://ohr.edu/10045#_edn37" title="" class="ContentPasted1">[37]</a> These authorities point out that they very next line
in the <em class="ContentPasted1">Tur</em> states that <em class="ContentPasted1">
Tachanun</em> is not recited when a <em class="ContentPasted1">Chosson</em> is present.</p>
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<p class="ContentPasted2">They explain the juxtaposition of these two statements is meant to clarify the
<em class="ContentPasted2">Halacha</em>. If the reciting of <em class="ContentPasted2">
Tachanun</em> is an actual <em class="ContentPasted2">din</em>, then we would be obligated to recite it even with a
<em class="ContentPasted2">Chosson</em> present (akin to <em class="ContentPasted2">
Shemoneh</em><em class="ContentPasted2">Esrei</em> etc.). That is why the <em class="ContentPasted2">
Tur</em> prefaced it with Rav Nitoranei Gaon’s statement that <em class="ContentPasted2">
Tachanun</em> is a <em class="ContentPasted2">Reshus</em>: to allow us leniency in certain specific
<em class="ContentPasted2">halachically</em> mandated cases. In other words, the recital of
<em class="ContentPasted2">Tachanun</em> is similar to <em class="ContentPasted2">
Tefillas Maariv</em>: although officially titled a <em class="ContentPasted2">Reshus</em> according to some opinions (see
<em class="ContentPasted2">Gemara Brachos</em> 27b), it is nonetheless still required; it just has certain nuances that are relaxed in specific situations.<a href="https://ohr.edu/10045#_edn38" title="" class="ContentPasted2" data-loopstyle="linkonly">[38]</a></p>
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<p class="ContentPasted2">The reader is referred to Rav Yisroel Reisman’s excellent forward to the English
<em class="ContentPasted2">sefer</em> titled “<em class="ContentPasted2">Tachanun</em>,” where he decries, in his inimitable manner, the common lackadaisicalness and underappreciation many have for this important
<em class="ContentPasted2">Tefillah</em>.<a href="https://ohr.edu/10045#_edn39" title="" class="ContentPasted2" data-loopstyle="linkonly">[39]</a></p>
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See the above URL for much more.</div>
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