Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Tikkun Chatzos

The Rebbe greatly stressed the importance of reciting Tikkun Chatzos. He ruled that Chatzos begins six hours (sixty-minute hours, not sha’os zemaniyos) after nightfall (tzes ha-kokhavim), and lasts for two hours.
(Likkutei Moharan I, 149; ibid. II, 67, 101; Sichos ha-Ran 301; cf. Magen Avraham, Orach Chaim 1:4, citing the Zohar, Vayakhel; ibid. 233:1; Machatzis ha-Shekel on Magen Avraham, ad loc.; Rabbi Chaim Vital, Pri Eitz Chaim, Sha’ar Tikkun Chatzos, 4; Mishnas Chassidim, Masechtas Chatzos, 1:1; Rabbi Noson Hanover, Sha’arey Tziyon, Sha’ar 1, citing Eitz Chaim, Drush 6, Drushei ha-Laylah; Siddur ARI Kol Yaakov, 4a; Tzava’as ha-Rivash 16, concerning the Baal Shem Tov; Siddur ARI Rav Shabsai, 5a; Siddur ARI Rav Asher, 9a; similarly Bekhor Shor, Berakhos, 3a; Teshuvos Chasam Sofer, Orach Chaim, no. 199; et al.)

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