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Tens of thousands of Jews, including Bar Kochba, were massacred. e) Exactly a year later, the Roman Emperor Hadrian ordered Turnus Rufus to plow up the Temple Mount in Jerusalem and totally eradicate it from memory. Subsequently, a heathen temple was built on the site of the Beit Hamikdash, and Jerusalem was rebuilt as a pagan city off-limits to Jews, renamed Aeolia Capitolina.", "englishOnly": true, "transliteration": {} }, { "type": "heading", "english": "PRAYER ON PUBLIC FAST DAYS", "transliteration": {} }, { "type": "Passage", "english": "1. In the chazzan's repetition of the Amidah, he recites עֲנֵנוּ as a separate blessing after רְאֵה נָא. This applies provided that within the congregation there are at least three people who are fasting and seven who have eaten less than the size of a large date—the minimum measure for which one is liable for breaking a fast. (There are several opinions regarding this measure. The most stringent is 30 grams; other views make it equal to 38 grams or 48 grams.) If omitted by the chazzan, see page 591.", "englishOnly": true, "transliteration": {} }, { "type": "Passage", "english": "2. If the aforementioned number of people are not present in the synagogue, the chazzan should include the passage as an addition in שְׁמַע קוֹלֵנוּ, as an individual does when reciting the afternoon service on a fast day.", "englishOnly": true, "transliteration": {} }, { "type": "Passage", "english": "3. One who is not fasting should not lead the services. If he does lead the services, he should recite עֲנֵנוּ in the blessing שְׁמַע קוֹלֵנוּ.", "englishOnly": true, "transliteration": {} }, { "type": "Passage", "english": "4. For the Torah reading, וַיְחַל (Exodus 32:11-14; 34:1-10) is read, provided there are at least three people in the congregation fasting. One who is not fasting should not be given an aliyah. If however, one who is not fasting was unknowingly given such an honor, and by declining he would become embarrassed and compromise the honor of the Torah, he may accept it.", "englishOnly": true, "transliteration": {} }, { "type": "Passage", "english": "5. In the phrase וַיִּקְרָא בְשֵׁם ה' (ibid. 34:5), the reader should pause between the words בְשֵׁם and ה'.", "englishOnly": true, "transliteration": {} } ], "footer": [] } }, "links": [ { "rel": "parent", "title": "Siddur Tehillat Hashem, Annotated Edition", "href": "/siddur/tehillat-hashem-annotated.json" }, { "rel": "prev", "title": "Pesach / Public Fast Days and Selichot / The Fast of Gedaliah / The Tenth of Tevet / The Fast of Esther", "href": "/siddur/tehillat-hashem-annotated/1157-1157-615-615-selected-laws-and-customs-pesach-public-fast-days-and-selichot-the-fast-of-gedaliah-the-tenth-of-tevet-the-fast-of-esther.json" }, { "rel": "next", "title": "Prayer on Public Fast Days / Prayer for the Ninth of Av / Order of the Redemption of a Firstborn Son", "href": "/siddur/tehillat-hashem-annotated/1159-1159-617-617-selected-laws-and-customs-prayer-on-public-fast-days-prayer-for-the-ninth-of-av-order-of-the-redemption-of-a-firstborn-son.json" } ] }