Cf. Siddur, p. 124ff.

The congregant leading the service does not wear a tallis for Minchah or Maariv, whether on Shabbos, Yom-Tov or Rosh HaShanah.[197]

Psalm 107 (beginning hodu; Siddur, p. 124) is recited before Minchah every Sabbath eve, unless that Friday coincides with a Yom-Tov or Chol HaMoed.[198]

Before Minchah every Shabbos eve, even when that Friday coincides with a Yom-Tov or Chol HaMoed, one recites the passage [from Tikkunei Zohar] beginning posach Eliyahu (Siddur, p. 125-6) and the passage beginning yedid nefesh (p. 126).[199]

If Yom-Tov or Yom Kippur falls on Shabbos, and thus the eve of the festival or the eve of Yom Kippur falls on Friday, Psalm 107 is recited at Minchah.[200]

   

Notes:

197. (Back to text) HaYom Yom, p. 4. Indeed, there are those who hold that the contrary practice may have untoward results. The various opinions on this subject are cited in Shaarei Teshuvah on Orach Chayim 18. See also Pri Megadim, ad. loc., and the first rescension of the Responsa entitled Shem MiShimon (published in Satmar, 5632) on Orach Chayim, Sections 1 and 2. (From a letter of the Rebbe Shlita [reprinted in Likkutei Sichos, Vol. IX, p. 276, and in his Igrois Koidesh, Vol. XIX, p. 249].)

198. (Back to text) The Alter Rebbe's Siddur.

199. (Back to text) HaYom Yom, p. 46.

     These three readings (Hodu, Pasach Eliyahu and Yedid Nefesh) likewise appear before the Minchah of erev Shabbos in Kol Yaakov, the Siddur compiled by R. Shabsai of Rashkov.

     "The Baal Shem Tov instituted the practice of reciting Psalm 107 every erev Shabbos. (See Meor Einayim, end of Parshas Beshalach.) It is to be read before Minchah. (According to Ateres Zvi on Zohar II, 168b, this tradition was taught in the name of the Baal Shem Tov by his disciples.) It serves as a blessing of gratitude for the fact that one's involvement in the workaday world during the foregoing week caused one no harm in body or in soul, neither spiritually nor materially. [Indeed,] the time for its recital is described in Shaar HaKollel (17:2) as 'before Minchah, after one has finished with one's weekday activities.' The latter source also says that 'one makes a point of reciting it together with the congregation,' but I have not seen this in practice." (Note of the Rebbe Shlita.)

200. (Back to text) Shaar HaKollel, loc. cit.