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100 Blessings on Shabbat and Jewish Festivals
On Shabbat and some Jewish festivals, you might want to fulfill some of the quota for making 100 blessings by:
- Eating extra fruit or other foods,
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Hearing and saying amen to the blessings over the:
- Torah reading,
- Reader's repetition of the amida for shacharit and musaf, and
- Haftara by the maftir.
Nullifying Vows (Hatarat Nedarim)
Hatarat nedarim (nullification of vows) should be done before Rosh Hashana (but it may be done any time of the year) in front of three adult male shomer-Shabbat Jews. You may make a condition that you never want to make a vow of any type, but this might not be effective or valid. The formula may be said in English or any other spoken language.
Women: Blessings over Torah
Women are required to say the blessings over the Torah (birchot haTorah) before studying Torah or before praying.
If Doubt Whether You Said Blessings on Torah Study
If you are not certain that you have said any of the morning blessings on studying Torah (from la'asok b'divrei Torah to notein haTorah), you should not say them later. But when you say “ahava raba” before the morning shema, you may intend it to cover such blessings; then after the amida, you should say some Torah verses (psukim).
Women: Minimum to Pray
The minimum amount of prayer that women and girls 12 years old and up must say varies according to several opinions:
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Opinion that RMH approves of:
- Birchot ha'shachar (from al netilat yadaim--to u'maflee la'asot)
- Birchot haTorah (from la'asok b'divrei Torah--to notein haTorah)
- Yevarechecha/Eilu divarim she'ein/Eilu divarim she'adam
- Elohai neshama
- Asher natan 'sechvi... gomel chasadim tovim l'amo Yisrael
- Shema (first line of shema plus Baruch shem kevod malchuto l'olam va'ed)
- If they choose to say the morning amida, they should precede it with emet, v'yatziv until ga'al yisrael.
- Ramban: Women should say at least the amida of shacharit and of mincha.
- Another opinion: Women must say some prayer every day (but it may be any type of prayer, not only the fixed prayer services).
- Another opinion: Women do not need to say the amida and emet v'yatziv on Shabbat and Jewish festivals (that is, whenever we are not asking for anything).
- Women who have small children who require the mother's constant attention should not say any prayers except for birchot ha'shachar and birchot haTorah.