Tu b'av- The holiday of tachanun

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    Bar Shattya
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    Tu b’av is such a great holiday. No responsibilities. Just one big “no-tachanun party”. There really is another one called tu b’shvat. I was trying to think of how the word “tu” means no tachanun. some people might think that you have to eat fruits on tu b’shvat. You don’t. Just like you don’t need to get married on tu b’av.

    #798054
    popa_bar_abba
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    Oops. I davened without a minyan today, and I said tachanun.

    And it is even Monday!

    Blazes durn it!!

    #798055

    i think you can apply the credit and not say it thursday.

    #798056
    deiyezooger
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    PBA – you can take a rain check for Thursday…

    #798057
    deiyezooger
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    80, jinks..

    #798058

    sorry

    you were 15 sec behind me

    #798059
    deiyezooger
    Member

    Great minds think alike…

    #798060
    Bar Shattya
    Member

    I was so happy i had davened with a minyan when they started getting the torah. I thought it was because I davened in a chassidish place and they never say tachanun until the guy next to me pointed it out. We planned on going out after shacharis to get married but then we decided to learn instead. Classic excuse. They all use it. Maybe I’ll get married next year. Perhaps the year after I eat fruit on the other Holiday of tachanun.

    #798061
    Chacham
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    Pops why would you say tachnun during sheva brachois.

    #798062
    mw13
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    I think the whole premise of this topic is in incredibly bad taste. Tachnun is a Teffila to Hashem and should be treated as an opportunity, not a burden. And skipping Tachnun should most definitely not be a cause for a “party”. Really, have a little bit of respect.

    #798063
    popa_bar_abba
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    And skipping Tachnun should most definitely not be a cause for a “party”.

    I don’t know. The gemara does say ?? ??? ???? ????? ?????? ??”? ???

    #798064
    Toi
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    ya but not the no tachanun part. i forget where but it says in halocho that one who doesnt say tachanun on monday or thursday when supposed to is called a poretz geder. we dont need to be happy not to say it

    #798065
    kol daveed
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    I understand tachanun isn’t particularly “fun” to say and so it’s a relief for many when we’re exempt from saying it. Nonetheless, when a person is truly broken both in body and spirit, and he says “V’yomer David el Gad, ‘Tzar li me’od'” and then pauses and thinks to himself – I’m not just describing how David hamelech felt, but how I myself feel this very moment (ie tzar li me’od). There’s an incredible opportunity for growth, reflection, and as we approach the end of tachanun, solace and hope.

    The Anshe Knesset HaGadol and Chazal instituted tefillah in this particular seder and manner because it is applicable to our own lives. Our role is pour our hearts out to HaKadosh Baruch Hu in pure tefillah in the way in which it was instituted. If we spend just a few minutes each day reflecting on the meaning of the words in our tefillahs, imagine how much we will gain.

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