The Tikkun of the Ben Ish Hai for Erev Rosh Hodesh
Translated by
Rahmiel Hayyim Drizin
Revised Tammuz 5770
Table of Contents
Hakdama/Introduction……………………………………………………………..2
Article by Rabbi Ariel Bar Tzaddok…………………………………………….3
Viddui…………………………………………………………………………………….7
Mishnayot……………………………………………………………………………….7
Gemara………………………………………………………………………………….22
Midrash…………………………………………………………………………………28
Zohar
Volume I……………………………………………………………………………….33
Volume II………………………………………………………………………………35
Volume III……………………………………………………………………………..51
Tikkun Yom Erev Rosh Hodesh………………………………………………….71
Tikkun Leil Rosh Hodesh…………………………………………………………..81
Verses to be said in the place of Tikkun Rahel………………………………84
Hakdama/Introduction
Rosh Hodesh, the New Moon of the New Jewish Month, is a time of renewal, both of body and spirit. The day before is practiced as an ancient tradition as a Yom Kippur Katan –a mini Day of Atonement–where many fast and say prayers of penitence. It is a tremendous opportunity to review the past month’s activities, admit one’s miss-takes, regret doing
them, and pledge to try to not repeat them in the upcoming month. Rabbi Yosef Hayyim of Bagdad, the Ben Ish Hai, has compiled a series of readings in his Sefer Mishmeret HaHodesh, some 95% of which is translated below. All of these selections were chosen with his brilliant intuition to help us proceed from one month to the next. If one choses to fast, the fast must be accepted before dusk on the night of Erev Rosh Hodesh.
The fast reduces one’s fats and blood in the same manner as these substances were offered upon the altar in the Temple through the sacrifices. The readings below can all be read after Midnight, or during the day of Erev Rosh Hodesh. It is our prayer that they lead you to personal renewal, spiritual reinvigoration, and holistic rededication to sacred mission.
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