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Did you say the ‘Nasi’ Today? (Yom Alef)

From the Safer Haminhagim: [Every day from Rosh Chodesh Nissan until the twelfth of the month, usually after Shacharis,] one reads the passage [from Bamidbar 7-8:4] that describes the offering brought on that day by a particular Nasi, or tribal prince, for the dedication of the altar of the Mishkan. [In common parlance, each day’s passage itself is often referred to as “the Nasi.”] This daily reading is followed by the prayer which opens with the words yehi ratzon (and which appears in Siddur Torah Or [as well as in Siddur Tehillat HaShem, p. 371]). This prayer is recited even by a Kohen or a Levi [despite its seeming relevance only to tribes other than the Tribe of Levi]. [284]

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Footnotes: [284] HaYom Yom, p. 41. (According to the instructions given for this reading in Siddur Torah Or and Tehillat HaShem, on the thirteenth of Nissan one should read [the summarizing paragraph which begins] zos chanukas mizbeiach (i.e., from Bamidbar 7:84 to 8:4). This would appear to be an oversight, because in his Shulchan Aruch (429:15) the Alter Rebbe writes that on the thirteenth day one should read from [the beginning of] Parshas Behaalos’cha until kein asah es hamenorah (i.e., Bamidbar 8:1-4), a passage that corresponds to the Tribe of Levi. – The above comment is among the last of the notes with which R. Avraham Chayim Naeh introduces his Piskei HaSiddur.) The actual practice to be followed requires clarification.

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15 Comments

  • appreciative

    thanx having it on-line is very convenient, and causes people to actually say it since it’s right there in front of you.

  • sr

    I just want to thank you for posting this, in big. I have been searching all day for the nasi in the siddur and chitas and I couldn’t find it. It was such a relief to finally read it and at such ease! Thank you very much on behalf of everyone. (i hope you’ll be posting it every day)

  • MP

    Thanks so much for putting this on your site

    one question… is there a way to make it a little bit bigger?

  • Eli WIlansky

    whu would have thoght of that so nuch to do in chodesh nissan! and its right here on the web. Great job webby

  • Yamlive

    Thanks so much for this, its really a great service for all viewers. May the Zchus be upon you for good in all.

  • GRATEFUL

    THANK YOU SO MUCH PLEASE CONTINUE TO POST IT EVERYDAY AS WE CAN ALL BENEFIT FROM SEEING IT RIGHT HERE ON LINE!!!
    THANK YOU

  • Elli

    B”H

    Thank You!
    Please post it for everyday as it will certainly help many people recite it on the spot.