Chabad Minhagim: Pros & Cons

[chaimmayer]

I may be way off on this But it seems that the whole reason for the עשרת ימי תשובה is only for the בינוניים as everyone else has already been inscribed on ראש השנה .
Does the Tanya's definition of בינוני play any role in this?
Would not being a בינוני be a reason to not say selichos?

[Achas Veachas]

Meh, you don't know the feeling of taking out the slichus of the talis bietel (bag) on mutzah yom kuper...

Meh had the same feeling when I took it out this morning after Shacharis....

I may be way off on this But it seems that the whole reason for the עשרת ימי תשובה is only for the בינוניים as everyone else has already been inscribed on ראש השנה .
Does the Tanya's definition of בינוני play any role in this?
Would not being a בינוני be a reason to not say selichos?

No connection, regarding Aseres Yemey Teshuva the Tanya recognized the 'classical' interpretation of the Beinoni.

[dovy2]

Meh had the same feeling when I took it out this morning after Shacharis....
 No connection, regarding Aseres Yemey Teshuva the Tanya recognized the 'classical' interpretation of the Beinoni.

After only 4 and a half times you're already sick of it? There were years where we had worse...

[thaber]

http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=30510&st=&pgnum=179
http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=30510&st=&pgnum=180
http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=30510&st=&pgnum=181
Also footnote 132: http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=15986&pgnum=363

Seemingly not just a Chabad thing.

Practically speaking it's a Chabad thing, but other chassiduses have it as well in theory.

[thaber]

Now let's start talking about sleeping in the sukkah

[churnbabychurn]

Now let's start talking about sleeping in the sukkah

repost:P

[good sam]

I may be way off on this But it seems that the whole reason for the עשרת ימי תשובה is only for the בינוניים as everyone else has already been inscribed on ראש השנה .
Does the Tanya's definition of בינוני play any role in this?
Would not being a בינוני be a reason to not say selichos?

Aseres ymei tshuva is never only for beinonim. This seems to be common misconception. Everyone has aveiros which need atonement. During these days we prepare for the יום הקדוש when we all have the chance to rid ourselves of all our sins.

[MeirS]

Bump.

All we do in Chabad is Devorim before midnight and Tehillim after midnight.
What do others do?

[churnbabychurn]

Bump.

All we do in Chabad is Devorim before midnight and Tehillim after midnight.
What do others do?

sleep?

[Achas Veachas]

Pro: Kegavna is shorter than Bameh Madlikin.

Con: it's in Aramaic.

[doodle]

the word is madLikin .

[Dr Moose]

Pro: Kegavna is shorter than Bameh Madkikin.

Con: it's in Aramaic.

Top Ten Most Popular Skipped parts of Davening

Old but a must.

10- Atoh Yotzarta on Shabbos Rosh Chodesh. If you’re looking quizzically at the screen and muttering “What’s that?” you’re only proving my point.
9- Ve’yehi Noam on Motzaei Shabbos. Saturday nights- so much to do, so little time.

8- Be’rich Shemei before krias haTorah. My Aramaic just isn’t what it used to be. Besides, it’s much easier to wait until they start singing from “bei, bei ana rachitz…” and enthusiastically join in at that time.

7- Bameh Madlikin on Friday Night. Long. Very long.

6- The 2nd Yekum Purkan on Shabbos morning. Even the first is stretching it. Proper procedure is actually to space out for several minutes and then begin “vechol mi she’oskim betzarchei tzibbur be’emunah…” in a loud, sing-song voice.

5- Pitum Haketores on Shabbos morning. Kind of gets lost in the shuffle between Ain K’elokeinu, Anim Zemiros and the shul president’s best wishes for a refuah sheleima to Mrs. Kleinbard.

4- Ana B’koach during Kabbalas Shabbos. If you were really supposed to say it, the siddurim would have it in normal sized print. Extra credit here for annoyingly invoking the Miami Boys Choir classic to these words in a just-audible hum before moving on seamlessly to Lecha Dodi.

3- Korbanos before Pesukei D’zimra. My second cousin twice removed claims to have once met someone who had a relative who’s neighbor knew someone who said them. But I’m not sure I believe him.

2- Vehu Rachum on Mondays and Thursdays. For those who just can’t seem to get enough Tachanun, there’s this twice-weekly special. For the rest of us, there's usually something lying around on the table to read.

1- The Shir Shel Yom on Wednesday. Talk about a midweek crisis. Why can’t every day be Tuesday?

[Achas Veachas]

the word is madLikin .

Whoops fixed.

Thanks for the Haskamah

[skyguy918]

Pro: Kegavna is shorter than Bameh Madlikin.

Con: it's in Aramaic.

Not particularly exclusive to chabad though.

[Achas Veachas]

Not particularly exclusive to chabad though.

Not too many Minhagim are "exclusively" Chabad.

[yitrap]

Never verified this but apparently our veyiten lecha is shorter than ashkenaz.

[chaimmayer]

If you actually say it then it is longer than most people's 

[MeirS]

Later Sof Zman Achilas/Biur Chometz (comes together with a later Sof Zman Krias Shema)

[Dan]

Not really unique to Chabad.

[MeirS]

Not really unique to Chabad.

True. Although, everyone else on the block does it earlier.

Perhaps even those who do Krias Shema at the later Zeman are Machmir when it comes to Chometz.