Alone on Rosh Hashanah: Volume 6, Issue 5, Toldos
- Sefas Tamim
- Nov 21
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November 22, 2025; 2 Kislev, 5786 Sponsored anonymously for the Refuah Shleimah of Yair Nissan Ben Sara
Rabbi Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman ZT”L (the Ponovezher Rav) was once approached by his son with a question regarding a personal custom that the Ponovezher Rav had observed for years: eating alone on the first night of Rosh Hashanah. The son, curious about the origins of this practice, asked, “Is there some place that this custom is stated in Halacha? I looked everywhere and I could not find it.”
The Ponovezher Rav explained that this Halacha is not recorded anywhere. He shared with his son the origins of his custom, which dated back to his youth...