Special Hour for Prayer TOMORROW

Besiyata Dishmaya

Fri, May 21 2010, 7:51 am

In Sefer Hayoshor it is quoted in the name of the Ramban that the 9th hour of the 9th day of the 9th month is a special time for davening to Hashem. Kislev is the 9th month starting from Nissan and Sivan is the 9th month starting from Tishrei.

Tomorrow is the 9th day (Tes) of the 9th month (Sivan). So the 9th hour is an eis ratzon to be misspallel. (The 9th hour may be a bit different in other parts of the world.)

Eliyahu Hanavi on Har HaCarmel was answered in the 9th hour. The holy sefer Bris Menucha which has a haskameh from the Ariza"l cites this inyen and mentions that the ninth hour of the ninth day of the ninth month is the channel of all shefa. The Rebono Shel Olam should accept all our tefillos and bakoshes, amen.

Important to realize that the hour in the winter cannot be 60 full minutes because there are no 12 hours in a day. In the summer, the hour is more than 60 minutes. It’s sho’oh z’maniyos, daytime flexible hours.

Since it’s Friday I don’t have the time to figure out the 15-25 minutes according to all shittos. Here’s an easy way to figure out the hour according to one shitta:

In ISRAEL tomorrow the Netz is 5:35 a.m. and the Shkiah is 7:35 p.m. (or 19:35).
Multiply the hours by minutes and add the remaining amount of minutes.
The Netz at 5 hours and 35 minutes = 335 minutes
The Shkiah at 19 hours and 40 minutes = 1175 minutes
The difference of the amount of minutes between the Shkiah and the Netz: 1175-335=840 minutes
Divide 840 minutes by 12 hours of daytime = 70 minutes per hour
Multiply 70 by 8 hours (the hour that is mesugal for prayer (from 8th hour to the 9th)): 560 minutes
Divide 560 back into hours: 560 / 60 = 9.33 (9 hours plus 33% of 60 minutes)
Calculate the percentage of the minutes into actual minutes: 33 x 60% = 19.8 minutes
Add the 9 hours and 19.8 minutes to the Netz: 5:35 + 9:19:80 = 14:55:20
The 8th hour in Yerushalayim tomorrow is therefore 2:55:20 - 4:05:20 p.m.

More on this topic has been mentioned here and here.

If I’ll have the time later, I’ll bl"n try to figure out the 15-25 minutes according to all shittos for Israel. (In the winter it was about 10-15 minutes according to all shittos. In the summer, it’s a few minutes longer.) If anyone is interested for their own city, PM me and if I’ll have time before Shabbos, I’ll try to figure it out, bl”n.

mamaleh

Fri, May 21 2010, 8:48 am

Thanks for the info!
One point though, given that it is Shabbos you might want to ask your LOR what things you are allowed to daven for. I once learned that in general we do not daven for personal needs on Shabbos. That is one of the reasons why our Amidah is different, we also don't usually say Tehillim for a choleh, etc.
Don't know if this applies here, as I haven't asked. If anyone does ask, please post the response.
Thank You!

Besiyata Dishmaya

Fri, May 21 2010, 11:00 am

mamaleh wrote:

In Birchas Hachodesh we pray for parnosseh, rain, refuah shelemah, among others. Is a personal tefillah any different?

May all our tefillos be niskabel berachmim uverotzon. Gut Shabbos.

mamaleh

Fri, May 21 2010, 1:44 pm

Besiyata Dishmaya wrote:

mamaleh wrote:

In Birchas Hachodesh we pray for parnosseh, rain, refuah shelemah, among others. Is a personal tefillah any different?
May all our tefillos be niskabel berachmim uverotzon. Gut Shabbos.

That is what I was taught, but I did not ask specifically about this Eis Ratzon.

(And Amen!!)

Besiyata Dishmaya

Sat, May 22 2010, 4:27 pm

mamaleh wrote:

Besiyata Dishmaya wrote:

mamaleh wrote:

In Birchas Hachodesh we pray for parnosseh, rain, refuah shelemah, among others. Is a personal tefillah any different?
May all our tefillos be niskabel berachmim uverotzon. Gut Shabbos.

That is what I was taught, but I did not ask specifically about this Eis Ratzon.
(And Amen!!)

Do you have a source?

Perhaps it means that you're allowed to pray for parnosseh in general but not a specific request like, let's say, to be accepted at this and this place as a teacher or whatever?