Sefer HaMinhagim

The Book of Chabad-Lubavitch Customs

Compiled by Menachem Zeev Greenglass and Yehudah Leib Groner; Translated by Uri Kaplun

Publisher’s Foreword		On the Observance of Customs From a Talk of the Rebbe Shlita
Note on Divergent Rulings		Morning Conduct
The Morning Blessings		Tzitzis 2 Comments
Tefillin		The Morning Service: Shacharis
Textual Variants		Prayer
Pesukei DeZimrah		Shema and its Berachos
Shemoneh Esreh		The Repetition of Shemoneh Esreh and the Priestly Blessing
The Reading of the Torah: Kerias HaTorah		Raising the Sefer Torah: Hagbahah
The Conclusion of Shacharis		The Six Remembrances 2 Comments
The Tefillin of Rabbeinu Tam 4 Comments		The Chitas Study Cycles Instituted by the Rebbe Rayatz: Chumash, Tehillim, Tanya 2 Comments
Washing the Hands (Netilas Yadayim) before Meals; Grace After Meals (Birkas HaMazon) & Other Blessings		The Prayer for Travelers: Tefillas HaDerech
Circumcision: Bris Milah		The Afternoon Service: Minchah
The Evening Service: Maariv		Prayer Before Retiring at Night: Kerias Shema
As the Sabbath Approaches: Erev Shabbos		Minchah on Shabbos Eve 4 Comments
Prayer for Welcoming the Sabbath: Kabbalas Shabbos		Kiddush for the Eve of Shabbos
The Sabbath Table Hymns: Zemiros		Shema before Retiring on Friday Night
Morning Service for Shabbos: Shacharis		The Torah Reading on Shabbos and Festivals
List of Haftorah Readings where Customs Vary		The Additional Service: Mussaf for Shabbos
The Afternoon Service: Minchah for Shabbos		The Close of Shabbos and Havdalah
Rosh Chodesh		The Month of Nissan
Pesach: The Seder and the Haggadah		The Priestly Blessing
The Seventh and Eighth Days of Pesach		The Period of Sefiras HaOmer and Lag BaOmer
Beis Iyar		The Month of Sivan
Vav Sivan: The First Day of Shavuos		Gimmel Tammuz
Yud-Beis and Yud-Gimmel Tammuz		The Three Weeks and Public Fasts
Chaf Menachem Av		The Month of Elul
Distinctive Customs of Elul, Rosh HaShanah, the Ten Days of Penitence and Yom Kippur		Liturgical Supplement for the Days of Awe
Vav Tishrei		Yud-Gimmel Tishrei
Sukkos, Shemini Atzeres and Simchas Torah		The Month of MarCheshvan
The Month of Kislev		Chanukah
Gimmel DeChanukah		The Month of Teves
The Month of Shvat		The Month of Adar
Bar-Mitzvah		Weddings
Mourning: Semachos 1 Comment		Yahrzeit
Miscellaneous Topics