{"id":688,"date":"2012-10-28T05:52:17","date_gmt":"2012-10-28T03:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shaareihoraah.org\/wordpress\/?p=688"},"modified":"2012-10-28T05:52:32","modified_gmt":"2012-10-28T03:52:32","slug":"kiddush-levana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shaareihoraah.org\/?p=688","title":{"rendered":"Kiddush Levana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Question<\/strong>: \u201cIt is possible to recite birkat\u00a0halevana from indoors if one can see the moon through a window (open or closed) or is it necessary to be outdoors? Are there any dispensations if one is ill..?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Answer<\/strong>: The Rema\u00a0in OC 426:4 writes that Kiddush Levana\u00a0should not be recited under a roof. The Mishna Berura\u00a0there explains that it is comparable to greeting a king, and one would be expected to go out to the street to do so. However, the Mishna Berura\u00a0continues that this is merely preferable; if someone is incapable of exiting their house they may recite it inside. In the Shaar\u00a0HaTziun he adds that while ideally the window should be opened, if this is not feasible it is not necessary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: \u201cIt is possible to recite birkat\u00a0halevana from indoors if one can see the moon through a window (open or closed) or is it necessary to be outdoors? 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