Isru chag

 ( Minor Jewish Holidays ) 

Isru Chag () refers to the day after each of the Three Pilgrimage Festivals in Judaism: Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot.

The phrase originates from the verse in Psalms 118:27, which states, "Bind the Korban with cords to the corners of the altar." According to the Talmud:

In a responsum to a community that had inquired as to the rationale behind the observance of Isru Chag, Yosef Hayyim (1832–1909) cited Isaac Luria (1534–1572), the founder of Lurianic Kabbalah, to the effect that Jews connect the day after the holiday to the holiday itself due to the remaining “light” of the holiday: in other words, so that the sanctity of the holiday will be extended.Shu”t Torah Lishmah: Orach Chaim, Question 140

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Rabbinic authorities cite observances Adding a degree of festivity to the day as a practice has further been codified in Ashkenazi Jews, as Moses Isserles (1520–1572) has stated in his glosses on the Shulchan Aruch in the section Orach Chayim:

Yisrael Meir Kagan (1838–1933) ruled that the minhag (custom) is to generally forbid fasting on Isru Chag, except in instances when as a result of great distress the community synagogue decrees it.Mishna Berurah Orach Chaim 429:14

Almost all communities omit tachanun (additional prayers of supplication) on Isru Chag. אנציקלופדיה יהודית: אסרו חג However, communities that follow the rulings of Maimonides (1135–1204), such as the Dor Daim (a movement founded in 19th century Yemen), maintain that the only days on which Tachanun is to be omitted are Shabbat, Jewish holidays, Rosh HaShanah, Rosh Chodesh, Hanukkah, Purim, and the mincha on the eve of any Shabbat and holiday.Mishne Torah Hilchot Tefillah 5:15

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See also

• Chol HaMoed, the intermediate days of Passover and Sukkot.
• Mimouna, a traditional North African Jewish celebration held the day after Passover.
• Pesach Sheni, is exactly one month after 14 Nisan.
• Purim Katan is when during a Jewish leap year Purim is celebrated during Adar II so that the 14th of Adar I is then called Purim Katan.
• Shushan Purim falls on Adar 15, the day Jews in Jerusalem celebrate Purim.
• Yom Kippur Katan is a practice observed by some Jews on the day preceding each Rosh Chodesh or New Moon Day.
• "Yom tov sheni shel galuyot" refers to the observance of an extra day of Jewish holidays outside of the land of Israel.

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External links

• What is Isru Chag?
• " Holiday Wrapping"
• Isru Chag
• The Morning After
• Understanding Isru Chag and Yemei Tashlumin

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