#60: The Proper Time for Kiddush (Part 1)
- The Shulchan Aruch (O.C. 271:1) recommends that one recite Kiddush immediately after returning home from shul. This means that ideally, one should not delay for unnecessary reasons or relax with family for a long period after everyone is home. Rather, one should begin the meal as soon as possible. However, the Mishnah Berurah (271:1) adds that if one is not hungry yet, then one may wait to start, provided none of the other household members or guests are hungry.
- On weeks that one accepts Shabbat early (more common during the summer), one may recite Kiddush before nightfall (Shulchan Aruch 267:2). However, in this case, men should ideally begin the meal before sunset due to the prohibition to eat before reciting Shema (from which women are exempt) (Mishnah Berura 267:6).
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Dedicated by Fran Broder as a zechus for the hostages to be released safely to their families and may everlasting peace come to Eretz Yisrael in the merit of learning Hilchos Shabbos.