Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site aecom.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!philabs!aecom!teitz From: teitz@aecom.UUCP (Eliyahu Teitz) Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish Subject: Re: New House Message-ID: <980@aecom.UUCP> Date: Wed, 28-Nov-84 14:53:57 EST Article-I.D.: aecom.980 Posted: Wed Nov 28 14:53:57 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 1-Dec-84 19:05:06 EST References: <200@mhuxv.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Albert Einstein Coll. of Med., NY Lines: 30 > I am posting this as a favor to Ken Wolman. > > PLEASE RESPOND TO: > > KEN WOLMAN > whuxe!ktw > (201) 740-4565 > ********************************* > I have some questions about the proper procedures for > moving into a new home that I would like answered > Jewishly. > > We are moving on December 3. Besides affixing the > mezuzot, what if anything is supposed to be done in terms > of berachot to be recited, actions to be performed, etc. > Also, does it make any difference that the house is not > owned but rented? > > Responses will be deeply appreciated. > -- > mhuxv!segs When one buys a new house i is customary to say the shehecheyanu or if more than one person is moving in ( if one moves in with one's family ), then the beracha of hatov v'hametiv is said. I don't know what the ruling is if one rents a house, but I'll inquire of my father ( an orthodox rabbi ) and I'll post what he says. Eliyahu Teitz. p.s. titchadesh