Yihya Saleh also initiated the custom of saying Ṣidqathekha (), etc.,The reference here is to the three verses taken from three different places in the book of Psalms, all making mention of the word Ṣedeq, or "justice," in recognition of God's justice who caused three pious men of Israel to pass away from the world during the Afternoon oblation – viz., Moses our Master, Joseph and King David. A debate, however, quickly arose whether or not it was permitted to make ṣidūq ha-din (i.e. the act of justifying God's judgment) on certain days, since normally it is not permitted to engage in mourning on a Sabbath day or Festival day. See: Saleh, Y. (1979), vol. 3, responsum # 150. in his own synagogue immediately following the Amidah of the Afternoon Prayer (Mincha) on Sabbath days, in accordance with an injunction in the Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim § 292:2), and which practice soon spread amongst other Baladi-rite congregations.
