Wed. High Holy Days.
http://jewfaq.org/holiday0.htm
Click next to holiday6.htm
http://scheinerman.net/judaism/hhd/index.html
Additional resources:
www.ualberta.ca/~ebenzvi/101/judaism.html
“Evening and morning and at noon I shall
pray”
Psalm 55:17
• 3 Group prayer times for men
– 4rth service on Holy-days, after morning prayer.
Morning prayers longest
• Also prayers at Night before morning
Shema before Bed
Daily prayers: 2 ways
• short version for small groups
• Full liturgy, if there are enough people.
Minyan
• 10 adults are needed before prayer rituals
are performed in full.
• Orthodox: only men count toward Minyan
Evening: Ma'ariv
sundown and midnight.
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Shema
•
Amidah: Shemoneh Esrei /
“18 Benedictions”
•
Aleinu
Shema: Quotes from Torah
“Hear, Oh Israel, the Lord is our god, the Lord is
One…
And you shall love the Lord your God with all your
heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
And these words that I command you today shall be in
your heart.
And you shall teach them diligently to your children,
and you shall speak of them when you sit at home,
and when you walk along the way, and when you lie
down and when you rise up.”
“And you shall bind them as a sign on your hand,
and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.”
Tefillah / Tefillin
Tefillah: Many prayers require their
use
“And you shall write them on the doorposts
of your house and on your gates.”
• Mezuzah
• Deut. 6:4-9,
11:13-21
Mezuzah / Mezuzoth
Mezuzah / Mezuzot
Amidah
or Shemoneh Esrei
• “18 Benedictions” actually 19…
• Recited quietly while standing.
private prayer can be added.
• Prayer leader recites it again loudly.
Amidah
• Symbolic of the “Holy of Holies”: innermost
sanctuary of the Temple.
• Private recitation has plural appeals to
god.
• Individual face to face with God
Reform changes:
www.us-israel.org/jsource/Judaism/amidah.html
Adds Matriarchs’ names.
Sarah Rebecca Rachael Leah
Resurrection replaced with God as author of life.
God is more universal: god of all people, not just
of Israel.
Aleinu
• Main prayer of closing of service.
• Declaration of duty to obey God.
• “It is our duty to praise the Master of all, to
ascribe greatness to the Molder of
primeval creation, ….
Morning: Shacharit
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Morning Blessings
Shema
Amidah
Torah reading (Mon., Thurs., Sat. &
holidays)
• Aleinu
– Musaf: Additional service: Sabbath and Hol.
Morning Blessings
• Thanks for many things, including:
• …
not making me a gentile
not making me a slave
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not making me a woman
• expl. Women not bound to many mitzvoth,
so men are grateful for the honour of
having more commandments.
Tallit & Tzitzit
Aliyah
• Being asked to “come up” to bless and/or
read Torah.
Afternoon Service (Minchah)
• Amidah Shemoneh Esrei
• Aleinu
Synagogue
Beit Knesset
House of Assembly
• Reform, Conservative
– Structured services
• Orthodox:
– Ref. English
– Cons. Hebrew
– Leader faces people
Beit Knesset
Orthodox may say “Shul” = School.
– “Study Torah”
Reform Jews call the B.Kn “temple”
Conserv. “Synagogue” most typical
Synagogue
• Conservative = “Synagogue”
• Reform = “Temple”
Orthodox
• “Free form”, people go at own pace
• Leader faces same direction as
congregation
• Segregated: Women on one side or
behind a screen.
– Hebrew
Cons. & Reform
• Non-segragated
• More structured
• Everyday languages are used
• Services shorter
Issues
• Segregation
• How much like a “church” should it be?
• Use of pianos, organs etc allowable?
Berakhot
• BRK = Blessing
• 100 per day.
• Before observing Mitzvah
• Before material benefit
• Before special time, event
Rabbi
• Teacher
• Interpreter of Halakah
• Administrator.
• Officiates at ceremonies
NOT a priest
Cantor / chazzan
• Chants prayers for congregation.
• Administrator.
• Officiates at ceremonies
Gabbai
• Two, assist with Torah reading.
Calendar
• 5763
• Since the world began
• New Year in 7th month…
High Holy Days (10 days)
• Rosh Hashanah
• Yom Kippur
• Other autumn festivals
Sukkoth
• Simhat Torah.