Entering the High Holy Days: A Complete Guide to the History, Prayers and ThemesThe High Holy Days -- Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur -- are for many Jews the highlight of the Jewish year. The liturgy for the Days of Awe are the longest and most complex of the year, leaving a large number of attendees without a complete understanding of the occasion's significance. Entering The High Holy Days provides historical background and interpretation of the ideas, practices, and liturgy and lends them contemporary relevance to today's Jews. Reuven Hammer received his ordination and doctorate in theology from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. He is the former president of the Rabbinical Assembly and head of the Rabbinical Court of the Masorti Movement. |
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... soul You have placed within me is pure . You created it , You formed it , You breathed it within me ... Blessed are You , O Lord , who restores souls to the dead . The prayer echoes the climactic moment of the biblical cre- Preface xi.
... soul You have placed within me is pure . You created it , You formed it , You breathed it within me ... Blessed are You , O Lord , who restores souls to the dead . The prayer echoes the climactic moment of the biblical cre- Preface xi.
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... Lord ( Lev . 23 : 24-25 ) . In Numbers we read : In the seventh month , on the first day of the month , you shall ob- serve a sacred occasion : you shall not work at your occupations . . . . You shall observe it as a day when the horn ...
... Lord ( Lev . 23 : 24-25 ) . In Numbers we read : In the seventh month , on the first day of the month , you shall ob- serve a sacred occasion : you shall not work at your occupations . . . . You shall observe it as a day when the horn ...
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... Lord ( Num . 29 : l-2 ) .4 The sacred number seven seems critical here . Just as the sev- enth day of the week is holy , so the seventh month of the year has special significance . Since each new moon is a sacred time , it is logical ...
... Lord ( Num . 29 : l-2 ) .4 The sacred number seven seems critical here . Just as the sev- enth day of the week is holy , so the seventh month of the year has special significance . Since each new moon is a sacred time , it is logical ...
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... this early date the Israelite new year festival celebrated the Lord as the sole creator of the world , who on this day as- cended the throne and ruled over all of creation ; The Days of Awe : Origins and Development 5.
... this early date the Israelite new year festival celebrated the Lord as the sole creator of the world , who on this day as- cended the throne and ruled over all of creation ; The Days of Awe : Origins and Development 5.
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... Lord ; and you shall do no work throughout that day . For it is a Day of Atonement , on which expiation is made on your behalf before the Lord your God .... Do no work whatever ; it is a law for all time , throughout the generations in ...
... Lord ; and you shall do no work throughout that day . For it is a Day of Atonement , on which expiation is made on your behalf before the Lord your God .... Do no work whatever ; it is a law for all time , throughout the generations in ...
Contents
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Beginning the Journey Preparing for the High Holy Days | 37 |
The Rosh Hashanah Liturgy I Arvit and Shaharit | 47 |
The Rosh Hashanah Liturgy II From Musaf to Tashlikh | 75 |
Opportunities for Change The Ten Days of Penitence | 97 |
The Yom Kippur Liturgy I Kol Nidre | 107 |
The Yom Kippur Liturgy II Arvit | 121 |
Biblical Readings for the Yamim Noraim | 179 |
Getting Started | 197 |
Notes | 203 |
Glossary | 219 |
Bibliography | 225 |
Transliteration Guide to Hebrew Prayers | 229 |
Index | 239 |
The Yom Kippur Liturgy III Services of Yom Kippur Day | 143 |
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Abraham Aleinu Amidah ancient Arvit asked beginning biblical verses binding of Isaac blessing Book century cleansing concluding confession congregation creation Day of Atonement day of Rosh Days of Awe Elul Exod festival followed forgiveness gates Geonim goat God's Hashanah and Yom Hebrew High Holy Days human iniquity Jerusalem Jews Jonah Judaism judge judgment Kedushah King kingship Kol Nidre Land of Israel Leviticus Lord Mahzor Mahzor Vitry Malkhuyot Melekh melody mercy midrash Mishnah morning Moses Musaf Ne'ilah Nidre Numbers ourselves pardon piyyut piyyutim poem poet prayer Priest proclaim Prophets Psalm Rabba Rabbi recited refers remembrance repentance rites ritual Rosh Hashanah Rosh Hashanah liturgy Sabbath sacred Sages sanctity Selihot seventh month Shaharit Shema shofar Shofrot sins sound the shofar specific story Sukkot synagogue tallit Talmud Tashlikh Temple theme Thirteen Attributes tion Tishre Torah reading tradition transgressions vows words Yamim Nora'im Yom Kip Yom Kippur Yoma York
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Page 8 - And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat: and Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: and the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land...
Page 203 - Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God brought you out from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm; therefore the LORD your God commanded you to keep the sabbath day.
Page 31 - We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God.
Page 90 - Come, let us go up to the Mount of the Lord, to the House of the God of Jacob; that He may instruct us in His ways, and that we may walk in His paths.
Page 183 - You shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and that shall be the sign of the covenant between me and you.
Page 3 - In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall observe a day of solemn rest, a memorial proclaimed with blast of trumpets, a holy convocation. 25 You shall do no laborious work; and you shall present an offering by fire to the LORD.
Page 127 - For I the LORD your God am an impassioned God, visiting the guilt of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generations of those who reject Me, but showing kindness to the thousandth generation of those who love Me and keep My commandments.
Page 87 - ... who by hunger and who by thirst; who by earthquake and who by plague, who by strangling and who by stoning; who shall...
Page 14 - To unlock the fetters of wickedness, And untie the cords of the yoke To let the oppressed go free; To break off every yoke. It is to share your bread with the hungry, And to take the wretched poor into your home; When you see the naked, to clothe him, And not to ignore your own kin.
Page 34 - Take words with you and return to the LORD. Say to him: "Forgive all our sins and receive us graciously, that we may offer the fruit of our lips.* Assyria cannot save us; we will not mount war-horses.