Ma'ariv (Evening) Services for Shabbat and Festivals
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Thanks to... The anonymous donors who made this printing possible, in honor of their grandparents, Malka, Rebecca, Hattie, and Hyman. mii¦g© ur¥ xECq¦ Etz Chayim Siddur aFh mFil§ E zA¨ W© l§ aix¦£rn© Ma'ariv (Evening) Services for Shabbat and Festivals mii¦g© ur¥ z©lid¦ w§ Congregation Etz Chayim Palo Alto, California Revised 5773/2013 Version 5771/2011 Congregation Etz Chayim is an independent, liberal congregation that emphasizes spirituality and actively involves its members in a communal experience of worship, learning, and service. This Siddur is a reflection of our belief that Judaism is an evolving religion, a "living tree" that encourages the creation of new traditions as it respects the old. We hope that in using it you will find opportunities to enhance your own spirituality, learning, and practice. Congregation Etz Chayim 4161 Alma Street Palo Alto, California 94306 (650) 813-9094 www.EtzChayim.org Printed at The Copy Factory, Palo Alto, California 5773/2013 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Todah Rabah dA¨ x© dc¨FY Thank You! to Rabbi Ari Cartun. to Joan Fisch, Jonathan Salzedo, Emily Allen, and Marc Rossner, who chaired the Religious Practices Committee. to the many who contributed to this and previous versions, providing content deliberation, formatting, proofreading, translation and transliteration: Erika Ammirati, John Ammirati, Karen Bergen, Jessica Bernhardt, Dahlia Blech, Ilan Blech, Marti Coppage, Paula Elster, David Findley, Susan Gold, Margaret Golden, Mark Goldstein, Martin Griss, P'nina Griss, Michelle Horaney, Rochelle Lefkowitz, Sharon Lenox, Roger Margulies, Edith Molton, Larry Molton, Leah Orr, Rachel Paley, Laurie Pennington, David Pilati, Ilona Pollak, Marc Rossner, Jonathan Salzedo, Jeremy Siegel, Eileen Soffer, Steven Tepper, Dorothy Thursby, and Sue Weber. to Steven Tepper for his Hebrew knowledge; his computer skills, including his patience in converting all of our files from one Hebrew program to another; and for his sense of humor that helped us all to keep going when our energy flagged. to Emily Allen, Sheri Morrison, Jonathan Salzedo and Joanna Zimmerman for many hours of organizing and merging countless rounds of final changes. to Dorothy Thursby for the artwork and Roger Margulies for his help with graphics and layout. to revision copy editors Jordan Gruber (transliteration), Nechama Degany (Hebrew), and Jessica Bernhardt (English), to Sara Kaderlan, Siddur project manager and Rabbi Cartun’s assistant for ensuring that all changes were implemented and barreling ahead to get this project completed by the date it was needed. to all the members of the congregation whose desire and energy to join together in worship provided the ongoing motivation to complete this project. to G0d who gave us life, kept us alive, and brought us to this time. d"a TABLE OF CONTENTS Sha'ar laT'filah (Prayer Portal) page <1> Introduction To Our Siddur (Prayerbook) page <3> Hebrew Letters: Consonants, Vowels, Trope page <10> Shabbat and Festival Candlelighting page <15> Y'did Nefesh (receiving the Soul of Shabbat) page <17> Kabbalat Shabbat (Kabbalistic/mystical) service of Receiving Shabbat page <18> Festivals that begin on Shabbat: the service begins with Psalm 92 page <30> Ma'ariv (Evening Service) for Shabbat and Festivals page <32> Sh'ma Service page <32> Shabbat Amidah (for regular Shabbatot and Shabbatot in the middle of Passover or Sukkot) page <69> Festival Amidah (for all Festival holy days, even those that begin on Shabbat) page <81> Aleynu page <112> Mourner's Kaddish page <120> Parents' Blessing of their Children page <122> Shabbat Kiddush page <125> Festival Kiddush page <128> Songs page <144> Parables page <169> Commentary on the Services and on the Prayers page <132> d¨lit¦ Y§©l xr©W«© Sha'ar laT'filah Prayer Portal Please feel free to participate fully along with the congregation to the extent that you are comfortable; to say or sing the Hebrew or the English when the congregation is doing otherwise; or to use this time to browse the words and commentary in this prayer book. Words Of Welcome To Those Worshipping With Us Congregation Etz Chayim is a participatory congregation. Our services are led with the expectation that the leaders choose their way through the text and set the pace and the key, but that what is really important is what each individual worshipper does. Accordingly, this Siddur (prayerbook) has been compiled with the intent of encouraging participation by making the service accessible and understandable. Oftentimes there are options to be read. In our congregation we always feel free to read those parts of the service (including the commentary) that are interesting to us at any time, whether or not it is what is being suggested by the leader from the bimah. Those of us who arrive late also are free to begin the service at the beginning and to catch up at our own pace. We are free to stand or sit as is appropriate to our private devotion, no matter what is being led. On many weeks we will have the honor of welcoming a Bar or Bat Mitzvah into adult Jewish ritual opportunities and responsibilities. On those weeks one of the greatest gifts we can bestow upon the Bar/t Mitzvah is to participate enthusiastically with our voices as well as with our hearts. May This Door May the door of this synagogue be wide enough to receive all who hunger for love, all who are lonely for fellowship. May it welcome all who have cares to unburden, thanks to express, hopes to nurture. May the door of this synagogue be narrow enough to shut out pettiness and pride, envy and enmity. May its threshold be no stumbling block to young or straying feet. May it be too high to admit complacency, selfishness, and harshness. May this synagogue be, for all who enter, the doorway to a richer and more meaningful life. Rabbi Sidney Greenberg Likrat Shabbat, p. 17 1 On Being Distracted by AvRam Aryeh Sometimes we are in the mood to read the service's words and follow along in song. Sometimes we are not. At those times, the act of studying the text of the Siddur (prayerbook) is the equivalent of piously saying it. Wrestling with the words with which we agree or disagree is the equivalent of worshipping G0d. Who knows? The distractions that keep us from following the congregation might be meant especially for us to hear today. Distraction can be a form of revelation, for it can indicate those things about which we are most concerned. And what better place to wrestle with them than here in the assembly of our people engaged in seeking elevated thoughts? Centering Oneself To Focus On Prayer Outside of the Land of Israel, those who pray should direct their hearts toward the Land of Israel, as it is said, "...and they pray toward their Land..." Æmv¨x§`© Kx¤³C¤ ElÀ l§ R«©z§ d¦ e§ II Chronicles 6:38 In the Land of Israel those who pray should direct their hearts toward Jerusalem, as it is said, "...and they pray to Y0u in the direction of the city Y0u have chosen..." DA¨½ Y¨x§´g©A¨ x´W¤ `£ Æz`ŸGd© xir³¦d¨ Kx¤´C¤ Li¤lÀ `¥ E´ll§ R«©z§ d¦ e§ II Chronicles 6:34 In Jerusalem, those who pray should direct their hearts toward the Holy Temple, as it is said, "...and they come to pray toward this House." :d«G¤d© zi¦¬A©d©Îl`¤ El l§ R©z§ d¦ e§ E`¬a¨E II Chronicles 6:32 In the Holy Temple, those who pray should direct their hearts toward the Holy of Holies, as it is said, "I hear the supplications which Y0ur servant and Y0ur people offer toward this place..." d®G¤d© mFw´ O¨d©Îl`¤ El l§ R«©z§ i¦ x¬W¤ `£ l`¥½ x¨U§ i¦ L´ O§ r©e§ ÆLC§a§ r© z³P©g¦ Y§ Îl`¤ Y¨¹r§ n©W¸¨ e§ I Kings 8:30 Those in the north, face south; those in the south, face north; those in the east face west; and those in the west face east; so that all Israel prays toward 0ne place." Tosefta B'rachot 3:16 R'tzeh, Ad0nay El0heynu, ,Epid«¥Ÿl`¡ d¦ e¦d¦ i¦ ,dv¥ x§ Ad0nay our G0d, be pleased, b'amm'cha Yisra'El, ,l`¥ x¨U§ i¦ LO§ r© A§ with Y0ur people, Israel, utfilatam. .mz¨ N¨ t¦ z§ E and their prayer. Ut'hi l'ratzon tamid cin¦ Y¨ oFvx¨l§ id¦ z§ E May the service of Y0ur people, avodat Yisra'El amecha. .LO«¤ r© l`¥ x¨U§ i¦ zc©Fa£r Israel, always please Y0u. 2 INTRODUCTION TO USING OUR SIDDUR, OUR PRAYERBOOK THE SEDER (ORDER) OF THE SIDDUR (PRAYERBOOK) Here is the pattern of the service you will experience in our Siddur, our "Ordering" of Prayers. Each part adds meaning to the others before and after it. KABBALAT SHABBAT: Fully, physically, and spiritually, Greeting Shabbat MA'ARIV: The 3-part Evening Service containing the Sh'ma, Amidah, Conclusion. SH'MA SERVICE: The Service is organized in the form of a ring. The most important prayer, in this case, the Sh'ma / v'Ahavta, are in the middle, and the other blessings surround them. Each prayer begins with a kavannah ("intention"), followed by the traditional form of the prayer and alternative songs and readings. Each prayer ends with the traditional chatimah, the "Signature Ending," as well as a note guiding you on to the next traditional part of the service. Bar'chu: the call to study Torah (the Sh'ma and v'Ahavta are from the Torah's Book of Deuteronomy) 1. Ma'ariv Aravim/Creation of Light, in this case, of the twilight that augurs the new day 2.