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v¨J¨s£j jUr© rIz§j©n MACHZOR RUACH CHADASHAH Services for the Days of Awe ohrUP¦ ¦ F©v oIh§k ;¨xUn YOM KIPPUR ADDITIONAL SERVICE London 2003 - 5763 /o¤f§C§r¦e§C i¥T¤t v¨J¨s£j jU© r§ «u Js¨ ¨j c¥k o¤f¨k h¦T©,¨b§u ‘I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you.’ (Ezekiel 36:26) This large print publication is extracted from Machzor Ruach Chadashah EDITORS Rabbi Dr Andrew Goldstein Rabbi Dr Charles H Middleburgh Editorial Consultants Professor Eric L Friedland Rabbi John Rayner Technical Editor Ann Kirk Origination Student Rabbi Paul Freedman assisted by Louise Freedman ©Union of Liberal & Progressive Synagogues, 2003 The Montagu Centre, 21 Maple Street, London W1T 4BE Printed by JJ Copyprint, London Yom Kippur Additional Service A REFLECTION BEFORE THE ADDITIONAL SERVICE Our ancestors acclaimed the God Whose handiwork they read In the mysterious heavens above, And in the varied scene of earth below, In the orderly march of days and nights, Of seasons and years, And in the chequered fate of humankind. Night reveals the limitless caverns of space, Hidden by the light of day, And unfolds horizonless vistas Far beyond imagination's ken. The mind is staggered, Yet soon regains its poise, And peering through the boundless dark, Orients itself anew by the light of distant suns Shrunk to glittering sparks. The soul is faint, yet soon revives, And learns to spell once more the name of God Across the newly-visioned firmament. Lift your eyes, look up; who made these stars? God is the oneness That spans the fathomless deeps of space And the measureless eons of time, Binding them together in deed, as we do in thought. God is the sameness In the elemental substance of stars and planets, Of this our earthly abode and of all that it holds. God is the unity of all that is, The uniformity of all that moves, The rhythm of all things And the nature of their interaction. 283 ADDITIONAL SERVICE God is the mystery of life, Enkindling inert matter with inner drive and purpose. God is the creative flame That transfigures lifeless substance, Leaping into ever higher realms of being, Brightening into the radiant glow of feeling, Till it runs into the white fire of thought. And though no sign of living things Breaks the eternal silence of the spheres, We cannot deem this earth, This tiny speck in the infinitude, Alone instinct with God. By that token which unites the worlds in bonds of matter Are all the worlds bound in the bond of Life. God is in the faith By which we overcome the fear of loneliness, Of helplessness, of failure and of death. God is in the hope Which, like a shaft of light, Cleaves the dark abysms Of sin, of suffering, and of despair. God is in the love Which creates, protects, forgives. It is God's spirit That broods upon the chaos we have wrought, Disturbing its static wrongs, And stirring into life the formless beginnings Of the new and better world. Mordecai M Kaplan 284 ohrUPv Fvvy oIhwk ;xUnx YOM KIPPUR ADDITIONAL SERVICE (The Congregation will stand) I make music and compose 'dIrqtt ohrhv Jv uw ,Irhnvwz ohvgwbty sweet songs, Since it is for You my spirit /dIrsg,y hJv pwyb Wh{tktu hFv longs. My soul seeks the shelter of 'Ws{txh kmuCw vsxNw jv hJv pwyb Your hand, All Your mysteries to /WsIx{t zrxkFl ,ygs{yxk understand. As I praise Your glorious name above, 'WsIc{t fw Cv hrvCw sy hSunv My heart, Eternal One, craves /WhsIS{t kt hCvvk vnIvt Your love. Graciously accept, O God, my 'Wh{tkxg hjhv Gv txbcryqgth praise, Since for You my spirit longs /Wh{tktu dIrsg,y hJv pwyb hFv always. Essence of the Tefillah gcyJ{t ihgunu ,FyrwCv We praise You, Eternal One, hv«ktu u Ubhv«k{u qt 'xhwh vTxty QUrCx our God and God of our kIsxDvy ktuvx `Ubh,IN{u tv uw Ubh,Ic{u ts ancestors; great and mighty, awesome and exalted God. Your vub«e 'iIhkw tg ktu 'trIBx vyuw rICvDvy word was a shield and protection ,Ictx iudnx /.rt{xtxu ovhn{y Jx to our ancestors. You are the oh,v nu vuHjynw 'IrcxswCv ,IvNxtv uw Source of all life, the holy ihtuJt 'JIsExvy QktN{tvy /IrnxtsnyCw Sovereign, beyond compare. [You give rest to Your people on oIhCw INygkw jhy {vbNuv]y /UvIn{ Fx Your holy Sabbath day.] O good cIYvy ktuvx [/IJswel ,CyJy and forgiving God, in awe and vtxrwvhCw sIcsgyb uhxbpxkw 'jxKXyvyuw 285 ADDITIONAL SERVICE reverence we shall affirm You, oIhkflCw InJw vk vsIbt uw 'sjy{ypxu You are the Source of peace to ktu /,IfrxCw vy ihugnu 'shnvTx whom our thanks are due. /oIk8yx v iIsts ',ItsIvx vy We praise You, O God, You rhcvsgNyvy 'xhwh vTxty QUrCx pardon and forgive our iniquities /vxbJx uw vxbJx kflCw Ubh,«n{u Jw ty year by year. May the Most High, Source tUv 'uhnIrx nw Cv oIkJx vG«gt of perfect peace, grant peace to 467d us, to all Israel, and to all kFl kyguw Ubh{ukxg oIkJx vGtsgyh humanity. /osxtxhubCw kFl kyguw kturxGw vh (The Congregation will sit) Unetanneh Tokef ;e«Tt vtB,ywbU This season urges us to change our ways. But how can we? Is not our future already determined by our past — by the goals we have pursued, the habits we have formed, the relationships we have established, the countless choices, great and small, which we have made over the years? And yet our destiny is not unalterable. For God has made us free. However strong may be the shackles of our past, we can break its hold. We can change course and so escape from the sequence of events which we ourselves have set in motion. But to do so requires a supreme effort, the effort of teshuvah, of earnest resolve to lead a better life. To urge us, and to help us to make such an effort, is the purpose of this season. If we seize the opportunity it offers, we can liberate ourselves from our past and so avert the destiny to which it would otherwise lead. May the medieval poem which we now recite stir us, as it stirred our ancestors, to recognise that we are subject to God’s judgement, and that the nature of God’s judgement depends on the quality of our lives. 286 YOM KIPPUR Let us proclaim the holiness hFv 'oIHvy ,8zy sew ;et«T{ vtB,ywbU of this day, a day of deepest awe. On this day Your tGuxBTv IcU /oIhtxuw trIbx tUv sovereignty is exalted, Your throne confirmed in mercy, 'W{ttxw Fv sxtj{tCw iIFvhuw 'W,Uf{t kw ny and on that throne You sit in truth. /,ntqtCt uhxkxg cJu ,uuw For truly You are Judge and ixHsy tUv vTxty hFv ,ntqt Arbiter, Expert and Witness. You write and seal, record and c,Ifu uw 'sugxu ygsIh{u uw 'jhy fInU{v recount. You remember deeds rIFwz,v uw /vtbInU rpIxu uw 'o,Iju uw long forgotten. You open the book of records, and what is rpt{ux jTy pw ,v uw /,IjFxJw vBvykFl written there proclaims itself, 'truExvh uhxktunUu ',IbIrfwvZvy for it bears the signature of every human being. /IC osxtxkFl syh o,Ijy uw The great Shofar is sounded; the kIeuw 'geyTxvh kIsxD rpIJx cUw still small voice is heard, and all htuCxkfluw 'gny8vx h vExsy vnxnxSw who dwell on earth stand arrayed hubcw Fv Wh{tbpxkw rhcvsgTy oxkIg before You. /iIrnx As a shepherd seeks out the rhcvsgny 'Irswtg vtgIr ,ryExcyFw flock, and makes the sheep pass under the staff, so do You rhcvsgTy iFu 'Iycw Jv ,jyTy Ibt«m muster, number and inspect Jpt{tb sIepw ,v uw vtbnw ,v uw rIPxw ,v uw the souls of all the living, vcxmw ev QITjw ,y uw 'hjykFl setting an end to every creature’s life, and decreeing ryzwD,t cITfw ,v uw 'vxHrvCw kflkw its destiny. /oxbhSv But repentance, prayer and vexsxmUw vxKpv,Uw vcUJx ,Uw good deeds annul the severity of the judgement. /vrxuzwDvy yg«r{,t ihrhv cvsgny 287 ADDITIONAL SERVICE Eternal God, it is not the death of sinners You seek, but hFv ',Nuvy ,InCw .IPjw ,y t«k 'xhwh that we should turn from our ways and live. You wait for us syguw 'vxhjxuw IFrwSynv IcUJCw otv until the last moment, welcoming us back if then we 'cUJxh otv `Ik vFtjyTw I,In oIh turn to You with contrite heart. /IkCw eyTw syHnv You have created us and know 'orxmIhw tUv vTxty hFv ,ntqt our nature; we are but flesh and rGx Cx ovu hFv `orxmw vh ygsIh{u vTxty uw blood. /osxxu Our origin is dust, our end is IpIxuw rpxxgnu IsIxwh osxtx dust. Our life is a struggle for daily bread. We are like a /Injw yk thcvxh IJpwybCw /rpxxgkt fragile jar; like the grass that rhmv jxFw 'rCxJw vBvy xrtj{tFy kUJnx withers, the flower that fades; like a shadow moving on, a 'rcIgu kmuFw 'kcIbu .hmv fUw 'Jcuxh cloud passing by, a particle of ',ctJIb{x jUy r{fUw 'vktFx ixbxgfUw dust floating on the wind, a dream soon forgotten. /;Ugxh oIkjsfyuw 'jyrIP{u ecxtxfUw But You are the Eternal Ruler, /oxHeyuw hjy ktu Qktn{t tUv vTxty uw the everlasting God. * * * Silent Meditation * * * 288 YOM KIPPUR I wait for God, I seek God’s /uhxbpx vKtjyts 'ktuxk vxkhjIt{v presence, hoping for an answer to prayer. In the midst 'iIJxk vubsgny UBN{tnv vxktsJw t of the people, O God, I extol 'IZgz vrhx J{v tx oxg kvyew Cv rJtts Your might and celebrate Your deeds in joyful song.
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  • Welcome from Dayan Binstock

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    WELCOME FROM DAYAN BINSTOCK Dear Friends Welcome to our Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services at St Johns Wood Shul. Whether you are one of our regular attendees at our services on weekday or Shabbat; whether you are an occasional visitor; or whether you simply turn up for a bit on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, may I take this opportunity to wish you and your family a happy, healthy and peaceful New Year. The service on Rosh Hashanah is, of course, longer that the average Shabbat. Nevertheless, we intend to finish by about 1.15pm. This book has been prepared to assist you in the Synagogue. It contains essays and explanations on different aspects of the service which we hope will pique your interest. We are grateful to Rabbi Ari Shainfeld and David Burr for all the effort they have made in compiling this book. This year, we are again running a special Explanatory Services which will take place in the David Weisz Hall (the ‘Succah’). On the first day of Rosh Hashanah the service will start at 11.15am and On Kol Nidre the service will follow Dayan Binstock’s sermon. Following from last year’s success, on Yom Kippur at 11.15am, there will once again be The Big Debate, the topic in question this year is “Does one need to be practicing to be a good Jew?” The debate will start at 11.45 am followed at 12.45pm by an explanatory service. The services will be conducted by Rabbi Ari Shainfeld and davening led by Rabbi Yossi Binstock.