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RH Machzor a USA.Indb מחזור קורן לראש השנה נוסח אשכנז The Koren Rosh HaShana Maĥzor Nusaĥ Ashkenaz ֵקוֹרן ירושלים RRHH MMachzorachzor A UUSA.indbSA.indb i 116-May-136-May-13 11:20:27:20:27 PPMM THE ROHR FAMILY EDITION מחזור קורן לראש השנה THE KOREN ROSH HASHANA MAḤZOR WITH INTRODUCTION, translation and commentary by שליט״א Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks KOREN PUBLISHERS JERUSALEM RRHH MMachzorachzor A UUSA.indbSA.indb iiiiii 116-May-136-May-13 11:21:00:21:00 PPMM The Koren Rosh HaShana Maĥzor The Rohr Family Edition Second North American Hebrew/English Edition, Koren Publishers Jerusalem Ltd. , Jerusalem , , New Milford, , www.korenpub.com Koren Tanakh Font © , Koren Publishers Jerusalem Ltd. Koren Siddur Font and text design © , Koren Publishers Jerusalem Ltd. English translation and commentary © , Jonathan Sacks The creation of this Maĥzor was made possible through the generous support of Torah Education in Israel. Considerable research and expense have gone into the creation of this publication. Unauthorized copying may be considered geneivat da’at and breach of copyright law. No part of this publication (content or design, including use of the Koren fonts) may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embedded in critical articles or reviews. Standard Size, Hardcover, Compact Size, Hardcover, r RRHH MMachzorachzor A UUSA.indbSA.indb iivv 116-May-136-May-13 11:21:00:21:00 PPMM ּדוֹר ְלדוֹר ְי ׁ ַש ַּבח ַמ ֲﬠ ֶׂש ָיך... e ohr ami ition o e Koren os aana aĥor as tribute to the memor o ע״ה (Mrs. Charlotte Rohr (née Kastner שרה בת ר׳ יקותיאל יהודה ע״ה Born in Mukachevo, Czechoslovakia to an illustrious Hasidic family, she survived the fires of the Shoah to become the elegant and gracious matriarch, first in Colombia and later in the United States, of a family nurtured by her love and unstinting devotion. She found grace in the eyes of all whose lives she touched, and merited to see all her children build lives enriched by faithful commitment to the spreading of Torah and Ahavat Yisrael. eicate with ove The Rohr Family ew ork & iami, RRHH MMachzorachzor A UUSA.indbSA.indb v 116-May-136-May-13 11:21:00:21:00 PPMM CONTENTS ix Preface מבוא xiii Introduction הקדמה osh ashana eve ערב ראש השנה Annulment of Vows התרת נדרים Prozbul פרוזבול Eiruvin עירובין Candle Lighting הדלקת נרות Minĥa for Erev Rosh HaShana מנחה לערב ראש השנה A ĥot Ketana אחות קטנה Kabbalat Shabbat קבלת שבת osh hashana evening ליל ראש השנה Ma’ariv מעריב לראש השנה Kiddush קידוש לליל ראש השנה Simanim סימנים Birkat HaMazon / Grace after Meals ברכת המזון Massekhet Rosh HaShana מסכת ראש השנה haarit שחרית On Waking השכמת הבוקר Blessings over the Torah ברכות התורה Tallit עטיפת טלית Preparation for Prayer הכנה לתפילה Shir HaYiĥud שיר היחוד Anim Zemirot אנעים זמירות Morning Blessings ברכות השחר Pesukei DeZimra פסוקי דזמרה Nishmat נשמת HaMelekh המלך Barekhu ברכו The Shema קריאת שמע The Amida עמידה RRHH MMachzorachzor A UUSA.indbSA.indb vvii 116-May-136-May-13 11:21:01:21:01 PPMM irst ay סדר ליום א׳ Leader’s Repetition for Shaĥarit חזרת הש״ץ לשחרית Kedusha קדושה Avinu Malkenu אבינו מלכנו Reading of the Torah סדר קריאת התורה The Blowing of the Shofar סדר תקיעת שופר Leader’s Prayer הנני העני ממעש Musaf for First Day מוסף ליום א׳ Leader’s Repetition for Musaf חזרת הש״ץ למוסף Untaneh Tokef / Kedusha ונתנה תוקף / קדושה Kiddush & Al HaMiĥya קידושא רבה וברכה מעין שלוש econd ay סדר ליום ב׳ Leader’s Repetition for Shaĥarit חזרת הש״ץ לשחרית Kedusha קדושה Avinu Malkenu אבינו מלכנו Reading of the Torah סדר קריאת התורה The Blowing of the Shofar סדר תקיעת שופר ליום ב׳ Leader’s Prayer הנני העני ממעש Musaf for Second Day מוסף ליום ב׳ Leader’s Repetition for Musaf חזרת הש״ץ למוסף Untaneh Tokef / Kedusha ונתנה תוקף / קדושה Kiddush & Al HaMiĥya קידושא רבה וברכה מעין שלוש ina מנחה Tashlikh תשליך a’ariv for otza’ei מעריב למוצאי ראש השנה osh ahana Brit Mila סדר ברית מילה Additional Piyutim for First Day פיוטים נוספים ליום א׳ Additional Piyutim for Second Day פיוטים נוספים ליום ב׳ Halakha Guide הלכות תפילה Rabbis’ Kaddish Transliterated קדיש דרבנן באותיות לועזיות Mourner’s Kaddish Transliterated קדיש יתום באותיות לועזיות RRHH MMachzorachzor A UUSA.indbSA.indb vviiii 116-May-136-May-13 11:21:01:21:01 PPMM מחזור קורן לראש השנה he oren osh ahana azor RRHH MMachzorachzor A UUSA.indbSA.indb 1 116-May-136-May-13 11:21:10:21:10 PPMM nnulment of ows rev osh ahana fi nnulment of ows On the morning before Rosh HaShana, one should annul vows before three men, who sit as judges, saying: Listen, please, my masters (expert judges): every vow or oath ׁ ִש מ ּעו ָנא or prohibition or restriction or ban that I have vowed or sworn, whether awake or in a dream, or that I swore with one of the holy names that may not be erased, or by the holy Tetragrammaton of God, blessed be He, or any naziriteship that I accepted on myself, even a naziriteship like that of Samson, or any prohibition, even against enjoyment, whether I forbade it to myself or others, by any expression of prohibition, whether using the language of prohibition or restriction or ban, or any positive commitment, even to perform a [non-obligatory] commandment, that I undertook by way of a vow or voluntary undertaking or oath or naziriteship or any other such expression, whether it was done by handshake or vow or voluntary under- taking or commandment-mandated custom I have customarily practiced, or any utterance that I have verbalized, or any non-obligatory command- ment or good practice or conduct I have vowed and resolved in my heart to do, and have done three times without specifying that it does not have the force of a vow, whether it relates to myself or others, both those known to me and those I have already forgotten – regarding all of them, I hereby express my retroactive regret, and ask and seek their annulment from you, my eminences. For I fear that I may stumble and be trapped, Heaven forbid, in the sin of vows, oaths, naziriteships, bans, prohibitions, restrictions and agreements. I do not regret, Heaven forbid, the performance of the good deeds I have done. I regret, rather, having accepted them on myself in the language of vow, oath, naziriteship, prohibition, ban, restriction, agreement or acceptance of the heart. Therefore I request annulment for them all. Judaism is a religion that stresses the sanctity of language, especially when used to accept or impose obligations on oneself. Deep significance attaches to vows and the other verbal undertakings: “If a man makes a vow to God, or makes an oath to obligate himself, he must not break his word. He must do everything he said” (Num. :). In general, it is preferable not to invest voluntary commitments with the sacred status of a vow. “If you refrain from making a vow, you will not be guilty” (Deut. :). “It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfill it” (Eccl. :). RRHH MMachzorachzor A UUSA.indbSA.indb 2 116-May-136-May-13 11:21:11:21:11 PPMM התרת נדרים ערב ראש השנה fi התרת נדרים one should annul vows ,ראש השנה On the morning before before three men, who sit as judges, saying: ׁ ִש מ ּעו ָנא ַר ּב ַוֹתי ( ַ ּד ָיּ ִנים ֻמ מ ִחים), ּכל נֶדר אוֹ ׁ ש ּבו ָﬠה אוֹ ִא ָּסר אוֹ ָקוֹנם אוֹ ֵ ֽחֶרם ׁ ֶשָּנַ ֽדר ִּתי אוֹ ִנ ׁ ש ַּֽב ﬠ ִּתי ּב ָה ִקיץ אוֹ ַב ֲחוֹם, אוֹ ִנ ׁ ש ַּֽב ﬠ ִּתי ּב ׁ ֵשמוֹת ַה ּק ׁ ִדוֹשים ׁ ֶש ֵא ָינם ִנ מ ָח ִקים ּו ב ׁ ֵשם הוי״ה ָּב ּרו ך ּהוא, ו כל ִמ ֵיני נִז ּירות ׁ ֶש ִּק ַּֽב ל ִּתי ָﬠ ַי ַו ֲא ִפ ּל ּו נִז ּירות ׁ ִש מ ׁשוֹן, ו כל ׁש ּום ִא ּס ּור ַו ֲא ִפ ּל ּו ִא ּס ּור ֲה ָנ ָאה ׁ ֶש ָא ַ ֽסר ִּתי ָﬠ ַלי אוֹ ַﬠל ֲא ֵחִרים ּב כל ָל ׁשוֹן ׁ ֶשל ִא ּס ּור ֵּבין ִּב ל ׁשוֹן ִא ּס ּור אוֹ ֵ ֽחֶרם אוֹ ָקוֹנם, ו כל ׁש ּום ַק ָּב ָלה ֲא ִפ ּ ּו ׁ ֶשל ִמ צָוה ׁ ֶש ִּק ַּֽב ל ִּתי ָﬠ ַלי ֵּבין ִּב ל ׁשוֹן נֶדר ֵּבין ִּב ׁשוֹן נָד ָבה ֵּבין ִּב ל ׁשוֹן ׁ ש ּבו ָﬠה ֵּבין ִּב ל ׁשוֹן נִז ּירות ֵּבין ּב כל ָ ׁשוֹן, וַגם ַה ַּנ ֲﬠ ֶׂשה ִּב ת ִק ַיﬠת ָּכף. ֵּבין ּכל נֶדר ּו ֵבין ּכ נָד ָבה ּו ֵבין ׁש ּום ִמ נ ָהג ׁ ֶשל ִמ צָוה ׁ ֶש ָּנ ַ ֽה ג ִּתי ֶאת ַﬠ צ ִמי, ו כל ָמוֹצא ׂש ָפ ַתי ׁ ֶשָיּ ָצא ִמ ִּפי אוֹ ׁ ֶשָּנַ ֽדר ִּתי וָג ַ ֽמר ִּתי ב ִל ִּבי ַ ֲﬠ ׂשוֹת ׁש ּום ִמ צָוה ֵמ ַה ִּמ צוֹת אוֹ ֵאיזוֹ ַה נ ָה ָגה ָטוֹבה אוֹ ֵא ֶיזה ָד ָבר טוֹב ׁ ֶש ָּנ ַ ֽה ג ִּתי ׁ ָשלֹ ׁש ּפ ָﬠ ִמים, ולֹא ִה ת ֵנֽ ִיתי ׁ ֶשיּ ֵהא ּב ִלי נֶדר. ֵהן ָ ּד ָבר ׁ ֶש ָﬠ ִֽׂש ִיתי, ֵהן ַﬠ ַﬠ צ ִמי ֵהן ַﬠ ֲא ֵחִרים, ֵהן ָאוֹתן ַה י ּדו ִﬠים ִלי ֵהן ָאוֹתן ׁ ֶש ּכ ָבר ׁ ָש ַ ֽכ ח ִּתי.
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