The Union Prayerbook for Jewish Worship
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btnw niben "no The Union Prayerbook for JEWISH WORSHIP REVISED EDITION EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY THE CENTRAL CONFERENCE OK AMERICAN RABBIS PART I CINCINNATI 1922 COPYRIGHT 1918 BY THE CENTRAL CONFERENCE OF AMERICAN RAEBIS TABLE OF CONTENTS Services for the Sabbath Evening Service 3 Morning Service 64 Afternoon Service 131 Services for the Three Festivals Even i n g Service 169 Morn ing Service 203 Services for Week Days Evening Service .280 Evening Service at the House of Mourning_298 Morning Service ^ 1 3 Prayers for Private Devotion 337 Tai.i.i. of Bible Readings .^99 BtrvmB fnr tty ^ahbattj Afternoon £>nmn Swnmg £>nmt? for ilj? j^ahhatif Meditation This is the house of God. It is consecrated unto His worship. For those who seek its shelter the calm restfulness of its holy atmosphere refreshes the soul. There comes to us here a keener con- sciousness of our God, a fuller and freer recognition of His presence and His power in all the experiences of our life. Too often do we go our way day after day and forget His wisdom and guidance. The tasks and trials, the pursuits and pleasures of daily life absorb us and crowd the thought of God from our hearts. Therefore the Sabbath is given to us. It is as a gentle voice bidding us turn for a moment from our daily toil, that we may refresh ourselves with the waters of life drawn from the wells of salvation. We feel safe within the sacred walls of this house of prayer. We rejoice in this Sabbath hour of wor- ship, the heart's own hour of holy gladness. We bring our prayer and our praise, our burdens of care and our offerings of homage unto the altar of our God, and each heart finds an answer to its cry, a response for its own need. Though the temptations of worldly success may turn our thoughts to wrong, or guide our footsteps into the paths of wickedness, yet here in communion with our God, we find that power of holy purpose which 4 EVENING SERVICE FOR THE SABBATH enables us to withstand these temptations. The rewards of righteousness are more to be desired than the compensations of worldly ambition, for they who take pleasure in the Sabbath shall find peace and joy. They who take delight therein, to restrain their feet from following their usual paths on God's holy day, shall tread upon the high places of happiness and shall enjoy the heritage of the house of Israel. May all of us realize more and more the value and the necessity of the observance of the Sabbath day. May we remember continually, O God, that with Thee is the fountain of life, that in Thy light do we see light. Of old Thou didst lay the founda- tion of the earth and stretch out the canopy of the heavens; yet, in Thine infinite wisdom, Thou hast permitted the human heart to be its own master, so that man's homage to his Creator, as evidenced in Sabbath rest and Sabbath worship, shall be the of a faith spontaneous fruitage loving t the soul's own thank-offering laid upon Thine altar. Choir (Psalm xch ) DlC2 It is good to give nil"! V PH"/ the and thanks to Lord, Jj^j; TlQvb "O/l to to Thy sing praises i^nb rnon ^022 • ~ - • name, O Most High; to 1 1 v : r/i EVENING SERVICE FOR THE SABBATH declare Thy lovingkind- ness in the morning, and Thy faithfulness in the •• •• _ - -: vit : t night seasons, with an instrument of ten strings and with the psaltery; with a solemn sound up- tods rHyzi mm •• - -: j I ivt:t : t : on the harp. For Thou, Lord, hast made me iHrriD 7PT DDK IVT glad through Thy work; I will exult in the works of Thy hands. How great are Thy works, O Lord! Thy thoughts are brutish very deep. A • • I t : T" man knoweth not, nei- ther doth a fool under- • - • t : i : stand this. When the wicked as the spring up t i- t- v i- : grass, and when all the of • workers I iniquity do t : t : vit ••-: nourish; it is that they - - may be destroyed for- t t : ••-: ever. But O Thou, Lord, mirvs :nim art •• • c^S on high for evermore. t : t : For, lo, Thine enemies, sp^n rums• • mm O Lord, for lo, Thine t : I iv: enemies shall perish ; mem nato ?pavK all the workers of iniq- uity shall be scattered. Dim :n>* ^yB-ba But my horn hast Thou v t- 'vit •• -: T 6 EVENING SERVICE FOR THE SABBATH exalted like the horn of fft£T2 T^S ~ "OlpCPfcOB' ' IV : ' : '~ : the wild-ox; I am anoint- ed with rich oil. Mine ">""^3 *>y>y SD2F\) '.]&! T : t -:- eye also hath gazed on them that lie in wait for Q^JHO "^7 D^DI53 " ~ ' ~ mine ears have heard : T T me ; my desire of the evil- • pirjy IJJ^T,T ntyfi&ftt:i~: doers that rise up against me. The righteous shall H{S3 HID"1 "1DH3 * TT nourish like the palm- he shall like tree; grow Dyinitf : PiafcP ^2^2 a cedar in Lebanon. Planted in the house of n^VM *H1<T W22 the Lord, they shall . flourish in the courts of Hty tWl^— Wf-pN i- : i" v: our God. They shall still * bring forth fruit in old ^4#1 H?^? ])2U) shall be full of ? age; they „. ' * ' ^ sap and richness; to de- 7-? '.'. •--:-] clare that the Lord is .-,*-* *t»fc-^ upright, my Rock, in ^ 'T: ^r ? whom there is no un- 1)2 nrbwtfbi righteousness, Responsive Reading Alinister O come, let us sing unto the Lord; let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation. EVENING SERVICE FOR THE SABBATH 7 Congregation sing unto the Lord a new song; sing unto the Lord, all the earth. Sing unto the Lord; bless His name; proclaim His salvation from day to day. Honor and majesty are before Him; strength and beauty are in His sanctuary. Ascribe unto the Lord, ye kindreds of the peoples, ascribe unto the Lord glory and strength. O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness, tremble before Him, all the earth. The Lord reigneth, the world also is established that it cannot be moved. Let the heavens be glad, and the earth rejoice; let the field exult, and all that is therein. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples in His faithfulness. O ye that love the Lord, hate evil; He preserveth the souls of His saints. Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart. Re glad in the Lord, ye righteous; and give thanks to His holy name. He hath remembered His mercy and His faithful- ness toward the house of Israel; All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. Kxalt ye the Lord our God, and worship at His holy hill; For the Lord our God is holv. 8 EVENING SERVICE FOR THE SABBATH (Congregation rises) Minister Praise ye the Lord, to whom all praise is due. Choir and Congregation Praised be the Lord to whom all praise is due for ever and ever. (Congregation is seated) Minister Praised be Thou, O Lord our God, Ruler of the world, at whose word the shadows of evening fall, and by whose will the gates of morn are opened. Thy wisdom established the changes of times and seasons, and ordered the ways of the stars in their heavenly courses. Creator of day and night, Lord of hosts is Thy name. Thou, ever-living God, wilt rule over us forever. Praised be Thou, O Lord, for the day and its work and for the night and its rest. Infinite as is Thy power, even so is Thy love. Thou didst manifest it unto Israel, Thy servant. By laws and commandments, by statutes and ordinances hast Thou led us into the way of right- eousness and brought us to the light of truth. Therefore, at our lying down and our rising up we meditate on Thy teachings and at all times rejoice in Thy laws. In them are true life and length of days. O that Thy love may never depart from our hearts. Praised be Thou, O Lord, who lovest Thy people Israel. 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"« t:tt : T" t v , : ^fcnfcn toy am* • 1 • • •• nn« "ana cra^iy ? . - t r. t i • t t : /) EVENING SERVICE FOR THE SABBATH (Congregation rises) Minister, then Choir and Congregation Hear, O Israel : The Lord our God, the Lord is One.