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MISHKAN HANEFESH Kol Nidre Service Outline Rabbi Daniel Gropper/Cantor Melanie Cooperman Community Synagogue of Rye Page # Prayer X As people enter, Kol Nidre by Jon Simon is playing X Welcome X “As the cello plays Kol Nidre we invite you to spend time with meditations on pages 4-8, 10-11, 16-17” 9 Candle lighting/Shehecheyanu (HHD melody) 12-13 Alternating reading (Rabbi leads, cantor joins in the sections where all read.) 16 All rise. Or Zarua (scrolls are taken from Ark by lay leaders and face congregation) music flows into B’shivah Shel Malah 16 Read together “With one voice…” 18 1) Cantor chants Kol Nidre a cappella 2) Congregation reads English translation 3) Choral Kol Nidre 20 Read English Sing Vayomer Adonai—Nusach with accompaniment/choir Return Torah scrolls to the Ark, remain standing 22 Bar’chu—HHD nusach with more modern accompaniment (less stiff/more jazz). Just back and forth. No cantor repetition 3rd time. 25 Rabbi reads. Cantor hums Roll into Dark (Katz) while finger-picking. 26 Ahavat Olam-(Debbie Friedman) BREATHE BETWEEN—SPACE 28-29 Sh’ma-Shabbat nusach 30,32 V’ahavta X Iyun 40 Mi Chamocha—HHD Nusach 42 Hashkivienu—Taubman (teen soloist?) 45 Read “For on this day…” with musical underscore—hints of Kol Nidre 45 All Rise Chant Chatzi Kaddish—HHD nusach 46 Adonai S’fatai—Tiferet Siegel (with flute) 48-53 Amidah straight through ending with “Atah Kadosh...y’hallelucha sela” 53 Sing chorus of Uv’chein-Aloni Read English “And so, in Your holiness” 54 Sing chorus of Uv’chein-Aloni Read English 56 Sing chorus of Uv’chein-Aloni Read English 58 Read “You and you alone…Halleluyah!” 58 Chant Kadosh Atah-nusach 58-61 Daven individually pages 58-61. (after 2 min of individual prayer, piano comes in with Kol Nidre themed music for another min) 78 Shalom Rav (Klepper/Freelander) more sophisticated arrangement with a key change/build into B’seifer Chayim 82 All Rise Read English “Our God and God of all generations…have done wrong” Chant Ashamnu 84 Read English 86-90 Rabbi Hebrew/All English alternating. V’al Kulam sung on page 87,90. 93 Read: For Acts of Healing and Repair. Sing V’al Kulam. 112 Read (music: underscore Avinu Malkeinu—trad but jazz) 114-115 Open Ark all rise. Rabbi reads Hebrew. All read English alternating. We sing Avinu Malkeinu—Trad 116-118 Aleinu—through “baruch hu” then “V’neemar…” 120-121 Reading before Kaddish 122 Mourner’s Kaddish followed by Oseh Shalom-Hirsch a capella. (1st part only) Put our arms around one another. We sing Priestly Benediction-Debbie Friedman. One line sung in Hebrew, translated by Rabbi alternating. Close. Kol Nidre Outline Notes From Rabbi Dean Shapiro & Cantor Emily Kaye Temple Emanuel of Tempe Page Passage Language Start Stop Reader/Singer Composer Welcome Rabbi 9 Candles/Shehechiyanu Hebrew Second b'racha on Third b'racha on page Congregation Traditional page 10 & 11 Three Meditations Congregants Chose & read silently 12 English "God, my Creator…" "…of my life." Rabbi 14 Kol Nidre English "Yom Kippur:" "…face our humanity." All 16 Or Zarua Hebrew "Or Zarua" simcha. Soloist Ben Steinberg 16 B'shiva shel mala Hebrew B'shiva im haavaryanim. Traditional arr. Mary Feinsinger 16 REMOVE TORAHS FROM ARK 17 Select one from this Rabbi page 18 Kol Nidre Hebrew Kol Nidre sh'vuot! Cello, Soloist, Choir + Cello Traditional, Traditional, Fromm 20 TORAHS RETURNED 20 English All shall be in error Rabbi 20 S'lach na Hebrew S'lach na kidvarecha. Soloist Nusach 22 Barchu English Shine praises praise God. Congregation 22 Barchu Hebrew Soloist, Congregation Traditional, arr. Lewandowski 25 Ma'ariv Aravim English Day and night twilight and dusk. All 26 Ahavat Olam English Love beyond , Yisrael. All 28 Shema English You are we witness… Readers - one from each generation for each stanza 28 Shema Iyyun: Notice shapes Rabbi of letters 28 Shema Hebrew All 30 and V'ahavta Hebrew V'ahavta ani Adonai Eloheichem. All 32 40 Michamocha Hebrew Michamocha gaal Yishael. All Janowski 43 Hashkiveinu English Either passage Reader 42 Hashkiveinu Hebrew Hashkiveinu v'al Y'rushalayim. Soloist, Choir Masseng 45 Reader's Kaddish Aramaic Yitgadal Amen Soloist, Congregation 46 Explain HHD Insertions 46 Amidah English and Have Mercy & Adonai s'fatai Rabbi, Soloist, Congregation Hebrew Overlap 48 Avot v'Imahot Hebrew Baruch Ata v'ezrat Sarah. All Adolf Katchko arr. Mary Feinsinger 48 Zochreinu Hebrew Samuel Goldfarb arr. M. Helfman 50 G'vurot Hebrew Ata gibor m'chayeih hakol. All Nusach 53 Kdushah Hebrew Ata kadish selah. Soloist Nusach 53 Kdushah English And so name. Rabbi 62 Kedushat HaYom English and In Your love ulshalom. English: All. Hebrew: Hebrew Rabbi. 64 Kedushat HaYom English and Zochreinu and blessing. English: All. Hebrew: Hebrew Rabbi. 66 K'dushat YaYom English Our God of Adonai." Congregation, antiphonal 67 The Promise of Your English Adonai… and gladness. Silent. Forgivness 68 K'dushat YaYom Hebrew Eloheinu bishuatecha. Rabbi 70 K'dushat YaYom Hebrew V'taher v'Yom HaKippurim Rabbi 71 On This Night English On this night Your name. Reader 72 R'tzei Hebrew R'tzei b'rachamim. Soloist + Choir Stephen Richards 73 Our Offering English Every day l'Tzion. Reader 74 Hodaah English God who is all time. Congregation 76 Hodaah Hebrew Baruch ata l'hodot. Rabbi 78 Shalom Hebrew Shalom Rav ulshalom. Soloist Ben Steinberg 79 Peace English Grant us of Peace. Reader 81 Prayer of the Heart Hebrew Meditation Soloist, Congregation Marshall A. Portnoy 82 Vidui Zuta Hebrew Eloheinu chatanu. Rabbi 82 Vidui Zuta English Our God and done wrong. Congregation 82 Vidui Zuta Hebrew Ashamnu titanu. call and response 82 Vidui Zuta English Of these astray. All 84 Vidui Zuta English Our Turning Away itself? Reader 84 Vidui Zuta English Every hidden moral failures Reader 86-90 Vidui Rabah English and For these sins kaper-lanu. Rabbi, Soloist, Congregation Hebrew 87/90 V'al Kulam Hebrew All AW Binder arr. Mary Feinsinger 92 Vidui Rabah English God our Creator be One Reader 94 Vidui Rabah English God of the Covenant before You Reader 98 Shema Koleinu Hebrew Shma koleinu v'nashuva. Soloist, then instrumental Friedman for silent prayer 96-99. 100 Shalosh Eshrei Midot Hebrew Adonai… v'nakeih. [once through] Soloist Janowski 103 We Are In Your Hand English Consider imperfection Reader and congregation 105 Qualities of the Divine Hebrew Adonai… v'nakeih. [once through] Soloist Janowski 108 13 Middot English If I could see forgives us Reader 109 Qualities of the Divine English When men comprehend Reader 113 Avinu Malkeinu English Avinu Malkeinu in you Reader 114-115 Avinu Malkeinu Hebrew Avinu Malkeinu v'hoshi-einu! Soloist then congregation Janowski, Folk arr. Stephen Richards 116 Aleinu Hebrew Aleinu Baruch Hu. Congregation Nusach 118 Aleinu Hebrew V'ne-emar: echad." Congregation Nusach 120 Kaddish Yatom English This holy night to come Reader 122 Kaddish Yatom Aramaic Yitgadal Amen Congregation 126 Closing Song Hebrew Adon olam v'lo ira Congregation French Sephardic melody, arr. C. Davidson Avodah Rabbi Jonathan Blake and Cantor Jill Abrahamson Westchester Reform Temple, Scarsdale, NY Page Number Song/Prayer Music Cue Slide Notes 450 Fifteen Steps #1-2 "...reach for the 451 Samachti Osborne Holy One" 453 Header: First step #3-4 To "uv'chein" "Holiness of 453 Eilecha nasati melody God 5 453 May our eyes.... ..."Ascend read in Yiddish with 454 A Dudele toward the holy" 6 music underneath 455 Ruler of the World ..."Du, du!" 456 Adon Olam: 1 bayit Cardozo "you, you, you" 7 We read 456 Eternal God... together 457 Second Step 8 "Holiness of 457 Esa Ainai Carlebach creation" We read 457 We marvel... together "toward the 457 "Bereishit" Trope holy." 9 457 Oneness is grounded "V'yihi Or." "we continue on 460 Third Step page 454" 10 To "uv'chein" 460 Nafshi LAdonai melody Holy Time 11 460 Through celebration.... Together 460 Vayachulu Trope "the holy." 460 The heaven and the earth... V'yikadesh oto 12 We continue on 462 Judaism Teaches us... 456 13 "At it's 462 The Sabbaths are our... appointed time." "...a greater 463 Fourth step story." 14 To "uv'chein" 463 S'u Yadchem melody "Holy Space." 15 By remembering the 463 Mishkan Together 16 463 Holiness-dwell among them. "the holy." SLIDE (or 17- sung) "Lord Prepare me" Thompson "among them.' 18 463 Long ago...to the Eternal End of song Trumah: Ask the Kahal to share their gifts with a We continue on 465 neighbor 459 19 SLIDE (or sung) "Lord prepare me" (reprise) We continue on 468 Fifth Step... 462 20-1 To "uv'chein" The holy Day 468 El-Adonai melody Yom Kippur 468 By recalling... Together Dawn: the holy day....Utter ...ascend toward 22- 468-69 the name of God the holy 24 We continue on 470 Sixth Step... 464 25 To "uv'chein" Act of 470 V'hu yeef'deh melody confession Through Sincere 470 confession.... Together Within the holy....to the ...toward the 470-71 ground saying: holy 26 Chanted, HHD to the ground 471 Baruch Shem Kavod melody saying: Audibly 471 Silent Confession prompted 27 473 Seventh Step... 28 To "Ki Anu Amecha" ...Sacrificial 473 Yacheil Yisrael... melody offering We read 473 Through generous acts... together 29 The ritual of the two ...ascend toward 473 goats...service to others the holy We continue on 30- 478 Eighth Step... 472 31 To "Ki Anu Amecha" ...Jewish 478 Az Yom'ru... melody Memory Inspired by Jewish 478 memory... Together Precious is light....places ...Toward the 478 they did not know. holy 32 they did not Lechi-Lach Friedman know.
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    Kol Nidre 5780: A Joyous Yom Kippur Rabbi Ita Paskind Congregation Beth El, Norwalk If I told you that Yom Kippur is one of the most joyous days on the Jewish calendar, would you believe me? OK. I suppose it’s gotten a reputation for being solemn, but I promise I didn’t make that up. One of the most revered Sages in Jewish history, Rabban Gamliel, who lived in the land of Israel in the first century, asserted1 that Yom Kippur was as joyous as an actual joyous day, Tu b’Av, also known as Jewish Sadie Hawkins Day. Tu b’Av, or the 15th day of the month of Av, late in the summer, was a day for matchmaking, and today continues to celebrate love. But Yom Kippur?! Rabban Gamliel’s assertion builds on the premise that, after a day of soul-searching, fasting, and prayer, we are 100% guaranteed forgiveness for our sins. And that is certainly cause for celebration. But there’s a great distance between where we sit right now, at the start of this sacred convocation, and where we plan to arrive tomorrow night--and I don’t just mean the lox and bagels! We are hopeful--we have chosen to abstain from all of our daily pleasures; many of us are wearing white, the traditional color of purity--and yet we bear the burden of a year’s worth of mistakes, missteps, shameful behavior, perhaps even true sins. When we removed the Sifrei Torah from the ark a short while ago, we asked permission to pray im ha’avaryanim, in the presence of sinners.