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Prayer Services South Huntington Jewish Center High Holidays 5781 “Do-it-Yourself” Prayer Services We know that due to the pandemic, we will all be praying from home this year on the High Holidays. These instructions, which are tied to the Mahzor Lev Shalem, are designed to assist you in the holiday prayers in the event that there is a technology failure that prevents you from staying connected to SHJC for the service, and also for those of you who do not have Zoom capability to connect to our services remotely. Evening Service: • (on Friday night only) p 4 Psalm for Shabbat & following Psalm • pp 5-9 (start ing at "Barukh Atah" ) The Sh'ma and its Blessings • (on Friday night only) p 9 (bottom Paragraph) V'Shamru (recited standing) • Rosh Hashanah : p 10 (top Paragraph) -Tiku vaHodesh Shofar (recited standing) • Yom Kippur: p 212 Ki vaYom haZeh (recited standing) • Rosh Hashanah: pp 11-17 - individual Amidah (recited standing; add red text on Fri night / omit otherwise) • Yorn Kippur: pp 213-221 - individual Amidah (recited standing) • P 25 - Aleinu (recited standing) • P 27 - Psalm for the Season of Repentance • P 28 - Yigdal Morning Introductory Service (Birkhot HaShahar and P'sukei D'zimra): • pp 35 (bottom) -36 Torah study blessings and passages • p 37 - Morning Blessings (recited standing) • p 4 (Mizmor Shir) on Shabbat ; OR p 122 (L' David Mizmor) on Sunday • p 44 - Psalm for the Season of Repentance (on Yom Kippur only) p 43 • p 45 - Psalm 30 ("Mizmor Shir Hanukat") • p 47- Barukh She-Amar (2 paragraphs; opening blessing to P'sukei D'Zimra; recited standing) • pp 60 - 61 (top) - Ashrei • p 63 - your choices of Psalms (optional) • pp. 67-69 (top) - Nishmat • p 70 - HaMelekh, onwards, w/ Yishtabah (closing blessing to P'sukei D'Zimra; recited standing) Morning Service (Shaharit) P 71 (3rd or 4th Paragraph) then pp 72-80 -The Sh'ma and its Blessings (note there are some parts for weekdays only and some parts for Shabbat-only - read instructions in book) • Rosh Hashanah: pp. 11-17 - individual Amidah (recited standing; add red text on Shabbat / omit otherwise) • Yom Kippur: pp. 213-221 - individual Amidah (recited standing; add red text on Shabbat/omit otherwise) • (omit on Shabbat): pp. 92-93 Avinu Malkeinu (recited standing) Torah/Haftarah Reading (can be read yourself (without blessings) as a Torah study) • Rosh Hashanah Day 1: pp 100-102, p 106 (Bottom), pp. 108-110 • Rosh Hashanah Day 2: pp 103-105, p 106 (Bottom), pp. 111-113 • Yom Kippur: pp 278-281, p 282 (bottom), pp. 284-286 • P 120 - Ashrei Musaf (Additional) Service • Individual Amidah: (recited standing; add red text on Shabbat / omit otherwise) o Rosh Hashanah: pp. 125-139 o Yom Kippur: pp. 300-311 • Yom Kippur: p 336 (first 3 paragraphs) - S'lihot (optional) The 13 Attributes of Mercy "Adonai, Adonai El Rahum...” should be read as a Torah quotation rather than sung aloud. • Yom Kippur: pp. 346-347 - your choice of more S'lihot (optional) • p. 358 {top only) - "HaYom" (optional) • Rosh Hashanah p. 172-173 - Ein Keloheinu (optional) & Aleinu (optional) (recited standing) • Rosh Hashanah p. 175 - Adon Olam (optional) Hearing the Shofar (Rosh Hashanah) It is a mitzvah to hear the sound of the shofar directly from the horn to your ear during the daytime. If you are able to blow a shofar yourself, you can do the mitzvah by going to p. 119, saying the two blessings, and blowing the 30 blasts indicated there. Otherwise, we will have Shofar blowing in our parking lot on Rosh Hashanah Day 2 from 3:30 – 4:00 – everyone stays in their car. Yizkor (Yom Kippur) • P. 290 • p. 291 - individual Yizkor prayers (recited standing) • p. 293 (top paragraph) - El Malei Rahamim Memorial Prayer(s) (recited standing) • p. 293 (bottom paragraph) - conclusion : Psalm 23 ("The Lord is my Shepherd") (optional) (recited standing) Minhah Service (Yom Kippur) • pp. 363-364 - Torah Reading (can be read as Torah study) • pp. 367-371 (top 2 paragraphs) - Haftarah Reading (Jonah) • pp. 213-221 - individual Amidah (recited standing) • pp. 379 (top) - 381 (top) - your choice of S'lihot (optional) The 13 Attributes of Mercy "Adonai, Adonai, El Rahum” should be read as a Torah quotation rather than sung aloud. Neilah Service (Yom Kippur) (traditionally recited standing throughout) • pp 394-397 (top) - Ashrei & Uva L'Tzion • p. 407- El Nora Alilah (optional) • pp.398-406 - individual Amidah (recited standing) • pp. 414-415 - S'lihot and The 13 Attributes of Mercy "Adonai, Adonai, El Rahum..” should be read as a Torah quotation rather than sung aloud. • pp. 425-426(top) - Avinu Malkeinu (recited standing, optional) • p. 429 - concluding recitation (can be followed with shofar blast) Fast Ends: 7:22 pm .
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