The Structure of High Holiday Services

by Schach, Stephen

• ISBN13: 9780765761729
• ISBN10: 0765761726
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• Copyright: 2002-07-07
• Publisher: Jason Aronson, Inc.
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Table of Contents

Preface	xiii
Acknowledgements	xvi
Introduction	1	(6)
Piyutim and Acrostics	4	(3)
What Is Structure?	7	(4)
Translation and Transliteration	11	(8)
Translation	11	(1)
Transliteration	12	(7)
Examples	13	(2)
Exceptions	15	(1)
Pronunciation of Hebrew Vowels	16	(1)
Capitalization	17	(2)
The Structure of Every Service	19	(2)
The Structure of B'rachot	21	(10)
Short Form B'rachah	21	(2)
Long Form B'rachah	23	(6)
Series Form B'rachah	24	(5)
Mitzvah Form B'rachah	29	(2)
The Structure of K'riat Sh'ma	31	(22)
Ba-r'chu	33	(1)
B'rachot before K'riat Sh'ma: Evening Service	34	(2)
First B'rachah before K'rat Sh'ma: Evening Service	34	(1)
Second B'rachah before K'riat Sh'ma: Evening Service	35	(1)
B'rachot before K'riat Sh'ma: Morning Service	36	(11)
First B'rachah before K'riat Sh'ma: Morning Service	36	(2)
Yotzeir for Rosh haShanah or Yom Kippur	38	(2)
K'dushah d'Yotzeir	40	(1)
Hamei-ir La-Aretz	41	(1)
Hokol Yoducha	42	(1)
Eil Adore	42	(2)
La-Eil Asher Shavat	44	(1)
Tibarach Tzureinu	44	(2)
Ofan for Rosh haShanah or Yom Kippur	46	(1)
Second B'rachah before K'riat Sh'ma: Morning Service	46	(1)
The Sh'ma	47	(3)
First Paragraph of the Sh'ma	47	(1)
Second Paragraph of the Sh'ma	48	(1)
Third Paragraph of the Sh'ma	49	(1)
B'rachot after K'riat Sh'ma: Evening Service	50	(1)
First B'rachah after K'riat Sh'ma: Evening Service	50	(1)
Second B'rachah after K'riat Sh'ma: Evening Service	50	(1)
B'rachot after K'riat Sh'ma: Morning Service	51	(2)
First and Only B'rachah after K'riat Sh'ma: Morning Service	51	(2)
The Structure of the Vidui	53	(38)
The Thirteen Attributes of Divine Mercy	55	(1)
The Basic Vidui	56	(4)
Alignment Convention for Structure Diagrams	60	(1)
S'lichot/Vidui Component	61	(9)
S'lichot for the Evening Service before the Vidui	62	(3)
S'lichot for the Concluding Service	65	(5)
The Avodah	70	(8)
Amitz Ko-ach	71	(2)
The Prayer of the High Priest	73	(1)
Series of Dirges	74	(4)
Prayers Inserted before the Vidui	78	(2)
The Extended Vidui	80	(3)
S'lichot after the Vidui	83	(1)
Additional S'lichot for the Evening Service after the Vidui	84	(2)
Prayers Inserted after the Vidui	86	(5)
The Structure of the Amidah	91	(26)
First Section of the Amidah: Praises	94	(3)
First B'rachah: Avot	94	(1)
Second B'rachah: G'vurot	95	(1)
Third B'rachah: K'dushat haShem	96	(1)
Second Section of the Amidah: Yamim Nora-im Themes	97	(7)
Intermediate B'rachah for the Evening, Morning, Afternoon, and Concluding Service: K'dushat haYom	97	(5)
Intermediate B'rachot for the Additional Service	102	(2)
Malchuyot, Zichronot, and Shofarot	104	(6)
Opening Piyutim	104	(1)
Ten Biblical Verses	105	(1)
Closing Piyutim	106	(2)
Combined Structure of Malchuyot, Zichronot, and Shofarot	108	(2)
Third Section of the Amidah: Thanksgiving	110	(5)
Fifth (Seventh) B'rachah: Avodah	111	(1)
Sixth [Eighth) B'rachah: Hoda-ah	111	(2)
Seventh [Ninth) B'rachah: Birat Shalom	113	(2)
Personal Prayers	115	(2)
The Structure of Commonly Occurring Components	117	(32)
Kiddush	117	(10)
Biblical Verses	119	(1)
B'rachah over Wine, Other Liquids, or Bread	120	(1)
B'rachah	121	(1)
Havdalah B'rachot	122	(2)
Shehecheyanu	124	(2)
Apple and Honey	126	(1)
K'dushah	127	(4)
The Structure of the K'dushah	127	(2)
Introductory Sentence	129	(1)
Source of Components of the K'dushah	130	(1)
Kaddish	131	(8)
Kaddish Shaleim	132	(2)
The Forms of the Kaddish	134	(1)
Comparison of the Four Forms of the Kaddish	135	(1)
Chatzi Kaddish	136	(1)
Kaddish d'Rabbanan	136	(2)
Kaddish Yatom	138	(1)
Uva l'Tziyon Goeil	139	(1)
Aleinu	139	(3)
Missing Verse	140	(2)
Ashrei	142	(2)
Avinu Malkeinu	144	(1)
Yigdal Adon Olam	144	(2)
Five (or Four) Short Paragraphs-and a Piyut	146	(2)
Version for Morning Service on Yom Kippur	146	(1)
Version for Afternoon and Concluding Service on Yom Kippur	147	(1)
Version for All Additional Services	147	(1)
Hi-n'ni	148	(1)
The Structure of Repeated and Related Piyutim	149	(18)
Attah Hu Eloheinu	150	(1)
Adonai Melech	150	(3)
Adirei Ayumah	151	(1)
Kol Shinanei Shachak	151	(2)
L'Eil Oretch Din	153	(1)
Melech Elyon/Melech Evyon	154	(3)
Melech Elyon: Amitz ha-M'nusa	154	(1)
Melech Elyon: Eil Dar baMarom	155	(2)
U-n'taneh Tokef	157	(2)
HaOcheiz b'Yad (V'Chol Ma-aminim)	159	(1)
Imru lEilohim	160	(1)
Imru lEilohim: Ench Apayim	160	(1)
Imru lElohim: Eil Melech b'Olamo	161	(1)
Ma-asei Eloheinu	161	(2)
Ma-asei Eloheinu: Ein Mi vaShachak	162	(1)
Ma-asei Eloheinu: Adir b'Vi-udo	163	(1)
Major Peitanim	163	(4)
Eleazar Kallir	164	(1)
Simeon bar Isaac ben Abun	164	(1)
Kalonymus ben Meshullam and Meshullam ben Kalonymus	165	(1)
Anonymous	165	(2)
The Structure of Components from the Psalms	167	(14)
Psalm of the Day	167	(2)
Psalms for Yamim Nora-im	169	(1)
P'sukei d'Zimrah and Its Psalms	169	(7)
Introductory Psalm to P'sukei d'Zimrah	171	(1)
B'rachah before Reciting P'sukei d'Zimrah	171	(1)
Lengthy Succession of Biblical Verses, Mainly from the Psalms	172	(1)
1 Chronicles 16:8-36	173	(1)
Eighteen Excerpts from the Psalms	173	(1)
Nine Psalms (Ashkenazi Liturgy)/Fourteen Psalms (Sephardi Liturgy)	173	(1)
Verses Primarily from the Bible	174	(1)
Five Halleluyah Psalms	174	(1)
Three Doxologies from the Psalms	174	(2)
Three Biblical Passages	176	(1)
Three Biblical Verses	176	(1)
Nishmat	176	(5)
Beginning of the Morning Service Proper	178	(1)
B'rachah after Reciting P'sukei d'Zimrah	179	(2)
The Structure of K'riat haTorah	181	(36)
Before Opening the Ark	185	(2)
On Opening the Ark	187	(1)
In Front of the Ark	187	(3)
B'rich Sh'mei	189	(1)
On Taking the Scroll I	190	(1)
Procession I	191	(1)
On Unrolling the Scroll	192	(1)
Prescribed Readings	193	(4)
Structure of Order of Aliyot	194	(1)
Structure of Each Aliyah	195	(1)
Birkat haGomeil	196	(1)
Mishebeirach	196	(1)
After Prescribed Readings	197	(1)
On Raising the Scroll	198	(1)
Additional Reading	199	(1)
Reading from the Prophets	200	(2)
Prayers before Returning Scroll to the Ark	202	(5)
Prayers for Scholars, the Congregation, the Government, and Israel	203	(1)
The Structure of Hazkarat N'shamot	204	(3)
T'kiat haShofar	207	(6)
Psalm 47	209	(1)
Seven Verses Mainly from the Psalms	210	(1)
Sounding the Shofar	210	(1)
Three Verses from Psalm 89	211	(1)
Remaining Seventy Blasts	211	(2)
On Taking the Scroll II	213	(1)
Procession II	214	(1)
In Front of the Ark	215	(2)
The Structure of the Repetition of the Amidah: Morning Service	217	(24)
First Section of the Amidah: Praises	218	(18)
First B'rachah: Avot	218	(2)
Second B'rachah: G'vurot	220	(2)
Third B'rachah: K'dushat haShem	222	(2)
Lengthy Set of Piyutim for Rosh haShanah	224	(5)
Lengthy Set of Piyutim for Yom Kippur	229	(7)
Second Section of the Amidah: Yamim Nora-im Themes	236	(1)
Third Section of the Amidah: Thanksgiving	237	(4)
Fifth B'rachah: Avodah	237	(1)
Sixth B'rachah: Hoda-ah	238	(2)
Seventh B'rachah: Birkat Shalom	240	(1)
The Structure of the Repetition of the Amidah: Additional Service	241	(28)
First Section of the Amidah: Praises	242	(11)
First B'rachah: Avot	242	(2)
Second B'rachah: G'vurot	244	(2)
Third B'rachah: K'dushat haShem	246	(3)
Lengthy Set of Piyutim for Yom Kippur	249	(4)
Second Section of the Amidah: Yamim Nora-im Themes	253	(7)
Extended Malchuyot, Zichronot, and Shofarot B'rachot	256	(3)
Sounding the Shofar at the End of Malchuyot, Zichronot, and Shofarot	259	(1)
Third Section of the Amidah: Thanksgiving	260	(9)
Fifth [Seventh] B'rachah: Avodah	261	(1)
Sixth [Eighth] B'rachah: Hoda-ah	262	(1)
Birkat Kohanim	263	(5)
Seventh [Ninth] B'rachah: Birkat Shalom	268	(1)
The Structure of the Repetition of the Amidah: Afternoon Service	269	(12)
First Section of the Amidah: Praises	270	(5)
First B'rachah: Avot	270	(2)
Second B'rachah: G'vurot	272	(1)
Third B'rachah: K'dushat haShem	273	(2)
Second Section of the Amidah: Yamim Nora-im Themes	275	(2)
Third Section of the Amidah: Thanksgiving	277	(4)
Fifth B'rachah: Avodah	277	(1)
Sixth B'rachah: Hoda-ah	277	(2)
Seventh B'rachah: Birkat Shalom	279	(2)
The Structure of the Repetition of the Amidah: Concluding Service	281	(14)
First Section of the Amidah: Praises	282	(6)
First B'rachah: Avot	282	(2)
Second B'rachah: G'vurot	284	(1)
Third B'rachah: K'dushat haShem	285	(3)
Second Section of the Amidah: Yamim Nora-im Themes	288	(2)
Third Section of the Amidah: Thanksgiving	290	(5)
Fifth B'rachah: Avodah	290	(1)
Sixth B'rachah: Hoda-ah	291	(2)
Seventh B'rachah: Birkat Shalom	293	(2)
The Structure of the Evening Service	295	(8)
Kol Nidrei	296	(4)
Kabbalat Shabbat	300	(1)
Biblical Verses	300	(1)
Va-y'chulu	301	(1)
B'rachah Mei-in Sheva	301	(2)
The Structure of the Morning Service	303	(14)
Preliminary Morning Service	304	(1)
Shir haYichud and Related Material	305	(2)
Shir haYichud	306	(1)
Shir haKavod	307	(1)
Structure of Birchot haShachar	307	(10)
List of B'rachot	308	(1)
Fourteen Short Form B'rachot	308	(1)
Hama-avir Sheinah	309	(1)
Y'hi Ratzon...Shetatzileini haYom	310	(1)
Akeidah	310	(2)
L'Olam Y'hei Adam	312	(2)
Attah Hu ad Shelo	314	(1)
Attah Hu Adonai Eloheinu	314	(1)
Korbanot	314	(1)
Obligatory Talmudic Passages	315	(1)
Y'hi Ratzon...Sheyibaneh Beit haMikdash	316	(1)
The Structure of the Additional Service	317	(4)
Ein Keiloheinu	319	(1)
Talmudic Passages	319	(2)
The Structure of the Afternoon Service	321	(2)
The Structure of the Concluding Service	323	(4)
Concluding Prayers	324	(1)
Modified Kaddish Shaleim	324	(3)
Appendix A Sources	327	(2)
Appendix B Cross-References to Machzorim	329	(20)
Index to Prayers	349	(10)
Subject Index	359