APPENDIX 5

HIGH HOLIDAY SERVICE OUTLINES


 
Erev Rosh Hashanah
  GATES OF REPENTANCE ON WINGS OF AWE
Bar’chu 24 10
Ma’ariv Aravim 24 11
Ahavat Olam 25 12
Sh’ma 26 14
V’ahavta 26 14
G’ulah 27 19
Mi Chamochah 28 21-22
Hashkivenu 28 22-23
V’shamru (S)  29 24
Chatzi Kaddish 29 25
Amidah 30-38 27-38
Elohai N’tzor (concluding meditation) 38 40
Yih’yu L’ratzon 39 40
Kaddish Shalem   41
Avinu Malkenu 40  
Kiddush 42  
Aleinu 43 43
Mourner’s Kaddish 45-46 44-45
Adon Olam 47 46-47

 
 

 

 Rosh Hashanah Morning
  GATES OF REPENTANCE ON WINGS OF AWE
Mah Tovu 81  
The Miracles of Daily Life 85 54-55
Asher Yatzar 87 *
Elohai N’shamah 87 54
Eilu D’varim 90  
P’sukei D’zimrah 91-98 57-75
Chatzi Kaddish 98 75
Bar’chu 99 77
Yotzer 99 77
Ahavah Rabbah 100-101 79
Sh’ma 101 82
V’ahavta 101-102 83-85**
G’ulah 102  
Mi Chamochah 103-104 87-88
Amidah 104-117 88-103
B’Rosh Hashanah 108 94
K’dushah 110-113 95-97
Yih’yu L’ratzon 118 106
Ein Kamocha 120 109
Avinu Malkenu 121-122 106-108
Kaddish Shalem *** 108
Adonai, Adonai (S) 122 110
Open Ark, Please Rise
Torah Service 120-129 109-123
Haftarah Service 128-137 124-135
Shofar Service 138-151 136-148
For our Cong., Nation, Israel 152-153  
Return Torah to Ark
Aleinu 156-157 150-151
Mourner’s Kaddish 158-159 151-152
Benediction 162  
Ein K’Eloheinu   154
All the World   154-155

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
* Asher Yatzar does not appear in On Wings of Awe in the Morning Service for Rosh Hashanah because traditionally it is a prayer that is said upon waking up in the morning in one’s own home.

** Traditionally, there are three paragraphs following the Sh’ma. In the Reform liturgy, we say the first one, V’ahavta, and the last two verses of the third one, Vayomer. These lines begin "l’ma’an tizk’ru." On Wings of Awe includes all three paragraphs in full.

*** Kaddish Shalem is the full Kaddish, which includes the "titkabel" paragraph. This is usually not included in the Reform liturgy.
 
Yom Kippur Order of Services


Traditional (as shown in ON WINGS OF AWE)
Kol Nidrei
Morning Service
Yizkor (Memorial Service)
Musaf
Afternoon Service
Ne’ilah (Concluding Service)		 Most Reform Congregations (as shown in GATES OF REPENTANCE)
Kol Nidrei
Morning Service
Afternoon Service
Yizkor (Memorial Service)
Ne’ilah (Concluding Service)
Erev Yom Kippur (Kol Nidrei)
  GATES OF REPENTANCE ON WINGS OF AWE
Candle Lighting 248 245
Torahs are taken from Ark, please rise
Kol Nidrei 252 248
Torah’s are returned to Ark, remain standing
Bar’chu 253 251-252
Ma’ariv Aravim 253-254 252
Ahavat Olam 254 254
Sh’ma 255 256
V’ahavta 255 256 (& 259)
G’ulah 256 260
Mi Chamochah 257 261-262
Hashkivenu 258 262
V’shamru (S) 258-259 264
Ki Vayom 259 264
Chatzi Kaddish 259 265
Amidah 260-267 156-171
Yih’yu L’ratzon 268  
V’dui (Confessions) 269-272 279-285
S’lichot (Prayers for Forgiveness) 273-279  
Avinu Malkenu 280-281 285-287
Aleinu 282-283 288
Mourner’s Kaddish 284-285 289-290

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 Yom Kippur Morning
  GATES OF REPENTANCE ON WINGS OF AWE
Birchot Hashachar   299-303
P’sukei D’zimrah (various parts)

297-303

 303-316
Chatzi Kaddish 303 317
Bar’chu 304 317
Yotzer 304-305 318
Ahavah Rabah 305-306 319-320
Sh’ma 306 322
V’ahavta 306-307 322 (&324)
G’ulah 307 325-326
Mi Chamochah 308 327-328
Amidah 308-322 330-347
B’Rosh Hashanah 313 336
K’dushah 315-318 336-338
V’dui 324-333 348-355
S’lichot 334-337  
The Ark is opened, please rise
Adonai, Adonai (S) 338 359
Avinu Malkenu 339-340 355-356
Kaddish Shalem   357
Torah Service 338-345 358-369
Chatzi Kaddish   370
Maftir   371
Reading of Haftarah 346-353 372-379
For Our Cong., Nation, & Israel 354-355  
GOR puts the Torah back into the ark

Yom Kippur Yizkor (Memorial) Service

  GATES OF REPENTANCE ON WINGS OF AWE
Various Psalms or Meditations 477-489 381-385
Adonai, Mah Adam 480 380
"We Remember Them" 490-491 380-381
Yizkor 491 385-388
El Malei Rachamim 492 388-390
Mourner’s Kaddish 492-493 390-391
In ON WINGS OF AWE, the Torah is now returned to the Ark, as it has been out through all of Yizkor, beginning in the Morning Service.		 Yom Kippur Afternoon 
  GATES OF REPENTANCE ON WINGS OF AWE
Various Readings 394-398  
Amidah 398-407 to be said later
Yih’yu L’ratzon 408  
Aleinu 409  
Avodah Service 410-429 395-404
Eileh Ezkarah 429-449 404-410
Torah Service 450-456 411-421
Reading of Haftarah 456-467 421-429
Return Torah to Ark
Chatzi Kaddish   431
Amidah said previously 156-171
Al Chet 404-405 (during Amidah said previously) 432-435
Kaddish Shalem   435
Yom Kippur Concluding Service (Ne’ilah)
  GATES OF REPENTANCE ON WINGS OF AWE
Various Readings 497-500 437-441
Chatzi Kaddish 501  
Amidah 501-507 156-171
El Nora Alilah 508-509 440-443
B’terem Shachkim 510  
El Melech Yoshev   442-445
Ki Anu Amecha   444-445
Avinu Malkenu 511-512 450-451
V’dui (Confession) 512-518 446-449
Aleinu 520-522 453-454
Mourner’s Kaddish 522-523  
Sh’ma Repetitions 523-524 455
Kaddish Shalem   455-456
Sounding of Shofar 524 456
Benediction 525  
Havdalah 526-528  

 

 
 

Notes for leading Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur Services:

  • GOR = Gates of Repentance; OWOA = On Wings of Awe
  • Always have the congregation stand before the open Ark for Avinu Malkeinu.
  • The traditional silent Amidah in On Wings of Awe is on pages 156–171 and can replace all weekday inclusions of the Amidah.
  • Always be aware of the order of the service.  Some parts of the service may appear listed out of order, but all page numbers are correct.  Be prepared by going over the service before the actual holiday to familiarize yourself with the liturgy and the machzor you intend to use.
  • Most English readings have been left out of this guide.  Feel free to add the readings that you desire or to do some of the Hebrew in English, depending on the needs and wants of your congregation. Try using many different readers for the English passages.
  • See the table of the Yom Kippur Services following Kol Nidrei and the Yom Kippur Morning Service for information regarding the order of the services in your machzor.
  • Musaf, an additional morning Amidah recited in more traditional synagogues, can be found in On Wings of Awe on pages 173-241.
  • Gates of Repentance is the Reform Movement’s machzor, published by the CCAR and intended for use by a Reform congregation.  On Wings of Awe is a machzor created by the B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundation and is meant for use by more diverse groups on the High Holy Days.  For campuses that include worshippers from the Reform Movement as well as from more traditional ones, we recommend using On Wings of Awe.
  • In some more traditional congregations, Avinu Malkeinu is not recited on Shabbat.
    • Blowing the Shofar
    T’ki’ah = 1 blast
    Shevarim = 3 short blasts
    T’ru’ah = 9-12 short staccato blasts
    T’ki’ah G’dolah = 1 blast for as long as you can hold it