HOPEI N U N C E R T A I N T I M E S

ROSH HASHANAH September 18 - 19

YOM KIPPUR September 27 - 28

5781 2020

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Welcome 3A Psalm for These Times 4Opening Intentions 5Wrapping the Tallit 6Who Should I Say is Calling? 7Opening Songs 8Candlelighting Invitations 9Kol Nidrei 12Songs to Get the Blood Flowing 13Barchu: From Me to We 15Expansive Love 16Sh’ma V’Ahavta 17Mi Chamochah / Who But You! 19Hashkiveinu / Deep Rest 20Sacred Intentions for the Amidah 20Amidah for Rosh HaShanah 22Amidah for Yom Kippur 23Stepping Back 24Torah Service 26Blessings over the Torah 29Torah Reading for Rosh HaShanah 29Torah Reading for Yom Kippur 31Blessings for Healing 33Shofar 34Returning the Torah 35Unetaneh Tokef 36Vidui / Confessions 39Avinu Malkeinu 42Aleinu 43Mourner's Kaddish 45Concluding Songs 46Traditional Amidah 50Yizkor 56Neilah 65Havdalah 73Acknowledgments 74Family Service 76Judaism Your Way 83Live On / Life & Legacy Recognition 84

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WELCOME: YOUR PRESENCE IS A BLESSING

We come to these High Holidays, each of us in our own spot on the continuum between extreme unease and openness to the unknown.

Closing our eyes, we can almost feel the rush of sensation that comes with walking into the open tent: the greetings, the taking of seats, the voices joining with one another in song.

Opening our eyes to the screens in front of us, we are woven together through technology, and through the shared experience of having journeyed through these months together.

Rosh HaShanah celebrates the creation and re-creation of the world. May these services help us commit more deeply to the necessary re-creations we are in the midst of - personally, nationally, globally. Yom Kippur invites us to practice teshuvah, returning to what is most precious, meaningful, and true in our lives.

As in past services, there will be lots of singing. We’ll hear the Torah speak to themes of struggle and transformation. We’ll evoke our breaking hearts with the cry of the shofar (ram’s horn). Kol Nidre calls us to forgiveness and release.

If you are new to our community, don’t worry! Your service leaders will be your guides. Take care of yourselves during services. You are welcome to get up and stretch.

May these High Holiday services be wells of hope from which you can draw in abundance in these uncertain times.

L’shanah tovah! Blessings for a sweet new year.

Rabbi Brian Field Rabbi Amanda Schwartz

Student Rabbi Kolby Morris Dahary

Rabbi Caryn Aviv

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PSALM 27: A PSALM FOR THESE TIMES

To the Beloved, The Infinite Presence is my light and expanse, Whom should I fear? The Infinite Presence is the strength of my life, What shall I dread? When forces come close seeming to devour me, When narrowness threatens, All that is menacing stumbles and falls. Even as an army of mistrust besieges me My heart does not fear. Even as thoughts and desires rise up against me I still have trust.

One thing I ask, one thing I seek, To awaken to the beauty of each moment as I pass through this world. The Infinite shelters me as I encounter difficulty and pain. The Infinite holds me close in deep and hidden places. And lifts me high upon a rock. Now I can see through to what is true. And I will offer my gifts of thanks I will sing.

Please, Infinite One, Listen to my voice, hear my call. Be gracious with me. Answer me. Please don’t hide from me. Please don’t let me turn away in frustration and despair.

You are my help. Do not let me feel abandoned. Do not let me turn away. In You I am safe. It is you who gathers me in. Teach me Your ways. There is so much to lead me astray. Don’t let me give in to all that torments me, the lies, the illusions, the menacing threats. I must have faith that I can see through all of this I can see the good, the blessings, the ways of life. Let your heart be strong and filled with courage. Cultivate hope.

Translation Rabbi Yael Levy

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OPENING INTENTIONS

Blessing for Anyone Who Wasn’t Born Jewish (‘Cause We Know This is a Lot)

May everyone who shares in a Jewish life feel welcomed and integrated. We are deeply grateful to all who have cast their lot with the Jewish people, and for the love and support they give to their Jewish partners and families. We know families come in all forms. We offer special thanks to those who are raising their sons and daughters as Jews and with Judaism. We are a very small people and history has made us smaller. Children mean hope, life and future. We pray with all of our hearts that the gifts and blessings you have given to your family, to the community, and to the Jewish People will come back to you and fill your life with joy and fulfillment.

Adapted from Rabbi Janet Marder

Experiencing the Divine as an unfolding process, a verb rather than a noun, we are more likely to experience ourselves and all of reality as changeable, and continually unfolding.

Estelle Frankel

Welcome is one of the signs that a community is alive. To invite others to live with us is a sign that we aren’t afraid, that we have a treasure of truth and of peace to share.

Jean Vanier

You filled me with hope about the next chapter of the great American story when you used your power to make a difference in our society. Millions of people motivated simply by human compassion laid down the burdens of division...

When historians pick up their pens to write the story of the 21st century, let them say that it was your generation who laid down the heavy burdens of hate at last and that peace finally triumphed over violence, aggression and war. So I say to you, walk with the wind, brothers and sisters, and let the spirit of peace and the power of everlasting love be your guide.

John Lewis

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WRAPPING OURSELVES WITHIN THE TALLIT

A tallit represents the worldIts four corners are the outer reaches of the knownIts fringes are the subtle teasing of the unknownTo stand wrapped in a tallit is to take your place in the worldTo stand wrapped in a tallit is to take responsibility.

Rabbi Rami Shapiro

As you gather the tzitzit to the center,Open to your own fringes, the edges, margins and knots.

Open to immerse in wholeness, in shalom.

As you hold the tzitzit, open your heart wide.Open yourself to welcome, to offer shalom for all beingsAt the edges, the margins, and those in exile, refugees.

Open to all beings at the fringes of our worlds.

Open to the wisdomOf compassion and courage.

Breathe deep, and honor the powers of sacred presence.

Sharon Shosh Lulyanit

Blessed are You, Life Unfolding, our God, in this place and this time,

wrapping us in holiness and love within the tallit.

ברוך אתה יהוה אלהינו מלך העולםנו במצותיו וצונו אשר קדש

להתעטף בציצת:

Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu melech ha-olam, asher kidshanu b’mitzvotav vitzivanu

l’hitateif ba-tzitzit.

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WHO SHOULD I SAY IS CALLING?*

An Invitation to the Many Jewish Metaphors for the Sacred

Many people struggle with the dominant image of divinity in western religion - God as a big, powerful man.

When we encounter the metaphors that point to this image, it can be helpful to remember that they are intended not as statements of belief but invitations into an experience. Instead of asking, “Do I believe this?” we can ask of an image, “Where is this trying to take me?”

There are many other Jewish possibilities for spiritual language and experience besides King and Father. In fact, our ancestors enjoyed a much broader palette of metaphors to express their experience of the Sacred than is offered in most Jewish prayer books. Take, for example, the metaphor of water. Psalm 92 reads: “My soul thirsts for God.” Psalm 36: “You give us drink from the stream of your delight.” The prophet Isaiah describes God as that which will “satisfy your soul in drought … and you shall be like a watered garden.”

Unlike King or Father, the metaphor of water does not command or judge. It flows, irrigates, nourishes and sustains.

It may take some effort to dislodge the GOD IS A BIG POWERFUL MAN metaphor from our consciousness and make room for different ways of imagining and experiencing the divine. As we engage the other metaphors in Jewish spirituality (Place, Presence, Voice, Fire, Cloud, Oneness, Wholeness, Love, Emptiness, and Water), we open more widely the truths of our own experience and to the possibilities of what is next.**

*From “Who by Fire?” by Leonard Cohen

**We are grateful to Rabbi Toba Spitzer for her insights about water as a divine metaphor.

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OPENING SONGS

Pure Heart (Psalm 51.12)

Create a pure heart in me, Great Spirit, Create a pure heart in me And renew a true soul within me, and renew a true soul within

Nava Tehila

I Call In the Light

I will lead with light, I will lead with loveI will lead with the strength of the sky aboveI will lead with light, I will lead with loveI will lead with the strength of the ground below.I call in the light - oh light, oh light. I call in the light - oh light, oh light.

Stevie Greenwell

Hinei Mah Tov / One Love (Psalm 133)

One Love, One Heart, let’s get together and feel alright. One Love, One Heart, give thanks and praise to the One and we will feel alright. Singing, let’s get together and feel alright.

עים שבת אחים גם-יחד: ה מה-טוב ומה-נ הנ

Hinei ma tov u’ma’naim, shevet achim gam yachad.

How good and pleasant it would be, for brothers and sisters to live in harmony.

Bob Marley and Mashups by Hal Aqua and Rabbi Jack Gabriel

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CANDLELIGHTING INVITATIONS

Or Zarua (Psalm 97)

אור זרע לצדיק, ולישרי-לב שמחה:

Or, Or Zarua La (la la la la) laTzadikUlyishrei lev simcha Live a life of goodness (Be the righteous one!)Live a life of kindness (Be the righteous one!)Live a life of holiness (Be the righteous one!)And let your heart shine out!

Music by Jared Stein

Elemental Meditation

Call forth a moment of earth: wood, stone, soil. Call forth a moment of earth: ocean, stream, rain.Call forth a moment of air: wind, song, breath. Call forth a moment of fire: candle, sun, lightning. Let these moments ground youAs you open your heart to pray.

Rabbi Jill Hammer

Twilight

As the sun sinks and the colors of the day turn, we offer a blessing for twilight, for twilight is neither day nor night, but in-between. We are all twilight people. We can never be fully labeled or defined. We are many identities and loves, many genders and none. We are at the intersection of histories, between place and place. We are criss-crossed paths of memory and destination, streaks of light swirled together. We are neither day nor night. We are both, neither, and all.May the sacred in-between of this evening suspend our certainties, soften our judgments, and widen our vision. May this in-between light illuminate our way to the God who transcends all categories and definitions. May we be lifted up into this twilight. We cannot always define; we can always say a blessing.

Rabbi Reuben Zellman

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La Orasion De La Mujer

Kun estas kandelas With these candlesArrogamos al Dio We pray to GodEl Dio de muestros madres The God of our mothersSara, Rivka, Lea i Rachel Sarah, Rebecca, Leah and RachelKe muz de vida saludoza To grant a good, whole lifeA todus miz keriduz To all my dear onesI al mundo intero And the whole worldKen estas kandelas With these candlesArrogamos al Dio We pray to GodEl Dio de muestros padres The God of our fathersAvram, Isak i Yakov Abraham, Isaac and JacobKe muz de vida saludoza To grant a good, whole lifeA todos miz keriduz To all my dear onesI al mundo intero And the whole world.

Women’s Prayer, Spain, 1492

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CANDLELIGHTING BLESSINGS

Rosh HaShanah

ברוך אתה יהוה אלהינו מלך העולם אשר קדשנו במצותיונו להדליק נר של שבת ויום טוב: וצו

Baruch atah Adonai eloheinu melech ha-olam asher kid-shanu b’mitz-votav v’tzivanu l’hadlik ner shel Shabbat v’Yom Tov.

Blessed are You, Life Unfolding, manifesting in time and space, bringing awe to our lives with the mitzvah of kindling the Shabbat and holiday light.

Yom Kippur

ברוך אתה יהוה אלהינו מלך העולם אשר קדשנו במצותיונו להדליק נר של יום הכפורים: וצו

Baruch atah Adonai eloheynu melech ha-olam asher kid-shanu b’mitz-votav v’tzivanu l’hadlik ner shel Yom ha-Kippurim.

Blessed are You, Life Unfolding, in this space and this time, bringing forgiveness to our lives with the mitzvah of kindling the lights of Yom Kippur.

Shehecheyanu

ברוך אתה יהוה אלהינו מלך העולם מן הזה: מנו והגיענו לז שהחינו וקי

Baruch atah Adonai eloheinu melech ha-olam shehecheyanu v’kiy’manu v’higianu lazman hazeh.

Blessed is the Flow of Being, giving us life, sustaining us, and bringing us to this moment.

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Kol Nidrei

כל נדרא ואסרי וחרמי וקונמי וכנויי וקנוסי ושבועותדנדרנא ודאשתבענא ודאחרימנא ודאסרנא על נפשתנא

מיום כפורים זה עד יום כפורים הבא עלינו לטובהכלהון אחרטנא בהון כלהון יהון שרן שביקין שביתין מין נדרנא לא נדרי מבטלין לא שרירין ולא קי בטלין ו

ואסרנא לא אסרי ושבועתנא לא שבועות.

Kol nidrei v’esarei va-charamei v’konamei, All patterns, beliefs, past conditioningv’chinu-yei v’kinusei u-sh’vu-ot habits of thought, long-held resentmentsdindarna u-d’ishtaba-na that we have adopted, taken on,u-d’acharimna v’di-asarna al nafshatana assumed and imposed upon ourselvesmi-yom kippurim zeh ad yom kippurim from this Yom Kippur until the nextha-ba aleinu l’tova. may these come to us for good.

Kul-hon i-charatna v’hon, But if not, may we let them all go.Kul-hon y’hon sharan, Let them all be released, forgivensh’vikin, sh’vitin, b’teilin u-m’vutalin. erased, and made null and void -La sh’ririn v’la kayamin. no longer valid and with no power,Nidrana la nidrei. Our patterns no longer our patterns.V’ esarana la esarei. Our habits no longer our habitsU-sh’vuatana la sh’vu-ot. Our beliefs no longer our beliefs.

Translation by Rabbi Brian Field

We ask for forgiveness for how we have harmed others with and without intention.

We ask for compassion and release for all the ways we have fallen short, and fallen out of integrity.

ויאמר יהוה סלחתי כדברך:

Va’yomer Adonai salachti kid’varecha.

“And the Divine granted forgiveness as we have asked.”

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P’SUKEI D’ZIMRAH / SONGS TO GET THE BLOOD FLOWING

Modeh / Modah Ani / I’m Awake

I’m awake, I’m awake, I’m awake!

ם: מודה/מודה אני לפניך, מלך חי וקי

Modeh/Modah ani l’fanecha, melech chai chai v’kayam

I offer thanks to You, Source of breath, Life through all time, for compassionately restoring my soul within me. Your faithfulness is great.

Music by Hazzan Jesse Roemer

I Am Alive

Yai di-di dai dai… I am alive. (3X) I am alive.And who is this aliveness that I am? (3X) Is it not the Holy Blessed One?

Rabbi Menahem Nahum of Czernobyl; Translation and Melody: Rabbi David Zeller

Achat Sha’alti / One Thing I Ask (Psalm 27:4)

אחת שאלתי מאת-יהוה אותה אבקש:י, שבתי בבית-יהוה, כל-ימי חי

לחזות בנעם-יהוה, ולבקר בהיכלו:

Achat sha’alti me’eit Adonai, Achat sha’alti otah avakesh:Shivti, shivti b’veit Adonai, Shivti, shivti kol y’mei chayai; lachazot b’noam Adonai, u’l’vaker b’heikhalo. lachazot b’noam Adonai,

To gaze upon the beauty of AdonaiOne thing, one thing, I ask You AdonaiTo be with You all of my life

Chava Mirel

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Kol HaNeshama / Every Soul Sings! (Psalm 150)

כל הנשמה תהלל יה. הללויה:

Kol HaN’shama T’hallel Yah!

Halleluyah…In the depths of the universe

…In the human heartbeat…Through Power and Beauty…For feeling complete…With drums and trumpets…With strings and guitars…With our children’s voices

Their voices…Reflections of ours

Halleluyah…Through all of life’s milestones

…For our given name…For love and incredible loss…None of us are the same…For finding our perfect match…For friendships that last…For the hope of the future…For memories past

Halleluyah…In the gardens in Denver

…In our own homes…When we speak up for others…Who might feel hurt or alone…When we learn to find our voice…What’s broken we mend…From now until forever

Prayin’ our HalleluYAH will never end

Kolby Morris-Dahary

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BARCHU / FROM ME TO WE

Am I Awake?

Am I awake? Am I prepared? Are you listening to my prayer?Can you hear my voice? Can you understand?Am I awake? Am I prepared?

Noah Aronson

One Voice

This is the sound of one voice, This is the sound of all of us. One spirit, one voice. Singing with love and the will to trust.The sound of one who makes a choice, Leave the rest behindthis is the sound of one voice. and it will turn to dust, this is the sound of all of us

This is the sound of voices two, The sound of me singing with you. This is the sound of one voice. Helping each other to make it through, One people, one voice.this is the sound of voices two. A song for every one of us. This is the sound of one voice,This is the sound of voices three, this is the sound of one voice. Singing together in harmony.Surrendering to the mystery, this is the sound of voices three.

The Wailin’ Jennys

Barchu

ברכו את יהוה המברך:ברוך יהוה המברך לעולם ועד:

Leader: Barchu et Adonai ham’vorach Blessed is the Source of Infinite Blessing.

Community: Baruch Adonai ham’vorach Blessed is the Source of Infinite Blessingl’olam va-ed. which has many and no Names,

throughout time and space.

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AHAVAH RABBAH / EXPANSIVE LOVE

Open My Heart

We are loved, loved, loved by an unending love Open up my heart, I know I am love

Music by Rabbi Yosef Goldman, Based Upon “We are Loved..” by Rabbi Rami Shapiro

Ahavah Rabbah / Expansive Love

What is great love? May we know that we are heldA love that reaches deep inside in an embraceour hearts and minds and never departs. May we become still.An expanding, Still enough to hear,continually surpassing compassion still enough to get clear,that flows toward and within us. still enough to know sufferingThose who came before us and its release.were blessed to learn how it truly is. May we embody this wisdom.So may we have the merit to be open May it shine from our eyesto this learning. as the love that it is.

Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg

אהבה רבה אהבתנו...

Ahavah rabbah ahavtanu - With an abundant love You have loved us

Music by Rabbi Shir Yaakov-Feit

Listen into Love

It is all One: the valleys, the mountains, the shore, and the sea.It is all One.And so am I - this fragile reed, with a beating heart and a jumping mind;this thinking that is breathed and breathing, it’s all One.From One comes each and to One each returns. And in between is One as well. One in anger and One in song, One in play and One in pain, One in danger and One in redemption.It is all One and One is all there is. I sing the wonders of all that is One, and the simple truth that I know One is within me.

Rabbi Rami Shapiro

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Sh’ma / Listen (Deuteronomy 6:4)

שמע ישראל יהוה אלהינו יהוה אחד:ברוך שם כבוד מלכותו לעולם ועד:

Sh’ma yisrael Listen, those who dance with the Divine, Adonai eloheinu Adonai echad the Source of our being is one!

Baruch shem k’vod malchuto Blessed is the Presence whose splendorl’olam va-ed. shines through all time and space.

V’Ahavta / And You Will Love… (Deuteronomy 6:5-9)

לה ים הא יך בכל־לבבך ובכל־נפשך ובכל־מאדך: והיו הדבר ה אלה ת יהו הבת א ואך ובלכתך ם בשבתך בבית יך ודברת ב ם לבנ נת ך היום על־לבבך: ושנ י מצו ר אנכ אש

ם ין עיניך: וכתבת ת ב טפ ך והיו לט ם לאות על־יד רך ובשכבך ובקומך: וקשרת בדיך: ך ובשער על־מזזות בית

V’ahavta et Adonai elohecha - When you loveb’chol l’vav’cha, with your whole heartu-v’chol naf’sh’cha u-v’chol m’odecha, your whole being and all that you do,V’ha-yu ha-d’varim ha-eileh these teachings cannot helpasher anochi m’tzav’cha ha-yom but connectal levavecha. your heart todayV’shinantam l’vanecha to your interactionsv’dibarta bam with your childrenb’shivt’cha b’veitecha u-v’lecht’cha va-derech and in all the ways that youu-v’shoch’b’cha u-v’kumecha. rest and move, dream and wake.U-k’shartam Therefore create practices to remind youl’ot to dedicate to loveal ya-decha all you do with your handsv’ha-yu l’totafot bein einecha. and conceive with your mind,U-ch’tav-tam al-m’zuzot beit-echa bringing special awareness to theu-vi-sharecha. boundaries of your homes communities and imaginations.

Translation by Rabbi Brian Field

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The Edge

All of us could be humblerWe could live inside each other for a whileGive up our certainty and earn the heart of understanding.We could say there is no other until we believed it.I am you and you are me We are all together.We could take a God’s eye view become smallLive within the skin of someone we do not understand.We could all be quieter rest within our heart - linesLet the truth rise before us.We could find our quiet Live in that quiet for a while.We could all be kinder reserve judgmentDelay certainty live with ambiguity.What if we acted as if something fine is approachingAnd we could be preparing waiting quiet.If we were quieter we might find our silenceWe could step back from the edge and do nothing –Until it became clear what to do what not to do.As long as it takes.

Rabbi James Stone Goodman

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MI CHAMOCHAH / WHO BUT YOU!

Ozi V’Zimrat Yah / My Strength, Song, and Redeemer (Exodus 15:2)

י וזמרת יה ויהי–לי לישועה: עז

Ozi v’Zimrat Yah Vayehi li li-shuah.My strength and Divine song has become my salvation.

Melody by Rabbi Shefa Gold

Holy Sister Miriam

Holy sister, holy daughter We’ll follow you down to the wellWhere you are we find the water Spring up o’ healing,Where you are we hear the song O’ healing waterHoly sister Miriam Spring up o’ healing, O’ holy sister, holy daughterO’ healing water Sing Halleluyah Halleluyah

Elana Jagoda Kaye

Mi Chamochah

מי-כמכה באלם יהוה: מי כמכה נאדר בקדש נורא תהלת עשה פלא:

Mi chamochah b’eilim Adonai? Mi kamochah ne-dar bakodesh. Nora t’hilot oseh feleh.

Who is like You among all that people worship, Adonai? Who is like You, majestic in holiness, awesome in praise, doing wonders?

Redemption Song

Mi chamochah b’eilim Adonai. Mi kamochah ne-dar bakodesh. Nora t’hilot oseh feleh. (2X)

Won’t you help to sing these songs of freedom?They’re all we’ve ever had - redemption songs.

Music and English Lyrics by Bob Marley

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HASHKIVEINU / DEEP REST

We ask the sukkah to spread herself over us and rest upon us and protect us as a mother protects her children, so that we will feel safe on every side. When we welcome this sukkah of peace to our homes as a holy guest, the holy Divine presence comes down and spreads Her wings over us like a mother embracing her children. This sukkah of peace grants new souls to Her children, for all souls have their home in Her.

Zohar I, 48a

I.

Let There Be Love

Let there be love… and understanding among usLet peace and friendship be our shelter from life’s storms.Hashkiveinu Adonai Eloheinu.Hashkiveinu l’shalom.V’hamideinu l’shomreinu l’chayim.Ufros aleinu sukkat shlomeicha.

Words by Chaim Stern, Melody by Noah Aronson

II.

ים השכיבנו יהוה אלהינו לשלום והעמידנו מלכנו לחיים ולשלום, מעתה ועד עולם: ושמור צאתנו ובואנו לחי

Hashkiveinu adonai eloheinu l’shalom, v’ha-a-mideinu malkeinu l’chayim, u-sh’mor tzei-teinu u-vo’einu, l’chayim u-l’shalom mei-atah v’ad olam.

Lay us down in peace author of the stars.Raise us up to life, ground of our being.Guard our coming and our going for the sake of our life and the lives of all beings,May we know peace now and forever.

Music by Craig Taubman

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AMIDAH KAVANNOT / INTENTIONS AND MEDITATIONS

I.

Adonai Sefatai (Psalm 51:17)

אדני שפתי תפתח ופי יגיד תהילתך:

Adonai s’fatai tif-tach u-fi yagid t’hilatecha.Adonai, open up my lips, so I can voice my awe and wonder.

Music by Beit Tefilah Yisraeli

II.

Shiviti (Psalm 16:8)

יד: י תמ יתי יהוה לנגד שו

Shiviti HaVaYaH lenegdi tamid. HaVaYaH, Ahavah.May I open my heart always, in this moment, with love.

Music by Nava Tehila

III.

Hear our prayers:That which Was, That which Is, That which Will Be.We imagine You.We’re listening.Do You hear us?

We are in this glorious and troubled place and we take responsibility for how it turns out.

Blessed Yah, may the world to come be the world we live in.

Trisha Arlin

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ROSH HASHANAH AMIDAH(Traditional Amidah may be found on page 50)

God of my childhood faith, of my adult skepticismGod of the mystics, of the philosophersGod of our ancestors, of our childrenGod who knew my parents, God who knows my deathGod of my strength and my weakness,God of my current understanding and my lack thereof,The Rambam says, There is no thing that is not God.God is no thing. Wow.Blessed is the Wow.

So many holy names:HaMavdeel, the Divider of Time;Adonai, the Uniter Of All Existence;Ain Sof, That Which Cannot Be Known;Ruach Ha-Olam, The Breath That Animates;Shechina, the Presence of Eternity;Elohim, God of our PastYah, God of our future;HaMakom, The Place, God of our present.May the holiness be eternalLet me look from side to side, to see all these possibilities,The names help me comprehendThat which cannot be comprehended.Holy, Holy, Holy!Blessed be the One-ness, with so many names.

It is said that on Rosh Hashanah God decides your fate: life or death.And the ten days until Yom Kippur are your opportunity to change God’s mind.So don’t blow it. This is a powerful day, a fantastic opportunity!Bless Shechina, seeing how hard we are trying.

Trisha Arlin

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YOM KIPPUR AMIDAH(Traditional Amidah may be found on page 50)

You are your own High Priest.Now is the time for your own private confession and blessing in your own private Holy of Holies.

You buy some fabric.You put fringes on the corners and cover yourself with the cloth. Inside the cloth, you pray. Outside the cloth, you gossip. But all you did was cover yourself.

Breathe in, Yud. Breathe out, Hey.Breathe in, Vuv. Breathe out, Hey.*

You are now in your own Holy of Holies, alone with God, however or whatever you imagine God to be. Have your own holy conversation. Confess in this private spaceAll the things you know you did that you knew to be wrong,All the mistakes, the accidents, the omissions, the commissions….Take this time with yourself to know yourself.

Make your own blessing, first for yourself, then for your family, then for your community. If you are with your family, hug or hold hands, and if you wish, share your blessing.

On this holy day, we pray with all who pray with honesty and true regretAnd may Teshuvah (return), Tefilah (prayer), and Tzedakah (right action) Restore us to our place.

We rise. We bow down before the awesomeness Of the LoveAnd the Forgiveness.

Blessed is the Holy WholenessBreathing Existence.Breathe in, Yud.Breathe out, Hey.Breathe in, Vuv.Breathe out, Hey.*Amen.

Trisha Arlin

*The Hebrew letters that make up the Divine Name.

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STEPPING BACK FROM THE SACRED PRESENCE

Oseh Shalom / Completion and Peace

עושה שלום במרומיו הוא יעשה שלום עלינו ועל כל ישראל ובין כל יושבי תבל ואמרו אמן:

Oseh shalom bimromav hu ya-seh shalom aleinu v’al kol yisrael u-vein kol yoshvei teivel v’imru amein.

May the One who creates peace above make peace for us and for all Israel and among all who dwell on Earth. Say: Amen.

Music by Nava Tehila

Oseh Shalom / Bringing Peace Down

עשה שלום במרומיו, הוא יעשה שלום עלינו:עשה שלום במרומיו, היא תעשה שלום עלינו:

Oseh shalom bimromav hu ya’aseh, hu ya’aseh, hu ya’aseh shalom aleinu. Oseh shalom bimromav hee ta’aseh, hee ta’aseh, hee ta’aseh shalom aleinu.

May the One, may the One who makes peace, bring peace down, bring peace down.

Music by Elana Jagoda-Kaye

Shalom Rav / Abundance of Peace

שלום רב על ישראל עמך תשים לעולם כי אתה הוא מלך אדון לכל השלום וטוב בעיניך לברך את עמך ישראל בכל עת ובכל שעה בשלומך:

Shalom rav al Yisrael amcha Tasim le’olam ki Atah hu melech adon le’chol ha’shalom v’tov be’einecha le’varach et amcha Yisrael be’chol eit u’ve’chol sha’ah bishlomecha.

Grant abundant peace upon Yisrael, and all people, for all time, for the Source is from where all peace emanates. And may it be good in the eyes of the Divine to bless the people Yisrael and loved ones, at all times and at every moment with abiding peace.

Music by Cantor Jeff Klepper and Rabbi Dan Freelander

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Oseh / Osah Shalom - Gender and Theologically Expanded

May He who creates peace above make peace for us and for all Israel. Say: Amen.

Oseh shalom bimromav hu ya-seh shalom aleinu v’al kol yisrael v’imru amein.Ya-a-seh shalom aleinu v’al kol yisrael.

עושה שלום במרומיו הוא יעשה שלום עלינוועל כל ישראל ואמרו אמן:

יעשה שלום עלינו ועל כל ישראל:

May She who creates peace within make peace between us and all who dwell on Earth. Say: Amen.

Osah shalom b’kirbah hee ta-a-seh shalom bei-neinu u-vein kol yoshvei teivel v’imru amein. Ta-a-seh shalom bei-neinu u-vein yoshvei teivel.

עושה שלום בקרבה היא תעשה שלום בינינוובין כל יושבי תבל ואמרו אמן:

תעשה שלום בינינו ובין יושבי תבל:

Expanded words in Hebrew and English by Rabbi Brian Field

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OPENING TO THE TORAH

Ki Mitzion (Micah 4:2, Isaiah 2:3)

כי מציון תצא תורה, ודבר יי מהר סיני:

Ki miTzion teitzei Torah, u-d’var Adonai mei Har Sinai(From Zion Torah will come forth, and the word of G!d from Mt Sinai)

Won’t you meet me at the mountain?Carve our love right in the stoneWon’t you teach me at the mountain?And lift my soul, and lift my soul

Hazzan Jesse Roemer

The Torah and the Jews

The deer at the river yearning. Thank you for the Torah where we The Jews at the sea singing. are alwaysThank you for holy books, singing, weeping, dancing, praying - stories of water and wilderness, love and hate, making war and peace, jealousy and courage. having children, dying, looking for a way home.Thank you for the letters and spaces - pathways where we meet ourselves and find you Thank you for the Torah. through each other. Endless keys opening endless doors of hearts and minds, teaching us, Thank you for the Torah. loving us,We don’t have to invent our own memories. because we are human - We are given bundles of mistakes frail and powerful,and suitcases of forgiveness. wise and weak, faithful and forgetting. We can always be leaving Haran or Egypt or gathering at Sinai Thank you for the Torah. or wandering in the desert or entering the land.

Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg

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The Thirteen Attributes of Lovingkindness (Exodus 34:6-7)

Adonai Adonai Havayah, HavayahEl rahum v’chanun compassion and tenderness

Erech apayim patience, forbearance,v’rav chesed v’emet kindness, awareness.notzer chesed l’alafim. Bearing love from age to age

nosei avon va-fesha Lifting guilt and mistakesv’chata-ah v’nakei. and making us free.

יהוה יהוה אל רחום וחנוןארך אפים ורב-חסד ואמת

נצר חסד לאלפיםנשא עון ופשע וחטאה ונקה:

Translation by Rabbi Burt Jacobson

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TORAH BLESSINGS

Before the Torah Reading

Bless the Infinite, the blessed one.Blessed is the Infinite, the blessed one, now and forever.

Blessed is the Source of Time and Space Unfolding in all worlds,choosing us together with all peoples / bringing us closer to the Sacred with the gift of Torah. Blessed is the One, giving us Torah.

ברכו את יהוה המברך: ברוך יהוה המברך לעולם ועד:

ברוך אתה יהוה אלהינו מלך העולם אשר בחר-בנו עם כל העמים / אשר קרבנו לעבודתו*

ונתן-לנו את-תורתו. ברוך אתה יהוה נותן התורה:

Barchu et Adonai ham’vorach. Baruch Adonai ham’vorach l’olam va-ed.

Baruch atah Adonai eloheinu melech ha-olam, asher bachar banu im-kol ha-amim / asher kervanu la’avodato,* v’natan lanu et torato. Baruch atah Adonai, notein ha-torah.

After the Torah Reading

Blessed is the Source of Time and Space Unfolding in all worlds,Planting within us a Torah of evolving wisdom.We bless You, Wholly One, giving us Torah.

ברוך אתה יהוה אלהינו מלך העולם אשר נתן-לנו תורת אמת וחיי עולם נטע בתוכנו.

ברוך אתה יהוה נותן התורה:

Baruch atah Adonai eloheinu melech ha-olam, asher natan lanu torat emet, v’chayei olam nata b’tocheinu. Baruch atah Adonai, notein ha-torah.

*Instead of the conventional asher bachar banu mi-kol ha-amim (tr. who has chosen us from all peoples), we offer the version expressed in Renewal congregations - asher bachar banu im-kol ha-amim (choosing us together with all peoples) and the version expressed in Reconstructionist congregations - asher kervanu la-avodato (who has brought us closer to the Sacred).

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TORAH READING FOR ROSH HASHANAH(Exodus 33:18-23; 34:4-8)

First Aliyah: “The Request”

ה ם יהו אתי בש יך וקר יר כל־טובי על־פנ י אעב אמר אנ א את־כבדך: וי ני נ ר הרא אמ ויי ת את־פנ ל לרא אמר לא תוכ ר ארחם: וי י את־אש חמת ן ור ר אח תי את־אש יך וחנ לפנ

ם וחי: ני האד י לא־ירא כ

Vayomer hareini na et- k’vodecha. Vayomer ani a-avir kol-tuvi al-panecha v’karati v’sheim Adonai l’fanecha v’chanoti et-asher ah-chen v’reichamti et-asher ah-ra-cheim. Vayomer lo tuchal lirot et-panai ki lo-yir-ani ha-adam v’chai.

Moses prayed, “Please, let me see Your face!” Life Unfolding responded, “I will cause all of my Goodliness to pass in front of your face. I will call out the name of Being - YHWH - before your face, that I am grace to whom I am grace, and I am compassion to whom I am compassion. But, Life Unfolding said, “You cannot see My face, for no living human can see my face.”

Second Aliyah: “The Presence”

ת הצור יך בנקר י ושמת ר כבד י ונצבת על־הצור: והיה בעב ה מקום את ה הנ אמר יהו ויי לא יראו: י ופנ ית את־אחר י ורא י: והסרתי את־כפ יך עד־עבר י על י כפ ת ושכ

Vayomer Adonai hinei makom iti v’nitzavta al-ha-tzur. V’hayah ba-avor k’vodi v’samticha b’nikrat ha-tzur v’sakoti chapi alecha ad-avri. Va-hasioti et-kapi v’ra-ita et-achorai u-fanai lo yei-ra-u.

Life Unfolding revealed: “Here is a place with Me. Stand on this rock, and it shall be when my Presence passes by, having placed you in the cleft of the rock, I will shield you with My hand upon you as I am passing by.”

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Third Aliyah: “The Encounter”

ה ר צו י כאש ר סינ על אל־ה קר וי ה בב ם מש שכ ים וי נ ים כראש ת אבנ ל שני־לח פס וים א בש קר ם וי ב עמו ש תיצ ן וי רד יהוה בענ ת אבנים: וי י לח ח בידו שנ ק ה אתו וי יהוסד ים ורב־ח רך אפ ל רחום וחנון א ה א ה ׀ יהו קרא יהו ה ׀ על־פניו וי ר יהו עב יהוה: וי

ד ׀ עון אבות על־ ק ה פ ה ונקה לא ינק שע וחטא א עון ופ ים נש סד לאלפ ר ח ואמת: נצאמר חו: וי שת רצה וי ד א ק ה וי ר מש ים ועל־רבעים: וימה ים על־שלש י בנ בנים ועל־בנרף הוא וסלחת י עם־קשה־ע נו כ י בקרב י ילך־נא אדנ יך אדנ ן בעינ אתי ח אם־נא מצ

נו: נו ונחלת נו ולחטאת לעונ

Va-yifsol sh’nei avanim ka-rishonim va-yash-keim moshe va-boker va-ya-al el-har sinai ka-asher tzivah Adonai oto va-yikach b’yado sh’nei luchot avanim. Va-yeired Adonai beh-anan va-yit-yatzeiv imo sham va-yikra v’shem Adonai. Va-ya-avor Adonai al-panav va-yikra Adonai Adonai el rachum v’chanun erech apayim v’rav-chesed veh-emet. Notzer chesed la-alafim nosei avon va-fesha v’chatat v’nakei lo y’nakei pokeid avon avot al-banim v’al b’nei vanim al-shileishim v’al-ri-bei-im. Va-y’maheir moshe va-yikod artza va-yishtachu. Va-yomer im-na matzati chein b’einecha adonai yeilech-na adonai b’kirbeinu ki am-k’shei-oref hu v’salachta la-avoneinu u-l’chatateinu u-n’chaltanu.

So Moses carved two tablets of stone like the first ones. Moses rose up first thing in the morning and climbed up to Mount Sinai, as Life Unfolding had directed him. Moses took in his hand the two stone tablets. Life Unfolding came down in a cloud and stood with him there, calling out the name of Being - YHWH. Life Unfolding passed before his face calling out “Being and Becoming, God, compassion and tenderness, patience, forbearance, kindness, awareness, bearing love from age to age, lifting guilt and mistakes and making us free; yet not absolving unconditionally, but allowing the consequences of the sins of the parents fall upon the children and their children to the third and fourth generations.”

Moses immediately bowed on the ground, responding, “Please, if I have found tenderness in Your eyes, My Source, please Adonai, go with us, among us, for we can be wilfully stubborn. Please forgive our sins and our mistakes and let us be Your inheritance.”

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TORAH READING FOR YOM KIPPUR (Genesis 27:34-38; 32:25-29; 33:1-4)

First Aliyah: “The Hurt”

ני יו ברכ אמר לאב ד וי ה עד־מא ה ומר ה גדל ק צעק צע יו וי י אב ע עשו את־דבר כשמב א שמו יעק אמר הכי קר ח ברכתך: וי ק ה וי יך במרמ א אח אמר ב ני אבי: וי גם־א

י לת ל ר הלא־אצ אמ י וי ח ברכת ה לק ה עת ח והנ י לק ים את־בכרת ני זה פעמ עקב ויים תי לו לעבד יו נת יו לך ואת־כל־אח יר שמת ן גב ו ה אמר לעש ק וי ען יצח ברכה: וי

ת ה אח יו הברכ ו אל־אב אמר עש ה בני: וי ה אעש ה אפוא מ יו ולכ ן ותירש סמכת ודגו קלו ויבך: א עש ש י וי ני אב ני גם־א י ברכ הוא־לך אב

Kishmoa Eisav et divrei aviv va-yitzak tzaakah gedola umarah ad me-od vayomer le-aviv baracheini gam ani avi. Vayomer ba achicha b’mirmah va-yikach birchatecha. Vayomer hachi karah shmo Ya’acov vayakveini zeh pa-ahmahyim et bechorati lakach vehinei atah lakach birchati vayomer halo-atzaltah li beracha. Va-yaan Yitzchak vayomer l’Eisav hen gevir samtiv lach ve-et kol echav natati lo la-avadim vedagan vetirosh s’machtiv u-l’cha aifo mah eh-eh-seh beni. Vayomer Eisav el-aviv havarachah achat hee-l’cha avi? Baracheini gam-ani avi, v’yisa Eisav kolo va-yaivch.

When Esau heard his father’s words, he burst into loud and bitter sobs, and cried to his father, “Bless me too, Father!” But he answered, “Your brother came with guile and took away your blessing.” He (Esau) said, “Was he, then, named Yaakov that he might supplant me (vayakveini) these two times? First he took away my birthright and now he has taken away my blessing!” He added, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?” Isaac answered, saying to Esau, “But I have made him master over you. I have given him all his brothers for servants, and sustained him with grain and sine. What, then, can I still do for you, my son?” Esau said to his father, “Have you but one blessing, Father? Bless me too, Father!” And Esau wept aloud.

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Second Aliyah: “The Holy Wrestle”

ע בכף־ירכו ג י לא יכל לו וי רא כ חר: וי ד עלות הש ק איש עמו ע ב לבדו ויאב ר יעק ת ו ויאמר לא אשלחך חר וי ה הש י על ני כ אמר שלח ב בהאבקו עמו: וי קע כף־ירך יעק ותר עוד שמך אמר לא יעקב יאמ ב: וי אמר יעק ך וי יו מה־שמ אמר אל ני: וי י אם־ברכת כ

ים ותוכל: ים ועם־אנש ית עם־אלה ל כי־שר י אם־ישרא כ

Vayivateir Yaakov l’vado, va-yie-avek ish imo ad ah-lot ha-shachar. Va-yar ki lo yachol lo va-yikga b’chaf-y’reicho va-teikav kaf-yerech Yaakov b’hei-avko imo. Vayomer shalcheini ki alah ha-shachar vayomer lo ashaleichacha ki im-beirachtani. Vayomer eilav mah-sh’mecha vayomer Yaakov. Vayomer lo Yaakov yei-ah-meir od shimcha ki im-Yisrael ki sarita im-Elohim v’im anashim va-tuchal.

Yaakov was left alone. A man wrestled with him until the break of dawn. When he saw that he had not prevailed against him, he wrenched Yaakov’s hip at its socket. Then he said, “Let me go, for dawn is breaking.” But he answered, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.” Said the other, “What is your name?” He replied, “Yaakov.” He said, “Your name shall no longer be Yaakov, but Yisrael, for you have wrestled (ki sarita) with God (im-Elohim) and people, and you have been able.

Third Aliyah: “The Reconciliation”

ים על־ חץ את־הילד יש וי ע מאות א א ועמו ארב ו ב ה עש רא והנ יו וי ב עינ א יעק ש ויה נה ואת־לא ן ראש שם את־השפחות ואת־ילדיה י השפחות: וי ל שת ל וע לאה ועל־רחבע רצה ש חו א שת ם וי ר לפניה ף אחרנים: והוא עב ל ואת־יוס ים ואת־רח יה אחרנ וילדבכו: הו וי שק ו וי אר ל על־צו פ הו וי ו לקראתו ויחבק רץ עש ים עד־גשתו עד־אחיו: וי פעמ

Va-yisa Yaakov einav va-yar v’hinei Eisav ba v’imo arba mei-ot ish va-yachatz et-ha-y’lad-im ad Leah v’ad Rachel v’ad shtei ha-sh’fachot. V’yasem et sh’fachot v’et yaldeihen risho-nah v’et Leah viladehah acharonim v’et Rachel v’et-Yoself acharonim. V’hu avar lifheihem va-yish-tachu artzah sheva p’amim ad gishto ad-echav. Va-yaratz Eisav likrato v’-y’chab-keihu va-yipol al-tavarav va-yishakeihu ba-yivku.

Looking up, Yaakov saw Eisav coming, accompanied by four hundred men. He divided the children among Leah, Rachel and the two maids, putting the maids and their children first, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph last. He himself went on ahead and bowed low to the ground seven times until he was near his brother. Eisav ran to greet him. He embraced him and, falling on his neck, he kissed him, and they wept.

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BIRCHOT MISHEBEIRACH / BLESSINGS FOR HEALING

Broken Hearted (Psalm 147; Numbers 12:13)

Healer of the broken-hearted Binder of their wounds Counter of uncountable stars You know where they are.

Healer of the broken-hearted Binder of our wounds Counter of uncountable stars You know who we are.

א לה: א נ ל נא רפ אנה אהללו יה הללו יה:

A-na EL-na r’fa na lah x2[Please God, heal]Ha-le-lu YAH…

Rabbi Shir Yaakov Feit

Mishebeirach

Mishebeirach avoteinu m’kor ha-bracha limoteinuMay the Source of strength who blessed the ones before usHelp us find the courage to make our lives a blessingAnd let us say: Amen.

Mishebeirach imoteinu m’kor ha-bracha la-avoteinuBless those in need of healing with refuah shleimahThe renewal of body, the renewal of spiritAnd let us say: Amen.

Debbie Friedman

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Bracha / Blessing for Hearing the Cry of the Shofar

ברוך אתה יהוה אלהינו מלך העולםנו לשמע קול שופר: אשר קדשנו במצותיו וצו

Baruch atah Adonai eloheinu melech ha-olam asher kidshanu b’mitzvotav v’tzivanu lishmoa kol shofar.

Blessed are You, Hidden One our God, Sovereign of all worlds, who raises us to holiness with the mitzvah of hearing the Voice of the Shofar.

ברוך אתה יהוה אלהינו מלך העולםמן הזה: מנו והגיענו לז שהחינו וקי

Baruch atah Adonai eloheinu melech ha-olam shehecheyanu v’kiy’manu v’higianu lazman hazeh.

Blessed is the Flow of Being, giving us life, sustaining us, and bringing us to this moment.

Cries of the Shofar

תקיעה שברים-תרועה תקיעה Tekiah Shevarim-Teruah Tekiah

תקיעה שברים-תרועה תקיעה Tekiah Shevarim-Teruah Tekiah

תקיעה שברים-תרועה תקיעה Tekiah Shevarim-Teruah Tekiah

תקיעה שברים תקיעה Tekiah Shevarim Tekiah

תקיעה שברים תקיעה Tekiah Shevarim Tekiah

תקיעה שברים תקיעה Tekiah Shevarim Tekiah

תקיעה תרועה תקיעה Tekiah Teruah Tekiah

תקיעה תרועה תקיעה Tekiah Teruah Tekiah

תקיעה תרועה Tekiah Teruah

תקיעה גדולה Tekiah Gedolah

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RETURNING THE TORAH

Your roots are deep in the earth, receiving nourishment from the darkness of the soil.Pull that nurturing up through your trunk, through your center, your core.Pull energy up and out of your branches...feel the warmth of the sun feeding your leaves.Send it down your branches, causing seeds to become fruit….Feel your roots in the earth, your branches in the sky.You are now the unification of the earthly and divine.Say: Eitz chayim ani: I am a tree of life. My ways are ways of pleasantness and all my paths are paths of peace.

D’vora K’lilah bat Shachar

Eitz Chayim He / Tree of Life (Proverbs 3:17-18; Lamentations 5:21)

She is a tree of life, more precious than gold.Hold her in your heart and you will understand.Her roots are deep and wide, her branches filled with light.And all of her pathways are peace.Help us to return to You. Then truly shall we return. Renew our days to a new beginning.

ים היא למחזיקים בה, ותמכיה מאשר: עץ-חידרכיה דרכי-נעם, וכל נתיבותיה שלום:

השיבנו יהוה אליך ונשובה: חדש ימינו כקדם:

Eitz chayim he lamachazikim bah, v’tomchehah m’ushar.Derachehah darchei no-am, v’chol n’tivotehah shalom.Hashiveinu Adonai eilecha v’nashuvah. Chadeish yameinu k’kedem.

Music by Tanchum Portnoy, Translation by Rabbi Hannah Tiferet Siegel

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Unetaneh Tokef / The Heart of it All

I.

We have returned to this sacred day in all of its power, where each of us asks:“What is my fate in the book of life?”

Yet we do not stand here alone, reflecting upon our fate only. We stand together concerned about the fate of all of us.

שא מלכותך. ויכון בחסד כסאך. קף קדשת היום. כי הוא נורא ואיום. ובו תנ ה ת ונתנן ומוכיח ויודע ועד. וכותב וחותם וסופר ותשב עליו באמת. אמת כי אתה הוא די

כרונות. ומאליו יקרא וחותם יד כל- ר כל-הנשכחות. ותפתח את ספר הז ומונה. ותזכאדם בו:

U-netaneh tokef k’dushat ha-yom. Ki hu nora v’ayom. U-vo ti-na-sei malchu-techa. V’yikon b’chesed kisecha. V’teisheiv alav be-emet. Emet ki atah hu dayan u-mochi-ach v’yodei-a va-eid. V’choteiv v’choteim v’sofeir u-moneh. V’tiz-kor kol-ha-nish-kachot. V’tif-tach et sefer ha-zich-ronot. U-mei-ei-lav yi-ka-rei. V’choteim yad kol-adam bo.

The Great Shofar blasts.

We hear the alarm.

Where is there justice?

The terrible dread hangs in the air as we ask:

How long will this pandemic endure?

How many will suffer; how many will die?

How do we endure isolation and separation from friends and loved ones?

When will there be a vaccine?

What will we encounter this year?

Racial injustice in our country and in our community?

Refugee children detained separated from their families?

The growth of income inequity?

Famine worsening, our climate degrading?

How much ache, fear and heartbreak are written in the book for this year?

We are like sheep passing before the Shepherd

Are You counting? Are You measuring the lifebreath in our lungs?

What is the fate of the world in this book of life?

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...ובשופר גדול יתקע, וקול דממה דקה ישמע:

U-v’shofar gadol yitaka, v’kol d’mamah daka yishamah...A great shofar shall sound. A still small voice will be heard...

On Rosh Hashanah it is written, and on Yom Kippur the course is set!

Who will live and who will die?

Whose death will be timely and whose death will be hastened by lack of healthcare?

Who will be killed unarmed in the streets and who will live safely in their homes?

Who will die by gun violence and who by their own hand?

Who will die by bigotry and who by peacemaking?

Who will die from covid and who from isolation?

Whose deaths could be prevented and who will live to a ripe old age?

...בראש השנה יכתבון וביום צום כפור יחתמון:

B’rosh HaShanah yikateivun u-v’yom tzom kipur yeichateimun.On Rosh HaShanah it is written, and on Yom Kippur the course is set.

Who will dwell peacefully and who will be detained?

Who will be separated and who will be reunited?

Who will become incarcerated and who will be pardoned?

Who will pass and who will be profiled? Who will speak out and who will remain silent?

Who will suffer from injustice and who will benefit?

Who will hate their neighbor and who will create community?

...ותשובה ותפילה וצדקה מעבירין את רע הגזרה:

U-teshuvah u-t’filah u-tz’dakah ma-avirin et ro-ah ha-g’zeirah. But turning, reflecting and generosity can make easier what life holds in store.

Let our values and our faith, let our love and our desire for justice be pathways to divert what is written, to change what is written and accept what is written with grace. Let Repair, Prayer and Giving Our Fair Share hold our broken hearts together as we join together to work for a better year.

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II.

ובשופר גדול יתקע, וקול דממה דקה ישמע:

U-v’shofar gadol yitaka, v’kol d’mamah daka yishamah. A great Shofar shall sound, A still small voice shall be heard

We bear witness to the truth of our lives. We stand in humility. We wrestle with the significance of being alive. We reach towards the source of loving-kindness. On Rosh Hashanah, the Book of Life is opened, in which our lives are inscribed. On Yom Kippur, the Book is sealed. We stand in the power of the unfolding present, and we are renewed.

U-t’shuvah u-t’filah u-tz’dakah ma’avirin et ro’a hag’zerah... T’shuvah: we turn inwards to face what is true. T’filah: we speak and sing our yearning, and embrace being alive. Tz’dakah: we embody kindness and justice, toward ourselves and one another. Ma’avirin et ro’a hag’zerah: when we open our hearts fully with courage, we release our illusions. And we are transformed.

We come from dust and we return to dust. We work to earn our bread.Like shards of broken glass, parched grasses, fading blooms.Shadows and clouds that pass and disappear.Like a breeze that moves, a wind that kicks up and scatters,remnants of a dream we barely remember. We grasp the enormity of time and our moment within it.We imbue the power of this day, for it is sacred.

Rabbi Caryn Aviv

Zochreinu L’chayim / Remember Us for Life

Zochreinu l’chayim (Zochreinu L’chayim) Zochreinu l’chayim (Zochreinu L’chayim) Remember us, remember us, remember us for life V’chotveinu (V’chotveinu) b’sefer hachayim (B’sefer Hachayim) And write us in, and write us in, in the Book of Life Zochreinu l’chayim, oh remember usZochreinu l’chayim, oh remember usZochreinu l’chayim, Zochreinu l’chayim Remember us, remember us, remember us for lifeV’chotveinu (V’chotveinu) b’sefer hachayim (B’sefer Hachayim) And write us in, and write us in, in the Book of Life

Eliana Light

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VIDUI / CONFESSION

Ashamnu / We are Responsible

אשמנו בגדנו גזלנו דברנו דפי. העונו והרשנו זדנו חמסנו טפלנו שקר.

יעצנו רע כזבנו לצנו מרדנו נאצנוסררנו עבינו פשענו צררנו קשינו ערף.רשענו שחתנו תעבנו תעינו תעתענו:

Ashamnu: We have hurt others.

Bagadnu: We have betrayed people who trusted us.

Gazalnu: We have stolen people’s money, time or goodwill.

Dibarnu dofi: We have used words as weapons.

He-evinu: We have led others to wrongdoing.

V’hirshanu: We have encouraged others to commit wrong.

Zadnu: We have refused to admit our mistakes.

Chamasnu: We have manipulated other people.

Tafalnu sheker: We have preferred lies rather than truth.

Ya’aztnu ra: We have set bad examples.

Kizavnu: We have lied.

Latznu: We have demeaned others.

Maradnu: We have created drama.

Ni-atznu: We have lost integrity.

Sararnu: We have debased ourselves.

Avinu: We have been untruthful to get what we want.

Pashanu: We have ignored the needs of others.

Tzararnu: We have violated other people’s boundaries.

Kishinu oref: We have hurt ourselves and others.

Rashanu: We have been violent.

Shichatnu: We have let our impulses rule us.

Ti-avnu: We have degraded ourselves.

Ta-inu: We have lost our way.

Ti-tanu: We have led others astray.

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Al Cheit: Healing Our Relationship With Ourselves

For accustoming ourselves to despairAnd for being judgmental For confusing love and lust And not taking care of our bodies For remembering prices but forgetting values And for failing to maintain healthy limits For trivializing the sacred And for armoring our hearts For our arrogance and vanity And for being unforgiving For letting our hearts, minds and bodies disconnect And for surrendering to mistrust

For each of these hurts, we seek this day return. Opening to the possibility of forgiveness, coming back now to our core.

ועל כלם אלוה סליחות סלח לנו מחל לנו כפר לנו:

V’al kulam eloah slichot: S’lach lanu, m’chal lanu, kapper lanu.

For indecisionAnd for ignoring our power For denying our flaws And for being defensive For hopelessness And for callousnessFor kvetching And for being unappreciative For lack of courage And for loss of faithFor withholding love And for lack of vision.

For each of these hurts, we seek this day return. Opening to the possibility of forgiveness, coming back now to our core.

ועל כלם אלוה סליחות סלח לנו מחל לנו כפר לנו:

V’al kulam eloah slichot: S’lach lanu, m’chal lanu, kapper lanu.

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Al Mitzvah Shekiyamnu / For the Mitzvah We Fulfilled

For the mitzvah we fulfilled by loving ourselvesAnd for the mitzvah we fulfilled by loving another person.

For the mitzvah we fulfilled by affirming our own strengthsAnd for the mitzvah we fulfilled by affirming the strengths of others.

For the mitzvah we fulfilled by being honestAnd for the mitzvah we fulfilled by living our values.

For the mitzvah we fulfilled by standing up and speaking out.And for the mitzvah we fulfilled by being quiet and listening.

For the mitzvah we fulfilled by working for justiceAnd for the mitzvah we fulfilled by working for peace.

For the mitzvah we fulfilled by taking care of our planetAnd for the mitzvah we fulfilled by working to end racism.

For the mitzvah we fulfilled by deepening our connection to truth.And for the mitzvah we fulfilled by teaching another person.

For the mitzvah we fulfilled by standing strong in our integrity.And for the mitzvah we fulfilled by considering another point of view.

For the mitzvah we fulfilled by interrupting an unhealthy habit.And for the mitzvah we fulfilled by trying something new.

For the mitzvah we fulfilled by bearing witness to our painAnd for the mitzvah we fulfilled by doing teshuvah.

For the mitzvah we fulfilled by holding ourselves accountable.And for the mitzvah we fulfilled by forgiving ourselves.

For the mitzvah we fulfilled by trusting ourselves.And for the mitzvah we fulfilled by not looking away.

For the mitzvah we fulfilled by forgiving another person.And for the mitzvah we fulfilled by letting go.

Inspired by the High Holy Day Supplement of Congregation Mishkan Shalom, Philadelphia

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Avinu Malkeinu / Our Source and Strength of Life

Chorus

מלכנו חננו ועננו כי אין בנו מעשים אבינועשה עמנו צדקה וחסד והושיענו:

Avinu Malkeinu, chaneinu va’aneinu (2X)ki ein banu ma’asim

Asei imanu tzedakah va-chesed (2X)v’hoshi-einu.

O Source and Strength of our lives, please hear us and lead us to grace.Our Guide deep within us, O hear us and give uscompassion and mercy and peace.O guide us into grace: justice and mercy for allO guide us and teach us, grant justice and mercyWe shall be free once again.

Adapted from Rabbi Burt Jacobson

I.

Our Source, may we make this year a fresh beginning.Our Strength, may we grow from life’s challenges.Our Source, may we accept what we cannot change. Our Strength, may we change what we can.Our Source, may we soften into acceptance.Our Strength, may we brighten into joy.Our Source, may we gratefully receive what we are given. Our Strength, may we learn how to embrace our enemies. Chorus

II.

Our Source, may we open our eyes.Our Strength, may we challenge our minds.Our Source, may we soften our hearts.Our Strength, may we return to You, fully and completely.Our Source, may we write our names in Your Book of Life.Our Strength, may we make room for what is next.Our Source, may all of our dreams be fulfilled.Our Strength, may we never turn away. Chorus

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Aleinu - It is Up to Us

I.

It is upon us to repair the broken places.

It is upon us to face the truth no matter how difficult.It is upon us to see that justice is complex and not always easy.It is upon us to know when we have choices, and to make them.

It is upon us to understand that our prayers are holy conversations.It is upon us to be mindful and to take our spirituality seriously.It is upon us to hold more than one idea of God in our heads at any given time.

It is upon us to enjoy our bodies without shame.It is upon us to listen when others say no, and when they say yes.It is upon us to have fun and to spread it around.

Trisha Arlin

II.

My heart is moved by all I cannot save: so much has been destroyed.I have to cast my lot with those who age after age, perversely,with no extraordinary power, reconstitute the world.

Adrienne Rich

III.

Olam Hesed Yibaneh (Psalm 89:3)

Olam hesed yibaneh… yai dai dai (4X)

We will build this world from love... yai dai dai And you must build this world from love... yai dai dai And if we build this world from love... yai dai dai Then G-d will build this world from love... yai dai da

English Lyrics and Melody by Rabbi Menachem Creditor

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IV.

Va-hasheivota / You Shall Return (Deuteronomy 4:39; Zechariah 14:9)

You shall return to your hearts, for Being and Becoming is God.With reverence and thanksgiving we accept our destiny the day on which all will be one.

והשבת אל לבבך, כי יהוה הוא האלהים:ונאמר והיה יהוה למלך על כל האר:

ביום ההוא יהיה יהוה אחד ושמו אחד:

Va-hasheivota el l’vavecha, ki adonai hu ha-elohim.V’ne-emar: V’hayah Adonai l’melech al kol ha-aretz. Bayom ha-hu yihyeh Adonai echad u-shemo echad.

Music by Rabbi Shir Yaakov Feit

V.

Walk With You (Isaiah 43:2)

When you walk through the water, I’ll walk with you (I’ll walk with you)When you walk through the water, I’ll walk with you (I’ll walk with you)Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid (Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid)I’ll walk with you (I’ll walk with you)I’ll walk with you (I’ll walk with you)

When you stand up on holy ground, I’ll stand with you (I’ll stand with you)When you stand up on holy ground, I’ll stand with you (I’ll stand with you)Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid (Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid)I’ll stand with you (I’ll stand with you), I’ll walk with you (I’ll walk with you)

When your journey brings you to my shore, I’ll welcome you (I’ll welcome you)When your journey brings you to my border, I’ll welcome you (I’ll welcome you)Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid (Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid)I’ll welcome you (I’ll welcome you),I’ll stand with you (I’ll stand with you), I’ll walk with you (I’ll walk with you)

Hazzan Jesse Roemer

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MOURNER’S KADDISH

יתגדל ויתקדש שמה רבא בעלמא די ברא כרעותה וימליך מלכותה בחייכון וביומיכון ובחיי דכל בית ישראל בעגלה ובזמן קריב ואמרו אמן:

ה: יהא שמא רבא מברך לעלם ולעלמי עלמי

יתברך וישתבח ויתפאר ויתרומם ויתנשא ויתהדר ויתעלה ויתהלל שמה דקדשא בריך הוא:

לעלא לעלא מכל ברכתא ושרתא תשבחתא ונחמתא דאמירן בעלמא ואמרו אמן:

ים עלינו ועל כל ישראל ואמרו אמן: א וחי יהא שלמא רבא מן שמי

עושה שלום במרומיו הוא יעשה שלום עלינו ועל כל ישראל ועל כל יושבי תבל ואמרו אמן:

Yitgadal v’yitkadash sh’mei raba Make the God-name big. Big and holy.b’almah divra chirutei. Do it in this world, this creation,V’yamilich malchutei sprung from consciousnessb’chai-yiechon u-v’yom-eichon and bring some order to this.u-v’chayei d’chol beit yisra-el Do it fast, soon, in our lives,ba-agala u-vizman kariv v’imru amein in the days ahead.

Y’hei shmei rabah m’vorach May the Name be blessed,l’alam ul-almei almaya. forever and ever.

Yitbarach v’yishtabach v’it’pa-ar Yes, blessed! Blessed, whispered, sung out,v’yitromam v’yitnasei v’yithadar shouted, honored, this holy name. v’yithaleh v’yithalal sh’mei d’kudsha The name is beyond any song, poem or b’rich hu. L’eilah l’eilah mikol birchata comforting words we could ever speak.v’shirata tush-b’chata v’nech’mata Everybody say: That’s the truth!da-amiran b’alma v’imru amein.

Y’hei shlama raba min sh’maya v’chayim May a big peace descend from the heavens aleinu v’al kol yisra-el v’imru amein. for all beings and say: May it be true. Oseh shalom bimromav Make that peace in the heavens, hu ya-aseh shalom aleinu v’al kol yisra-el Great One who creates wholeness. v’al kol yoshvei teivel v’imru amein. Everybody say: Amen. May it be true.

Translation by Rabbi Daniel Brenner

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CONCLUDING SONGS

Return

I will take a long look at me And think about what it is I see Have I been good to you? Did I do all that I said I’d do?

Remembering the words I’ve used Thinking about the times I was rude If I am thankful for this gift Let me say it with deeds, not just lips

It’s going to be a brave new year Starting right now, right here And I will be strong and stand up tall Reach out for others when they fall And I will rejoice in my faith And remember that love is why we’re made Be the very best that I can be For the world and for me

Every day, we live our lives Some days we let ourselves slide And we forget our way Thankfully it’s not too late Avinu Malkeinu, Choneinu V’aneinu I may have done wrong at times I know But through my actions I will show.

Teshuva….Teshuva….Return….Return

Joe Buchanan

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While You Still Can

Make amends with that old friendYou swore you’d never never talk to againBecause you miss himCall up your mom on the telephoneTalk a whole lot of nothing ‘til the cows come homeAnd listenCross every T, dot most the I’s‘Cause years grow wings and fly on byAnd time slips through your fingers just like sand

Because everything you thought would last foreverNever lasts forever, like you planDon’t let your night become anotherSo take life by the hands while you still can

Get your daddy to tell that same old jokeAnd laugh between the Jack and cokeAnd hope one day you’ll be half as funnyCount your blessings and your starsIt’s in the air and who you areIt’s about the wealth you giveIt sure as hell ain’t about the money.

Brothers Osborne

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Company of Friends

When I die, let them judge me by my company of friendsLet them know me as the footprints that I left upon the sandLet them laugh for all the laughterLet them cry for laughter’s endBut when I die, let them judge me by my company of friends.But when I die, let them judge me by my company of friends.

When I die, let them toast to all the things that I believeLet them raise a glass to consciousnessAnd not spill a drop for griefLet the bubbles rise at midnightLet their tongues get light as thievesAnd when I die, let them toast to all the things that I believe.I believe in restless hunger, I believe in red balloons, I believe in private thunder, In the end I do believeI believe in inspiration, I believe in lightning bugs, I believe in slow creation, In the end I do believeI believe in ink on paper, I believe in lips on ears, I believe what’s shared is savored, In the end I do believeI believe in work on Sundays, I believe in raising barns, I believe in wasting Mondays, In the end I do believeI believe in intuition, I believe in being wrong, I believe in contradiction, In the end I do believeI believe in living smitten, I believe all hearts will mend, I believe our book is writtenBy our company of friends.

Danny Schmidt

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Birkat Kohanim / Priestly Blessing (Numbers 6:24-26)

Y’varechecha Adonai, v’yishmerecha

יברכך יהוה, וישמרך:(May the Divine bless you and protect you.)

Ya’er Adonai panav eleicha v’yichuneka

ך: יאר יהוה פניו אליך ויחנ(May the Light of the Divine shine upon you and be gracious unto you.)

Yisa Adonai panav eleicha, v’yasem lecha shalom

ישא יהוה פניו אליך וישם לך שלום:(May the faces of the Divine be lifted up to you, blessing you with Peace)

Ken ye’hi ratzon, Ken ye’hi ratzon, Ken ye’hi ratzon.

כן יהי רצון, כן יהי רצון, כן יהי רצון:(May it be willed)

Music by Kolby Morris-Dahary

Open the Way (Eicha 5:21)

השיבנו יהוה אליך ונשובה חדש ימינו כקדם:

Hashivenu HaVaYaH eleicha v’nashuvah Chadesh yameinu, yameinu ke’kedem Open the Way, Open the Way

Music by Yoel Sykes and Dan Yolles

L’shanah tovah tikateyvu, l’shanah tovah tichateymu. Tikateyvu v’tichateymu.L’shanah tovah tikateyvu, l’shanah tovah tichateymu. Have a good new year, a sweet new year!

L’shanah tovah!

May you be written and sealed for a good year.

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AN ABRIDGED TRADITIONAL AMIDAH (English follows on page 53)

אדני שפתי תפתח ופי יגיד תהלתך:

Ancestors

ברוך אתה יי אלהינו ואלהי אבותינו ואמותינו, אלהי אברהם, אלהי יצחק, ואלהי יעקב, אלהי שרה, אלהי רבקה, אלהי רחל ואלהי לאה. האל הגדול הגבור והנורא,

ל, וזוכר חסדי אבות ואמות, ומביא גואל אל עליון, גומל חסדים טובים, וקנה הכים, וכתבנו בספר ים, מלך חפץ בחי נו לחי לבני בניהם, למען שמו באהבה. זכריע ומגן. ברוך אתה יי, מגן אברהם ים. מלך עוזר ומוש ים, למענך אלהים חי החי

ועזרת שרה:

Power

ה ים בחסד, מחי יע. מכלכל חי ה מתים אתה, רב להוש אתה גבור לעולם אדני, מחים אמונתו מתים ברחמים רבים, סומך נופלים, ורופא חולים, ומתיר אסורים, ומקי

ה ומצמיח ישועה: לישני עפר, מי כמוך בעל גבורות ומי דומה לך, מלך ממית ומחי

ים ברחמים. ונאמן אתה להחיות מתים. ברוך מי כמוך אב הרחמים, זוכר יצוריו לחיה המתים: אתה יי, מחי

Sanctification

לה: אתה קדוש ושמך קדוש, וקדושים בכל יום יהללוך ס

ובכן תן פחדך יי אלהינו על כל-מעשיך ואימתך על כל-מה-שבראת וייראוך כל-המעשים וישתחוו לפניך כל-הברואים ויעשו כלם אגדה אחת לעשות רצונך בלבב

דענו יי אלהינו שהשלטון לפניך עז בידך וגבורה בימינך ושמך נורא על שלם כמו שיכל-מה-שבראת:

ובכן תן כבוד יי לעמך תהלה ליראיך ותקוה לדורשיך ופתחון פה למיחלים לך שמחה לארצך וששון לעירך במהרה בימינו:

ה יגילו ועולתה תקפץ-פיה וכל- ובכן צדיקים יראו וישמחו וישרים יעלזו וחסידים ברנהרשעה כלה כעשן תכלה כי תעביר ממשלת זדון מן הארץ:

גבה יי צבאות במשפט והאל קדוש אתה ונורא שמך ואין אלוה מבלעדיך. ככתוב: ויהקדוש נקדש בצדקה. ברוך אתה יי המלך הקדוש:

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Sanctifying this Day

נו מלכנו לעבודתך, ושמך הגדול נו במצותיך וקרבת אתה אהבתנו ורצית בנו, וקדשתוהקדוש עלינו קראת. ותתן לנו יי אלהינו באהבה,

On Rosh HaShanah Only

כרון( תרועה )באהבה( ה יום )ז כרון הז ה ואת-יום( הז את-יום )השבת הז

On Yom Kippur Only

ה למחילה ולסליחה את-יום הכפורים הזולכפרה ולמחל-בו את-כל-עונותינו

מקרא קדש זכר ליצאת מצרים:

כר אלהינו ואלהי אבותינו ואמותינו, יעלה ויבא ויגיע ויראה וירצה וישמע ויפקד ויזזכרוננו ופקדוננו וזכרון אבותינו ואמותינו וזכרון ימות המשיח וזכרון כל יראי שמך

כרון / ביום ים ולשלום ביום )השבת ו( הז לפליטה ולטובה לחן ולחסד ולרחמים לחיה: הכפרים הז

ים. ובדבר ישועה זכרינו יי אלהינו בו לטובה. ופקדנו בו לברכה והושיענו בו לחינו ורחם עלינו והושיענו כי אליך עינינו כי מלך חנון ורחום אתה: ורחמים חוס וחנ

On Rosh HaShanah Only

אלהינו ואלהי אבותינו ואמותינו,מלוך על כל העולם כלו בכבודך והנשא על כל הארץ ביקרך. וידע כל פעול כי אתה פעלתו ויבין כל יצור כי אתה יצרתו ויאמר כל

אשר נשמה באפו יי מלך ומלכותו בכל משלה:

נו נו במצותיך, ותן חלק אלהינו ואלהי אבותינו ואמותינו )רצה במנוחתנו(, קדשבתורתך, שבענו מטובך, ושמחנו בישועתך, )והנחילנו יי אלהינו באהבה וברצון שבת

קדשך, וינוחו בו ישראל מקדשי שמך( וטהר לבנו לעבדך באמת, כי אתה אלהים כרון: אמת ודברך אמת וקים לעד. ברוך אתה יי, מקדש )השבת ו( ישראל ויום הז

On Yom Kippur Only

אלהינו ואלהי אבותינו ואמותינו אל תעזבנו ואל תטשנו ואל תכלמנו ואל תפר בריתך אתנו קרבנו לתורתך למדנו מצותיך הורנו דרכיך. הט לבנו ליראה את-שמך ומול את-לבבנו לאהבתך ונשוב אליך באמת ובלב שלם ולמען שמך הגדול תמחל

ה. ונאמר: מחיתי כעב פשעיך ה וביום הכפורים הז ותסלח לעונינו ביום השבת הזה יכפר עליכם לטהר אתכם אתיך שובה אלי כי גאלתך. ונאמר: כי ביום הז וכענן חט

אתיכם לפני יי תטהרו: מכל חט

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נו בתורתך, שבענו נו במצותיך, ותן חלק אלהינו ואלהי אבותינו ואמותינו, קדשמטובך, ושמחנו בישועתך, )והנחילנו יי אלהינו באהבה וברצון שבת קדשך, וינוחו בו ישראל מקדשי שמך(. וטהר לבנו לעבדך באמת, כי אתה סלחן בכל דור ודור ומבלעדיך אין לנו מלך מוחל וסולח אלא אתה. ברוך אתה יי, מלך מוחל וסולח

לעונותינו ולעונות יראי שמך ומעביר אשמותינו בכל-שנה ושנה מלך על-כל-הארץ מקדש ישראל ויום הכפרים:

Acceptance

רצה, יי אלהינו, בישראל ולהב תפלתם באהבה תקבל ברצון, ותהי לרצון תמיד עבודת ישראל. ותחזינה עינינו בשובך לציון ברחמים. ברוך אתה יי, המחזיר שכינתו

לציון:

Thanksgiving

מודים אנחנו לך, שאתה הוא, יי אלהינו ואלהי אבותינו, לעולם ועד, צור חיינו, מגן ישענו, אתה הוא לדור ודור, נודה לך ונספר תהלתך, על חיינו המסורים בידך, ועל נו, ועל נפלאותיך וטובותיך שבכל יך שבכל יום עמ נשמותינו הפקודות לך, ועל נס

ים, הטוב, כי לא כלו רחמיך, והמרחם, כי לא תמו חסדיך, קר וצהר עת, ערב ובמעולם קוינו לך:

ים טובים כל בני ועל כלם יתברך ויתרומם שמך מלכנו תמיד לעולם ועד. וכתוב לחילה, ויהללו את שמך באמת, האל ישועתנו ועזרתנו סלה. ים יודוך ס בריתך. וכל החי

ברוך אתה יי, הטוב שמך ולך נאה להודות:

Shalom: Mornings

שים שלום טובה וברכה, חן וחסד ורחמים, עלינו ועל כל יראי שמך. ברכנו, אבינו, ים ואהבת חסד, כלנו כאחד באור פניך, כי באור פניך נתת לנו, יי אלהינו, תורת חיים ושלום, וטוב בעיניך לברך את ישראל ואת-כל-העמים וצדקה וברכה ורחמים וחי

ברב עז ושלום:

Shalom: Evenings

שלום רב על כל העולם תשים לעולם, כי אתה הוא מלך אדון לכל השלום. וטוב בעיניך לברך את ישראל ואת כל-יושבי תבל בכל עת ובכל שעה בשלומך:

Shalom: Evenings and Mornings

כר ונכתב לפניך, אנחנו וכל יראי שמך ים, ברכה, ושלום, ופרנסה טובה, נז בספר חיים טובים ולשלום. ברוך אתה יי, עושה השלום: , לחי

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Open my lips, Beloved One, and let my mouth declare Your praise.

Blessed are You, Eternal our God, God of our ancestors, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob, God of Sarah, God of Rebecca, God of Rachel and God of Leah, great, heroic, awesome God, supreme divinity, imparting deeds of loving- kindness, begetter of all, mindful of the devotion of our ancestors, bringing, with love, redemption to their children’s children for the sake of the Sacred Name. Remember us for life, our sovereign, who wishes us to live, and write us in the Book of Life, for Your sake, ever-living God. Sovereign, our help, salvation, and protector: Blessed are You, Eternal, the shield of Abraham and the help of Sarah.

You are forever powerful, Almighty One, You bring the dead to life, abundant in Your saving acts. With loving-kindness You sustain the living, bringing the dead to life with great compassion, upholding those who fall, healing the sick, freeing the captive, and remaining steadfast to those who sleep in the dust. Who can compare to You, almighty God, who can resemble You, the source of life and death, who causes salvation to grow?

Who can compare to You, source of all compassion, remembering all creatures, decreeing life! You are faithful in giving life to the dead. Blessed are You, Source of Life, who brings the dead to life.

Holy are You. Your Name is holy. And all holy beings hail You each day.

And therefore, Holy One our God, let awe of You infuse the whole of creation, and let awareness of You dwell in all Your creatures. Let every being worship You. Let all of them, as one, enact Your bidding with a whole and peaceful heart. For we have always known, Holy One, that all authority to rule belongs to You, all strength is rooted in You. Your Name alone is the source of awe that surges through all life.

And therefore, Holy One, let awe of You infuse us, let the praise of You ring out from all who worship You. Let hope enliven all who seek You, and let all who look to You with hope find strength to speak. Grant joy throughout your land, let happiness resound throughout Your holy city, soon, and in our days.

And therefore, let the just rejoice and celebrate, let all who follow in Your path sing out, let all who love You dance with joy, and may Your power overwhelm all treachery, so that it vanish wholly from the earth like smoke. Then shall the power of injustice pass away from the earth.

Holy are You, and awe-inspiring is Your Name. There is no God apart from You, as it is written: “The Creator of the hosts of heaven shall be exalted through the rule of law, and God, the Holy One, will be made sacred by the reign of justice.” Blessed are You, Eternal One, the holy sovereign power.

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You have loved us, and have taken pleasure in us, and have sanctified us with Your mitzvot, and You have brought us, Sovereign One, near to Your service, and have called us to the shelter of Your great and sacred Name. And You have given us, Eternal, our God [On Rosh HaShanah: this day of Shabbat and this day of Remembering, a day to hear the Shofar], [On Yom Kippur: this day of Atonement for pardon, for forgiveness and for atonement, a day for pardoning all of our wrongful acts, a sacred gathering, a remembering of the going-out from Egypt.

Our God, our ancients’ God, may our prayer arise and come to You, and be held and be acceptable. Let it be heard, acted upon, remembered - remembering us and all our needs, remembering our ancestors, remembering messianic hopes, remembering all who are in awe of Your Name. Act for goodness and grace, love and care, life, well-being and peace on this Day of Shabbat and Remembering / Day of Atonement.

Remember us this day, Eternal, our God, for goodness. Favor us this day with blessing. Preserve us this day for life. With Your redeeming, nurturing word, be kind and generous. Act tenderly on our behalf, and grant us success over all our trials. Truly, our eyes turn toward You, for You are a providing God, gracious and compassionate are You.

[On Rosh HaShanah] Our God, our ancients’ God, (take pleasure in our rest), rule over all the world in its entirety, by showing forth Your glory, and be raised up over all the earth in Your beloved presence. And let the wondrous aura of Your reign be manifest in all who dwell upon the earth: let every creature know that You are its creator, let every living thing be aware that You have fashioned it, let everyone who draws the breath of life declare that You, Eternal, reign supreme, and that Your sovereignty embraces all.

Our God, our ancients’ God, enable us to realize holiness through Your mitzvot, give us our portion in Your Torah, let us enjoy the good things of Your world, and gladden us with Your salvation. (And help us to perpetuate, ETERNAL ONE, our God, with love and with passion, your holy Shabbat, and may all Israel find rest and peace this day.) Refine our hearts to serve You truthfully, for You are a God of truth, and Your word is truth and endures forever. Blessed are You, Eternal, the sovereign power over all the earth, who raises up (Shabbat), the people Israel and this day of remembering to holiness.

[On Yom Kippur] Our God, our ancients’ God, do not forsake us, turn us away, cause us shame, nor nullify Your covenant with us, but bring us nearer to Your Torah, teach us Your mitzvot, instruct us in Your ways. Incline our hearts to treat Your name with awe, open us to Your love, and bring us back to You in truth, with whole hearts. And for the sake of Your great Name, be compassionate. Forgive us our wrongs this day (of Shabbat and) of Atonement. As it is said: “I have made your sins vanish like a cloud and, like a mist, the things you have done wrong. Return to Me; it is I who have redeemed You!” And it is said: “For on this day, atonement shall be made for you, to make you free from all of your sins. Before the Eternal, you shall be pure.”

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Our God, our ancients’ God, enable us to realize holiness with Your mitzvot, give us our portion in Your Torah, let us enjoy the good things of Your world, and gladden us with Your salvation (and help us to perpetuate, Eternal our God, Your holy Shabbat, with love and joy, and let all Israel, and all who treat Your name as holy, rest upon this day). Refine our hearts to serve You truthfully. For You are a forgiving God in each and every generation. Apart from You we have no sovereign, none full of compassion and forgiveness, except You. Blessed are You, Forgiving One, sovereign of compassion and forgiveness for our wrong-doings, You who make our guilt pass away, year after year, the sovereign power over all the earth, who raises up (Shabbat), the Day of Atonement and the people Israel to holiness.

[Both Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur]

Take pleasure, Eternal, our God, in Israel. Lovingly accept their prayer. May Israel’s worship always be acceptable to You. And may our eyes behold Your homecoming with compassionate intent, to Zion. Blessed are You, Faithful One, who brings Your presence home to Zion.

We give thanks to You that You are The All-Compassionate, our God, God of our ancestors, today and always. A firm, enduring source of life, to shield to us in time of trial, You are ever there, from age to age. We acknowledge You, declare Your praise, and thank You for our lives entrusted to Your hand, our souls placed in Your care, for Your miracles that greet us every day, and for Your wonders and the good things that are with us every hour, morning, noon and night. Good One, whose kindness never stops, Compassionate One, whose loving acts have never failed - always have we placed our hope in You.

For all these things, Your Name be blessed and raised in honor always, sovereign of ours, forever. And write down for a good life all who share Your covenant. Let all of life acknowledge You! May all beings praise Your name in truth, O God, our rescue and our aid. Blessed are You, Compassionate One, whose Name is good, to whom all thanks are due.

[Evenings] Grant abundant peace eternally for the world. For You are the sovereign source of all peace. So may it be a good thing in Your eyes to bless Your people Israel, and all who dwell on earth, in every time and hour with Your peace.

[Mornings] Grant peace, goodness and blessing in the world, grace, love and compassion over us and over all who are in awe of Your Name. Bless us, Source of Being, all of us, as one amid Your light, for by Your light, Eternal, our God, You give to us Torah of life, and love of kindness, justice, blessing, compassion, life and peace. So may it be a good thing in Your eyes, to bless Israel and all peoples, with abundant strength and peace.

[Evenings and Mornings] In the book of life, blessing, and peace, and proper sustenance, may we be remembered and inscribed, we and all who are in awe of Your Name, for a good life and for peace. Blessed are You, Compassionate One, maker of peace.

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YIZKOR / MEMORIAL SERVICE

A Grief Meditation

Let’s begin, simply by remembering why you are here. Bring your attention to your breath… Allow your breath to sweep your mind, noticing whether it is a deep breath or shallow.

Recall for a moment now a loss or losses that have touched you.

Receive these simple phrases that touch into the truth of grief:

May I be open to the sorrow and pain of grief.

May I find the inner resources to be present for my sorrow.

May I accept my sadness knowing that I am not my sadness.

If you’ve cared for someone, and it wasn’t always smooth or easy, reflect on this phrase:

I forgive myself for not always meeting my loved one’s needs.

May I forgive myself if because of COVID I was unable to care for a beloved person or to be there physically at the end of their lives or at their funeral.

May I forgive myself for mistakes made and things left unsaid or undone.

May I be open to the kindness of others as they support me in this journey of grief.

May I learn from and transform sorrow.

יהא שמא רבא מברך לעלם ולעלמי עלמיה:

Y’hei shmei rabah m’vorach l’alam ul-almei almaya.

May the Great Name be blessed forever as long as worlds endure!

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A Yizkor Kavannah for the Ambivalent

Bless Yah, Ruach ha-Olam,Breathing us in and breathing us out.Each loss breaks a pattern.We pray and remember.

God of our immigrant grandparents,God of our wandering children,God of the community,God who is each person’s alone,God who knew our parents,God who knows our deaths.We pray and remember.

Daddy God of our childhood faith,Nonexistent God of our young skepticism,Complicated God of our adult searching,Unknowable God of the mystics,Rational God of the philosophers,Soothing God of our old age,Listening God of our last words,We pray and remember.

Bless Yah, Ruach ha-Olam,Breathing us in and breathing us out,Imagining us,Comforting us,Singing us,We pray and remember.

We remember them:Our Teachers and Leaders,Our Artists and Entertainers,Our Enemies and Rivals,Our Friends and Companions,Our Aunts and Uncles and Cousins,Our Husbands and Wives and Partners, Our Children and Siblings,Our Parents and Grandparents.Each loss breaks a pattern,Whether good or bad.How can we ever forgive them for leaving us?

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We remember them.Because they gave us to ourselves,Whether we liked it or not.

We remember them.Because we loved each other,Except when we didn’t.And we rememberBecause, well,That is our job.Every loss breaks a pattern,Whether good or bad.How can we ever forgive them for knowing us so well?

We prayAnd we give thanks for the ancient traditions,Telling the story even when we can’t.We pray and places ourselves in front of the fear,We place ourselves in front of the anger,We place ourselves in front of the grief,We pray and we hope for delight in the memoriesAnd music when there cannot be joyAnd repair when the patterns break.

Bless Yah, breathing in,Praying with us because we are alone.Bless Yah, breathing out,Remembering us when we cannot.

Amen

Trish Arlin

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Private Yizkor Reflections

In Remembrance of a Man:

יזכור אלהים את-נשמת ________ שהלך לעולמו.אנא תהי נפשו צרורה בצרור החיים ותהי מנוחתו כבוד.

שבע שמחות את-פניך נעימות בימינך נצח. אמן:

Yizkor Elohim et nishmat ___________________ she’halach l’olamo. Let ____________ , who has entered eternity, be remembered in blessing. In loving testimony to his life, I dedicate myself to deeds of justice and lovingkindness. Through such deeds is he bound up in the continuum of life. Love is stronger than death, and our bonds are eternal. May these moments of reflections link me more strongly with his memory. May he rest eternally in dignity and peace. Amen.

In Remembrance of a Woman:

יזכור אלהים את-נשמת ________ שהלכה לעולמה.אנא תהי נפשה צרורה בצרור החיים ותהי מנוחתה כבוד.

שבע שמחות את-פניך נעימות בימינך נצח. אמן:

Yizkor Elohim et nishmat ___________________ she’hal’chah l’olama. Let ____________ , who has entered eternity, be remembered in blessing. In loving testimony to her life, I dedicate myself to deeds of justice and lovingkindness. Through such deeds is she bound up in the continuum of life. Love is stronger than death, and our bonds are indissoluble. May these moments of reflections link me more strongly with her memory. May she rest eternally in dignity and peace. Amen.

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We Remember Them

In the rising of the sun and in its going down, we remember them.In the blowing of the wind and the chill of winter, we remember them.In the opening of the buds and the rebirth of spring, we remember them. In the blueness of the sky and the warmth of summer, we remember them. In the rustling of leaves and in the beauty of autumn, we remember them. In the beginning of the year and when it ends, we remember them.

So long as we live, they too shall live,for they are now a part of us, as we remember them.

When we are weary and in need of strength, we remember them.When we are lost and sick at heart, we remember them.When we have a joy we crave to share, we remember them.When we have decisions that are difficult to make, we remember them. When we have achievements that are based on theirs, we remember them.

So long as we live, they too shall live, for they are now a part of us, as we remember them.

Rabbis Sylvan Kamens and Jack Riemer

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EL MALEI RACHAMIM

God filled with compassion, dwelling in the heavens’ heights,bring proper rest beneath the wings of Your Shechinah,amid the ranks of the holy and the pure,illuminating like the brilliance of the skiesthe souls of our beloved and holywho went to their eternal place of rest.May You who are the Source of Mercyshelter them beneath Your wings eternally,and bind their souls among the living,that they may rest in peace.And let us say: Amen.

אל מלא רחמים שוכן במרומים נפי השכינה המצא מנוחה נכונה תחת כ

במעלות קדושים וטהורים כזהר הרקיע מזהירים לנשמות יקירינו וקדושינו שהלכו לעולמם:

אנא בעל הרחמים הסתירם בצל כנפיך לעולמיםוצרור-החיים את נשמתם: יהוה הוא נחלתם

וינוחו בשלום על משכבם ונאמר אמן:

El malei rachamim shochein bam-ro-mim. Ha-m’tzei m’nucha n’cho-nah tachat kanfei ha-sh’chinahb’ma-alot k’doshim u-t’horim k’zohar ha-rakia maz-hiriml’nishmot yakireinu u-k’dosheinu sheh-halcha l’olamam. Ana ba-al ha-rachamim ha-sti-reim b’tzeil k-na-fecha l’olamimu-tzror-ha-chayim et nish-matam. Adonai hu nachalatam v’yanuchu v’shalom al mish-kavam v’nomar amein.

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MOURNER'S KADDISH (by David Hodgson)

And so it is Yitgadaland so it goes veyitgadashwe hear and see shmei rabaand feel and taste b’alma divraand we come chiruteiand we go v’yamlichand we leave malchuteibehind and gone b’chai-yei-chonthe life of here uv’yo-mei’chonwishing hope uv’chai-yeifor all Israel d’chol beit yisraeland all the world b’agalathat we cannot know uvizman karivand we say, Amen. v’imru Amein.

And as we stand Y’hei shmeitogether rabawe derive m’varachpeace from pain l’alamto remember ul-almeievery life al’maiya.

We here affirm Yitbarachthe grace of love v’yishtabachthe hope of living v’yitpaarthe gulf of loss v’yitromamthe fear of losing v’yitnaseithe missing ones v’yithadarremembered all v’yitalehholding us v’yithalaland each name sh’mei k’dushawe say b’rich hutears a hole l’eila minand mends the same kol birchataand tears and tears v’shiratait mends and closes tush-b’chataand opens us v’nech’mataas we are. d’amiran b’almaand as we are not. v’imru Amein.

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So we are here Y’hei shlamaand know rabathat this moment min sh’mayaof all moments v’chayimtogether shared aleinuis our time of hope v’al kol yisraelour time of peace v’imru Amein.

Hoping as we hold Oseh shalomonto this passing bimromavthat some one of us hu yaasehwill hold onto us shalom aleinuwhen our name is said v’al kol yisraeland all this peace v’al kol shalomwill also be for you v’al kol yisraeland for me v’al koland we say v’imruAmen. Amein.

Poet’s note: I made no attempt to translate the traditional prayer. What I have tried to do is to write what the act of saying Kaddish means to me. That is, what it feels like individually, what it means as an act of remembering and mourning, how it serves as a communal acknowledgment of death, and how it anchors the reader in life.

I have attempted to follow the rhythm of the prayer which I believe to be as essential as the words. Long before I learned the words, or their meaning, the rhythm and intonation of the prayer were powerfully etched into my mind. To this end, I included a transliteration of the prayer for comparison’s sake. I also took a little poetic license at the very end.

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MOURNER’S KADDISH

יתגדל ויתקדש שמה רבא בעלמא די ברא כרעותה וימליך מלכותהבחייכון וביומיכון ובחיי דכל בית ישראל בעגלה ובזמן קריב ואמרו אמן:

ה: יהא שמא רבא מברך לעלם ולעלמי עלמי

יתברך וישתבח ויתפאר ויתרומם ויתנשא ויתהדר ויתעלה ויתהלל שמה דקדשא בריך הוא:

לעלא לעלא מכל ברכתא ושרתא תשבחתא ונחמתא דאמירן בעלמאואמרו אמן:

ים עלינו ועל כל ישראל ואמרו אמן: א וחי יהא שלמא רבא מן שמי

עושה שלום במרומיו הוא יעשה שלום עלינו ועל כל ישראל ועל כל יושבי תבל ואמרו אמן:

Yitgadal v’yitkadash sh’mei raba Let God’s name be made great and holyb’almah divra chirutei. in the world created as God willed. V’yamilich malchutei May God complete God’s creationb’chai-yiechon u-v’yom-eichon in your own lifetime, in your days,u-v’chayei d’chol beit yisra-el and in the days of all the house of Israelba-agala u-vizman kariv v’imru amein. quickly and soon. And say: Amen.

Y’hei shmei rabah m’vorach May the Name be blessed,l’alam ul-almei almaya. forever and ever.

Yitbarach v’yishtabach v’it’pa-ar Yes, blessed! Blessed, whispered, sung out, v’yitromam v’yitnasei v’yithadar shouted, honored, this holy name.v’yithaleh v’yithalal The name is beyond any song, poem orsh’mei d’kudsha b’rich hu. comforting words we could ever speak.L’eilah l’eilah mikol birchata v’shirata Everybody say: The Name be blessed.tush-b’chata v’nech’mata da-amiran b’alma v’imru amein. May Heaven provide a universal peace and life for us, and for all Israel,. Y’hei shlama raba min sh’maya v’chayim for all our peoples, for all beings,aleinu v’al kol yisra-el v’imru amein. and let everybody say: Amen.

Oseh shalom bimromav Make that peace in the heavens,hu ya-aseh shalom aleinu v’al kol yisra-el great One who creates wholeness. v’al kol yoshvei teivel v’imru amein. Everybody say: Amen.

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NEILAH / WALKING THROUGH THE GATES TOGETHER

I Believe in Being Ready

I believe in being readyI believe in being readyI believe in being readyFor the time is drawing near

Brother sisters please get readyBrother sisters please get readyBrother sisters please get readyFor the time is drawing near

Oh there’ll be signs and wondersOh there’ll be signs and wondersOh there’ll be signs and wondersFor the time is drawing near

We’ll turn ‘round and just start overWe’ll turn ‘round and just start overWe’ll turn ‘round and just start overFor the time is drawing near

Rising Appalachia

Ashrei / Hope and Joy (Psalm 84:5)

:ךוללהי דוע ךתיב יבשוי ירשא

Ash-ray yosh-vay vay-techah, ohd ye-ha-leluchah.

Happy are those who sit in Your House.They shall continue to praise You.

Music by Rabbi Shefa Gold

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One Voice / Hope in Community

This is the sound of one voice, This is the sound of all of us. One spirit, one voice. Singing with love and the will to trust.The sound of one who makes a choice, Leave the rest behindthis is the sound of one voice. and it will turn to dust, this is the sound of all of us This is the sound of voices two, The sound of me singing with you. This is the sound of one voice. Helping each other to make it through, One people, one voice.this is the sound of voices two. A song for every one of us. This is the sound of one voice, This is the sound of voices three, this is the sound of one voice. Singing together in harmony.Surrendering to the mystery, this is the sound of voices three.

The Wailin’ Jennys

Amidah / Hope and Courage

I affirm this simple truth:Emptiness is the source of all.Creation is the infinitethat manifests as the finite. There is only the One, empty of form,who fills all form.Knowing this, I can let go of the compulsion to rule,the desire to control others.Rooted in this, I learn to judge welland uproot oppression within and without.Nothing is by chance,because even chance keeps its own order.The sages tell of hardened hearts and bitter plagues -the cost of freedom.I want to remember that costand not make light of struggle, in myself and in others.I mourn even my enemies’ loss,and take no comfort in anyone’s undoing. Compassion is the way,even as is justice.

May I live each day with spaciousness of mind,attending to lifeand all that she places before me.

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So that I can live without hesitation,and so I can lie down in peace,having given life my all.Only then I can rise upin anticipation of a new day,knowing I have so much more to give.

Let compassion guide my actions,and justice shield me from struggles.Let my life be a channel for grace and mercy,bringing peace and comfort to those in need.May the source of life spread a blanket of peace over me,over Israel, over all peoples, and over the whole world.

Rabbi Rami Shapiro

Oseh Shalom / Hope & Peace

עשה שלום במרומיו, הוא יעשה שלום עלינו:

Oseh shalom bimromav hu ya’aseh, hu ya’aseh, hu ya’aseh shalom aleinu.

May the One, may the One who makes peace, bring peace down, bring peace down.

Music by Elana Jagoda-Kaye

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Ahavnu / We Have Loved

אהבנו ברכנו גדלנו דברנו יפי העלינו וחסנו זרזנו חמלנו טפחנו אמתיעצנו טוב כבדנו למדנו מחלנו נחמנו

סללנו עוררנו פעלנו צדקנו קוינו לשלוםרחמנו שקדנו תמכנו תרמנו תקנו:

Ahavnu: We have loved.

Beirachnu: We have blessed.

Gadalnu: We have grown.

Dibarnu yofi: We have spoken positively.

He-elinu: We have lifted up.

V’chas-nu: We have shown compassion.

Zeiraznu: We have acted with enthusiasm.

Chamalnu: We have shown empathy.

Tipalnu Emet: We have cultivated truth.

Ya’atznu tov: We have given good advice.

Kibadnu: We have shown honor and respect.

Lamadnu: We have learned.

Machalnu: We have forgiven.

Nichamnu: We have comforted.

Salalnu: We have been creative.

Orarnu: We have woken up.

Pa-alnu: We have rolled up our sleeves.

Tzadaknu: We have pursued justice.

Kivinu l’shalom: We have yearned for wholeness and peace.

Richamnu: We have been merciful.

Shakadnu: We’ve given it everything we’ve got.

Tamachnu: We have offered support.

Taramnu: We have contributed.

Tikanu: We have repaired.

Rabbi Avi Weiss

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The Thirteen Expressions of Love

Adonai Adonai Havayah, HavayahEl rahum v’chanun compassion and tenderness

Erech apayim patience, forbearance,v’rav chesed v’emet kindness, awareness.notzer chesed l’alafim. Bearing love from age to age

nosei avon va-fesha Lifting guilt and mistakesv’chata-ah v’nakei. and making us free.

יהוה יהוה אל רחום וחנוןארך אפים ורב-חסד ואמת

נצר חסד לאלפיםנשא עון ופשע וחטאה ונקה:

Translation by Rabbi Burt Jacobson

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Avinu Malkeinu / Hope in Our Source

Chorus

מלכנו חננו ועננו כי אין בנו מעשים אבינועשה עמנו צדקה וחסד והושיענו:

Avinu Malkeinu, chaneinu va’aneinu (2X)ki ein banu ma’asim

Asei imanu tzedakah va-chesed (2X)v’hoshi-einu.

O Source and Strength of our lives, please hear us and lead us to grace.Our Guide deep within us, O hear us and give uscompassion and mercy and peace.O guide us into grace: justice and mercy for allO guide us and teach us, grant justice and mercyWe shall be free once again.

Adapted from Rabbi Burt Jacobson

I.

Our Source, may we make this year a fresh beginning.Our Strength, may we grow from life’s challenges.Our Source, may we accept what we cannot change. Our Strength, may we change what we can.Our Source, may we soften into acceptance.Our Strength, may we brighten into joy.Our Source, may we gratefully receive what we are given. Our Strength, may we learn how to embrace our enemies. Chorus

II.

Our Source, may we open our eyes.Our Strength, may we challenge our minds.Our Source, may we soften our hearts.Our Strength, may we return to You, fully and completely.Our Source, may we write our names in Your Book of Life.Our Strength, may we make room for what is next.Our Source, may all of our dreams be fulfilled.Our Strength, may we never turn away. Chorus

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Walk With You (Isaiah 43:2)

When you walk through the water, I’ll walk with you (I’ll walk with you)When you walk through the water, I’ll walk with you (I’ll walk with you)Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid (Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid)I’ll walk with you (I’ll walk with you)I’ll walk with you (I’ll walk with you)

When you stand up on holy ground, I’ll stand with you (I’ll stand with you)When you stand up on holy ground, I’ll stand with you (I’ll stand with you)Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid (Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid)I’ll stand with you (I’ll stand with you), I’ll walk with you (I’ll walk with you)

When your journey brings you to my shore, I’ll welcome you (I’ll welcome you)When your journey brings you to my border, I’ll welcome you (I’ll welcome you)Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid (Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid)I’ll welcome you (I’ll welcome you),I’ll stand with you (I’ll stand with you), I’ll walk with you (I’ll walk with you)

Hazzan Jesse Roemer

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Affirmation of Oneness

Listen, God-wrestlers, the Unity beyond names is all One.

שמע ישראל יהוה אלהינו יהוה אחד:Shma yisra-el Adonai Eloheinu Adonai echad.

Blessed is this Name whose Presence shines through all time and space.

ברוך שם כבוד מלכותו לעולם ועד: Baruch shem k’vod malchuto l’olam va-ed. (three times)

Being is God.

יהוה האלהים:Havayah ha-Elohim.

Being is Threshold.

יהוה יהוה:Havayah Adonai.

Being is Compassion.

יהוה הרחמן:Havayah HaRachaman.

Being is Presence.

יהוה המקום:Havayah HaMakom.

Being breathes the World.

יהוה רוח העולם:Havayah Ruach Ha-olam.

Being is the Source of Life.

יהוה מקור החיים:Havayah M’kor ha-Chayim.

Being is Within.

יהוה השכינה:Havayah Ha-Shechinah.

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Havdalah

Blessed are You, Compassion, our God, creator of the fruit of the vine.

ברוך אתה יהוה אלהינו מלך העולם בורא פרי הגפן: Baruch atah Adonai eloheinu melech ha-olam borei pri ha-gafen.

Blessed are You, Forgiveness, our God, who creates the light of fire.

ברוך אתה יהוה אלהינו מלך העולם בורא מאורי האש:Baruch atah Adonai eloheinu melech ha-olam borei m’orei ha-eish.

Blessed are You, Eternal, our God, distinguishing between sacred and everyday.

ברוך אתה יהוה אלהינו מלך העולם המבדיל בין קדש לחל:Baruch atah Adonai eloheinu melech ha-olam ha-mavdil bein kodesh l’chol.

!Tekiyah Gedolah תקיעה גדולה

Open the Way (Lamentations 5:21)

השיבנו יהוה אליך ונשובה חדש ימינו כקדם:

Hashivenu HaVaYaH eleicha v’nashuvah Chadesh yameinu, yameinu ke’kedem Open the Way, Open the Way

Music by Yoel Sykes and Dan Yolles

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Judaism Your Way is grateful for the creative rabbis, songwriters, composers, authors, and poets whose work is included in these pages. We invite you to look at their full

works if you are so moved.

*Music at this event was licensed via JLicense.com*

“One Love” (written by Bob Marley). c. 1965 Fifty-Six Hope Road Music Ltd & Blackwell Fuller Music Publishing LLC. Copyright Renewed. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission. All rights administered by Blue Mountain Music Ltd.

“One Voice” by The Wailin’ Jennys, Ruth Moody 2004.

“Ahavah Rabbah” From God Loves The Stranger by Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg, White River Press, 2017. Used by permission of the author.

“Mi Chamochah / “Redemption Song” (written by Bob Marley). c 1980 1965 Fifty-Six Hope Road Music Ltd & Blackwell Fuller Music Publishing LLC. Copyright Renewed. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission. All rights administered by Blue Mountain Music Ltd.

“Ozi V’Zimrat Yah” Melody by Rabbi Shefa Gold, used with permission from www.rabbishefagold.com

“Kavannot” Part II from Amidah by Trisha Arlin, www.opensiddur.org

“Rosh HaShanah Amidah” by Trisha Arlin, abridged, www.opensiddur.org

“Al Mitzvah Shekiyamnu” by Rabbis Caryn Aviv, Brian Field and Amanda Schwartz, inspired by the High Holy Day supplement of congregation Mishkan Shalom, Philadelphia. Used by permission of Mishkan Shalom.

“Mishebeirach” by Debbie Friedman. Copyright © 2013 The Farf, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

“We Remember Them” from “A Litany of Remembrance” by Rabbi Sylvan Kamens and Rabbi Jack Reimer from Gates of Prayer: A New Union Prayerbook, copyright (c) 1975 by the Central Conference of American Rabbis. Used by permission of the Central Conference of American Rabbis. All rights reserved. Not to be distributed, sold or copied without express written permission.

“A Yizkor Kavannah for the Ambivalent” by Trisha Arlin, www.opensiddur.org

“Mourners’ Kaddish” by David Hodgson. Used by permission of the author.

“While You Still Can” Words and Music by JOHN OSBORNE, THOMAS OSBORNE and TRAVIS MEADOWS. Copyright © 2018 TRAMPY McMAULY, All THE KING’S PENS, SONGSTEIN PUBLISHING, WC MUSIC CORP and BMG PLATINUM SONGS. All Rights on behalf of Itself TRAMPY McMAULY, ALL THE KING’S PENS and SONGSTEIN PUBLISHING. Administered by WC MUSIC CORP. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission of ALFRED MUSIC.

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“The Edge,” Rabbi James Stone Goodman. Used with permission by author.

“La Orasion De La Mujer” from Siddur HaKohanot compiled by Rabbi Jill Hammer and Taya Shere. Permission for use granted by Rabbi Jill Hammer.

“Meditation for Tzitzit” by Sharon Shosh Lulyanit. From Siddur HaKohanot compiled by Rabbi Jill Hammer and Taya Shere. Permission for use granted by Rabbi Jill Hammer.

“Tree of Life Meditation” by D’vora K’lilah bat Shachar. From Siddur HaKohanot compiled by Rabbi Jill Hammer and Taya Shere. Permission for use granted by Rabbi Jill Hammer.

“Al Cheit: Healing our Relationship with Ourselves,” www.opensiddur.org.

“Welcome is one of the signs that a community is alive. To invite others to live with us is a sign that we aren’t afraid, that we have a treasure of truth and of peace to share.” by Jean Vanier. Permission for use granted by L’Arche USA.

“Elemental Meditation” from Siddur HaKohanot by Rabbi Jill Hammer. Permission for use granted by Rabbi Jill Hammer.

“Holy Sister Miriam” by Elana Jagoda. Permission for use granted by Elana Jagoda.

“Let There Be Love” by Rabbi Chaim Stern from Gates of Prayer: A New Union Prayerbook, copyright (c) 1975 by the Central Conference of American Rabbis. Used by permission of the Central Conference of American Rabbis. All rights reserved.

Avodah Guided meditation, Place Yourself: words of prayer and intention by Trisha Arlin. Permission for use granted by Trisha Arlin.

Aleinu: there is no other, Place Yourself: words of prayer and intention by Trisha Arlin. Permission for use granted by Trisha Arlin.

“Modeh Ani” by Jesse Roemer. Permission for use granted by Jesse Roemer.

“Hinei MaTov” by Mikey Pauker. Permission for use granted by Mikey Pauker.

“Im Ain Ani Li” by Michael Harlow. Permission for use granted by Michael Harlow.

“I Believe in Being Ready” by Rising Appalacia from the album “Laylines” 2019 www.risingappalachia.com. Permission for use granted by Rising Appalachia.

“Or Zarua” by Jared Stein. Permission for use granted by Jared Stein.

“Open My Heart” by Rabbi Yosef Goldman from the album “Open My Heart”. Permission for use granted by Yosef Goldman.

“Walk with You” and “Ki Mitzion” by Jesse Roemer from the album “Praise”. Permission for use granted by Hazzan Jesse Roemer.

This printing intended for use only during Judaism Your Way religious services. Please do not remove, copy, or distribute. © 2020 Judaism Your Way

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JUDAISM YOUR WAY FAMILY SERVICE

Modeh / Modah Ani / I’m Awake

I’m awake, I’m awake, I’m awake!

ם: מודה/מודה אני לפניך, מלך חי וקי

Modeh/Modah ani l’fanecha, melech chai chai v’kayam

[I offer thanks to You, Source of breath, Life through all time]

Hazzan Jesse Roemer

Hinei MaTov

Eooohhhh, (Eooohhhh)Eooohhhhoohhhohhh (Eooohhhhoohhhohhh)Eooohhhh,ohhh ohhh ohhh ohhh (Eooohhhh ohhh ohhh ohhh ohhh)Hinei mah tov umanayim shevet achim gam yachad.How great it is for brothers and sisters to hang out on this day!

Mikey Pauker

Ma Tovu

בו אהליך, יעקב; משכנתיך, ישראל: מה ט

Ma tovu ohalekha Ya’akov, mishk’notekha Yisra’el (Numbers 24:5)

How beautiful are your tents, Jacob, your dwelling places, Israel.

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Hal’l’l’l’l’l’luyah

Hal’l’l’l’l’l’l’ … la-l’le-lu-yah Hal’l’l’l’l’l’l’ … la-l’le-lu-yah Hal’l’l’l’l’l’l’ … la-l’le-lu-yah Hal’l’l’l’l’l’l’ … la-l’le-loooooyah!

Wave hello to someone far way from youWave hello and say “SHALOM!” Wave hello to someone far way from you Wave hello and sing “HALLELUYAH!” (chorus)

Scratch the back of someone sitting next to you Scratch their back and say “TODAH!” (thank you) Scratch the back the person sitting next to you Scratch their back and sing “HALLELUYAH!” (chorus)

Look in the eyes of someone very special Look into their eyes and see their “N’SHAMA” (soul) Look into the eyes of someone very special Look into their eyes and sing “HALLELUYAH” (chorus)

Shira Kline

Sh’ma / Listen (Deuteronomy 6:4)

שמע ישראל יהוה אלהינו יהוה אחד:

Sh’ma yisrael Listen, those who dance with the Divine, Adonai eloheinu Adonai echad the Source of our being is one!

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La La Love (V’ahavta)

La la la la la…love YahLa la la la la…love YahWith all your heart, with all your mightWith all your soul, through day and night

Teach these words, where you liveWherever you go, love you’ll give

When you wake up, When you go to bedWrite it on your door, keep it in (or on) your head

Emily Aronoff Teck

Walk With You (Isaiah 43:2)

When you walk through the water, I’ll walk with you (I’ll walk with you)When you walk through the water, I’ll walk with you (I’ll walk with you)Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid (Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid)I’ll walk with you (I’ll walk with you)I’ll walk with you (I’ll walk with you)

When you stand up on holy ground, I’ll stand with you (I’ll stand with you)When you stand up on holy ground, I’ll stand with you (I’ll stand with you)Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid (Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid)I’ll stand with you (I’ll stand with you), I’ll walk with you (I’ll walk with you)

When your journey brings you to my shore, I’ll welcome you (I’ll welcome you)When your journey brings you to my border, I’ll welcome you (I’ll welcome you)Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid (Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid)I’ll welcome you (I’ll welcome you),I’ll stand with you (I’ll stand with you), I’ll walk with you (I’ll walk with you)

Hazzan Jesse Roemer

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Oseh Shalom

עשה שלום במרומיו, הוא יעשה שלום עלינו:עשה שלום במרומיו, היא תעשה שלום עלינו:

Oseh shalom bimromav hu ya’aseh, hu ya’aseh, hu ya’aseh shalom aleinu. Oseh shalom bimromav hee ta’aseh, hee ta’aseh, hee ta’aseh shalom aleinu.

May the One, may the One who makes peace, bring peace down, bring peace down.

Elana Jagoda-Kaye

Zochreinu L’chayim / Remember us for Life

Zochreinu l’chayim (Zochreinu L’chayim) Zochreinu l’chayim (Zochreinu L’chayim) Remember us, remember us, remember us for life V’chotveinu (V’chotveinu) b’sefer hachayim (B’sefer Hachayim) And write us in, and write us in, in the Book of Life Zochreinu l’chayim, oh remember usZochreinu l’chayim, Oh remember usZochreinu l’chayim, Zochreinu l’chayim Remember us, remember us, remember us for lifeV’chotveinu (V’chotveinu) b’sefer hachayim (B’sefer Hachayim) And write us in, and write us in, in the Book of Life And write us in, and write us in, in the Book of Life

Eliana Light

Shofar Blast

I like to hear the shofar blastSometimes slow and sometimes fast!I like to hear the shofar blastHappy, happy happy new year!(to end, repeat last line 3x)

1. T‘ki-ah-------- (echo) (chorus)2. Sh‘va-rim-------- (echo) (chorus)3. T‘ru-ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ---- (echo) (chorus) 4. T‘ki-ah g‘dolah-------- (chorus)

Ellen Allard

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Shehecheyanu

Blessed is the Flow of Being, giving us life, sustaining us, and bringing us to this moment.

ברוך אתה יהוה אלהינו מלך העולם מן הזה: מנו והגיענו לז שהחינו וקי

Baruch atah Adonai eloheinu melech ha-olam shehecheyanu v’kiy’manu v’higianu lazman hazeh.

Melody by Tzvika Pik

Ana El Na

Ana El na (x4) Ana El na (x4)Refana la (x2) Refana lo (x2)

Tap Your Heart

Tap, tap your heart (x3)

On Yom Kippur it’s time to restartAi yai yai, Ai Di Di Di Di Di, Ai Di Di Di Di Di

Ashamnu, Bagadnu, Gazalnu, Dibarnu Dofi

We’ve made mistakes, We’ve done bad thingsBut this is what, The new year bringsA chance to change, A chance to grow With one first step, Nice and slow

We’ve used bad words, And hurt our friendsBut these mistakes, Are not the endWe do t’shuvah, We learn to do goodSo we tap our heart, To remind us we should

Eliana Light

Kaddish

Yitbarach shimcha/sh’meichMay their names be blessed (x8)From now until forever and forever (x8)

Liturgy, Kirtan Arrangement by R. Andrew Hahn

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Family Blessing

You are a blessing Every DayWhen I watch you growLearn and playSo I’ll love you and keep youand I’ll hug you and kiss youForever and ever, forever and ever (and ever)

You are a blessing Every dayWhen you care for mehelp our family I’ll love you and keep youand I’ll hug you and kiss youForever and ever, Forever and ever (and ever)

(Everyone Echo)May God Bless You May God Keep YouShine light on youHelp you find peaceMay God watch you and stay with youForever and ever, Forever and ever (and ever)

Emily Aronoff Teck

Shigaon!

Shigaon Shigaon Shiga Shiga Shigaon Shiga Shiga Shiga Shiga Shigaon (x2)Can I tell you how to say?Tell us how to sayI’m gonna tell you how to sayTell us how to sayI’m gonna tell you how to say, how to say _______Tell us how to say, how to say ______Shigaon! Shigaon!Shigaon Shigaon Shiga Shiga Shigaon Shiga Shiga Shiga Shiga Shigaon (x2)

Craig Taubman

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Im Ain Ani Li

I want my life, to make a differenceI want my life, to make a changeI want my life, to do some good hereI want my life, to make a change

אם אין אני לי, מי לי. וכשאני לעצמי, מה אני. ואם לא עכשיו, אימתי:

Im ain ani li, az mi li?Uk’sh’ani li atzmi, mah ani?V’im lo achshav, aymatei?Aymatei?

Michael Harlow

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OFFICERS

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We are grateful to our current Legacy Society Members and look forward to adding your name next year:

Celina Aiser & Greg Ellenoff

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Tia & Mike Amdurer

Victor Ament

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Michael P. Barron

Lisa Benoit

Bronwyn Long & Stuart Borne

Phillip Bryson & Alan Kent

Robin & Robert Chalecki

Bailey Denmark

Tracy Dunning & Eric Sondermann

Keith Frankl

Meredith & Jack Gindi

Ellen Golden & Michael Monheit

Brian Goldstein

Kendra Harrison

Sadie Honey & Zach Hochstadt

Eleanor Jefferson

Philip Kalin

Miriam Kapner

Amy & Bruce Karpas

Karen & Steven Leaffer

Matthew Lebauer

Colin Logan

Jennifer Moss Logan

Dr. Howard Markman

Captain David & Diane Oppenheim

Melinda Quiat

Scott Robinson

Patti Robinson

Jamie Sarche

Steven Senft

Francine & Anna Simon

Donald Sturm

Emily Sturm

Stephen Sturm

Susan Sturm

Elaine Tunkel

Ken Weil

Betsy & Dan Wilinsky

Elizabeth Wolfson

Debbie Zucker & Rabbi Brian Field