Guide to the Jewish Year

tishrei

תִּשְׁרֵי

Israeli: ' marks a reduced vowel that Israeli speech drops (b'rachah); when the vowel is pronounced it is written e (lefanecha). - separates syllables that would otherwise run together.

How to read the transliterations

When the eve of Sukkot occurs on Friday night, the first blessing concludes: לְהַדְלִיק נֵר שֶׁל שַׁבָּת וְשֶׁל יוֹם טוֹב (page 351).

92 Ma'ariv: for Shabbat and Yom Tov (page 397). Prior to reciting the Yom Tov Amida (page 817), the congregation recites the special verse for Yom Tov (וַיְדַבֵּר מֹשֶׁה). Full Kaddish, Barekhu, Aleinu and Mourner's Kaddish then follow. Customarily one concludes by singing Adon Olam or Yigdal.

93 If the eve of Sukkot occurs on Friday night, Shabbat Ma'ariv is introduced by an abridged form of Kabbalat Shabbat: Psalm 29, the opening two and closing two stanzas of לְכָה דוֹדִי, מִזְמוֹר שִׁיר לְיוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת and יְהֹוָה מָלָךְ, גֵּאוּת לָבֵשׁ (page 377). כְּגַוְנָא is omitted. וְשָׁמְרוּ (page 407) comes before the Yom Tov Amida, which is recited with Shabbat additions. Following the Amida, the congregation recites וַיְכֻלּוּ הַשָּׁמַיִם, and the Shaliaḥ Tzibbur recites the abridged Repetition of the Amida as is the practice on Shabbat eve [שו״ע או״ח, תרמב:א]. Following Full Kaddish, the congregation recites Psalm 23.

94 If the second day's eve occurs on Motza'ei Shabbat, the congregation inserts the paragraph וַתּוֹדִיעֵנוּ within the Amida's middle section.

95 On arriving home, one goes into the sukka. Ahead of Kiddush, custom is to recite the Ushpizin (page 813). While reciting Yom Tov Kiddush on the first night, the blessing לֵישֵׁב בַּסֻּכָּה ("to dwell in the sukka") comes before the blessing שֶׁהֶחֱיָנוּ. On the following night, the blessing שֶׁהֶחֱיָנוּ is recited ahead of the blessing לֵישֵׁב בַּסֻּכָּה [שו״ע או״ח, תרסא:א]; some recite the blessings in the first night's sequence. [משנ״ב, שם:ב] If Sukkot eve occurs on Friday night, Kiddush is recited with Shabbat additions. If Sukkot's second night occurs on Motza'ei Shabbat, the two Havdala blessings are inserted ahead of the blessing שֶׁהֶחֱיָנוּ; the sequence of blessings is therefore: wine, Kiddush, flame, Havdala, שֶׁהֶחֱיָנוּ, sukka (pages 807–809) [שו״ע או״ח, תרמג:א]. In Birkat HaMazon, one inserts יַעֲלֶה וְיָבֹא (page 1039).

96 Shaḥarit: for Shabbat and Yom Tov (page 459). The Shaḥarit Shaliaḥ Tzibbur starts at the words הָאֵל בְּתַעֲצֻמוֹת עֻזֶּךָ (page 509). Following Barekhu, the congregation recites הַמֵּאִיר לָאָרֶץ or, when it is likewise Shabbat, הַכֹּל יוֹדוּךָ. The Yom Tov Amida is recited (page 817); when likewise Shabbat, one recites the Shabbat additions.

97 Once the Shaliaḥ Tzibbur has repeated the Amida, the congregation takes the lulav and recites the blessing עַל נְטִילַת לוּלָב. When the lulav is first taken, the blessing שֶׁהֶחֱיָנוּ is recited as well (page 775). On Shabbat, the lulav is not taken [שו״ע או״ח, תרמד:א; שם, תרסב:א–ב]. Hallel is recited, and the lulav is waved as shown on page 783.

98 Following Hallel, the Ark is opened and a single Torah scroll is removed. The Shaliaḥ Tzibbur guides the congregation in reciting the Hoshanot, while making a circuit of the bima [שו״ע או״ח, תרס:א]. When it is Shabbat, the Ark is opened, and the distinctive Shabbat Hoshanot, אֹם נְצוּרָה and כְּהוֹשַׁעְתָּ אָדָם are recited. The Torah scroll is restored to the Ark, and the Shaliaḥ Tzibbur recites Full Kaddish. Next come Full Kaddish, the Daily Psalm, Mourner's Kaddish, Psalm 27 and Mourner's Kaddish. When the Torah is removed from the Ark, most congregations recite the "Thirteen Attributes of Mercy" and a distinctive supplication (page 565), save on Shabbat.

99 Torah Reading: first and second days – page 1181. Maftir and Haftarot – pages 1207–1209 [שו״ע או״ח, תרנט:א, תרסב:ג].

100 After the Haftara come (Yekum Purkan on Shabbat, then) the supplications for the government and the State of Israel. The Shaliaḥ Tzibbur recites יְהִי אֵלִי וְגוֹאֲלִי (page 855) (save when Sukkot occurs on Shabbat), the congregation recites Ashrei, and the Torah scrolls are restored to the Ark. The Shaliaḥ Tzibbur recites Half Kaddish.

101 Musaf: for Festivals (page 857). When likewise Shabbat, one recites the Shabbat additions. In the course of the Repetition of the Amida, the Kohanim recite Birkat Kohanim. Following the Repetition, the Shaliaḥ Tzibbur recites Full Kaddish and the service closes as on Shabbat.

102 Minḥa: for Shabbat and Yom Tov. If Sukkot occurs on Shabbat, the Torah is removed from the Ark and the opening of וְזֹאת הַבְּרָכָה (page 1164) is read. Once the Torah has been restored to the Ark, the Shaliaḥ Tzibbur recites Half Kaddish, and the congregation recites the Yom Tov Amida (page 817), with Shabbat additions. צִדְקָתְךָ is not recited. Following the Repetition of the Amida come Full Kaddish, Aleinu, Mourner's Kaddish, Psalm 27 and Mourner's Kaddish.

חֹל הַמּוֹעֵד סֻכּוֹת

Hol HaMo'ed Sukkot

103 In Shaḥarit, Minḥa and Ma'ariv, יַעֲלֶה וְיָבֹא is inserted in the Amida's seventeenth blessing (רְצֵה). It is inserted likewise in Birkat HaMazon (page 1039) [שו״ע או״ח, תצ:ב]. Should one omit יַעֲלֶה וְיָבֹא from its appointed place, see law 423.

104 First Evening of Ḥol HaMo'ed: weekday Ma'ariv (page 269). אַתָּה חוֹנַנְתָּנוּ is inserted in the Amida's fourth blessing. Havdala is recited in the sukka (unless Ḥol HaMo'ed starts on Friday night). No blessing is recited over spices or a flame (unless Ḥol HaMo'ed starts on Saturday night), yet one recites the blessing לֵישֵׁב בַּסֻּכָּה before drinking.

105 Shaḥarit: for weekdays. Tefillin are not donned [שו״ע ורמ״א או״ח, לא:ב]. Once the Shaliaḥ Tzibbur has repeated the Amida, the assembly takes the lulav and recites the blessing עַל נְטִילַת לוּלָב [שו״ע או״ח, תרסב:א]. Hallel is recited, after which the Shaliaḥ Tzibbur guides the assembly in reciting that day's Hoshanot (see table on page