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.

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905), while processing in a circuit of the bima. The Torah scroll is restored to the Ark, and Full Kaddish is said by the Shaliaḥ Tzibbur.

106 Torah Reading: Pages 1209א–1213. Four men are summoned. Nine verses comprise each day's lection. The first three aliyot each receive three verses. The fourth oleh returns to the start and recites the opening six verses once more [רמ״א או״ח, תרסג:א].

107 Following the Torah reading, Half Kaddish, Ashrei and וּבָא לְצִיּוֹן are recited. The Torah is restored to the Ark, and Half Kaddish is said by the Shaliaḥ Tzibbur.

108 Musaf: for Festivals (page 857). Kedusha opens with כֶּתֶר, then proceeds with the weekday Kedusha; Birkat Kohanim is omitted. Full Kaddish and Ein Kelohenu (page 203) ensue, with the close of the weekday service.

שַׁבָּת חֹל הַמּוֹעֵד סֻכּוֹת

Ḥol HaMo'ed Sukkot on Shabbat

109 An abridged Kabbalat Shabbat precedes Ma'ariv for Shabbat: Psalm 29, אָנָּא בְּכֹחַ, the first two and final two stanzas of לְכָה דוֹדִי, Psalms 92 and 93: מִזְמוֹר שִׁיר לְיוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת and יְהֹוָה מָלָךְ, גֵּאוּת לָבֵשׁ (page 377). כְּגַוְנָא is omitted. The Shabbat Amida is recited with the insertion of יַעֲלֶה וְיָבֹא [שו״ע או״ח, תרסג:ב]. Ma'ariv concludes as on Shabbat (pages 421–431).

110 Shaḥarit: for Shabbat (page 459). The Shabbat Amida is recited with the insertion of יַעֲלֶה וְיָבֹא [שם]. Hallel is recited, then Hoshanot. The Ark is opened, no Torah scroll is removed, and the special Shabbat Hoshanot, כְּהוֹשַׁעְתָּ אָדָם and אֹם נְצוּרָה (page 909), are recited. The Ark is shut, and Full Kaddish is said by the Shaliaḥ Tzibbur. Full Kaddish then follows, along with the Daily Psalm and Mourner's Kaddish, then Psalm 27 and Mourner's Kaddish, then the reading of Kohelet and Mourner's Kaddish [רמ״א או״ח, תצ:ט].

111 Torah Reading: page 1189. Maftir: the fourth aliya of the relevant day is read (pages 1209א–1211א). Haftara: page 1213א [שו״ע או״ח, תרסג:ג]. In the closing blessing after the Haftara, one recites מְקַדֵּשׁ הַשַּׁבָּת וְיִשְׂרָאֵל וְהַזְּמַנִּים [משנ״ב, שם:ט].

112 After the Haftara come (Yekum Purkan on Shabbat, then) the petitions on behalf of the government and the State of Israel. Ashrei is recited and the Torah scrolls are restored to the Ark. Half Kaddish is said by the Shaliaḥ Tzibbur.

113 Musaf: for Festivals, with Shabbat insertions (page 857). Yet אַדִּיר אַדִּירֵנוּ is omitted from Kedusha, and Birkat Kohanim is omitted. After the Amida's Repetition, Full Kaddish is said by the Shaliaḥ Tzibbur and the service closes as on Shabbat.

114 Minḥa: for Shabbat (page 659). The Torah is removed from the Ark and the opening of וְזֹאת הַבְּרָכָה (page 1164) is read. Once the Torah is restored to the Ark, Half Kaddish is said by the Shaliaḥ Tzibbur, and the congregation recites the Shabbat Amida with the insertion of יַעֲלֶה וְיָבֹא. צִדְקָתְךָ is omitted.

115 Motza'ei Shabbat: Ma'ariv for Motza'ei Shabbat is recited. After the Amida, וִיהִי נֹעַם is left out, and Full Kaddish is said by the Shaliaḥ Tzibbur.

הוֹשַׁעְנָא רַבָּא

Hoshana Raba, 21st of Tishrei

116 Shaḥarit: Customarily the Shaliaḥ Tzibbur wears a kittel. Pesukei DeZimra for Shabbat and Yom Tov is recited, yet after Barukh SheAmar, Psalm 100 (מִזְמוֹר לְתוֹדָה, page 73) is recited, and the prayers proceed with weekday Shaḥarit [שו״ע ורמ״א או״ח, תרסד:א]. Some follow the practice of opening the Ark after Yishtabaḥ, and reciting Psalm 130 responsively (some recite Psalm 130 before Yishtabaḥ). After the Shaliaḥ Tzibbur's repetition of the Amida, the congregation takes the lulav and recites the blessing עַל נְטִילַת לוּלָב. Hallel is recited.

117 Following Hallel, the Ark is opened and seven Torah scrolls are brought out to the bima. Many congregations follow the practice of bringing out every Torah scroll [רמ״א או״ח, תרסד:א]. Leading the congregation, the Shaliaḥ Tzibbur recites the Hoshanot as seven circuits of the bima are made (page 911) [רמ״א או״ח, תרסד:א]. Special piyutim petitioning for rain then ensue. Five willow branches (aravot) are next taken and struck five times prior to restoring the Torah scrolls to the Ark (page 925). Some follow the practice of striking the aravot after Full Kaddish is said by the Shaliaḥ Tzibbur [רמ״א, שם:ז]. The Daily Psalm, Mourner's Kaddish, Psalm 27 and Mourner's Kaddish then follow.

118 As the Torah is removed from the Ark, the congregation recites Ata Horeita (page 563) [רמ״א, שם]. Most congregations recite the "Thirteen Attributes of Mercy" and a special supplication (page 565). Torah Reading: page 1213. Some follow the practice of reading in the melody of Yamim Nora'im.

119 Once the Torah reading is complete, Half Kaddish is recited, Ashrei and וּבָא לְצִיּוֹן are recited, and the Torah is restored to the Ark. Half Kaddish is said by the Shaliaḥ Tzibbur.

120 Musaf: for Festivals (page 857). Customarily the Shaliaḥ Tzibbur wears a kittel [רמ״א, שם]. The Yom Tov Kedusha is recited, yet Birkat Kohanim is omitted. After the Repetition, the service proceeds with Full Kaddish, and the service closes as on weekdays (page 203).