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pp. 361-361
Kiddush for the Evening of Rosh Hashanah
קידוש לליל ראש השנה
Chabad: ' is a reduced vowel — every vocal shva, always pronounced. - separates syllables that would otherwise run together.
How to read the transliterationsKIDDUSH ON THE EVE OF ROSH HASHANAH
When Rosh Hashanah falls on Shabbat, recite Peace unto you through Prepare...in the meal (pages 176-178) in an undertone, then start The sixth day below.
Custom on Rosh Hashanah's second night is to set a new fruit [not yet eaten this season] in front of the one reciting Kiddush; while saying the blessing who has granted us life he is to look at it, intending that it cover the new fruit as well. Should no new fruit be at hand, he should nevertheless say who has granted us life.
Recite the Kiddush while standing.
Receive the wine cup with the right hand, transfer it to the left hand, then set it down upon the right hand's palm. (See illustration, page 641.) Keep the cup three tefachim (approximately 9 in.) over the table for the whole Kiddush.
Listeners to the Kiddush are to answer Amen as indicated. Consult additional laws on pages 603-604.
Look toward the festival candles, then say:
Begin here on Shabbat.
Begin here on weeknights.
When reciting Kiddush over wine, look at the wine and say:
When reciting Kiddush over bread, say:
Add the words in parentheses on Shabbat.
Should Rosh Hashanah fall on Saturday night, include the following:
Look toward the festival lights, then continue:
From the cup pour some wine to be given to those listening, and while seated consume at least 2 ounces of the wine that remains.
On Rosh Hashanah's first night, everyone present washes hands for the meal (see Laws on page 603), saying the appropriate blessing, taking care not to speak until after partaking of the challah. The household head, holding both loaves, says the blessing for bread, and a piece is given to every person, who then says the blessing over the bread.
Custom on Rosh Hashanah's first night is to eat, at the opening of the meal, a sweet apple dipped in honey. One should recite the following blessing first:
Then say, before tasting the fruit:
On Rosh Hashanah's second night, one eats the new fruit at once after Kiddush, prior to washing the hands for bread. Say the blessing of who creates the fruit (above) prior to eating the fruit (but not May it be). Everyone present then washes hands for the meal, see above.