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“Evening and morning and at noon I shall pray” Psalm 55:17

• 3 Group prayer times for men– 4rth service on Holy-days, after morning prayer.

Morning prayers longest

• Also prayers at Night before morning Shema before Bed

Daily prayers: 2 ways

• short version for small groups

• Full liturgy, if there are enough people.

Minyan

• 10 adults are needed before prayer rituals are performed in full.

• Orthodox: only men count toward Minyan

Evening: Ma'arivsundown and midnight.

• Shema

• Amidah: Shemoneh Esrei / “18 Benedictions”

• Aleinu

Shema: Quotes from Torah“Hear, Oh Israel, the Lord is our god, the Lord is

One…

And you shall love the Lord your God with all your

heart and with all your soul and with all your might.

And these words that I command you today shall be in

your heart.

And you shall teach them diligently to your children,

and you shall speak of them when you sit at home,

and when you walk along the way, and when you lie

down and when you rise up.”

“And you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.”

Tefillah / Tefillin

Tefillah: Many prayers require their use

“And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.”

• Mezuzah

• Deut. 6:4-9, 11:13-21

Mezuzah / Mezuzoth

Mezuzah / Mezuzot

Amidah or Shemoneh Esrei

• “18 Benedictions” actually 19…

• Recited quietly while standing. private prayer can be added.

• Prayer leader recites it again loudly.

Amidah

• Symbolic of the “Holy of Holies”: innermost sanctuary of the Temple.

• Private recitation has plural appeals to god.

• Individual face to face with God

Reform changes:www.us-israel.org/jsource/Judaism/amidah.html

Adds Matriarchs’ names.

Sarah Rebecca Rachael Leah

Resurrection replaced with God as author of life.

God is more universal: god of all people, not just of Israel.

Aleinu

• Main prayer of closing of service.

• Declaration of duty to obey God.

• “It is our duty to praise the Master of all, to ascribe greatness to the Molder of primeval creation, ….

Morning: Shacharit

• Morning Blessings

• Shema

• Amidah

• Torah reading (Mon., Thurs., Sat. & holidays)

• Aleinu

– Musaf: Additional service: Sabbath and Hol.

Morning Blessings

• Thanks for many things, including:

• … not making me a gentilenot making me a slave

• not making me a woman

• expl. Women not bound to many mitzvoth, so men are grateful for the honour of having more commandments.

Tallit & Tzitzit

Aliyah

• Being asked to “come up” to bless and/or read Torah.

Afternoon Service (Minchah)

• Amidah Shemoneh Esrei

• Aleinu

SynagogueBeit Knesset

House of Assembly• Reform, Conservative

– Structured services

• Orthodox:

– Ref. English – Cons. Hebrew– Leader faces people

Beit Knesset

Orthodox may say “Shul” = School.– “Study Torah”

Reform Jews call the B.Kn “temple”

Conserv. “Synagogue” most typical

Synagogue

• Conservative = “Synagogue”

• Reform = “Temple”

Orthodox

• “Free form”, people go at own pace

• Leader faces same direction as congregation

• Segregated: Women on one side or behind a screen.

– Hebrew

Cons. & Reform

• Non-segragated

• More structured

• Everyday languages are used

• Services shorter

Issues

• Segregation

• How much like a “church” should it be?

• Use of pianos, organs etc allowable?

Berakhot

• BRK = Blessing

• 100 per day.

• Before observing Mitzvah

• Before material benefit

• Before special time, event

Rabbi

• Teacher• Interpreter of Halakah

• Administrator.

• Officiates at ceremonies

NOT a priest

Cantor / chazzan

• Chants prayers for congregation.

• Administrator.

• Officiates at ceremonies

Gabbai

• Two, assist with Torah reading.

Calendar

• 5763

• Since the world began

• New Year in 7th month…

High Holy Days (10 days)

• Rosh Hashanah

• Yom Kippur

• Other autumn festivalsSukkoth

• Simhat Torah.