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Kedusha
… A responsorial prayer segment from the third benediction of Hazarat Hashatz … a prayers during weekdays, Sabbaths, and festivals. In the Ashkenazi and Egyptian Nussa h s it is read in the Musaf … Thy Name in the world') introduces the Kedushot in Ashkenazi rite in both the Sha h arit and Min h ah …
Priestly Blessing- Birkat Kohanim
… I will bless them.” [2] The priestly blessing is an ancient prayer that is both beautiful and classically simple. The … , he summarized the Halakhot that were customary for the Ashkenazi Jews in that period. His version would become the … All of the Jewish communities in Israel, both Sephardic and Ashkenazi, follow this tradition. In the Diaspora, it is a …
Ne’ilah
… Yom Kippur is the only Holy Day that has five. As the last prayer of the day, Ne’ilah starts approximately one hour … and Yom-Kippur, is amended to the word 'to seal. In the Ashkenazi liturgy, Ne’ilah receives a unique musical … ha-shatz). This practice follows the emphasis made by Ashkenazi communities to differentiate Nei'la by musical …
Seliha-Selihot
… for forgiveness for one's sins that appears in various prayers and services. The Seliha does not have a fixed form, … and these differ among the various Jewish communities. The Ashkenazi communities begin performing the service on the … Selihot are recited early in the morning, before dawn. In Ashkenazi communities, the first service on Saturday eve is …
Kabalat Shabat
… the Friday evening service that precedes the regular Arvit prayer and welcomes in the Sabbath. This prayer begins before darkness and in some conservative … the reading and singing of the following: Pslam 29 (In Ashkenazi communities it is preceded by Psalms 95-99). The …
Ein Ke'eloheinu
… piyyut from the Ge'onim era (7 th -11 th centuries). In the Ashkenazi Nusach it is recited on Sabbaths and festivals following the Musaf prayer. In the traditions of the Sephardic Nussach, the Ashkenazim in Eretz-Israel, and the Ari's Kabbalah, it is …
The Tedeschian Community
… [1] The Tedeschian Jews are Ashkenazi Jews who originated in Germany, and immigrated to … The name 'Tedeschi' (Tedescho in singular), which means 'Ashkenazi' or 'German,' was coined by the local Italian Jews … between the musical fashion outside the synagogue and the prayer melodies. On the other hand, the melodies for the …
Responsorial Singing
… 4:5; B. Meg. 24a) scholars have claimed that the Shema prayer and its blessings were recited responsorially. Before the advent of printing, few prayer books were available in the synagogue. To enable … of the ḥ azzan , it remained significant feature of Western Ashkenazic ( minhag ashkenaz ) synagogue song. The following …
Ki Hinneh Kahomer
… translation is taken from Philip Birnbaum's High Holiday Prayer Book (NY: Hebrew Publishing Company, 1951). This piyyut is a part of the Selichot prayers which are said on Yom Kippur eve in the Ashkenazi nusach. The poet uses a metaphor comparing the …
Shofet Kol Ha'aretz
… to this day through performance, its presence in the Ashkenazi rite is obscured due to the general abandonment of … ha’aretz is a Sephardic poem that found its way into the Ashkenazi rite. As the High Holy Days season arrives, we … close association between Temple sacrifices and synagogue prayers. Since the loss of the Temple, prayer has fulfilled …