Prayer Service Resources
Yamim Noraim
Selihot
- Piyut Mi She-Anah rewritten to include women's stories. Written by Lisa Exler and Julia Andelman.
- Order of service for Selihot. Originally written for Cambridge Minyan.
- Recordings of Ebn Leader and Elie Kaunfer leading Selihot services at Kehilat Hadar.
Rosh HaShanah
- Candle lighting for Yom Tov.
- Kiddush for Rosh HaShanah evening and morning.
- Rosh HaShanah Guide. Handout and explanation of the Rosh HaShanah service written by Ethan Tucker. Designed to make the services more accessible to beginners.
- Order of service for Rosh HaShanah, with page numbers for Silverman mahzor.
- Supplement for the Silverman mahzor, including Psalm 130, B'rikh Sh'meih etc.
- Honor cards for Rosh HaShanah. Use these to give out honors to the congregation, such as aliyot or opening the ark.
- Haftarah blessings for Rosh HaShanah morning. Click here if Rosh HaShanah falls on shabbat.
- Piyut VeYe'etayu arranged for easier singing.
- Instructions for the Shofar service, from Kehilat Hadar.
- Birkat Kohanim explanation and handout.
- Havdallah for Yom Tov. Click here if Rosh HaShanah falls on shabbat.
Tashlikh
Yom Kippur
- Candle lighting for Yom Tov.
- Yom Kippur Guide. Handout and explanation of the Yom Kippur service written by Ethan Tucker. Designed to make the services more accessible to beginners.
- Order of service for Yom Kippur, with page numbers for Silverman mahzor (only fully accurate when Yom Kippur falls on shabbat).
- Supplement for the Silverman mahzor, including Psalm 130, B'rikh Sh'meih etc.
- Piyut Mi She-Anah rewritten to include women's stories. Written by Lisa Exler and Julia Andelman. For Kol Nidrei.
- Honor cards for Yom Kippur. Use these to give out honors to the congregation, such as aliyot or opening the ark.
- Haftarah blessings for Yom Kippur morning and afternoon. Click here if Yom Kippur falls on shabbat.
- Piyut VeYe'etayu arranged for easier singing.
- Readings to be distributed for the Martyrology service during Yom Kippur musaf. At Kehilat Hadar in 2006, the first was read aloud and the rest were read silently.
- Birkat Kohanim explanation and handout.
- Yom Kippur youth service outline. Written by Rachel Petroff Kessler.
- Havdallah for Yom Tov. Click here if Yom Kippur falls on shabbat.
- Kiddush Levanah, can be said the evening after Yom Kippur when the moon is visible.
Learning Tefillah
Want to learn more about our prayers—from both a meaning and experiential angle? Read and listen to thoughts on different sections of tefillah from R. Elie Kaunfer, Dena Weiss, and Joey Weisenberg.