Gmar Hatima Tova

Published: Tue, 09/25/12

Gmar Hatima Tova

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Gmar Hatima Tova

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Yom Hakipurim

From Wikipedia:

Yom Kippur also known as the Jewish Day of Atonement, is one of the holiest days of the year for Jews.
Its central themes are atonement and repentance. Jews traditionally observe this holy day with a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer, often spending most of the day in synagogue services. Yom Kippur completes the annual period known in Judaism as the High Holy Days (or sometimes "the Days of Awe").

Yom Kippur is the tenth day of the month of Tishrei. According to Jewish tradition, God inscribes each person's fate for the coming year into a book, the Book of Life, on Rosh Hashanah, and waits until Yom Kippur to "seal" the verdict. During the Days of Awe, a Jew tries to amend his or her behavior and seek forgiveness for wrongs done against God (bein adam leMakom) and against other human beings (bein adam lechavero). The evening and day of Yom Kippur are set aside for public and private petitions and confessions of guilt (Vidui). At the end of Yom Kippur, one considers one's self absolved by God.

The Yom Kippur prayer service includes several unique aspects. One is the actual number of prayer services. Unlike a regular day, which has three prayer services (Ma'ariv, the evening prayer; Shacharit, the morning prayer; and Mincha, the afternoon prayer), or a Shabbat or Yom Tov, which have four prayer services (Ma'ariv; Shacharit; Musaf, the additional prayer; and Mincha), Yom Kippur has five prayer services (Ma'ariv; Shacharit; Musaf; Mincha; and Ne'ilah, the closing prayer). The prayer services also include a public confession of sins (Vidui) and a unique prayer dedicated to the special Yom Kippur avodah (service) of the Kohen Gadol in the Holy Temple in Jerusalem.

As one of the most culturally significant Jewish holidays, Yom Kippur is observed by many secular Jews who may not observe other holidays.

Many secular Jews attend synagogue on Yom Kippur--for many secular Jews the High Holidays are the only recurring times of the year in which they attend synagogue,[1]--causing synagogue attendance to soar, and almost two-thirds fast.

U Netane Tokef - Yom Hakipurim prayer singer Hanoch Albalak. Yair Rosenblum wrote the music after the Yom Kipur War - 1973.

Listen and look: Unetane Tokef Prayer

The following is the full translated text of the great prayer, "U'Netaneh Tokef," attributed to Rabbi Amnon of Mainz, as related to Rabbi Klonimus ben Meshullam. FROM www.ou.org/chagim/roshhashannah/unetanehtext.htm

THE ARK BEING OPEN:

Congregation and chazzan:

So now, the Kedushah prayer shall ascend to You, for You, our God, are King.

Congregation and chazzan:

Let us now relate the power of this day's holiness, for it is awesome and frightening. On it Your Kingship will be exalted; Your throne will be firmed with kindness and You will sit upon it in truth. It is true that You alone are the One Who judges, proves, knows, and bears witness; Who writes and seats, (counts and calculates); Who remembers all that was forgotten. You will open the Book of Chronicles - it will read itself, and everyone's signature is in it. The great shofar will be sounded and a still, thin sound will be heard. Angels will hasten, a trembling and terror will seize them - and they will say, 'Behold, it is the Day of Judgment, to muster the heavenly host for judgment!'- for they cannot be vindicated in Your eyes in judgment.

Chazzan:

All mankind will pass before You like members of the flock. Like a shepherd pasturing his flock, making sheep pass under his staff, so shall You cause to pass, count, calculate, and consider the soul of all the living; and You shall apportion the fixed needs of all Your creatures and inscribe their verdict.

Congregation then chazzan [in some congregations this is recited only by the chazzan]:

On Rosh Hashanah will be inscribed and on Yom Kippur will be sealed how many will pass from the earth and how many will be created; who will live and who will die; who will die at his predestined time and who before his time; who by water and who by fire, who by sword, who by beast, who by famine, who by thirst, who by storm, who by plague, who by strangulation, and who by stoning. Who will rest and who will wander, who will live in harmony and who will be harried, who will enjoy tranquillity and who will suffer, who will be impoverished and who will be enriched, who will be degraded and who will be exalted.

Congregation aloud, then chazzan:

But REPENTANCE, PRAYER and CHARITY

Remove the Evil of the Decree!

Congregation and chazzan:

For Your Name signifies Your praise: hard to anger and easy to appease, for You do not wish the death of one deserving death, but that he repent from his way and live. Until the day of his death You await him; if he repents You will accept him immediately.

Chazzan:

It is true that You are their Creator and You know their inclination, for they are flesh and blood. A man's origin is from dust and his destiny is back to dust, at risk of his life he earns his bread; he is likened to a broken shard, withering grass, a fading flower, a passing shade, a dissipating cloud, a blowing wind, flying dust, and a fleeting dream.

Congregation aloud, then chazzan:

But You are the King, the Living and Enduring G-d.

THE ARK IS CLOSED

Congregation then chazzan:

There is no set span to Your years and there is no end to the length of Your days. It is impossible to estimate the angelic chariots of Your glory and to elucidate Your Name's inscrutability. Your Name is worthy of You and You are worthy of Your Name, and You have included Your Name in our name.

Unetane Tokef (another version by the Gevatron)

Avinu Malkeinu Sings Barbara Streisand

Hear our prayer

We have sinned before

TheeHave compassion upon us and upon our children

Help us bring an end to pestilence, war, and famine

Cause all hate and oppression to vanish from the earthInscribe us for blessing in the Book Of Life

Let the new year be a good year for us

Avinu malkeinu

sh'ma kolenu

Avinu malkeinu chatanu l'faneycha

Avinu malkeinu alkenu chamol aleynu

V'al olaleynu v'tapenu
Avinu malkeinu

Kaleh dever v'cherev v'raav mealeynu

Avinu malkeinu kalehchol tsarUmastin mealeynu
Avinu malkeinu

Avinu malkeinu

Kotvenu b'sefer chayim tovim

Avinu malkeinu chadesh aleynu

Chadesh a leynu shanah tovah
Sh'ma kolenuSh'ma kolenuSh'ma kolenu
Avinu malkeinu
Avinu malkeinu

Chadesh a leynu
Shanah tovah
Avinu malkeinu

Sh'ma kolenu

ADON HASELIHOT - Hymn of Forgiveness

Adon haselichot
bochen levavot
goleh amukot
dover tzedakot

Chatanu lefaneicha
rachem aleinu.
(x2)

Hadur benifla'ot
vatik benechamot
zocher b'rit amo
choker kelayot

Chatanu lefaneicha
rachem aleinu.
(x2)

Male zakiyut
nora tehino
tzone'ach avonot
oneh be'etzavot

Chatanu lefaneicha
rachem aleinu

Ana be Koach - Sings Ovadia Hamama

"Ana be koach" Membet Haotiot

The "Ana be koach" prayer is named after the first two words of the prayer. It has been taken from the Sefer Yetzira book, which Abraham wrote.

Each and every one of the seven combinations of the prayer can take one to a higher energetic level, to a secret code connecting one to a channel of a different energetic dimension

"Ana be koach" is divided to 7 verses.

The first letters of every word form together seven letter sequences containing each 6 letters, 42 letters combined. This sequence is called "ben membet" or "the 42 letters". The importance of encrypted letters "mem-bet " is eminent in the primary prayers, for instance : the first verse of the "shema Israel" prayer contains 42 letters and each word is parallel to one of the 42 letters. Another example is the "shmone -esre" prayer, and the "amida" prayer, which begins with a blessing of 42 words. So does a main part of the "kadish", "...".

These are 7 words are composed by 6 letters each and are parallel to the 7 combinations of the mem-bet otiot. Throughout the generations, "Ana be koach" has become a part of the prayer book and is present in the morning and afternoon prayer service, and also in the welcoming of the Sabbath, before the "lecha dodi" psalm.

Each of the 7 combinations of "Ana be koach" can take one to a higher energetic level, to a secret code, which connects us to an energetic channel of a different strata. In the "Shaar kavanot" book, the sacred Ari writes that without the "Ana be koach" prayer a person cannot elevate to high spiritual levels.

Gmar Hatima Tova!

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