Synagogue and Prayers Flashcards
The weekly Torah portion is divided into how many parts on Shabbat?
7
What does Aliyah mean?
Going up. Making aliyah (moving to Israel), receiving an aliyah (being called up to read from the Torah)
What are the 4 occasions where it is customary to receive an aliyah?
B’mizvah, Shabbat before your wedding, after the birth of a baby girl, and on the Shabbat before observing yartzeit.
Who receives the first aliyah?
A kohen.
מִי שֶׁבֵּרַךְ
Mi sheberach; request for blessing from God, as for someone who is sick.
בַּעַל קְרִיאָה/ בַּעַל קוֹרֵא
Baal keriah / Baal korei; member of a Jewish congregation who reads from the Sefer Torah during the service. As there are no niqqud, punctuation, or trope in a Sefer Torah, the baal keriah must memorize them beforehand.
Morning service
Shacharit
Afternoon service
Mincha
Evening service
Ma’ariv
Additional service on Shabbat and holidays
Mussaf
Siddur for the High Holy Days
Machzor
Torah scroll
Sefer Torah
Scribe who writes a Torah scroll
Sofer
Torah portion of the week
Parshat ha-shavua
Number of Torah portions in a year
54
Verses in smallest Torah portion
30
Verses in largest Torah portion
Over 150
How often are Jewish leap years?
7 out of every 19 years
What is sung as the Torah is taken out from the Ark?
כי מציון תצא תורה ודבר ה’ מירושלים ברוך שנתן תורה לעמו ישראל בקדושתו
For from Zion shall go forth the Torah, and the word of God from Jerusalem.
Gabbai, shamash
Runs service, assisting rabbi. Calls congregants to Torah; often treasurer or cemetery caretaker.
Any talk on Torah or Judaism
Dvar Torah
Selection from the prophetic books of the Bible
Haftorah
First aliya is assigned to…
a Kohain; Kohanim
Second aliya is assigned to…
Levi, Levi’im
Third aliya is called, and given to…
Shlishi (third); any member of congregation, as honor
May you be blessed
Baruch ti-hiyeh, response to “yasher koach” after Mi Shebeirach
Redemption of the firstborn male
פדיון הבן
Pidyon haben
Blessing of the Jewish community on holidays
Birkat kohanim
ברכת כהנים:
יברכך יהוה וישמרך
יאר יהוה פניו אליך ויחנך
ישא יהוה פניו אליך וישם לך שׁלום
Verses commanding tefillin
Deuteronomy 6:5-8
And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all you strength. Take to heart these instructions with which I charge you this day. Impress them upon your children. Recite them when you stay at home and when you are away, when you lie down and whem you get up. Bind them as a sign on your hand and let them serve as a frontlet between your eyes.
Amidah
Standing prayer, said 3 times per day at each service and at Mussar 19 benedictions, one for each letter of the aleph bet
Barechu
בָּרְכוּ אֶת יְיָ הַמְבֹרָךְ! (Bow) בָּרוּךְ יְיָ הַמְבֹרָךְ לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד!
Meaning/translation of Barechu prayer
Call to worship
Praise Adonai to whom our praise is due forever! Praised be Adonai to whom praise is due, now and forever!
Ashrei - when is it recited and where is the text from?
2x shacharit, 1x minchah, Psalm 145, 144:15, 84:5
Each verse in the ashrei…
… begins with a successive letter of the aleph bet, acrostic style
Ein keyloheinu
There is no one like our God; recited near end of shabbat shacharit service
עָלֵינוּ לְשַׁבֵּחַ
Aleinu l’shabeiach; it is upon us. At end of each daily service and middle of Rosh Hashanah mussaf.
