Some Prayers from Our Shabbat Service

Praying the prayers in the siddur (Jewish prayer book) can seem overwhelming for the beginner….”All that Hebrew! How do I begin?”

Good news! We are here to help you find your way in discovering the riches of Jewish prayer.

Below you’ll find the basic overview of Ruach Israel’s Shabbat service as well as some helpful resources for your Friday evening shabbat table, ending the Sabbath with Havdalah and some Holy Day Melodies that will come in handy. Each section provides recordings of prayers sung by Senior Cantor Phil Bromwell. Click the headphone icon to listen to an MP3, and click the document icon to view a PDF of the prayer. You will also see the corresponding numbers from our Ruach Israel Siddur.

There are also several helpful service guides on the side bar.

We hope that spending some time learning the prayers will help make your encounter with the siddur on Shabbat and festivals that much more meaningful.

Scroll down to review our Shabbat Morning, Shabbat at Home and Holy Days services, OR click a link to jump quickly to a section:

• Shabbat Morning Service
• Shabbat at Home
• Holy Days

SHABBAT MORNING SERVICE

INTRODUCTORY PRAYERS

• Matovu Page 3 in Siddur Ruach Israel
• Baruch Sh’amar Page 5 in Siddur Ruach Israel
• Yishtabach Page 21 in Siddur Ruach Israel
• HatziKaddish Page 23 in Siddur Ruach Israel

SHEMA AND BLESSINGS

• Barekhu and First Blessing of the Shema, (YotzerOr and OrChadash) Page 25 and 31 in Siddur Ruach Israel
• Second Blessing of the Shema (AhavaRabba) Middle of page 31 in Siddur Ruach Israel
• Shema and V’ahavta Page 35 in Siddur Ruach Israel
• Ha Elohim Asher Diber Page 39 in Siddur Ruach Israel
• Third Blessing of the Shema (MiChamocha)
• Third Blessing of the Shema continued (TzurYisrael) Middle of Page 41 in Siddur Ruach Israel

AMIDAH

• Opening Introduction, First Blessing (Avot, Ancestors,) 2nd Blessing (Gevurot, God’s Might) and 3rd Blessing Kedusha (Holiness) Page 43-51 in Siddur Ruach Israel (skip page 47)
• Hu Eloheinu Page 47 in Siddur Ruach Israel

TORAH SERVICE

• EinKamokha — Vay’hiBinsoa Page 67-69 in Siddur Ruach Israel
• Responsorial Shema Middle of page 69 in Siddur Ruach Israel
• V’zotHa Torah Page 77 in Siddur Ruach Israel
•  Etz Chaim Hi Page 89 in Siddur Ruach Israel

TORAH BLESSINGS

• Torah Page 73 in Siddur Ruach Israel
• Haftara Page 77 in Siddur Ruach Israel
• Brit Chadasha Page 81 in Siddur Ruach Israel

CONCLUDING PRAYERS

• Aleinu
• AdonOlam Page 99 in Siddur Ruach Israel
• Kiddush (V’shamru) Page 151 in Siddur Ruach Israel

SHABBAT

KABBALAT SHABBAT

• Coming soon

SHABBAT AT HOME

•  Rabbi Nathan walks through Shabbat dinner prayers
• Shalom Alechem (page 1)
• Blessings over the kids (page 2)
• EshetChayil (page 3)
• Erev Shabbat Kiddush (page 7)
• Handwashing and Motzie (Blessing over the Challah) (page 11)

HAVDALAH

•  Rabbi Nathan Walks through Havdala Prayers (page 19 in Ruach Israel Bentcher)
• Hine El Yeshuati (page 153)
• Blessings over the wine, spices, flame and separation (pages 155)
• Eliyahu hanavi (page 155)

BIRKOT HAMAZON

•  Full version. (Find full text to follow along with in any daily Siddur or Bencher.)
• Ruach Israel abbreviated version (pages 12-18 in Ruach Israel Birkon)

HOLY DAYS

• Hallel
• 13 Attributes
• HayomHaratOlam
• HH Barkhu+Shema
• Kevaqarat
• Lo Yisa Goy Niggun
• Select Niggunim
• Zokhrenul’chaim, avinumalkenu, and v’alkulam