A Mahzor for Rosh ha-Shanah and Yom Kippur

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Mahzor for Rosh ha-Shanah page 5

Mahzor for Yom Kippur page 37

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Rosh ha-Shanah

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Mah TovuStoryteller: Long ago, the Jewish people spent forty years wandering about in the desert. It was a long and hard journey. When, after years, they had almost reached the land of Israel, a wicked king named Balak tried to stop them. Balak didn’t want to let the people of Israel pass through his land. He hired a very powerful magician named Bilam to put a curse on them.

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Bilam went to the top of a high mountain and looked down on the Jewish people. He saw their camp far below. He got ready to say a curse. But then something happened. Bilam looked down and saw the special tent they had built as a place to worship God. He could only speak words of blessing. His “curse” came out as a blessing. He said:

Leader:.

Mah Tovu O-ha-lekha Ya’akov Misk’notekha Yisrael.

Families of Jacobyour tents are very beautiful.People of Israel, you have a veryspecial place to worship.All who bless you will be blessed.

Storyteller: We remember Bilam’s words when we come into our place of worship. We think of the beauty of this place and the importance of this time together. We sing Mah Tovu.

Congregation: .

Mah Tovu O-ha-lekha Ya’akov Misk’notekha Yisrael.

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Birkhot ha-ShaharCongregation: ALEF BET GIMMEL DALET

Storyteller: It was Rosh ha-Shanah. Everyone was in the synagogue to welcome the New Year with prayers. The people were hard at work trying to really mean every word they were reading. From the back of the synagogue there was a whisper.

Congregation: ALEF BET GIMMEL DALET

Storyteller: At fi rst it was very quiet. Almost no one noticed. Everyone was paying close attention to his or her prayerbook. But over and over from the back of the room came the whisper.

Congregation: ALEF BET GIMMEL DALET