Minyan Koleinu High Holiday Melodies

If you signed up to attend the Minyan Koleinu High Holiday services, we encourage you to listen to these melodies.

We hope that by learning the melodies in advance, you will enhance your personal experience and enjoyment of the davening and contribute to the communal and participatory feel of the service.

Please click on the name of the song below to hear the melody. If you have trouble downloading the music, we would be happy to make a CD for you. Contact the Congregation Beth Sholom office to request a CD.

Please click here to view the text of most of the melodies listed below.

  1. K’vakarat Roeh Edro (Hadar)*: Found right after “Un’taneh Tokef”, this melody leads right into “B’Rosh Hashanah Yikateivun …”
  2. Chamol Al Ma’asecha (Hadar)*: This melody comes in right after the Kedushah. The tune incorporates more words of the Tefilah than are included in the Harlow machzor, so we will be providing a handout which includes the additional text.
  3. V’Chol Ma’aminim 1: This is immediately after “Chamol”. You may recognize the melody as a popular Carlebach tune which we’ve actually used at Minyan Koleinu on Shabbat morning for “El Adon”. It’s repetitive and easy to learn!
  4. Simcha L’Artzecha: This melody comes shortly before the “Malchuyot” portion of the repetition of the Musaf Amidah.
  5. V’Ye’etayu (Hadar)*: Just after “Simcha L’Artzecha,” this is a great participatory melody. All you need to learn is four words and lots of “nai nai nai”s!
  6. HaYom Harat Olam: This is the paragraph just after the shofar-blowing at the end of each section of the repetition of the Musaf Amidah. It appears three times, so it is definitely worth learning!
  7. HaVen Yakir Li: This can be found in the middle of the “Zichronot” portion of the repetition of the Musaf Amidah.
  8. B’Sefer Chayim: This is the paragraph right after “Sim Shalom” toward the end of the repetition of the Musaf Amidah.
  9. Hayom Hayom Hayom …: This melody actually only uses the word “Hayom” one time per line! This is the “Hayom” prayer at the end of the repetition.
  10. Or Zarua LaTzadik: As we take out the Torahs before Kol Nidre, we will sing this.
  11. Ya’ale Tachanuneinu: One of the liturgical poems right after the silent amidah during the Kol Nidre service.
  12. HaNeshamah Lach: Feel free to hum along as the leader sings this melody during the Kol Nidre service.
  13. Thirteen Attributes: The popular thirteen attributes (“Adonai Adonai…”) appear many times during the Yom Kippur service. We will use this melody for some of those times.
  14. Ki Hinei Chachomer: Another one of the liturgical poems after the silent amidah during the Kol Nidre service.
  15. Al Tashlicheinu: One of the lines of the “sh’ma koleinu” section during the Kol Nidre Service.
  16. Gam Ki Eilech: We will sing this melody together during the Yizkor service on Yom Kippur.
  17. V’Chol Ma’aminim 2: A different melody for the same piyyut as #3, found right after “Chamol”. We will use this one during Musaf on Yom Kippur.
  18. Mar’eh Kohein (Hadar)*: This melody describes the excitement of the children of Israel when they saw the high priest emerging from the Holy Tabernacle after making the most important offerings of the year. This comes at the end of the Avodah service during Yom Kippur Musaf, so stick around!
  19. Yihyu L’ratzon: A melody that will be sung by all the minyanim this year during the time between the conclusion of the silent amidah of Musaf and the Shaliach Tzibur’s recitation of Hineni.
  20. Avinu Malkeinu (Hadar)*: Found in the first line of the Avinu Malkeinu prayer. This prayer is said during Shacharit on Rosh HaShanah, and therefore, this melody will be used at Koleinu only on Yom Kippur.
  21. NEW! – V’Chol Mi She-Oskim: An extension of the “Un’taneh Tokef” prayer, the words for this melody, which is from the song “Acheinu”, are sandwiched between the line “U’Teshuva, U’Tefila, U’Tzedaka…” and the Kedusha.
  22. NEW! – Hu Ya’aneinu: A piyyut from the Kol Nidre Service, this melody has some great rhythm to it.
  23. NEW! – Yigdal: This is the very last piece of the evening service on the High Holidays. We’ll be using it at the end of the Kol Nidre service, in lieu of the of the slower traditional tune, in order to end our service on an energetic note.

* Some of these recordings have been taken from the Kehilat Hadar CD, Pri Eitz Hadar. We thank Hadar for allowing us to share these melodies with you. To learn more about the Pri Eitz Hadar CD or to buy a copy, please go to the Kehilat Hadar website.