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. Note that we’ve tried to arrange the music by High Holiday service AND in order of their use during the service.  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 many of the melodies listed below.  

Rosh HaShanah Musaf

1. Yihyu L’ratzon: A melody that will be sung by all the minyanim at the conclusion of the silent amidah.
2. K’vakarat Roeh Edro (Hadar)*: Found right after “Un’taneh Tokef”, this melody leads right into “B’Rosh Hashanah Yikateivun …”
3. Ki Ch’Shimcha: 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.
4. NEW! – Ein Kitzvah: This popular modzitzer tune is used for the paragraph immediately preceding the Musaf Kedusha.  This recording comes from the Israeli group Kol Achai.  Click here for more of their music!
5. Chamol Al Ma’asecha (Hadar)*: This melody comes in right after the Kedushah.
6. 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!
7. V’Chol Ma’aminim 2: A different melody for the same piyyut as #3, found right after “Chamol”. We will use both of the melodies at some point during the Yamin Noraim.
8. Simcha L’Artzecha: This melody comes shortly before the “Malchuyot” portion of the repetition of the Musaf Amidah.
9. 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!
10. NEW! - Galeh: This powerful tune, found in the middle of the text shortly before the Malchuyot section, has only a few words to learn.
11. NEW! – Shehu Note Shamayim: A fun, easy-to-learn melody for the section immediately following the bowing in Aleinu.
12. 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!
13. HaVen Yakir Li: This can be found in the middle of the “Zichronot” portion of the repetition of the Musaf Amidah.
14. REVISED! – B’Sefer Chayim: This is the paragraph right after “Sim Shalom” toward the end of the repetition of the Musaf Amidah.
15. 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.
16. Hayom Hayom Hayom 2: This melody, an original composition by our very own Rabbi Julia Andelman, lends a majestic feel to the “Hayom” prayer at the end of the repetition of the musaf amidah.
17. NEW! – Vahaviotim: This melody follows immediately after Hayom.

Yom Kippur Kol Nidre

1. Or Zarua LaTzadik: As we take out the Torahs before Kol Nidre, we will sing this melody.
2. Tov L’Hodot: One of the psalms for Shabbat.  We use this psalm when Kol Nidre falls on a Friday night (as it does this year, 2011).
3. Yihyu L’ratzon: See RH Musaf “A” above.
4. Ya’ale Tachanuneinu: One of the liturgical poems right after the silent amidah during the Kol Nidre service.
5. HaNeshamah Lach: Feel free to hum along as the leader sings this melody during the Kol Nidre service.
6. 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.
7. Salachti: A piyyut from the Yom Kippur Kol Nidre service (handout).
8. Ki Hinei KaHomeir (Hadar)*: A piyyut from the Yom Kippur Kol Nidre service.
9. Ki Hinei KaHomeir 2: same piyyut as above, but different melody.  We will be using the other one at Koleinu this year, 2011.
10. Al Tashlicheinu: One of the lines of the “sh’ma koleinu” section during the Kol Nidre Service.
11. Hu Ya’aneinu: A piyyut from the Kol Nidre Service, this melody has some great rhythm to it.
12. Rachamana: Don’t be intimidated by this 4 word tongue twister!  It’s actually a meaningful play on words: “Rachamana de’anei le’aniyey aneina” (Merciful one, who answers the poor – answer us).
13. 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 (but not this year, 2011, since Yom Kippur is on Shabbat).
14. 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.

Yom Kippur Musaf

1. Gam Ki Eilech: We will sing this melody together during the Yizkor service on Yom Kippur.
2. Yihyu L’ratzon: See RH Musaf “A” above.
3. Ma’aseh Eloheinu: A piyyut from the Yom Kippur musaf service.
4. K’vakarat Roeh Edro (Hadar)*: See RH Musaf “B” above.
5. Ki Ch’Shimcha: See RH Musaf “C” above.
6. NEW! – Ein Kitzvah: See RH Musaf “D” above.
7. Chamol Al Ma’asecha (Hadar)*: See RH Musaf “E” above.
8. V’Chol Ma’aminim 1: See RH Musaf “F” above.
9. V’Chol Ma’aminim 2: See RH Musaf “G” above.
10. Simcha L’Artzecha: See RH Musaf “H” above.
11. V’Ye’etayu (Hadar)*: See RH Musaf “I” above.
12. NEW! – Galeh: See RH Musaf “J” above.
13. NEW! – Shehu Note Shamayim: See RH Musaf “K” above.
14. 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!
15. NEW! – Geller Niggun: We will use this beautiful niggun during the Martyrology.
    
16. REVISED! – B’Sefer Chayim: See RH Musaf “N” above.

* 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.