How to use this page
Start with the flow below, then open the linked prayers in the main Siddur for full bilingual reading with commentary layers.
Rosh Hashanah / Yom Kippur flow
1. Opening intention
Focus: Accountability and renewal.
2. Avinu Malkeinu
Focus: Mercy + justice + life.
3. Vidui themes
Focus: Honest inventory and repair.
4. Unetaneh Tokef themes
Focus: Fragility, urgency, and return.
5. Closing commitment
Focus: One specific act of teshuvah.
Yom Kippur quick mode (about 20-30 min)
Use this short sequence when you need a focused High Holiday experience without a full machzor-length service.
1. Kol Nidrei context
Read: opening formula and intention about truthful speech.
2. Avinu Malkeinu
Read: 3-5 core lines together.
3. Vidui
Read: Ashamnu + Al Chet starter lines slowly.
4. Unetaneh Tokef
Read: core lines + one minute of silence.
5. Ne'ilah close
Read: Shema, Baruch Shem, Adonai Hu HaElohim (x7), then final blast if available.
Core prayers already live
Next Mahzor additions queued
RH Musaf: Malchuyot, Zichronot, Shofarot starter blocks.
Yom Kippur add-ons: longer Al Chet selection and communal response cues.
Ne'ilah expansion: full closing paragraph options by service length.
Audio helper: optional cantorial pacing for key High Holiday passages.