Shema Yom Kippur 5775 In pursuit of a fully integrated Scripture. Seeking to walk in the footsteps of the Messiah.

Candle Lighting Blessed are You, Oh Lord, our God, King of the universe, Who has made us holy with His commands, and commanded us to light the Shabbos candle and the Yom Kippur candle. Blessed are You, Oh Lord, our God, King of the universe, for keeping us alive, taking care of us, and bringing us to this time.

Here I Am To Worship Light of the world You stepped down into darkness Opened my eyes, let me see Beauty that made this heart adore you Hope of a life spent with you

And here I am to worship, Here I am to bow down Here I am to say that You’re my God You’re altogether lovely, altogether worship, Altogether wonderful to me

King of all days, oh, so highly exalted Glorious in heaven above Humbly you came to the earth you created All for love’s sake became poor

And here I am to worship, Here I am to bow down Here I am to say that You’re my God You’re altogether lovely, altogether worship, Altogether wonderful to me

I’ll never know how much it cost to see my sin upon that cross I’ll never know how much it cost to see my sin upon that cross And I’ll never know how much it cost to see my sin upon that cross

And here I am to worship, Here I am to bow down Here I am to say that You’re my God You’re altogether lovely, altogether worship, Altogether wonderful, wonderful, wonderful Yes, You are God!

I’ll never know how much it cost to see my sin upon that cross I’ll never know how much it cost to see my sin upon that cross

How Great Is Our God The splendor of a King clothed in majesty Let all the earth rejoice all the earth rejoice

He wraps Himself in light And darkness tries to hide And trembles at His voice Trembles at His voice

How great is our God — sing with me How great is our God — and all will see How great, How great is our God!

Age to age He stands And time is in His hands Beginning and the end

The Godhead three in one Father, Spirit, Son Lion and the lamb

How great is our God — sing with me How great is our God — and all will see How great, How great is our God!

Name above all names Worthy of all praise My heart will sing How great is our God (repeat)

How great is our God — sing with me How great is our God — and all will see How great, How great is our God! (3X)

Grace Like Rain Amazing grace how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me And I once was lost but now I’m found Was blind but now I see so clearly

Hallelujah, grace like rain falls down on me Hallelujah, all my sins are washed away They're washed away

’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear And grace my fears relieved How precious did that grace appear The hour I first believed

And hallelujah, grace like rains falls down on me And hallelujah, all my sins are washed away, they’re washed away

When we’ve been there ten thousand years Bright shining as the sun We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise Than when we’d first begun

And hallelujah, grace like rains falls down on me And hallelujah, all my sins are washed away, they’re washed away (repeat) Hallelujah And hallelujah, grace like rains falls down on me And hallelujah, all my sins are washed away, they’re washed away

How He Loves He is jealous for me, Loves like a hurricane, I am a tree, Bending beneath the weight of His wind and mercy. When all of a sudden, I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory And I realize just how beautiful You are And how great Your affections are for me

(Chorus) And oh, how He loves us, oh Oh, how He loves us How He loves us all

He is jealous for me, Loves like a hurricane, I am a tree, Bending beneath the weight of His wind and mercy. When all of a sudden, I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory, And I realize just how beautiful You are, And how great Your affections are for me

And oh, how He loves us, oh Oh, how He loves us, How He loves us all Yeah, He loves us Oh, how He loves us Oh, how He loves

And we are His portion and He is our prize, Drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes, If his grace is an ocean, we’re all sinking. And heaven meets earth like an unforeseen kiss, And my heart turns violently inside of my chest, I don’t have time to maintain these regrets, When I think about the way....

He loves us, Oh, how He loves us, Oh, how He loves. Yeah, He loves us, Oh, how He loves us, Oh, how He loves

Yeah, He loves us Oh, how He loves us Oh, how He loves us...

Kadosh Kadosh, kadosh, kadosh Adonai Elohim tz’va’ot

Holy, holy holy Holy, holy, holy O Lord our God Lord of hosts

Who was, and who is, and who is to come

Asher hayah V’hoveh v’yavo Asher hayah V’hoveh v’yavo

Who was, and who is, and who is to come

Shema (Face the Ark) Shema Israel, Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai Echad. Baruch shem k’vod malchuto l’olam va’ed

Shema (English) (Open the Ark) Hear, O Israel, the LORD our God, the LORD is One! Blessed be the name of His glorious kingdom, forever and ever. Amein.

(Torah is removed from the Ark) Gadlu l’Adonai iti, unrom’mah Sh’mo yachdav! Extol the Lord with me and together let us exalt His holy name! (Procession of the Ark)

Kol Nidre Light is planted for the righteous people, and for the people who are pure in their hearts—happiness. With Adonai’s approval, and with the congregation’s approval; in the Court in Heaven, and in the Court on Earth, we are giving permission to pray with sinners.

Repeat 3 Times All the different types of vows or restrictions that we took upon ourselves from the Yom Kippur of last year until this Yom Kippur, and from this Yom Kippur until next Yom Kippur, are hereby canceled and have no power. Our vows shall not be considered vows, our restrictions shall not be considered restrictions, and our oaths shall not be considered oaths.

May the entire nation of Israel, and also those who have joined the Jewish people, be forgiven for their sins, for it is as if they have been committed unintentionally. Please forgive the sins of your people, because You are filled with kindness, and like You have forgiven Your people from the time they were taken out of Egypt until today. And there (after they left Egypt and sinned) it says: (Repeat 3 Times) And Adonai said, “I have forgiven just as you have said.”

Blessed are You, Adonai, our God, King of the universe, for keeping us alive, taking care of us, and bringing us to this time. (congregation answers) Amen.

Viduy—said standing without leaning, but with head and body slightly bent Our God, and the God of our fathers, let our prayers come directly to You. Do not ignore our requests. We are not so disrespectful and stubborn to say to You, Adonai, “We are righteous, and we have not sinned.” We admit that we and our fathers have sinned. We are guilty, and have sinned against You, Adonai. We have betrayed Adonai, by not following His commands. We have robbed from other people.

We have told lies, and said things to harm others. We have made other people sin, by getting them not to follow Adonai’s way. We have made other people do wicked things, and caused them to sin. We have sinned on purpose, and then we tried to show that it wasn’t really a sin. We have taken from other people, and we have taken advantage of the poor and the weak. We have accused other people wrongly, by saying bad things about others.

We have given bad advice, by advising others to make the wrong choice. We have misled other people, by not keeping our word. We have made fun of other people and things, and made jokes about serious matters. We have rebelled, against Adonai, and showed that we don’t listen to what He says. We angered Adonai by being disrespectful to Him. We have turned away from Adonai, and not done the commands we should have.

We have not been honest, and convinced ourselves that we were doing the right thing. We have sinned by refusing to do certain commands, showing that we do not fully believe in Your holy Torah. We have caused other people to suffer, and not thought about their feelings and how we hurt them. We have been stubborn, and did not change our bad ways even when we suffered for them. We have been evil, and not followed Your Torah. We have ruined ourselves, and acted badly in ways that changed our nature.

We have been disgusting to you because of our sins. We have gone away from Your path, instead of coming close to You. You have let us go away from Your path, You gave us the freedom to choose between right and wrong. We have turned away from You, and Your commands, and from Your beautiful laws, but it was all for nothing and no good came of it. You are fair in everything that happens to us, because You have acted with truth, and we have done evil.

What can we say to You, You, Who are in Heaven, What can we tell You, You, Who are up High, Everything that is hidden and not hidden, You know.

Al Cheit You know the secrets of the universe, all the hidden mysteries, of all living things. You search in all the hidden places, studying our thoughts and feelings. Nothing is hidden from You, Nothing is unseen from Your Eyes. And so, may You choose to forgive us for all our mistakes, excuse us for all our sins that we did on purpose, atone for us for all our sins that we did rebelliously against You.

For the sin we have committed in front of You even if we were forced to do it, ◦We said we were forced, but we really should not have done it. For the sin we have committed in front of You because our heart was hardened, ◦We were stubborn and would not admit we were wrong. For the sin we have committed in front of You because we did not know better, ◦We should have studied and known better.

For the sin we have committed in front of You in speaking, ◦We should be more careful with what comes out of our mouth. For the sin we have committed in front of You both in front of people and not in front of people, ◦You, Adonai, see all our sins and everything we do. ◦For the sin we have committed in front of You by doing immoral things, ◦Watching or doing the wrong things. For the sin we have committed in front of You through speech,  By saying the wrong things, and not thinking before we speak.

For the sin we have committed in front of You knowing and tricking, ◦We used our knowledge to trick or mislead others. For the sin we have committed in front of You by thinking the wrong thing. We thought about sins we wanted to commit. For the sin we have committed in front of You by doing wrong to our friend, Our friends trusted us, but we fooled them and did wrong to them. For the sin we have committed in front of You by admitting our sin without really being sincere, ◦We weren’t really serious about doing teshuvah

For the sin we have committed in front of You by acting wrongly, ◦By being with people and going to places where people act improperly. For the sin we have committed in front of You on purpose and carelessly, ◦We must repent for not being careful. For the sin we have committed in front of You by not showing respect to parents and teachers, ◦Parents bring us into this world, and our Torah teachers bring us into the World to Come.

For the sin we have committed in front of You by the wrong use of power, ◦We took advantage of weak people. For the sin we have committed in front of You by desecrating Your Name, ◦People judge Believers by the way Believers act. If we do wrong, people will think that faith in Messiah is bad. For the sin we have committed in front of You by saying silly things, ◦Our teeth are there to guard our tongue from saying something bad, and our lips guard our mouth. We have to make sure we don’t say the wrong and foolish things. For the sin we have committed in front of You by saying disgusting things, ◦We must always be pure, say pure things, and keep our self-respect.

For the sin we have committed in front of You by listening to the evil inclination, ◦Instead of fighting the evil inclination, we sometimes encouraged him to lead us to do bad. For the sin we have committed in front of You by doing wrong to those who know and to those who don’t know, ◦Sometimes people know we did wrong to them, sometimes they do not; but either way it is very wrong.

For all these sins, God of forgiveness, please forgive us, excuse us, and atone for us.

For the sin we have committed in front of You through bribery, ◦We have paid someone to do wrong, or we have done wrong for payment. For the sin we have committed in front of You by denying things and making false promises, ◦We lied about things that happened and made false promises about what we would do. For the sin we have committed in front of You by saying lashon hara (evil tongue), ◦We may not say bad things about others. For the sin we have committed in front of You for making fun, ◦When someone tried to give us good advice, we mocked them.

For the sin we have committed in front of You in business dealings, ◦By not dealing honestly with others. For the sin we have committed in front of You with food and drink, ◦Adonai blesses us by giving us food. When we do not treat food with respect, or when we eat foods we may not eat, or eat without making a blessing, we are showing Adonai that we are not grateful for His gift. For the sin we have committed in front of You by charging interest, ◦When we lend someone money, we are not allowed to take back more than we gave them. For the sin we have committed in front of You by acting arrogantly, ◦We act as if we are better than others.

For the sin we have committed in front of You by looking at the wrong things, ◦We should not look at bad things. For the sin we have committed in front of You by foolish, improper talk, ◦We sometimes say foolish things. Sometimes we talk without thinking. No good comes from this. For the sin we have committed in front of You by looking down on others, ◦Adonai created us all in His image, and it is not for us to decide who is better and who is worse. For the sin we have committed in front of You because we did not care that others were watching, ◦If we would be embarrassed by others looking down at us for sinning, we wouldn’t sin.

◦For all these sins, God of forgiveness, please forgive us, excuse us, and atone for us.

For the sin we have committed in front of You by not accepting our responsibility, ◦At Mount Sinai the Hebrew people agreed to follow Adonai’s commandments. For the sin we have committed in front of You in matters of judgment, ◦We have judged people wrongly; and even “judged” Adonai and found him “wrong” for not doing everything we want. For the sin we have committed in front of You by taking advantage of a neighbor, ◦Sometimes we take advantage of our friends. Sometimes we hurt the ones who trust us. For the sin we have committed in front of You by being jealous, ◦Everything we have is a gift from Adonai. Nothing is really ours, and nothing really belongs to our friends, so there is never a reason to be jealous or not to share.

For the sin we have committed in front of You by acting improperly, ◦Every person has responsibilities that must e taken seriously. For the sin we have committed in front of You by being stubborn, ◦We suffer to prompt us to improvement. We are sometimes stubborn and refuse to get the message. For the sin we have committed in front of You by running to do evil, ◦We make our sinning even worse when we love the sin so much that we run to do it. For the sin we have committed in front of You by gossiping, ◦Telling someone about what others did to him is a sin—it is a sin to say it and a sin to listen.

For the sin we have committed in front of You by swearing falsely or for no reason, ◦When we swear we use Adonai’s Name. It is a big sin to take an oath improperly. For the sin we have committed in front of You by hating other people, ◦Every person is created by Adonai in His image. One can be unhappy with what another person does, but not with the other person himself. For the sin we have committed in front of You by not helping others, ◦How can we expect Adonai to help us, if we are not willing to help others. For the sin we have committed in front of You by being confused, ◦We must remember that everything that happens to us comes from Adonai, who is kind, loving and fair.

For all these sins, God of forgiveness, please forgive us, excuse us, and atone for us.

And for the sins which require us to bring a burnt offering, ◦This is how to do repentance for not fulfilling a positive commandment or of thinking bad things. And for the sins which require us to bring a sin sacrifice, This is a sin offering which we bring for breaking certain commandments carelessly And for the sins which require us to bring a sin offering of adjustable value, whose value changes based on the person’s wealth, ◦This is brought for swearing falsely in court about someone’s testimony and for five other specific sins mentioned in the Torah And for the sins which require us to bring a guilt sacrifice, for a sin we definitely did or for a sin we might have done, ◦Certain sins require a guilt sacrifice. There is also a special guilt sacrifice which is brought if we are not sure if we did certain sins.

Since the destruction of the Second Temple, a Court cannot order the death penalty. Adonai, Himself, finds the proper way to punish this person... ◦But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Messiah died for us. Romans 5:8

Those sins that we know about, and those sins that we do not know about. Those sins that we know about, we have already admitted to You. And those sins that we do not know about, You still know about them, as it says in the Torah.

May it be Your Will, Adonai, our God, and the God of our fathers, that I will not sin anymore. And all that I have sinned, will You please wash me clean with Your great mercy, but not by punishing me or making me suffer by being sick. ◦But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. Isaiah 53:5

Yud Gimmel Middos And Adonai passed before him (Moses) and said: ◦Adonai, Adonai, God, Compassionate and Graceful, Slow to anger, and full of Kindness and Truth, Who holds on to kindness for thousands of generations, Who forgives sins, sins that we did on purpose and by mistake, and Who cleanses us.

May You forgive our sins and mistakes and make us Your people. Forgive us, our Father, for we have made mistakes. Pardon us, our King, for we have even sinned on purpose. You, Adonai, are good and forgive. You are very kind to everyone who calls out to You.

Shema Koleinu Please repeat after me: 1. Listen to us, Adonai, our God, have pity on us, and accept our prayer with mercy. 2. Bring us back to You, Adonai, and we shall return to You. Let us be as we used to be.

Please say these quietly in your hearts: 3. Listen to what we say, and understand what we are thinking. 4. May what we say and what we think find favor with You, Adonai, our Rock and Redeemer.

Please repeat these out loud: 5. Do not throw us away from You, and don’t take Your Holiness away from us. 6. Do not send us away when we are old. Do not abandon us when we have no strength. Do not leave us, Adonai, our God, do not be far away from us.

Show us a good sign, so that our enemies will see it, and be embarrassed. You, Adonai, will help us and comfort us. We have trusted in You, Adonai, and You will answer us.

Ne’ilah Remember us for life, Adonai, Who wants life. And seal us in the Book of Life--for Your sake. And seal all Believers, the children of Your covenant, for a good life. In the Book of Life, blessing, peace, and livelihood, may You remember us and seal us and Your whole nation, for a good and peaceful life.

Torah Returned To the Ark Hashivenu Adonai eleicha v’nashuvah. Chadosh, chadosh yameinu, Chadosh yameinu kekedem. ◦Cause us to return to You, O LORD, and we shall return. Renew our hearts as in days of old.

Oseh Shalom Oseh Shalom Bimromav Hu ya’aseh Shalom Aleinu, v’al kol Yisrael V’imru Amen.

May God who makes peace in the heavens, make peace for all of us and for all of Israel.