Prayer and Worship at TBI – High holy Days
Worship Adonai with gladness! Come into God’s presence with singing. (Psalm 100:2)
Prayers for High Holy Days were recorded live at Temple Beth Israel in Skokie and Evanston Township High School. Services led by Rabbi Michael Weinberg, Director of Music, Marla Aviva Bentley (conductor and voice), Jennifer McCabe, piano, Elizabeth Anderson, cello, and the Temple Beth Israel High Holy Day Choir. 5781 HHD Quartet: Nancy Wiebe Mazurowski, Marissa Simmons, Philip Seward, Brian Hupp. Music Videos for HHDs 5781 production by Steve Eisen of Eisen Video Productions.
Prayer books: Mishkan HaNefesh for Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur available for purchase by contacting Temple Beth Israel
Primary sources of music include Yamim Noraim Volume I and II, edited by Samuel Adler, and Shirei T’shuvah: Songs of Repentance, available for purchase from Transcontinental Music Publishing, or directly from linked composers. Temple Beth Israel is licensed to stream through JLicense: #A-700135.
To stream HHD services, go to https://tbiskokie.org/.
To read my articles on music and prayer, go to the Chai Notes column of the TBI Bulletin.
When we sing, we pray twice.
Page 6 in MN Rosh HaShanah:
Hashiveinu – Traditional
Zochreinu – Goldfarb
Shalom Rav – Ben Steinberg
Sim Shalom – Max Janowski
Pages 77, 223 MN Rosh HaShanah, and pages 115, 253, 429, 664 MN Yom Kippur:
Avinu Malkeinu – Max Janowski
Avinu Malkeinu – Folk
Page 60 in MN Rosh HaShanah and Page 72 in MN Yom Kippur:
R’tzei – Stephen Richards
Page 174 in MN Rosh HaShanah and page 208 in MN Yom Kippur:
Un’taneh Tokef – Lewandowksi
Page 16 in MN Yom Kippur:
Or Zarua – Mark Lipson
Page 18 in MN Yom Kippur:
Kol Nidrei – H. Fromm/S. Adler
with Elizabeth Anderson, cello
Page 82 and 416 in MN Yom Kippur:
Tavo L’fanecha – Max Janowski
Sue Reisberg, soloist
Pages 87, 90, 302, 306, 419, 421 in MN Yom Kippur:
V’al Kulam – Folk/M. Feinsinger
Page 98 in MN Yom Kippur:
Sh’ma Koleinu – Max Helfman
Pages 70, 220 MN Rosh Hashanah, and pages 81, 250, 410 MN Yom Kippur:
Yih’yu L’ratzon – Srul Glick
Pages 100, 105, 107, 644, 646, 648 MN Yom Kippur:
Adonai, Adonai – Max Janowski
Choir Anthems
Heal Us Now – Leon Sher
Ki Eilecha – Shirona/C. Osborne
Yizkor
Enosh – Lewandowski
Page 312 in MT for Festivals and page 593 in MN Yom Kippur:
Adonai Roi (Psalm 23) – Gerald Cohen
Page 313 in MT for Festivals and page 556 in MN Yom Kippur:
Esa Einai – David Shukiar
Commissioned by Temple Beth Israel in Honor of our Centennial
Esa Einai – Ben Steinberg