Guide to Hadar's High Holidays Leadership Training

All the links to Joey's master class videos on one easy-to-navigate page!

Click the sections below to jump to videos for any part of the course!

ROSH HASHANAH

Maariv

This service may be short, but it's where you'll establish the feeling that it's the High Holidays.

Pesukei D'Zimrah

Warming up the atmosphere for a big day of davening. Learn to move swiftly through a lot of material.

Shacharit

While it begins with a lot of familiar material, this service includes special piyyutim and the iconic shofar calling.

Shofar to Beginning Musaf

Everything from Ashrei Ha'am and the end of the Torah service to the first few prayers of the repetition of the Amidah.

U'NeTaneh Tokef and Piyyutim

Explore one of Judaism's most powerful prayers. Learn a Rizhener Nigun for "Adam Yesodo." Delve into more liturgical poetry.

Malchuyot, Zikhronot, Shofarot

Tips for leading the extensive prayers about Kingship, Remembrances and the Shofar blasts, with a spotlight on Aleinu.

Conclusion of Musaf

The homestretch! Wrapping up the epic musaf service. Includes the Priestly Blessing, an upbeat melody for HaYom and the concluding Full Kaddish.

YOM KIPPUR

Yizkor

A memorial service where the leader's role is to get out of the way, allowing folks to deeply remember lost loved ones.

Kol Nidre

Once you've learned this opening service, you'll know a lot of the liturgy that repeats throughout Yom Kippur.

Slichot

Prayers for seeking forgiveness. Learn an original melody from Joey as well as the powerful traditional nusach.

Vidui

Confessional prayers describing who we are as humans in relation and contrast with the Divine. A repeated litany of collective transgressions.

Avinu Malkeinu

Arriving at the iconic devotional prayer, a potent time for communal prayer using one of the most famous songs in the Jewish tradition. Concluding Kol Nidre.

Shacharit

Review the Pesukei D'Zimrah and Shacharit services for Yom Kippur, which is very similar to Rosh HaShanah but includes additional piyyutim.

Musaf

Master the musaf service for Yom Kippur, which is very similar to Rosh HaShanah but includes the unique and extensive Avodah service.

Mincha

If you have led the other High Holiday services, this one is easy. The trick is moving through it quickly. Learn how to get it done.

Neilah!

The closing of the gates, the final service of Yom Kippur is urgent and powerful. Clock is ticking. Maintain the ruach of this epic day.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Modes of Nusach Ashkenaz

Learning the scales and modes associated with the predominant nusach in America. Fundamentals of music theory as it relates to Jewish prayer.

Nusach Roadmap

Understand the arc of prayer from an aesthetic, spiritual and energetic point of view. Consider how to bring everyone into the prayer experience.

High Holiday Webinars

Archive of live Zoom sessions with Joey Weisenberg taking a deeper look at this material with communal discussion and study.

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