Musaf of Rosh Hashanah

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Musaf of Rosh Hashanah is the special additional High Holiday service that features unique liturgical sections such as Malchuyot, Zichronot, and Shofarot, along with extensive themes of divine kingship, remembrance, and the sounding of the shofar.

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Musaf of Rosh Hashanah canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf High Holiday liturgy
Jewish prayer service
addressedTo God
associatedObject Shofar
associatedRitual Blowing of the shofar
centralTheme Divine kingship
Remembrance
Sounding of the shofar
contains Special insertions distinct from weekday and Shabbat Musaf
emphasizes Covenant with the people of Israel
Divine judgment
Divine remembrance of individuals and nations
God as King over all the earth
Repentance and return
followsService Shacharit of Rosh Hashanah
frequency Once per day of Rosh Hashanah
halachicStatus Obligatory for communities with a minyan
hasVariant Ashkenazi rite version
Italian rite version
Nusach Sefard version
Sephardi rite version
Yemenite rite version
includes Aleinu (expanded form in some rites)
linked to: Aleinu

Amidah
Kedushah
Piyyutim
Repetition of the Amidah
linked to: Musaf prayer

Unetaneh Tokef (in many rites)
linked to: Unetaneh Tokef

Verses of Malchuyot
linked to: Malchuyot

Verses of Shofarot
Verses of Zichronot
linked to: Ya’aleh VeYavo
language Aramaic (in some passages)
Hebrew
liturgicalDayPart Daytime
liturgicalFunction To connect shofar themes with biblical verses
To express coronation of God as King
To invoke divine remembrance and mercy
liturgicalGenre High Holiday Musaf Amidah
liturgicalSection Malchuyot
Shofarot
Zichronot
numberOfDaysObserved One day in Israel (majority practice)
Two days in the Diaspora (majority practice)
observedOn Rosh Hashanah
precedesService Mincha of Rosh Hashanah
linked to: Mincha
recitedBy Congregation
Prayer leader (chazzan)
religiousTradition Judaism
scripturalBasis Additional offerings of Rosh Hashanah in the Torah
scripturalSource Leviticus 23:23–25
Numbers 29:1–6
serviceType Musaf

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Musaf prayer hasVariant Musaf of Rosh Hashanah