Avinu Malkeinu

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Avinu Malkeinu is a central Jewish High Holy Day prayer, especially associated with Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, in which worshippers repeatedly address God as “Our Father, Our King” to seek mercy, forgiveness, and compassion.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf High Holy Day prayer
Jewish prayer
addressTo God
associatedWith Days of Awe
Selichot
attributedTo Rabbi Akiva (traditional attribution)
linked to: Rabbi Akiva
audience Jewish worshippers
category High Holy Day liturgy
Jewish liturgical poetry
emotionalTone hopeful
penitential
urgent
function communal prayer
personal supplication within communal framework
invokesAttribute Divine compassion
Divine forgiveness
Divine mercy
Divine sovereignty
keyPhrase "Avinu Malkeinu, choneinu va’aneinu"
"Our Father, Our King, be gracious to us and answer us"
language Hebrew
liturgicalPosition often recited after Amidah
often recited near end of service
liturgicalStatus piyyut
liturgicalUse Rosh Hashanah
Ten Days of Repentance
Yom Kippur
musicalSetting cantorial melodies
congregational melodies
originPeriod Talmudic era (attributed)
recitationMode often recited responsively
often sung by congregation
refrain "Avinu Malkeinu" ("Our Father, Our King")
linked to: Avinu Malkeinu
religiousTradition Judaism
season High Holy Day season
structure repeated invocation of God
series of petitions
textualForm multiple variant versions
theme Divine fatherhood
Divine kingship
compassion
forgiveness
mercy
repentance
supplication
tradition Ashkenazi
linked to: Ashkenazi Jews

Sephardi (some communities)
linked to: Sephardi Jews
variantCount dozens of individual petitions in some rites

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Ten Days of Repentance liturgicalFocus Avinu Malkeinu
High Holy Days liturgicalElement Avinu Malkeinu
Aseret Yemei Teshuvah associatedWith Avinu Malkeinu
Neilah hasComponent Avinu Malkeinu
Fast of Esther prayerAddition Avinu Malkeinu in some communities
linked to: Avinu Malkeinu
Avinu Malkeinu refrain "Avinu Malkeinu" ("Our Father, Our King")
linked to: Avinu Malkeinu
Yamim Noraim associatedPrayer Avinu Malkeinu
Fast of Gedaliah prayerAdditions Avinu Malkeinu in many communities
linked to: Avinu Malkeinu
Yom Kippur prayers includesPrayer Avinu Malkeinu
Sefer HaChaim associatedPrayer Avinu Malkeinu
Ne’ilah includes Avinu Malkeinu (in many communities)
linked to: Avinu Malkeinu