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Kiddush for Festival Evenings
FOR ROSH HASHANAH, SEE PAGE (124). Just as the fruit of the vine helps us elevate and sanctify Shabbat, so too do we raise glasses of wine or grape juice on holidays. A unique evening and daytime Kiddush accompany these special occasions– Passover, Shavuot, Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret, Simchat Torah, and Rosh HaShanah– and while much of the language echoes that of the Shabbat Kiddush, the words for the festival blessing shift to highlight the themes of each holiday and the holiness these sacred times of year evoke.
Many have the tradition to stand for the evening Kiddush.
WhenthefestivalfallsonFridaynight, begin with the following paragraph, then continue with the rest of the blessings.
שֵׁדַּקְיַו יִעיִבְשַּׁה םוֹי תֶא םיִהֹלֱא ךֶרָבְיַו אָרָבּ רֶשֲׁא וֹתְּכאַלְמ לָכִּמ תַבָשׁ וֹב יִכּ ,וֹתֹא .תוֹשֲׂעַל םיִהֹלֱא In a whisper: It was evening, and it was morning, the sixth day. The heavens and the earth and all they contain were completed. With the seventh day, God had finished the work, ceasing on that seventh day from all the creative work that God had done. God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because on that day God rested from all the work of Creation.
Onweekdayevenings,startKiddushhere. (On Friday night, include the words in parentheses.)
הוהי הָתּאַ ךוּרָבּ ,םָלוֹעָה ךֶלֶמ וּניֵהֹלֱא .ןֶפָגַּה יִרְפּ אֵרוֹבּ הוהי הָתּאַ ךוּרָבּ ,םָלוֹעָה ךֶלֶמ וּניֵהֹלֱא וּנָּֽב רַחָּֽב רֶׁשֲא ,ןוֹשָׁל לָּכִמ וּנָֽמְמוֹרְו םָע לָּכִמ .ויָתֺוְצִמְּב וּנָֽׁשְּדִקְו תוֹתָּבַׁש) הָבֲהאְַּב וּניֵהֹלֱא הוהי ,וּנָֽל ןֶתִּתַּו םיִּנַמְזוּ םיִגַח ,הָחְמִׂשְל םיִדֲעוֹמּ(וּ הָחוּנְמִל (םוֹי תֶאְו הֶּזַה תָּבַּׁשַה) םוֹי תֶא ,ןוֹשָׂׂשְל Blessed are You, Adonai, our God, Majesty of the world, who creates the fruit of the vine. Blessed are You, Adonai, our God, Majesty of the world, who has chosen and distinguished us among all people and tongues, making us holy through Your commandants. Lovingly, Adonai, our God, You have given us (Shabbat days for restorative rest and) festivals for rejoicing, holidays, and times for joy, (this Shabbat and) this day of:
On Passover:
On Shavuot:
וּניֵתָרותּ ןַתַּמ ןַמְז ,הֶזַּה תוֹעֻבָשַּׁה גַח the festival of Shavuot, the time of the giving of our Torah,
On Sukkot:
וּנֵתָחְמש ןַמְז .הֶזַּה תוכֻּסַּה גַח the festival of Sukkot, the time of our rejoicing, the eighth day,
On Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah:
שֵּׁדַקְמ ,הוהי ,הָּתאַ ךוּרָּב .םיִּנַמְּזַהְו לֵאָרְׂשִיְו (תָּבַּׁשַה) (with love), a holy gathering, a reminder of the exodus from Egypt. You have chosen us and sanctified us among all people and given us as our heritage (Your holy Shabbat lovingly and willingly, and) Your holy festivals for joy and gladness.
Blessed are You, Adonai, who makes (the Shabbat and) Israel and the festivals holy.
On Saturday night, add the following blessings with a lit Havdalah candle or (two candles with their flames touching) while looking at the candlelight reflecting off your fingernails:
.שֶׁדֹקְל שֶׁדֹק ןיֵבּ ליִדְבַמַּה ,הוהי הָתּאַ ךוּרָבּ Blessed are You, Adonai, our God, who makes a distinction between holy and mundane, between light and darkness, between Israel and the nations of the world, between the seventh day and the six days of work. Blessed are You, Adonai, who makes a distinction between holy and mundane. You have made a distinction between the holiness of Shabbat and the holiness of the festivals. You imbued the seventh day with a sanctity above the six days of work. You have distinguished and sanctified Your people Israel with Your holiness. Blessed are You, Adonai, who distinguishes between holiness and holiness.
On Sukkot, when Kiddush is recited in the sukkah, add the following blessing:
הוהי ,הָתּאַ ךוּרָבּ ,םָלוֹעָה ךֶלֶמ ,וּניֵהלֱא ,ויָתוְֹצִמְבּ וּנָֽשְׁדִּק רֶשֲׁא .הָכֻּסַּבּ בֵשׁיֵל וּנָֽוִּצְו Blessed are You, Adonai, our God, Majesty of the world, who has made us holy with Your commandments, and instructed us to dwell in the sukkah.
On the first night of Sukkot, add the Shehecheyanu blessing, below. On the second night, the Shehecheyanu blessing comes before the blessing to sit in the sukkah (above), and on all other nights of Sukkot it is omitted:
הוהי הָתּאַ ךוּרָבּ םָלוֹעָה ךֶלֶמ וּניֵהֹלֱא וּנָמְיִּקְו וּנָיֱחֶהֶשׁ .הֶזַּה ןַמְזַּל וּנָעיִגִּהְו Blessed are You, Adonai, our God, Majesty of the world, who has given us life, and sustained us, and brought us to this time.
Drink from the wine or the grape juice, and then share it with any others who’d like some.
