Prayers

Singing is an important part of our services at Or Hadash. Click on the links below to hear recordings made by Rabbi Joshua Waxman of some of the standard melodies used at Or Hadash for common prayers on Friday and Saturday nights. These recordings can be helpful to students preparing for bar/bat mitzvah, as well as anyone wishing to hear Reconstructionist liturgy and melodies.

Friday Night Prayers

1. Candle Lighting
2. Shalom Aleichem
3. Lecha Dodi 1
4. Lecha Dodi 2
5. Lecha Dodi 3
6. Barechu
7. Veshamru
8. Shalom Rav
9. Kiddush

Saturday Morning Prayers

1. Mah Tovu
2. Mah Tovu 2
3. Tallit Blessing
4. Morning Blessings
5. Psalm 150
6. Chatzi Kaddish
7. Barechu
8. Yotzer Or
9. Or Chadash
10. Sh'ma/V'ahavta
11. Mi Chamocha (traditional)
12. Mi Chamocha (contemporary)
13. Avot v'lmot
14. Gevurot
15. Kedusha l'Dor va-Dor
16. Sim Shalom
17. Oseh Shalom
18. The Torah Service
19. Blessings Before Reading the Torah
20. Blessings Before Reading the Haftorah
21. Blessings After Reading the Haftorah
22. Returning the Torah to the Ark
23. Ein Kelohaynu
24. Aleinu
25. Saturday Morning Kiddush (with Veshamru)
26. Adon Olam

Other Prayers

1. Birkat HaMazon
2. Breich Rahamana
3. Havdalah
4. Hanukkah Candle Lighting