KIDDUSH RABBAH1 FOR ROSH HASHANAH
When Rosh Hashanah occurs on Shabbat, recite the Kiddush for Shabbat day from A Psalm until and made it holy (pages 248-249) quietly, and then continue:
Take the cup of wine in the right hand, pass it to the left hand, and lower it onto the palm of the right hand. (See illustration, page 641.) The cup should be held three tefachim (approximately 9 in.) above the table throughout the Kiddush.
Those listening to the Kiddush should respond Amen as indicated. See additional laws on pages 603-604.
Hebrew
תִּקְעוּ* בַחֹדֶשׁ שׁוֹפָר, בַּכֵּסֶה לְיוֹם חַגֵּנוּ: כִּי חֹק לְיִשְׂרָאֵל הוּא,
מִשְׁפָּט לֵאלֹהֵי יַעֲקֹב:2
Chabad
tiku* vachoydesh shoyfor, bakeiseh l'yoym chageinu: ki choyk l'Yisro-eil hu,
mishpot leiloyhei Ya-akoyv:
When making Kiddush over wine, glance at the wine and say:
Hebrew
סַבְרִי מָרָנָן:
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה, אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ
הָעוֹלָם, בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הַגָּפֶן:
(אָמֵן)
Chabad
savri moronon:
boruch atoh Adonoy, Eloyheinu melech
ho-oylom, boyrei p'ri hagofen:
(Omein)
When making Kiddush over bread, say:
Hebrew
סַבְרִי מָרָנָן:
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה, אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ
הָעוֹלָם, הַמּוֹצִיא לֶחֶם מִן
הָאָרֶץ: (אָמֵן)
Chabad
savri moronon:
boruch atoh Adonoy, Eloyheinu melech
ho-oylom, hamoytzi lechem min
ho-oretz: (Omein)
Pour some wine from the cup to be distributed to those listening, and drink at least 2 ounces of the remaining wine while seated.
All present wash their hands for the meal (see Laws on page 603), reciting the appropriate blessing, being careful not to speak until after eating of the challah. The head of the household recites the blessing for bread while holding both loaves, and distributes a piece to each person, who in turn recites the blessing over the bread.
EREV YOM KIPPUR
KAPPAROT
It is the custom on Erev Yom Kippur to ritually slaughter a white rooster during the morning "watch" after Selichot,3 for then a thread of divine grace prevails in the world. We slaughter it to subdue the supernal severities, and take out its blood to "sweeten" the severities. It is called Kapparah (expiation), as was the scapegoat.4 Each member of the household should have a Kapparah—a rooster for each male and a hen for each female. A pregnant woman should have three fowls: a hen for herself, and a rooster and a hen for the unknown gender of the child. See Laws, page 609.