Guide to Rimonim Hybrid Services

This is a work-in-progress, revised August 4, 2023 4:37 AM

What is a Rimonim Hybrid Service?

First of all, EVERYBODY is invited to attend and lead, whether in person (Ansche Chesed, 6th floor) or on ZOOM.

Other than that, here are the distinguishing features of Minyan Rimonim:

• We start at 10:00 am SHARP!
• We count a minyan of those attending in person.
• If we have a minyan in person by 10;45 am, we repeat the Shacharit Amida, take out the sefer Torah, and have aliyot.
• We read the full weekly Torah portion.
• We put away the Torah beginning at Ashrei.
• Some of the other differences from TeleTefila practice are: we say all of the usual kaddishes; we don't do Aliya Chatima, "Good News," birkat hagomeil, or a reading at the end of the service.
• Davening leaders, leiners, and darshanim are selected by the Rimonim coordinators.

Guide for the Shamash

On 6th floor, check for the presence of:

• Aron
• Ner tamid
• Sufficient sifrei Torah
• Yad
• Torah stand
• Reading desk
• Rolling bookcase with Slim Shalom and chumashim
• Basket of tallitot and kippot
• A copy of Hineini, highlighted with items we should announce. Give it to the announcer.

AC also provides:

• Movie screen
• Projector
• Power strip
• Table for Nos
• Privacy screen to hide Nos

We'd also like to have a music stand for Ilana

Take out from the bottom of the aron:

• Torah blessing card -- put on the reading desk
• Blue tape -- use it to post the two 6th floor hallway signs
• Purple plastic Rimonim envelope
  • Take out the hall signs and post in the sixth floor hallway, using the blue tape which is under the aron.
  • Take out aliya cards and distribute during the Reader's Repitition
• Give the rest of the purple plastic Rimonim envelope to the gabbai. NOTE: There is a Miles Cohen luach in either the purple plastic Rimonim envelope, or the green WSM one.
  

After the service, please collect

• the hall signs
• gabbai cheat sheets
• aliya cards
• luach

and put them in the purple envelope. Put the following under the aron:

• purple envelope
• Torah blessing card
• blue tape

General Notes For Davening Leaders

• Rimonim services start at 10am sharp!
• If you're on ZOOM, use any siddur you like.
• If you're leading in person, it's best to use "Slim Shalom" since that's what's available in our 6th floor davening space. "Slim Shalom" is actually Siddur Sim Shalom for Shabbat and Festivals. It has a blue cover.
• We've tried to reconcile the major differences between the four siddurim that ZOOMers use: Slim shalom, Fat shalom, Lev Shalem, and Artscroll. We've ignored minor differences.
• Please announce sections of the service: Mah Tovu, P'sukei D'zimra, Bar'chu, Amidah, Torah Serrvice; and give folks a few moments to catch up.We generally don't announce page numbers except during the Torah and Haftara reading.
• Counting a minyan: Rimonim only counts people attending in person. The davening leader can just ask "Do we have a minyan?" and let someone else worry about it.
• In my instructions, below, continue davening from the siddur until the next instruction.

Leading Shacharit

(the way Nos does it)

Birchot haShachar

Rimonim services start at 10am sharp!

1. Begin at Mah Tovu (I sing the whole thing)
2. After be-emet yishecha: skip to Morning Blessings (I chant them all)
3. After et-shimcha barabim: skip to Mizmor Shir Chanukat Habayit L'David (Ps 30)
4. (If we have a minyan) Mourner's Kaddish

P'sukei D'Zimra

1. Baruch She-amar (I sing)
2. After m'hulal batishbachot: do two or more Psalms
3. After the Psalms: skip to Ashrei
4. After mei-atah v'ad olam heleluya: do zero or more Psalms
5. After the optional Psalms: skip to Ps 150
6. After Ps 150: skip to Nishmat
7. After chei ha-olamim: continue with . . .
8. (If we have a minyan) Chatzi Kaddish

Shacharit (Beginning with Sh'ma Uvirchoteiha)

1. (If we have a minyan) Bar'chu
2. Yotzeir, then keep going . . .
3. After gaal yisrael: Silent Amidah
4. (If we have a minyan) Reader's Repetition, including Priestly Blessing
5. After oseh shalom . . . kol yisra-eil v'imru amein: you may add a niggun
6. (If we have a minyan) Kaddish Shaleim

Taking out the Torah — If we have a minyan

1. Ein Kamocha
2. After l'tov ul'chayin v'lishlam amein: Sh'ma
3. After ki kadosh Adonai eloheinu: You're done!

Torah service

Led by the Gabbai.

Leading Musaf

You begin immediately after the DT.

1. (If applicable) Birkat haChodesh
2. If we have a minyan:
   • Ashrei
   • Y'hal'lu
   • Chatzi Kaddish
   • Musaf Amida (done "heicha kedusha")
3. If we don't have a minyan:
   • Musaf Amida (only the first two blessings out loud)
4. After oseh shalom . . . kol yisra-eil v'imru amein: you may add a niggun
5. (If we have a minyan) Kaddish Shaleim
6. Ein Keiloheinu
7. Aleinu
8. (If we have a minyan) Mourner's Kaddish
9. Announcements (NOT YOU)
10. Adon Olam

Credit: Mainly Iris