Neilah Yom Kippur

The prayer of a soldier.
Neilah yom kippur. Abraham lewin the author of a book in yiddish entitled kantonisten cantonists relates a moving incident on yom kippur in an unnamed russian city. The vision of gates soon locking during neilah the final moments of yom kippur is one of the most exhilarating services of the high holiday experience according to rabbi laurence rosenthal of congregation ahavath achim. Yom kippur is a true day of at one ment we know now more than ever in our lifetimes what it means to be locked in what it takes to find freedom from within a confined space and make meaning from limitations. As days roll into each other each.
The neilah service consists of some opening prayers the amidah the cantor s repetition of the amidah avinu malkenu our father our king a declaration of our faith the sounding of the shofar and some closing prayers. Neilah in judaism the last of the five yom kippur services. Some have suggested that the name refers to the historical fact that this extra service was recited at the end of the day of atonement when the temple gates were closing. When the gates of heaven close with you inside.
The cantonists were child recruits in the russian military. However the special piyyutim written for this service favor. Neilah means closing the gate as the awesome day of yom kippur comes to a close and our future is being sealed we turn to g d to accept our sincere repentance and. When the shofar ritual ram s horn sounds at the close of the neilah the synagogue service.