Aleinu
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Aleinu is a central Jewish prayer that expresses praise of God and the hope for universal recognition of divine sovereignty, traditionally recited at the conclusion of daily services.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish prayer
ⓘ
liturgical text ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
High Holy Day liturgy
ⓘ
Rosh Hashanah Musaf service ⓘ Yom Kippur prayers ⓘ
surface form:
Yom Kippur Musaf service
|
| censorshipHistory | some phrases historically censored in Christian lands ⓘ |
| contains |
line about God not making Israel like the nations
ⓘ
petition for the removal of idols ⓘ verse "On that day the Lord will be One and His Name One" ⓘ |
| genre | piyyut-like prose ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | Jewish worshippers ⓘ |
| language | Hebrew ⓘ |
| liturgicalCategory | praise and kingship ⓘ |
| liturgicalFunction | concluding prayer ⓘ |
| liturgicalPosition | near end of synagogue service ⓘ |
| openingWords | Aleinu leshabeach ⓘ |
| originPeriod | late Second Temple or early rabbinic era (traditional attribution) ⓘ |
| partOf |
Machzor
ⓘ
surface form:
High Holiday Machzor
Jewish daily liturgy ⓘ |
| recitationCustom | congregants often bow at certain words ⓘ |
| recitationFrequency | multiple times daily in many communities ⓘ |
| recitationPosture | congregation stands in many communities ⓘ |
| recitedAt |
end of Ma’ariv
ⓘ
end of Mincha ⓘ end of Musaf in many rites ⓘ end of Shacharit ⓘ end of daily prayer services ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| scripturalAllusion | Zechariah 14:9 ⓘ |
| status | central element of Jewish worship ⓘ |
| structure | two main paragraphs ⓘ |
| textualVariants | different versions in Ashkenazi and Sephardi rites ⓘ |
| theme |
divine sovereignty
ⓘ
hope for universal recognition of God ⓘ messianic hope ⓘ praise of God ⓘ rejection of idolatry ⓘ |
| traditionallyAttributedTo |
Rabbi Yohanan bar Nappaha
ⓘ
surface form:
Rabbi Yohanan ben Zakkai (in some traditions)
the Men of the Great Assembly (in some traditions) ⓘ |
| ultimateVision | universal worship of God ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Ashkenazi Jews
ⓘ
Conservative Judaism ⓘ Mizrahi Jews ⓘ Orthodox Judaism ⓘ Reconstructionist Judaism ⓘ Reform Judaism ⓘ Sephardi Jews ⓘ Yemenite Jews ⓘ |