Suggested Abbreviated Siddur-Based Daily Services
This is a suggested family-oriented (i.e. not a minyan) daily prayer schedule that uses a traditional Siddur.
This uses the Artscroll Complete Siddur (Ashkenazi) but the page numbers also apply to the Weekday Siddur from Artscroll. The Artscroll Women's Siddur page numbers are in parentheses.
Shacharit [Morning Prayers]
Men, before family assembles
- Blessings for talit
- Blessings for tefilin
Entire family
Stand
- Sing Ma Tovu: "How goodly" page 13 (women's: page 9)
- Baruch She'amar: "Blessed is He Who Spoke" page 59 (women's: page 37)
- Ashrei: "Praiseworthy" pages 67-69 (women's: page 43)
- Yishtabach: "Be praised" page 83 (women's: page 57)
Sit
- Yotser Or: "Who forms light" [Blessings of the Shema] pages 85-89 (women's: page 59) Sing V'chulam b'kablim aleihem [They all accepted upon themselves] Sing Or Chadash [Cause a new light to shine]
- Ahavat Rabbah: "With an abundant love" pages 89-91(women's: page 63)
- Shema: "Hear" pages 91 through the middle of 95 (women's: page 63)
Stand
- Sing Mi Chamocha: "Who is like You" middle page 97 (women's: page 69)
Three steps back, three steps forward
- Shemoneh Esrei: "Eighteen" pages 99-119 (women's: page 71)
Three steps back
- Avinu: "Our Father" Yeshua's prayer from Matthew 6:9-13 (music in MP3 format)
- Sing Oseh Shalom "Make peace" (music in MP3 format)
- Song of the day (from Psalms) starting on page 163 (women's: page 129)
Men, after family leaves
- Remove tefilin, talit
Minchah [Afternoon Prayers]
Stand
- Ashrei: "Praiseworthy" pages 233-235 (women's: page 195)
- Shemoneh Esrei: "Eighteen" pages 235-249 (women's: page 197)
- Avinu: "Our Father" Yeshua's prayer from Matthew 6:19-13 (music in MP3 format)
- Sing Oseh Shalom "Make peace" (music in MP3 format)
Ma'ariv [Evening Prayers]
Sit
- Vehu Rachum: "He the Merciful One" pages 247 (women's: page 227)
- Ma'ariv Aravim: "Who brings on evenings" pages 257 (women's: page 227)
- Ahavat Olam: "Eternal Love" pages 259 (women's: page 229)
- Shema: "Hear" pages 259-261 (women's: page 229)
- Mi Chamocha: "Who is like You" middle page 263 (women's: page 233)
- Ga'al Yisra'el: "Redeemer of Israel" page 263 (women's: page 233)
- Hashkivenu: "Shelter us" (Lay us down to sleep) page 263 (women's page 233)
- Avinu: "Our Father" Yeshua's prayer from Matthew 6:9-13 (music in MP3 format)
- Sing Oseh Shalom "Make peace" (music in MP3 format)
Stand
(Following individually, possibly later in the evening after children put to bed)
- Shemoneh Esrei: "Eighteen" pages 267-279 (women's: page 237)