For those lively Friday Night services with everybody singing along, this is the siddur you've been waiting for! You want everyone to join in, even without extensive Hebrew education. This is the book that makes it happen.

With contemporary translation, clear instructions and line-by-line transliterations, the complete Hebrew text is accessible to everybody.

This book follows the sold-out success of Friday Night Alive!, the siddur that set Philadelphia dancing.

More, and better

But now we include the Minchah service as well as the service for festival evenings--all in our fully revised and clearer format.

Inside you'll find the complete Friday Night service, with all the psalms of Kabbalat Shabbat translated into English rhyme, the berachot of the Amidah clearly marked, and of course line-by-line translation and transliteration alongside the Hebrew.

Click the links below for more information.

What's inside ... Sample pages ... Frequent questions

What's inside

The book has 125 pages and includes Minchah and Ma'ariv (afternoon and evening services) for Shabbat and festivals. It does not include the fast day Minchah service (the Tenth of Tevet will fall on a Friday in 2010, on December 17, but no other fasts fall on Fridays). The book includes the complete Kabbalat Shabbat service, with Shema and its berachot, the Amidah, and concluding prayers such as Aleynu and Yigdal.

Here's the table of contents:

Sample pages

Click here to see how we lay out the text with side-by-side English, Hebrew and transliteration. This arrangement makes it easy for everyone to follow the service and join in.

The sample comes from our Shabbat Morning Siddur. Once you see the sample, click again to see more pages.

Frequent questions

1. How much does it cost? Please click here for pricing and discount information. Our generous discounts for large orders make this book an excellent choice for anyone planning lively Friday night services.
2. Can we use a different cover? No problem. If you want a special version for your congregation, we can work with your artist to develop a full-color, glossy cover that meets your needs. This typically costs $250 plus the cost of the books and takes about six weeks. Or, we can have our artist design a cover for you, using your artwork. This typically costs $500 plus the cost of the books.
3. Can we customize the text? No problem: with an order of 200 books or more, you can have a completely customized book to meet your congregation's needs. Prices run from $12 to $20 per book, depending on the details of the request. Preparing the book normally takes eight to 12 weeks.
4. We have the old book; is there an upgrade program? Yes! You get $3 credit for each copy of Friday Night Alive! you purchased. What's more, your Perpetual Cumulative Discount transfers from the old version to this version. If you have 100 copies of Friday Night Alive!, you have reached the 40 percent discount level. That discount continues with the new book. What does this mean? 100 copies of the new book cost $717 with your 40 percent discount. Give yourself $300 credit for the books you already have, and your total cost is $417 (plus shipping).
5. With the upgrade program, do we have to return our old books? No; please keep them or pass them along to another congregation.