Schedule for the Reading of Psalms corresponding to Festivals and Commemorative Days, according to Nusaḥ Sefaradim Edot ha-Mizraḥ • the Open Siddur Project

Excerpt: A schedule for the reading of Psalms corresponding to Festivals and Commemorative Days, according to Nusaḥ Edot ha-Mizraḥ. . . .

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The schedule for holiday psalm readings according to the Sefaradi-‘Edot ha-Mizraḥ custom as recorded in the JPS Bible Commentary for Psalms 120 to 150 (with some additions from the Koren Edot ha-Mizraḥ siddur). ‘Edot ha-Mizraḥ is unique among rites in that it features two psalms for festival days — one at the beginning of Ma’ariv and one at the end of Ma’ariv. Other holidays have their psalm at the end of Shaḥarit, after the Psalm of the Day at the end of the service, while on Yom Kippur a cycle of ten psalms are inserted into Zemirot (or as Ashkenazim call it, P’sukei d-Zimra.)

Festival/Commemorative Day	Psalms
Rosh haShanah, 1) beginning of Ma’ariv	Psalms 081
Rosh haShanah, 2) end of Ma’ariv	Psalms 150
Rosh haShanah, 3) end of Minḥah	Psalms 081
Fast of Gedaliah	Psalms 083
Yom Kippur, 1) end of Maariv	Psalms 001, Psalms 002, Psalms 003, Psalms 004, Psalms 024
Yom Kippur, 2) morning Zemirot	Psalms 017, Psalms 025, Psalms 032, Psalms 051, Psalms 065, Psalms 085, Psalms 086, Psalms 102, Psalms 103, Psalms 104
Yom Simḥat Kohen, end of Shaḥarit	Psalms 085
Sukkot (Yom Tov), 1) beginning of Ma’ariv	Psalms 042, Psalms 043
Sukkot (Yom Tov), 2) end of Ma’ariv	Psalms 122
Shemini Atseret & Simḥat Torah, 1) beginning of Ma’ariv	Psalms 012
Shemini Atseret & Simḥat Torah, 2) end of Ma’ariv	Psalms 122
Ḥanukkah, end of Shaḥarit	Psalms 030
Fast of Tevet	Psalms 083
Taanit Esther, end of Shaḥarit	Psalms 022
Purim, 1) end of Ma’ariv	Psalms 022
Purim, 2) end of Shaḥarit	Psalms 022
Pesaḥ Yamim Tovim (both days), 1) beginning of Ma’ariv	Psalms 107
Pesaḥ Yamim Tovim (both days), 1) end of Ma’ariv	Psalms 114
Shavu’ot, 1) beginning of Ma’ariv	Psalms 068
Shavu’ot, 2) end of Ma’ariv	Psalms 122
17 Tammuz	Psalms 079

This is the schedule for the reading of Psalms corresponding to Festivals and Commemorative Days, according to Nusaḥ Edot ha-Mizraḥ.