Scribe
His traits: Studies Torah; an organized record keeper; knows the rewards for keeping commandments; a private person.
His God: Writes in a book who shall live and who shall die.
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His High Holy Days Prayer: Unetaneh Tokef, the liturgy of the record book of life and death.
His Daily Prayer: the Sh’ma.
Priest
His Traits: Formal, political, public.
His God: Is interested in the priests, Temple, Jerusalem, the sacrifices of the high priest.
His High Holy Days Prayer: Yom Kippur Avodah, the poetic depictions of the service of the priest in the holy of holies in the Temple.
His Daily Prayer: the Amidah.
Performer
His traits: Showy and artsy; performs from and parades with the Tanach, the Hebrew Bible, in the synagogue.
His God: Is interested in hearing readings from the books that He inspired, and the ancient traditions, their sounds, and movements.
His High Holy Days Prayer: Musaf Rosh Hashanah: chanting the verses from the Tanach in the Malchiyot, Zichronot, Shofarot sections, and the accompanying sounding of the Shofar.
His Daily Prayer: All of the Torah and Tanach passages in the services
Meditator
Her traits: Tuned in to this world and practical; finds lovingkindness for herself and for all persons.
Her God: Wants her to recite her blessings which trigger mindful meditations; wants her to bestow and seek compassion.
Her High Holy Days Prayers: Those that seek and foster compassion – Kol Nidre, Selichot.
Her Daily Prayers: blessings and the Birkat Hamazon, Grace after Meals.
Mystic
Her traits: Flighty and dreamy, head in the clouds.
Her God: Surrounded by Angels, lives in the heavens.
Her High Holy Days Prayers: Kedushah, Kaddish, introduction to the Unetaneh Tokef.
Her Daily Prayers: The Kaddish.
Celebrity
His traits: Competitive and self-confident that we Jews are number one.
His God: His God is number one, soon to the champion over all the other Gods.
His High Holy Days Prayers: the Aleinu and the many other Rosh Hashanah declarations that God is King and will reign over the world.
His Daily Prayers: the Aleinu at the end of every service.
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