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Blessings and Prayers Blessings and Prayers Blessing Text File Sound File Description Before and After Torah Before and After Blessings for each aliyah reading Before and After Haftarah Before and After Blessings for reading the haftarah reading Ashrei Text Chant Ashrei (Ps. 145) (for Shabbat morning) Shehecheyanu Text Chant and Song Blessings for a new occasion Sheptarani Text Parents' Blessing for a bar/bat mitzvah Prayer for the State Text Chant Prayer for Israel of Israel Shabbat Candle Text Chant Blessing over lighting the Sabbath candles Lighting Blessing over the wine (for shorter kiddush, Kiddush Text Chant click here) Blessing over the wine and bread for Shabbat Kiddush and Motzi Chant morning Hamotzi Text Chant Blessing over the bread (and washing hands) Birkat HaMazon Text Chant Grace After Meals Blessings for Havdalah - the separation Havdalah Text Chant between Shabbat and the week Tallit and Tefillin Text Blessings for putting on Tallit and Tefillin Blessing over the Text Chant Parents' blessing for their children children Mi Shebeirach for Text Blessing for healing Cholim Eil Malei Hebrew text (male- Chant Prayer for those who have died Rachamim female-plural Prayer for those who have died, when tachanun Eloah Selichot Text not recited Chanukah Blessings Text Chant Chanukah candle lighting blessings The Sh'ma, full 3 paragraphs and beginning Sh'ma Text Chant chanted .
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