סדור לב שלם Siddur Lev Shalem לשבת ויום טוב for shabbat & FESTIVALS Minḥah l’Shabbat Shalom: Peace Seventh B’rakhah: Peace Seventh b’rakhah: peace. Why is Jewish liturgy so ָ שלום רָ ב עַ ל יִ ְשרָאֵל עַ  מָך ועַ ל ׇ כל־יׁשבֵ י תֵ בֵ ל ָת ִשים suffused with prayers for ל עולָ ם, כִי אַ ָ תה הוא מֶ ֽ לְֶך אָ דון לכׇל־הַּׁשָ לום. ו טוב Grant abundant and lasting peace to Your people Israel and א How distant peace all who dwell on earth, for You are the sovereign master of the peace? Is prayer for peace a -set of pious words, an ab בעֵ ינֶ ֽיָך לבָרְֵך אֶ ת־עַ  מָך יִ ְשרָאֵ ל בכׇל־עֵ ת ובְכׇ ל־שָעָ ה seems—both inner peace and outer peace. How torn ways of peace. May it please You to bless Your people Israel at straction or ideal that can ,never be realized? Rather ִב ְ של ו מֶ ֽ ָך . .we are by our emotions, all times with Your gift of peace our desires, our competi- Shalom rav al yisrael am’kha v’al kol yosh’vei teiveil tasim l’olam, On Shabbat Shuvah we recite the following paragraph, the rabbis taught that tiveness. Yet having prayed ki atah hu melekh adon l’khol ha-shalom. V’tov b’einekha l’varekh et in place of the line that follows it: the pursuit of peace is a for wholeness, having without beginning am’kha yisrael b’khol eit u-v’khol sha·ah bishlomekha. or end, to be unremittingly בסֵ ֽ פֶ ר חַ ִ יים, ברָ כָה, ו ָ שלום, ופַרְ נָסָ ה טובָ ה, ,expressed our gratitude practiced every day with נִ זָכֵ ר ונִ כָתֵ ב לפָנֶ ֽיָך, אֲ נַֽחְ נו וכׇל־עַ  מָך ֵ בית יִ ְשרָאֵ ל, ,having spent Shabbat at On Shabbat Shuvah we recite the following paragraph rest, perhaps for a moment those near to us and those לחַ ִ יים טובִ ים ולְ ָ שלום. :in place of the line that follows it we can savor our own quiet May we and the entire house of Israel be called to mind at a great distance. The breath and make peace prayer for peace reminds ָ ברוְך אַ ָ תה יהוה, ע ֵ ה ׂשהַּׁשָ לום. and inscribed for life, blessing, sustenance, and peace in with the world around us. the Book of Life. Barukh atah ADONAI, who brings peace. us to pursue reconciliation in our own lives: inside ,ourselves; with loved ones ָ ברוְך אַ ָ הת יהוה, הַמ בָרְֵך אֶ ת־עַ ֹו יִ ְשרָאֵ ל בַּׁשָ לום. .Barukh atah ADONAI, who blesses Your people Israel with peace ב Our rabbis taught: Great neighbors, and colleagues; is peace, for the Messiah The silent recitation of the concludes The silent recitation of the Amidah concludes with community members with a personal prayer or the following: will begin by speaking with a personal prayer or the following: and fellow citizens; and of peace, as the prophet My God, keep my tongue from evil, my lips from deceit. in our engagement with Isaiah says, “How beautiful .people across the world אֱֹלהַ י, נ צו ר ל ֹונִי מֵרָ ע, ְׂשפָתַי מִ ַד ֵ בר מִרְמָ ה, .Help me ignore those who would slander me upon the hilltops are the As God is holy, we are to emulate God’s holiness. As ולִמְקַ ללַי נַפְ ִ שי תִ דֹם, ונַפְ ִ שי כֶעָפָ ר לַ ֹכל תִהְ יֶה. .footsteps of the messenger Let me be humble before all God is peacemaker, so too פתַ ח לִ ִ בי  בתורָתֶ ֽ ָך, ובְמִ צְ ֺותֶ ֽ יָך תִרְ ֹוף נַפְ ִ שי. .declaring peace” (52:7). Open my heart to Your Torah, that I may pursue Your mitzvot —Leviticus Rabbah Frustrate the designs of those who plot evil against me; are we to serve the cause of peace every day in the וכׇל־הַ חׁשבִ ים עָ לַי רָעָ ה, nullify their schemes. midst of our lives. (Amy ג (Eilberg מ הֵרָה הָפֵ ר עֲצָתָ ם וקַ לְקֵל מַחֲ שַבְ ָ תם. ;A true peace, Act for the sake of Your name עֲ ֵשה למַ ֽ עַ ן שמֶ ֽ ָך, עֲ ֵשה למַ ֽ עַ ן ימִ ינֶ ָֽך, ;not an armistice, not a act for the sake of Your triumph One opinion . אֱ ל ֹ הַ י covenant of non- My God voiced in the Babylonian עֲ ֵשה למַ ֽ עַןקדֻּׁשָתֶ ֽ ָך, עֲ ֵשה למַ ֽ עַ ן ֹורָתֶ ֽ ָך. ;interference, act for the sake of Your holiness but understanding and act for the sake of Your Torah. states that every -Amidah must be accompa למַ ֽ עַ ן יֵחָ ל צון ידִידֶ ֽ יָך, ה ִֽׁש היעָ ימִ ינָך וַעֲ נֵ ֽנִ י. compassion Answer my prayer for the deliverance of Your people. if not love. nied by a personal prayer ( 29b). The prayer יִהְ יו לרָ צון אִמְרֵ י פִי והֶגְ יון לִ ִ בי לפָנֶ ֽיָך, יהוה צורִ י ו גואֲ לִ י. Struggle for the sake of May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart accomplishment, that is printed here is of- Some have the custom of taking three steps backward and bowing not for rivalry or be acceptable to You, ADONAI, my rock and my redeemer. fered by the Talmud as an competition. Some have the custom of taking three steps backward and bowing at the at the conclusion of the Amidah, as if exiting the court of a sovereign. example of such a personal prayer; it is attributed to ֹע ֶשה ָ שלום בִמְ רומָ יו, הוא יַעֲ ֶשה ָ שלום עָ לֵ ֽינו .Let fulfillment and attain- conclusion of the Amidah, as if exiting the court of a sovereign ment be the order of the May the one who creates peace on high bring peace to us and Mar son of Ravina (Bera­ khot 17a) and it was so ועַ ל כׇל־יִ ְשרָאֵ ל ]ועַ ל ׇ כל־יׁשבֵי תֵ בֵל[, ואִמְ רו אָמֵ ן. day, and may death come only as a blessing. to all Israel [and to all who dwell on earth]. And we say: Amen. admired that it entered the Oseh shalom bimromav hu ya∙aseh shalom aleinu v’al kol yisrael formal liturgy. Distinctively, A Meditation [v’al kol yosh’vei teiveil], v’imru amen. it uses the first-person sin- May the spirit of Shabbat gular (“I”), whereas almost remain with me throughout the week. May I have the strength, the courage, and the resilience to do what I all other formal prayers in need to do and what only I can do. Amidst the work I set out to accomplish in the world, may I find suste- the liturgy are in the first- nance for my soul, that I may be a faithful partner in God’s creation, an instrument of healing and peace. person plural (“we”). . ִ י הְ י וּ� ְ ל רָ צ וֹ� ן May the words A Teaching Psalm 19:15. May love and truth never depart from you... Know God in all that you do and God will make your paths straight. —PROVERBS 3 (selected verses)

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