לב שלם Siddur Lev Shalem לשבת ויום טוב for Shabbat & FESTIVALS Minḥah L’Shabbat Shalom: Peace Seventh B’Rakhah: Peace Seventh B’Rakhah: Peace
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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 ָ שׁלוֹם רָ ב ַעִל י ְשָׂרֵאַל ע מָּך וַעל ׇ כּל־י וֹשֵׁבי ֵתֵבל ָתּ ִשׂים suffused with prayers for ל עוֹלָ ם, ִ כַּי א ָ תּה הוּ ֶא ֽמ ֶלְָך אדוֹ ן לׇכַל־הָּׁשלוֹם. ו טוֹב 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 בּ ֵֽעיֶנ יָךלָבֵרְֶך אתַ־ע מָּך יִ ְשָׂרֵאל בׇּכֵל־עת וּ ְבׇכל־ ָ שָׁעה 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 ִבּ ְ שׁל וֹ 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 mitzvah without beginning am’kha yisrael b’khol eit u-v’khol sha·ah bishlomekha. or end, to be unremittingly בּ ֵֽס ֶפרַחִ יּים, בָּרָכה, ו ָ שׁלוֹם, וּ ַפְרָנָסה טוֹ ָבה, ,expressed our gratitude practiced every day with נִ ָ זּ ֵכרוִנ ָ כֵּתב ֽלָפֶניָךֲ, ֽאַנ ְחנוּ וׇכַל־ע מָּך ֵ בּית יִ ְשָׂרֵאל, ,having spent Shabbat at On Shabbat Shuvah we recite the following paragraph rest, perhaps for a moment those near to us and those לַחִ יּים טוֹ ִבים וּלְ ָ שׁלוֹם. :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 ָ בּרוּ ְַך א ָ תּה יהוה, ע ֵוֹשׂ ַה הָּׁשלוֹם. 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 ָ בּרוּ ְַך א ָ התּ יהַוה, המָבֵרְֶך אתַ־עמּוֹ יִ ְשָׂרֵאל ַ בָּּׁשלוֹם. .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 Amidah 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 צוֹ ר ל שׁוֹ ִנֵי מָרע, ְוּשׂ ָפַתִי מ ַדּ ֵ בּ רִמְרָמה, .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 וִלְמַקלַלַי נְפ ִ שׁי ִתדֹּ ם, וַנְפ ִ שׁי ֶ כּ ָעָפרַל ֹכּל ִ תְּהֶיה. .footsteps of the messenger Let me be humble before all God is peacemaker, so too פַּתִח ל ִ בּי בּתוֹ ָֽרֶתָך, וּ ְבִמְצֺו ֶֽתיָך ִ תְּרֹו ַף נְפ ִ שׁי. .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 וׇכַל־הח וֹשִׁביָם עַלָי רָעה, nullify their schemes. midst of our lives. (Amy ג (Eilberg מֵהָרָה הֵפרֲעָצָתם וַקְלֵקַל מֲח ַ שְׁב ָ תּם. ;A true peace, Act for the sake of Your name ֲע ֵשׂ ה ֽלַמ ַען שׁ ֶֽמָךֲ, ע ֵשׂ ה ֽלַמ ַען ֽיִמיֶנָך, ;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 ֲע ֵשׂ ה ֽלַמ ַען ֽקֻדָּׁשֶתָךֲ, ע ֵשׂ ה ֽלַמ ַען תּוֹ ָֽרֶתָך. ;interference, act for the sake of Your holiness but understanding and act for the sake of Your Torah. Talmud states that every -Amidah must be accompa ֽלַמ ַעֵן יָחלצוּ ן ֽיִדֶידיָך, ה ִֽוֹשׁ ָיעהיִמינַָך ֽוֲעֵננִ י. compassion Answer my prayer for the deliverance of Your people. if not love. nied by a personal prayer (Berakhot 29b). The prayer ִיְהיוּ לָרצוֹ ִן אְמֵרִי פי וֶהְגיוֹן לִ ִ בּי ֽלָפֶניָך, יהוה צוִּרי וגוֹ ֲאִלי. 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 ֶשׂה ָ שׁלוֹם ִ בְּמרוֹ ָמיו, הוּ ַא יֲע ֶשׂה ָ שׁלוֹ ָם ֽעֵלינוּ .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 וַעל כׇּל־יִ ְשָׂרֵאל ]וַעל ׇ כּל־י וֹשֵׁבֵי תֵבל[, וִאְמרוּ ָאֵמן. 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 ֹ� 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) 34 מנחה לשבת · תפילת העמידה shabbat · afternoon service · the amidah 35.