Shiva Minyan Siddur Update 7-10-19
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AN EVENING SERVICE IN A PERIOD OF MOURNING Kehilla Community Synagogue The Meditations of Our Hearts The meditations of our hearts are not always “acceptable” to you, our Source, or even to ourselves. Sometimes our thoughts are bitter with anger, and sometimes they are sour with remorse. Sometimes they are dark with doubt, and sometimes they are heavy with despair. We acknowledge that we are creatures of many moods; our emotions may reflect our inner turmoil and deep distress. Help us to cope with our feelings with honesty and with patience. Help us to ponder the immediate in the perspective of the eternal. In our days of pain and anguish in our nights of tearful sorrow, give us faith to trust in the power of healing that you have implanted within us. Help us to draw strength from the assurance that divine and human lovingkindness has not departed from us; that we will yet know again the blessings of serenity and peace. From Psalm 4 (inspired by Stephen Mitchell’s interpretive translation) Even in the midst of great pain, Holy One, I praise you for that which is. I will not refuse this grief or close myself to this anguish. Let shallow people pray for ease: ”Comfort us! Shield us from sorrow,” they cry. But as for me, I pray for whatever you send me, and I ask to receive it as your gift. You’ve put a joy in my heart greater than all the world’s riches. I lie down trusting the darkness, for I know that even now you are here. h!"e§s#m h$¥v%O¡t h°b$¯b&g h'"t§r¨e(C :h)",*K#p§T g+©n§JU h°b!¯B¨,j h·#K ¨T(c-©j§r"v r*M./C :v-h Wh-®b*P rI01t Ubh2k*g3v¨x)±b cI+y 4Ub5¥t§r6h3h)"n %oh"r§n«t oh+#C©r :UC)¨r o-¨JIrh)",±u o07b7d§S ,12g¥n h·#C#k(c v-¨j§n"G v¨T-©,7b v-h v-¨T©t3h)#F i+¨Jh4"t±u v5*c(F§J¤t %u¨S§j6h oI-k¨J(C :h°b)2ch"JIT j©y!8c*,k s5¨s*c(k Evening Service During a Time of Mourning 7/2019 Page 1 The Shema and Its Blessings Bar’chu – Call to Worship Leader: Barchu et Adonai ha-m' vorach Q¨r«c§n©v ²h±h",¤t Uf§r#C All and then Leader: Baruch Adonai ha-m'vorach l-olam va-ed s#g!u o#kIg$k Q¨r«c§n©v !h±h QUr#C Alternative: Bar’chu, Dear One, Shechina, Holy Name. When I call on the light of my soul, I come home. Evening Prayers Even-ing the evenings, even-ing the frayed edges of our lives. Ma’ariv aravim - Ameyn Prayer for Darkness Blessed are You, Great Power that we are. majesty of the universe, who with rhythm and design makes the dusk flow into the darkness of evening, who, with unfathomable wisdom, opens the gates of night, ordering the rhythms of time, changing the seasons of the year, forming a universe constantly filling with stars of light. Creating day and night, spinning the earth through the great expanse of night and bringing us again to the light of day. You are here in both darkness and light. How blessed are we, one with the Infinite, the Whole of creation, and the Mystery at its depths, bringing on the evening’s darkness. ©j)¥,IP v¨n(f¨j(C 'oh#c¨r&g ch"r&g©n Ir*c§s#C r¤J£t 'o*kIg¨v Q8k)¤n Ubh)¥vO¤t ' 7h±h v¨T©t QUr*C 'oh#c*fIF©v ,¤t r¥S©x§nU 'oh°B©n±Z©v ,¤t ;h#k£j©nU 'oh"T#g v®B©J§n v7bUc§,#cU 'oh"r*g§J h¯b(P"n Q¤J)j±u 'Q¤J)j h¯b(P"n rIt k2kID 'v*k±h)*k7u oIh t¥rIC /IbIm§r(F .gh)"e¨r*C o¤vh¥,Ir§n§J"n(C h©j k¥t /In§J ,It*c(m 7h±h 'v*k±h)*k ih2cU oIh ih2C kh"S(c©nU 'v*k±h)*k th#c)¥nU oIh rh#c&g©nU /rIt :oh#c¨r&g ch"r&g©n©v '7h±h v¨T©t QUr*C /s8g7u o*kIg(k Ubh)2k*g QIk§n°h sh"n¨T 'o7H©e±u v*k¥t /V¨n§J ,It*c(m 7h±h 'v*k±h)*k ih2cU oIh ih2C v*kh"S(c©nU 'v*k±h)*k v¨th#c)¥nU oIh v¨rh#c&g©nU :oh#c¨r&g v*ch"r&g©n©v 'v7bh#f§a v*fUr(C §T©t /s8g7u o*kIg(k Ubh)2k*g QIk§n"T sh"n¨T ',¤n®H©e±u v7h©j U-ma’ariva yom, u-mey’vi’ah lai’la, u-mav’dila beyn yom u-veyn lai’la, Yah tz’va’ot sh’mah. Eyla chaya v-ka’yemet, tamid tim’loch aleynu l-olam va-ed. Aht b’rucha Sh’china, ha-ma’ariva aravim. Evening Service During a Time of Mourning 7/2019 Page 2 Ahavat Olam: Reflections on Eternal Love With everlasting love you have loved us, revealing Yourself through Torah and mitzvot. Your love is also revealed through our dear ones whose love has been a blessing in our lives. For we have known the blessing of love and caring, and love cannot take these gifts from us. Your love is revealed as well in our strength to carry on, to find our way again. For while pain and suffering are real, Your healing power is at work in our lives, enabling us to endure our sorrow, to transform our pain, and to find courage to go on. From the darkness of our grief, may rays of understanding shine forth, that we may grow in wisdom and perform deeds of lovingkindness, nurturing our heritage of love and Torah which reveal Your presence anew in every age. Ahava Prayer by Rami Shapiro We are loved by an unending love. We are embraced by arms that find us even when we are hidden from ourselves. We are touched by fingers that soothe us even when we are too proud for soothing. We are counseled by voices that guide us even when we are too embittered to hear. We are loved by an unending love. We are supported by hands that uplift us even in the midst of a fall. We are urged on by eyes that meet us even when we are too weak for meeting. We are loved by an unending love. Embraced, touched, smoothed, and counseled… ours are the arms, the fingers, the voices; ours are the hands, the eyes, the smiles; We are loved by an unending love. ¨T§s)©n#k Ub)¨,It 'oh"y*P§J"nU oh"Eªj ',I(m"nU v¨rIT '¨T(c)¨v¨t W§N.g k¥t¨r§J°h ,h2C o*kIg ,.c£v©t Wh)¤,I(m"n(cU W)¤,¨rI, h¥r(c"s(C j©n§G°b±u 'Wh¤Eªj(C ©jh)"G7b Ub)¥nUe(cU Ub)2c(f¨J(C 'Ubh)¥vO¡t 7h±h i2F k.g rh"x¨T k©t W§,*c£v©t±u 'v*k±h)*k7u o¨nIh v®D§v®b o¤v*cU 'ubh)¥n7h Q¤r)«t±u Ubh)¯H©j o¥v h#F /s8g7u o*kIg(k /oh"n*kIg(k UB)¤N"n :k¥t¨r§G°h IN.g c¥vIt '7h±h v¨T©t QUr*C :v*c£v©t k*f(C ,8c¥vIt 'v7bh#f§a v*fUr(C §T©t Evening Service During a Time of Mourning 7/2019 Page 3 Blessed are you Shechina, loving in all love. Aht b’rucha Sh’china, ohevet b-chol ahava. Evening Service During a Time of Mourning 7/2019 Page 4 mFl!W"e c#q«#g ,mi$n%g&x"e d¨a%d&` Ahava, v-rachamim, cheh∙sed v-shalom Love and compassion, lovingkindness and peace :s)¨j¤t v-h 'Ubh¥vO¡t v-h 'k¥t¨r§G°h g©n§J Sh'mah Yisra'el Adonai Eloheynu Adonai Echad (Hear O Israel: YHVH is our only Power, YHVH is the Oneness of all!) Silently s8g7u o*kIg(k I,Uf(k©n sIc(F o¥J QUr*C Baruch shem kvod malchuto l-olam va-ed (Blessed be the Name of the Realm of Glory until the end of time!) V-ahavta eht Adonai Elohecha b-chol l'vav'cha W(c*c(k3k*f(C Wh¤vO¡t v7-±h ,¥t ¨T(c©v¨t±u u-v-chol nafsh'cha u-v-chol m'odecha. V-hayu Uh¨v±u9:W¤s«t§n3k*f(cU W§J(p6b3k*f(cU ha-d'varim ha-elyeh asher anochi m-tzav'cha W±U.m§n h#f«b¨t r¤J£t v8K¥t¨v oh"r*c§S©v ha-yom ahl l'vavecha. V-shinantam l-vane'cha Wh®b*c(k o¨T±b6B"J±u9:W8c*c(k3k.g oIH©v v-dibarta bahm b-shivt'cha b-veytecha W¤,h2c(C W§T(c"J(C o*C ¨T§r.C"s±u u-v-lecht'cha ba-derech u-v-shachb'cha u-v- :W¤nUe(cU W(C(f¨J(cU Q¤r¤S.c W§T(f8k(cU kumecha.